Best Dealt Poems
Below are the all-time best Dealt poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of dealt poems written by PoetrySoup members
Crimson MoonO beguiling crimson Moon
Fiercely blazing for want of thee;
Descending beneath faltering clouds;
Leering wantonly;
And She:
Her coy distractions and brazen
Enchantments
Laid bare and stripped rude...
Like the naked...
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Categories:
dealt, moon,
Form:
Rhyme
Poe's Untimely Demise*Note
I had to bring this one back, though I've been posting mostly new writes here that PS hasn't seen before. This poem has been...
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Categories:
dealt, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
The ReturnA charlatan returns despite his earlier defeat.
After two years gone, he claims he owns a seat
But there is no throne for the jester who bears
His...
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Categories:
dealt, anti bullying,
Form:
Rhyme
A Moment In TimeIn that moment his eyes swirled
with all of the love he held for me;
with every ounce of life that he
would happily lay down...
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Categories:
dealt, appreciation, devotion, friendship, husband,
Form:
Rhyme
Debacle
* Bringing this gem back in the hope Becca Teagan sees it and returns. We wrote this together, a labor of love. The poem ends...
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Categories:
dealt, confusion, evil, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Things That Seemed PoeticThings that seemed poetic were always sad,
though I yearned for sparkle
and my dad's guffaw, which never came.
Familiar things were always drear --
repeated motions in the...
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Categories:
dealt, angst, childhood, death, depression,
Form:
Free verse
Gone But Not ForgottenTrills tumble through an air long silenced
warbled melodies enlighten the palate
whistles delight but fly off to the thistle
freighted by the frigid speak
amongst...
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Categories:
dealt, beauty,
Form:
Personification
Summer's HeatThat summer came like others, 'midst a rush
Hot days and sultry nights beneath the moon
And from my lifeguard stand I chose a crush
That made that...
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Categories:
dealt, appreciation, beach, beauty, sensual,
Form:
Sonnet
Unwatered'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?'
Were I to be more truthful, and less kind
Once fair, your hair now more consumed by gray
Your dewy...
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Categories:
dealt, depression, lost love, relationship,
Form:
Sonnet
The Perfect FriendThe Perfect Friend ©
Today I found a friend
Who knew everything I felt
She knew my weakness
And the problems I’ve been dealt.
She understood my wonders
And listened...
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Categories:
dealt, best friend, friend, friendship,
Form:
Free verse
At Heaven's Gate - Parts 1 and 2PART 1: THE MEETING
Alone one night neath lantern light, I trudged a weary mile.
Forlorn, I went...
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Categories:
dealt, fantasy,
Form:
Ballad
A Special Needs HeroYoung and pretty, living a normal life
Suddenly her world would never be the same
Her lovely boy born with special needs
Her daily life now the toughest...
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Categories:
dealt, caregiving, child, inspirational,
Form:
Sonnet
One Good ThingIn the late 1970s, I was going home on a Friday evening,
and needed a little more fuel in my truck,
enough to get back to...
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Categories:
dealt, life, memory, poverty, work,
Form:
Prose
I Touched the Wall Today (The Vietnam Memorial Wall)Emotions flooded my very soul as I viewed that Sacred Wall.
Etched for all eternity are hero's names who sacrificed their all.
I sensed that I was...
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Categories:
dealt, hopeprayer, may, , memorial,
Form:
Rhyme
OverlapThe overlapping of me and us three
Of who I was and who I turned out to be
I never ever felt I was good enough
Or...
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Categories:
dealt, abuse, angst, appreciation, care,
Form:
Narrative