Best Dean Poems
Below are the all-time best Dean poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of dean poems written by PoetrySoup members
You KnowYes, my dear, you know,
You are my source of joy, rejuvenation, hope
I need your emotion spread onto my life,
I need your heart to sing among...
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Categories:
dean, emotions, friendship, happiness, joy,
Form:
Ode
Who I Would Bring BackWho would I bring back, if I had only one
Perhaps a great leader, Kennedy or Lincoln
Or I could choose a musical icon
Such as John Lennon...
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Categories:
dean, memory, mother, nostalgia, woman,
Form:
Couplet
Books
They stand, silently,
shoulder to shoulder, upright,
save one at the end, leather bound
who slouches, James Dean fashion.
Six with blue covers, gold blocked,
uniform, like Trumpton Firemen.
All wear...
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Categories:
dean, books,
Form:
Free verse
Time MachineRide with me on my time machine to a different time and place
Return with me and let me see if I can put a smile...
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Categories:
dean, nostalgiamom, me, night, candy,
Form:
Couplet
A BLESSED CHRISTMAS FOR ALL WITH POETRY SOUPA BLESSED CHRISTMAS FOR ALL WITH POETRY SOUP
Dear Caren, Andrea, Cay Cay, Carolyn and Jan
Rico, Arturo, Paul and Chris, all of you are the same...
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Categories:
dean, christmas,
Form:
Rhyme
The 50'sThere was a time when I was young
To share an era that begun
From music to the fashion trend
TV shows and history
Fads and other mysteries
I saw...
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Categories:
dean, remember, , cute,
Form:
Rhyme
Ode to Chocolate-COLLABORATIONTo chocolate I pay my respects
Some folks say its better than sex
whether milk dark or white
Ev’ry bar I must bite
or I'll get a lack of...
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Categories:
dean, candy, humor,
Form:
Limerick
All Gods CreationsWe walked on the beach, just Daddy and me,
And looked for shells in the sand.
We found a starfish holding tight to a rock
Then we walked...
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Categories:
dean, creation, dad, father daughter,
Form:
Quatrain
Cruisin' the DragSipping cherry limeade, driving in the car parade,
we're cruising in the Lone Star state.
Didn't want a bucket seat; the thing it couldn't beat,
was...
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Categories:
dean, car, funny, growing up,
Form:
Rhyme
You Can't Hurt MeResounding echoes awaken the child
demons in the attic beckon unto him
stark fear grips his Vick's laden chest
shivers vibrate rusty springs of down
footsteps creak closer upon...
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Categories:
dean, introspection, life, sad, education,
Form:
Free verse
The Call of the Alpha MaleRobin Hood, man in tights
Julius Caesar, might makes right
Alexander, called "the Great"
Sitting Bull, righteous hate
Robert the Bruce, Attila the Hun
Charlemagne, Napoleon
Hear the call of the...
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Categories:
dean, funny, hero, humorous, men,
Form:
Light Verse
Ode to the Not So Innocent FiftiesIf only I had been a teen in the Fifties
I'm sure I would have had "Happy Days",
Like Fonzie I would have donned a leather jacket
And...
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Categories:
dean, humorous,
Form:
Quatrain
THE NIGHTINGALE LOST HER LAMPTHE NIGHTINGALE LOST HER LAMP
Anita’s eyes were brown.
She was the kindest of angels.
Her speech firm with authority
but reassuring with a glass- like
sensitivity; she...
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Categories:
dean, courage, life, lost, love,
Form:
Free verse
ZakariaHe stands against the old barn door
relaxed not a confrontational bone,
thin as a pitchfork's tine.
Farmhand, hunter, true-shooter,
the lens flatters him.
A...
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Categories:
dean, farm, men,
Form:
Free verse
Recognition
Recognition
There I am again,
in the wall-size mirror
at the gym,
myself seeing myself,
a compulsion of sorts,
a checking-in
to see what has changed.
My bent...
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Categories:
dean, age,
Form:
Free verse
Tribute To 'Navaho Madonna'
Wild horses, prairies, desert canyons,
Native Indians, brush landscapes
by 'Dean of Western Painters'
known as Olaf Wieghorst.
His contrast boldness,
softened with light
blended hues,
stirred my
heart.
Inspired to capture his moving...
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Categories:
dean, art, beautiful, love, ,
Form:
Nonet
Breath Of LoveThe rays of nature, flowing into the human spirit
landing in its softest spot and sweeping through its lattice
everything then changes with the being becoming a...
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Categories:
dean, blessing, heart, love, romance,
Form:
Rhyme
Crowning Glory--Co-write with PaulAs the rooster crows:
A look in the pool mirrored a perfect mop
At times of frizzy hair or defiant shaggy tresses
Ohhh the satisfaction at the...
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Categories:
dean, hair, humor,
Form:
Verse
FearFear
It is a very small demon.
It is a tiny monster,
that never stops chewing on;
anything it can get.
It is the one that hides,...
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Categories:
dean, angel, bible, creation, inspiration,
Form:
Free verse
Mad WorldA welcome sight the lights ahead - like misty globules on ink black foam
The billboard elicits a sense of foreboding - Welcome to the Midnight...
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Categories:
dean, dark, dream, fear, scary,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Summer MatineeI was only allowed to go, after much whining
begging, promises of unlikely saint-hood
if my...
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Categories:
dean, brother, me,
Form:
Narrative
An Ode to E. A. Robinson
Whispers of talent are carried on New England breezes
Dickinson, Hawthorne, and the Irvings’ son Washington
Though I sense a special connection to all of these
None inspired...
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Categories:
dean, dedication, on writing and
Form:
Quatrain
ABC. Music is my First LoveAC/DC, the rockers from down under
Boston, with Tom Scholz on guitar, sweet thunder
Creedence Clearwater, singing Proud Mary
Deep Purple, from the 70's, rocking and hairy
Eagles, easy...
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Categories:
dean, inspirational, music
Form:
ABC
ButterflyButterfly
Butterfly sweet,
lovely wings of gossamer gold.
Stretch your tips to the stars,
as that is the reality of freedom.
Glide for hours above the...
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Categories:
dean, butterfly, cancer, confusion, daughter,
Form:
Free verse
THE REBELThe Hollywood hills still echoes with his
Rebellious yell, we are the forever young
Generation.
An iconic American symbol, to this the lost
Age of innocence.
Nay did this...
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Categories:
dean, art, hero, imagination, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse