Best Diagonal Poems
Below are the all-time best Diagonal poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of diagonal poems written by PoetrySoup members
Checkmatewhy will men fight and suffer to advance the interests of their masters, who fling them aside when they have no further use for them?
Arthur...
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Categories:
diagonal, death, metaphor, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Easter DinnerEASTER DINNER
they liked the one behind me
the teal and black checkerboard
its sparkling tiles on the diagonal
red, yellow, blue, pink pillows
on sofas and chair
the sunrise was...
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Categories:
diagonal, art, easter, food,
Form:
Ekphrasis
Driving in the Snow with One Windshield WiperDiagonal snow
Glides effortless through
the countryside of the
Amputee windshield
For the passenger side
Has always had a reticent view
Steam rises loftily
From a topless treat
Of gas station coffee
That which...
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Categories:
diagonal, loneliness, memory, night, silence,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
diagonal, art,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The ToastmasterBreakfast is the most important meal and it’s the one that I like the most,
So you can imagine my disappointment when the chef makes us...
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Categories:
diagonal, caregiving, father, funny,
Form:
Light Verse
Books Etched In StoneThe community cemetery adjoined
the rear fence-line of his property.
Broad, rolling green acres landscaped
with varieties of shrubbery and trees.
Monuments in lines, rows, and diagonal patterns.
Most...
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Categories:
diagonal, appreciation, memory, remember,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Edith's Hefty HandbagEdith had been suffering from shoulder pain
She'd developed a stoop and only her left shoulder would sag
When she went to see her doctor
He put all...
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Categories:
diagonal, humor, humorous, woman,
Form:
Rhyme
Holograms and HieroglyphsHolograms and hieroglyphs
The whole weighs heavily
touched caressed lightly
brushed on feather canvass
granite marble marvellous papyrus
innocence rejuvenated
partial and impartial
Chiselled in and out
of comprehension angled
layered facets...
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Categories:
diagonal, space, time, travel, truth,
Form:
Free verse
A Kings GameWith pawns to sacrifice and a king protect,
silent and wooden, they shan't object.
Ever forward and never back,
North east and north west, pressing the attack.
Denizens of...
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Categories:
diagonal, fantasy, games, metaphor,
Form:
Ballad
Upon a Celestial WindUPON A CELESTIAL WIND
UPON A CELESTIAL WIND
aPproaching the speeD of light
loOse particles gathEr,
iroN, carbon, silicon…
many Atoms Form
amino aCids, mIcrobes
as biochEmical compouNds,
as molecuLes that
created seEds of...
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Categories:
diagonal, creation, science,
Form:
Free verse
The Pegasus' Derbyracing along the crescent rainbow track into the human race
a starting gate drawn on a diagonal perspective to innovation
breaking the colour spectrum like a powerful...
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Categories:
diagonal, horse, imagination, inspirational, perspective,
Form:
Free verse
ArtificialDiagonal streams now stripe the windowpane
And in them, tiny insects drown and die.
Unexpected ,sudden rain has come.
Those escape who have the wings...
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Categories:
diagonal, addiction, allusion, technology,
Form:
Sonnet
Still Lifebottles of empty plastic
ancient breathing machines
electromagnetic fields in
eyes ears and air
inner child is waking up
books and crumbled clothes
sleeping in a disorganised
diagonal bed
hugging like blissful
children
i am...
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Categories:
diagonal, allegory,
Form:
I do not know?
Bring Brring Telephone Calling'BRRRING BRRRING' said the telephone
“Oh hello” said the wide viewfinder to the telephone. “How are you today?” The telephone fell silent. Very silent. It had...
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Categories:
diagonal, bangla, baptism, baseball, beach,
Form:
I do not know?
Jealous, Jealous, JealousJealous, Jealous, Jealous
The swiftness of the Vessa just killed me,
That speed and the grandeur of the seat,
The frame’s shine and the four wheels...
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Categories:
diagonal, caregiving, child abuse, education,
Form:
Quatrain