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Best Diction Poems

Below are the all-time best Diction poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of diction poems written by PoetrySoup members


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Categories: addiction, society,
Form: Senryu



Premium Member Escape of the Bluesman's Song
Within the frame a sepia scene
a dusty porch   a rickety chair   
the fabric of your dusky face creased
with ceaseless sunbaked woes
your...

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Categories: diction, africa, america, grief, racism,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Plethora of Poetry
~STRIP TEASE~     Featuring:) SKAT

Silver Skimpy Ink, String, A POET DESTROYER's bling, bling
Think of me as a human ditty delicious decoration,
Something along...

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Categories: addiction, adventure, beauty, passion,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Poetry Soup
Poetry Soup, a forum international, a celebration
Of intellectual curiosity and creative exploration,
Embellishing soul’s heartfelt musings, amplifying 
Themes, resonating elegantly in forms and diction;
Rhythmic and meaningful...

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Categories: diction, inspiration, philosophy, poetry,
Form: Name
Premium Member Discord Ruins Harmony
Squabbling with words; spats in opposition
can bring about discord and suspicion
Christians should be able to live in harmony 
or their accord and union will atrophy

What...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: diction, introspection,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member My Favorite Poet POTD
From among the poets who fired my imagination
whom shall I choose, can’t bring myself to pick
and place from dozens, just one above all the rest!

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Categories: diction, appreciation, poetry, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Love Is a Fragile Thing - For Jan Allison
A response written after reading
 "You've changed my life completely"     
  by Jadazzle United
   For Jan and Darren
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Categories: diction, love, soulmate,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Poem For My History Teacher
I wanted to write
 The best slavery poem   ever written—
Perhaps win a Pulitzer or Faulkner. 

I had every intention of conforming 
To the...

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Categories: diction, assonance, forgiveness, history, holocaust,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member For the Love of Lexicon
My Mother taught me
how to see through language, 
paper was rare, iron ink wasn't free
so she sold some jewelry for porcelain lettering, 
and we clapped...

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Categories: diction, dedication, history, passion,
Form: Epic
Premium Member The Mask of Alabaster
Once the night had fallen upon a sleepless slumber,
Whence the winter woke me when the third was three in number.

I sense that a wince doth...

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Categories: diction, anxiety, confusion, deep, dream,
Form: Couplet
Trauma Bleeds Through My Pen
Shall I allow my heart to break its fences
and profusely bare its senses
as my mind feels no fighting chances
the soul divulges the pain’s incenses
trauma bleeds...

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Categories: diction, heart, heartbreak, how i
Form: Rhyme
It Can'T Be Art
It can’t be art 

Spun in a windstorm of caustic insisting
Plastered like mud on the walls of Pompeii
Frescos of joy before charcoal was misting
Writing in...

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Categories: diction, angst,
Form: Rhyme
47 Words
i never want to stop learning you 
i hope i never get you down to a science 
some days i am an engineer 
i check...

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Categories: diction, celebration, feelings, i love
Form: Free verse
Fact Or Fiction - More Fake News
Fact and Fiction are two words that cause a lot of friction
Therefore, sometimes it’s all about the diction

Like a poem they both have meaning
To the...

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Categories: diction, analogy, meaningful,
Form: Couplet
Words Stringing Out and About
I
Your writing takes me higher, to a brighter day
Response: Your words, too, doth reader repay
II
Sad and poignant, yet depression held at bay
In good and bad...

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© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: diction, appreciation, character, cheer up,
Form: Rhyme

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