Best Dictionary Poems
Below are the all-time best Dictionary poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of dictionary poems written by PoetrySoup members
Pretty PoetWhere Have All The Pretty Poets Gone?
A real poet are you, charismatic over everything you serve
Showcasing, a rainbow that folds the perfect worldwide perspective
I'm...
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Categories:
dictionary, angel, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
To Be Thrown Overboard SoonTwo scruffy pirates picked me up.
Intending to toss me overboard.
I weighed too much; they were struggling.
True.
They needed to lighten their load.
But I was not going...
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Categories:
dictionary, fun, humorous, word play,
Form:
Light Verse
Butterfly LandingsButterfly Landings
It’s a precarious perch
High by a skydive
In such a leap of faith
A leap of love
Circumnavigates these boots of Earth
Fellow to the stratospheres
These butterfly...
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Categories:
dictionary, lost love, lovebutterfly, love,
Form:
Free verse
What Holds More Resplendent Gifts of the Great and Vast BeyondWhat Holds More Resplendent Gifts Of The Great And Vast Beyond
Seas of poetry orations, I once took my swims
being strong in spirit, stouter in heart...
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Categories:
dictionary, art, creation, dedication, inspiration,
Form:
Rhyme
My Goddess I Am Your MissionaryTell me how may I show you devotion?
No words are left in this dictionary.
Which fool said love is just an emotion?
My Goddess, I am your...
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Categories:
dictionary, love, romance,
Form:
Sonnet
Dear Budding PoetDear Budding Poet,
Modern poetry is a mix of new and old with modern styles created by bending or even breaking the rules of old forms...
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Categories:
dictionary, encouraging, poetry,
Form:
Prose
The WordIn the beginning was the word
Before that, no noun, no thing
Then no sound was ever heard
And no passing bell would ring
So therefore no adjective was...
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Categories:
dictionary, humor, language, philosophy, words,
Form:
Rhyme
Write !Write !
Some madness banter of insanity
is pulling at my thoughts
spilling effulgent
in giant verbs and huge marching nouns
collecting snippets as it walks
stomping on flowers
and mushing liquid...
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Categories:
dictionary, on writing and wordsme,
Form:
Free verse
LudicEnglish is not a language
one can ever get ahead of--
there are just too many words!
Like 'ludic; for example: meaning
playful, in the sense of...
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Categories:
dictionary, humorous, language,
Form:
Free verse
The Scoundrel's GameA yearning for affection and romance
can cause one’s getting scorched by passions’ flame.
Love blooms if it is given a fair chance,
but some attempt to play...
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Categories:
dictionary, passion, love,
Form:
Sonnet
Just Fingertips ApartEach step I take along the way is more than I can endure
and every curve in the lonesome road becomes a detour
back to you because...
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Categories:
dictionary, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
PoetsPoets
Why is it poetry, is a like dirty word and talked of in undertones?
It’s like a naughty postcard, more flesh than there are bones.
Poets tend...
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Categories:
dictionary, confusion, funny, art, art,
Form:
Quatrain
Could It BeAs I stared into the starless night,
the blinding lights of the city blotting out the beauty of a
cloudless sky fading away into day
I wonder what...
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Categories:
dictionary, perspective,
Form:
Free verse
Mistakes Are Lessons
"A person who never made a mistake;
never tried anything new." Albert Einstein
__________________
This poet girl,
wrote in crayon, then gave pens a whirl;
I made mistakes-...
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Categories:
dictionary, life, power, strength,
Form:
Rhyme
Deep In Newly Disturbed Soil, Lies My True LoveDeep In Newly Disturbed Soil, Lies My True Love
( “Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them” – George Eliot.)
Deep...
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Categories:
dictionary, death, deep, depression, heartbreak,
Form:
Elegy