Best Earliest Poems
Below are the all-time best Earliest poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of earliest poems written by PoetrySoup members
A Legend In His Own MindWho was that masked man?!?
Brian Williams, rides again.
He was in Amilia Earhart's plane;
even rode with the Dalton Gang.
The day the Titanic went down;
In the rescue...
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Categories:
earliest, silly, slam, drug,
Form:
Rhyme
The Scorn of CainEast of Eden we still painfully churn
where belief is earliest bloodshed's birth
and every wicked man shall have his turn
to spill his rage upon the wretched...
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Categories:
earliest, allegory, analogy, bible, humanity,
Form:
Sonnet
Orange Crush the Adventures of Soda PopMy earliest recollection was being placed in a Coca Cola cooler in a Barbershop in Virginiatown Ontario. I heard the sound of the Nickle being...
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Categories:
earliest, child, color, crush,
Form:
Personification
Beacons of LightAs long as man has lived upon this Earth
The quest for beacons of light has endured
Primitive cultures, man’s earliest ancestors
...
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Categories:
earliest, faith, hope, inspirationallight, light,
Form:
Quatrain
Yearning For ReunionAncient, rugged hills worn down by time
I miss the lush green hills of my home
Leaning away from the peaceful valley,
Mountains forged from eons long forgotten
During...
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Categories:
earliest, home, mountains, nature, places,
Form:
Free verse
NightfallI saw fingers severed
with comically large scissors
and heads near severed
with an even larger pair,
or crimped stubbornly halfway.
I contemplated with some hurt
what I might...
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Categories:
earliest, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Free verse
The Invention of ZeroZero.
By which nothing is divided.
No zero
no negative
no opposite
no hope
no Adam, no apple, no marriage, no morning.
No mirror
no knowledge
no God, no soul, no ear lobe, no...
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Categories:
earliest, father, future, home, hope,
Form:
Verse
I Love You DadOne of my earliest remembrances in this place; life
Was when I was about three or four years of age
The fear overcoming my heart thinking if...
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Categories:
earliest, angel, child, dad, i
Form:
Free verse
‘the Airplane Crossing Clear-Blue Sky'My white-washed bars surrounded me -
they held me as I slept;
they soothed me when the days were long,
and mother’s blue-eyes wept.
A baby girl, six months...
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Categories:
earliest, childhood, happiness, introspection, love,
Form:
Quatrain
Life Is Not a DreamI still recall my earliest of dreams
Those summer afternoons spent in the shade
A grass stained T-shirt, old cut off blue jeans
A pickle jar filled with...
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Categories:
earliest, dream, life,
Form:
Sonnet
My Golden GirlsIn Monorhyme, Iambic Hexameter
From morning’s earliest rays to evening’s setting sun,
whatever could be sweeter than two pals having fun?
Side by side a gallop, how swiftly...
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Categories:
earliest, best friend, devotion, dog,
Form:
Monorhyme
Butterfly KissesButterfly kisses on his head
On that beautiful, early morn,
Welcoming him into the world,
My adorably, sweet first-born.
Butterfly kisses on his neck.
He'd giggle at feathery touch.
Butterfly kisses...
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Categories:
earliest, childhood, mom,
Form:
Rhyme
Leave the Children AloneIt is a well-known fact, said Aristotle
and many a priest that threaten the inferno,
‘Give me a child before the age of seven’
Today society taking...
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Categories:
earliest, children,
Form:
Free verse
A Is For AngelA is for Angel…
A is for Angel, Angel of love.
It can change raven into a dove.
Earliest morning, when twilight blend,
Near the horizon Angels...
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Categories:
earliest, angel, flying, happiness, love,
Form:
Couplet
Creatures of the Flame
Creatures Of The Flame
Fierce friend or foe...earth element of fire;
In many ways advanced our humankind.
Relentless when unchecked, a beast so dire,
Engulfs and smothers, leaving ash...
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Categories:
earliest, fire, humanity,
Form:
Sonnet