Best El Poems
Below are the all-time best El poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of el poems written by PoetrySoup members
On Solid Ground - ElMy feet are on solid ground,
for to the earth I am bound.
Though I hear river flowing
and see the full moon glowing -
a pie in star-studded...
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Categories:
el, nature,
Form:
Haiku
El AmanteMy melancholy turns to gold dust
in your soft and tender hands
upon your fingers I scatter my life
my love remains clasped in your hands
now I am...
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Categories:
beautiful, celebration, desire, love,
Form:
Free verse
A Kept WomanDream-worker
delves deeply into my dream;
vibrations fondle anticipation
foreplay wakes wide-eyed
swells of liquid libido quake the rendezvous edge -
a primordial being in his prime
a masculine...
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Categories:
el, allegory, betrayal, fate, imagery,
Form:
Free verse
Cantas En Mi Corazon - Sing In My Heart - a Collaboration With Michael P ClarkeCantas en mi Corazon
Una Colaboración con Michael P. Clarke
Spanish Version - Free Verse
Ven en mis brazos, tu templo tan cerca de mí,
Estoy perdido en...
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Categories:
el, happiness, true love,
Form:
Free verse
UfcWhere modern Gladiators go to collide
Like solders in prison these warriors ride
Mono el mono this is how they believe
No smoking mirrors or tricks up their...
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Categories:
el, dedicationtime,
Form:
Couplet
The Ballad of Prospector PeteProspector Pete had roamed the hills fer years searchin' fer gold!
He and his faithful burro, Fred, were both growin' weary and old.
He'd looked fer color...
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Categories:
el, funny,
Form:
Ballad
Angela's Right HandThe function of a human hand?
Writing a message, making a bed,
Opening a jar, dialing a phone,
Putting on pantyhose,
Touching the face of a child,
Or a lover.
And...
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Categories:
el, faith, health, loss, peace,
Form:
Elegy
TestamentMy father's abeng blew up my mother's womb
And I was chained there
Nine months in darkness drinking blood
Longing for my resurrection from the tomb
Longing to break...
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Categories:
el, politicalme, history, me,
Form:
Free verse
Atacama / English VersionAtacama, Eden of winds,
flower of abandoned rocks and of sapleter,
homestead of flamingoes and geysers,
and above all ,
below an azure sky,
mountains are carrying on their tops...
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Categories:
el, historywater, history, water,
Form:
Free verse
In Memorywhere we are born is a coin toss
some are lucky some are not
here we live a sheltered life
ignorant of the injustices in other lands
we take...
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Categories:
el, abuse, corruption, inspirational, political,
Form:
Free verse
Every Season ChangesThe asphalt driveway is blackened over by rain
sand bags lie in the corner of the garage in case water creeps in, some sheep scurry...
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Categories:
el, angst, animal, assonance, beautiful,
Form:
Narrative
JudgementHow proud they put them on display
Two thousand of the first of fortyk
There President Bukele did say
They’ll live in the jailhouse for decades
he went on...
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Categories:
analogy, how i feel,
Form:
Rhyme
Mad About Towns
When we set out on a road trip
We didn’t stick to the old script
And were gladly amazed
And rarely unfazed
Hitting strange towns though some were skipped
We...
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Categories:
humorous, travel, word play,
Form:
Limerick
Christmas in the MountainsThe Franklin Mountains are a succession of jagged peaks, as if the earth had sprouted the spiny backbone of a monstrous, petrified beast. Each tip...
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Categories:
el, christmas, december, mountains,
Form:
Haibun
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:
el, car, funny, growing up,
Form:
Rhyme