Best Except Poems
Below are the all-time best Except poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of except poems written by PoetrySoup members
Will You Tie My Shoes When I Grow OldYou were beautiful,
my tiny child,
wrapped tightly in my arms,
close to my heart.
I listened to you breathing.
I counted your fingers
and your toes.
Helpless,
you...
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Categories:
except, caregiving, childhood, daughter, growing
Form:
Narrative
Escape of the Bluesman's SongWithin 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:
except, africa, america, grief, racism,
Form:
Free verse
The Enchanted ForestThe woods were silent except for the shifting
soft sounds of his hooves as they fell upon
the forest floor. There he stood amid the...
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Categories:
except, adventure, fairy, fantasy, horse,
Form:
Narrative
DaddyDaddy
Daddy, why did you go away?
Don't you know I wanted you to stay!
Daddy, when you left mom,
Don't you know you left me too?
Now all I...
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Categories:
except, blue, dad, depression, father
Form:
Free verse
Feline Alert*The feline Texan way*
A clean coat of paint - on my nails
Red shade of lips - on my smile
Solid oak charms - on my wrist
Country...
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Categories:
except, adventure, beauty, body, mirror,
Form:
Free verse
WinterWith his icy fingers he stole my smokey breath,
laid a sheet of slippery freezing cold by my feet
and then whispered in my ear right to the...
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Categories:
except, winter,
Form:
Personification
Cookie JarStanding on tippy toes
Top shelf
Reaching
Stretching
Finger tips edging the jar forward
Imagining the taste of chocolate chips on my tongue
Yumm mom's chewy delicious wait till Saturday...
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Categories:
except, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
Poetry In Poetry a Duet of Lonely BluesPoetry
Is not the poem
Is not the poet
Is the observations
Is the emotions
Is the diversity. entwined
Opposing views always sought
Is the love
Is the hate
Is the sadness
Of losing to...
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Categories:
except, dark, introspection, philosophy, poetry,
Form:
Light Verse
Just Within Reachjust within reach?
things!
lots of things!
stuff one could collect,
especially graphic novels
with a writer that made you wish
you had a photographic memory
so you would never forget even...
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Categories:
except, introspection,
Form:
I do not know?
Inside My Head- For ContestHello there, do please come inside- no need to wipe your feet
excuse the mess, I fear you'll find it isn't very neat.
This place is always...
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Categories:
except, feelings,
Form:
Rhyme
Repent and Believe*
Up until the summer of 1999, I only knew of the words "Jesus."
I knew what was being taught in church.
...
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Categories:
except, bible, christian, forgiveness, jesus,
Form:
Free verse
A Bird's Paradise - POTDWintry days were turning mild.
After the harsh stormy days.
Still not a sound could be heard
Except...
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Categories:
except, bird, spring,
Form:
Free verse
Thirty-Eight, Cancer Poem: For SharonThirty Eight ( Corny Cancer Poem) For Sharon
Hallmark has a million cards in their catalog
And not one of them says,
Life Sucks
American greetings had nothing that...
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Categories:
except, absence, best friend, cancer,
Form:
Blank verse
The Scent of Your SoulThe scent of your soul
a caramalized breeze of fruit odours
reverbrating softly through my memory
Throwing me right back in ninth grade
where we sat side by...
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Categories:
except, absence, love,
Form:
Free verse
The VoiceThe Voice…
On a dark night that was darker than my pain,
nothing was there for me except to complain.
I hid myself...
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Categories:
except, imagination, journey, metaphor, symbolism,
Form:
Masnavi