Best Exposition Poems
Below are the all-time best Exposition poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of exposition poems written by PoetrySoup members
An Aquarian ExpositionTake the pill
on the hill
and don't be shrill
when you see the rainbow
when you are low.
Just go with the flow
and eat the purple snow.
Chase the rabbits...
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Categories:
exposition, addiction, allusion, angel, anger,
Form:
Rhyme
Chronicler of Events and EmotionsChronicler of Events and Emotions
As a Poet and as a Writer . . .
I’m a Chronicler of Events and Emotions;
I watch, observe, and record...
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Categories:
exposition, allegory, imagery, introspection, metaphor,
Form:
Didactic
Exclusive Birth RightsExclusive Birth Rights
I am German and guilty as charged by history and evil parental culpability
privileged by life and proxy thus I refuse to forget ancestral...
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Categories:
exposition, humanity, , memorial,
Form:
Free verse
Liquor of LoveGestures beckon gestures,
Speech caresses silence,
Laughter accompanies the seductive sways of smiles,
The beautiful bliss of our starry eyes gone astray;
Then caught and locked in a...
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Categories:
exposition, fantasy, lost love, love,
Form:
Free verse
Our Environment TodayI was taught by my father to be obedient in the dense forest to save the individuals trees, stop destruction to plantation. I...
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Categories:
exposition, earth, farm, flower,
Form:
Free verse
Theatrum MundiTheatrum Mundi
Theatrum Mundi, derived from the Latin as: “Theater of the World,” was famously incorporated by William Shakespeare for his well-known metaphorical world-view often referred...
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Categories:
exposition, education, imagination, poems, poetry,
Form:
Narrative
Sweet Rose of Virtue: William Dunbar TranslationSweet Rose of Virtue
by William Dunbar (c. 1460-1530)
loose translation/modernization/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
after William Dunbar
Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness,
delightful lily of youthful wantonness,
richest...
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Categories:
exposition, character, desire, devotion, flower,
Form:
Sonnet
No Place To Lay My HeadMy new husband was a farm boy
who didn't like to roam.
It always took a lot of nagging
to get him to leave home.
But we were newly...
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Categories:
exposition, vacation,
Form:
Narrative
Battlefield CrossBoots with an automatic weapon standing up, and a helmet on top…
Yes, this bronze statue begs your attention.
This was once a young boys dream few...
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Categories:
exposition, brother, dedication, war, ,
Form:
Free verse
PoetryAn instrument of beauty,
poetry is art at its best
with its verses of passion
penned with love
in assorted and variegated
metrical composition
with sublime and
aesthetically satisfying flow.
It is a...
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Categories:
exposition, education, imagination, inspirational, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Remission of LoveI kind of getting in motion just to control my emotions.
With every condition
I find nothing but division in every portion.
All positions seem to be...
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Categories:
exposition, anniversary, betrayal, break up,
Form:
Alliteration
Food For ThoughtAfter Eight Mints
Anchovies
Apple Pancakes
Applesauce
Atlantic Cod
Barbecue Sauce
Black Bean Soup
Blue Cheese
Blueberry Pancakes
Brussels Sprouts and Lamb
Buttermilk
Caribou Liver
Carrots
Cauliflower
Chicken Breast
Chicken Patty
Chicory Roots
Chocolate Pudding
Chocolate Pudding !!!
Cinnamon Raisin Bagel
Coffee Cake
Coleslaw
Donkey Balls
Dried Plums
Durian...
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Categories:
exposition, life, people, places, urban
Form:
Free verse
The Eiffel TowerThe Eiffel Tower (La Tour Eiffel)
‘Iron Lady,’ of sensual beauty in the ‘City of Light:’
(La Dame De Fer: Bienvenue a Paris, France!)
Built to be the...
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Categories:
exposition, celebration, education, french, history,
Form:
Verse
The GraveyardI stood in the graveyard all alone,
With no-one else beside my ship,
But nature seemed near to me,
As it was marked repeatedly hip....
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Categories:
exposition, brother, death, eulogy, nature,
Form:
Elegy
A Creole WomanWith her skin all over the castle breath,
growing so fine and fiery,
waiting for men through the spring,
countless as a dozen,
I wait for my turns...
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Categories:
exposition, women,
Form:
Free verse