Best First Poem Poems

Tentative Dancer

Do I choose to join, this Poetic Dance
To reveal my soul, to take this chance
I am left to wonder, who will care
If my life is charmed, or full of despair

I release my emotions, to the page
The good the sad, the parts with rage
The pen...

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Hi everybody, my name is Vera as some of you already know, and I am the wife of Peter Duggan. I came on this site to cheer Peter on, and also to read some poetry which I do enjoy at times. I have made a...

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Original Poem Just Desserts

I was at my favourite restaurant and had a lovely meal
If I finished all my food then a pudding was the deal
I’d relished every morsel and was pleased as a Cheshire cat
The dessert menu was on its way, Oh I couldn’t wait...

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New Year, Past Years

Dawn, looking as blush as twilight,
Where the silhouette of trees still lingers 
And envelopes me— 
Transporting me to my world of yesterday.
I can still hear my children’s laughter; 
Watch them play and dance 
To their sweet singing tunes. 
How quiet the morning...

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See-Saws  -   (First Poem posted on PoetrySoup, 08/04/2014)

What playground does not hold the magic lure
of see-saws firmly braced upon their stands?
What child resists excitement, felt for sure
in ups and downs: the hard thump when he lands
and surging thrill of bouncing up again?
To...

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AT THE FINAL GOODBYE

The congregation
mingled within the silent
stone slabs of their
ancestors, a final goodbye
to yet another
destined to leave this place.
Yet to one, in this his
profound sorrow an
enchanting moment.
He craved!  With a soul
sensitive and true to
touch a living memory,
his lips again to caress
her symbolic smile.
His...

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All these years ago it began
then I picked up my black pen
wondering if I could write poetry
so doubtful was I back then

But then my grey cells responded
bringing thoughts mindfully alive
from that point, confidence grew
brings a vision point to truly strive

Having been set to write poetry
it's...

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Lonely shuttered days
as Covid slammed at our souls
To fill the long day
I tried writing of my sons
how they fill my heart with love...

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"untitled"

my first poem - words unremembered - was for a boy I'll never forget

Oct. 3, 2020 for JCB Burl's How My First Poem Was Born Poetry Contest...

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Let’s not forget our calmer gods,
Our babies flooding over our bodies while
Lying on the small and colorful living room rug.
Bug-eyed joy darting into my soul from strange corners of the body.
It’s the lying and rolling and crashing and skin-skin madness they care about,
Because whether or...

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When I first learned how to read and write,
I wrote the very first poem, that as an infant, I'd often recite.
The following is the original of this childhood insight;

Ga, Ga,
Goo, Goo,
Pee, Pee,
Poo, Poo,
Ma, Ma,
Da, Da,
Na, Na,
Pa, Pa,
Wa, Wa,
Ba, Ba,
Whaa! Whaa!
Ha, Ha.

Even back then I was...

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I’m afraid of dying young
Of leaving things yet undone
I’m afraid I’ll leave this place
Yet not leave a single trace
I’m afraid I haven’t said
All that lives inside my head
I’m afraid I’ll disappear
And no one will hold me dear.
I’m afraid I’ve yet to touch
The hearts of those...

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Come Be My Friend

Softly
Gently
Let us be warm and friendly.

Curious
But cautious
Happiness is much too precious.

Marveling
Wondering 
What days ahead will bring.

Softly
Gently
Let us be warm and friendly.


13 November 2014



I Will Be Your Friend

Softly we have tread 
the road to Friendship Lane;
Gently we have stepped
to cause not undue pain.

Curious...

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MY LOST ROMEO

You're my only love
And I call you my love
You are my Romeo
And my inamorato

I feel so captivated
To be loved by you
All I ever wanted
Was to be with you

And finally will you marry me
You asked me
Yes I will marry you
And live my lifetime with...

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The beginning of poetry . . .

God created:
light and darkness,
the heavenly bodies paraded down set paths in perfect rhythmic orbit,
pristine waters, propelled by gracious winds, lapped against white sand beaches,
all forms of living creatures filled the waters and the earth,
plants of every description grew in...

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