Best Forgotten Poems
Below are the all-time best Forgotten poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of forgotten poems written by PoetrySoup members
Forgotten Heroes of the SommeOver the top lads, for old Blighty! Hold the colours high!
Say a little prayer for me, for this summer day we die.
My brothers from the...
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Categories:
forgotten, brother, death, history, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
forgotten, death, love, rose,
Form:
Personification
Love Passing ByWhen the crimson rose has faded
And our day at last is done;
In the forest dark and shaded
Blows the tempest, dims the sun.
When the night holds...
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Categories:
forgotten, love, love, pride,
Form:
Rhyme
At the Footbridge - Limerick CollaborationAt the footbridge Sue was meeting her beau
(He was married to a woman called Flo)
Sue soon found out his deception
She dismembered his ********
For his love...
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Categories:
forgotten, betrayal, body, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
The View From a WindowA view of the ragged woodland from
The window:-
Slender branched trees that shed
From high above to low below;
The faint, mauven peaks
Smattered with barely visible
Scatterings of drifted...
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Categories:
forgotten, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Whispers SharedYour time worn hand rests on my shoulder
A gentle firm touch
Ancient fingers stretching awake
And for that moment in time, I receive you
My body marinates in...
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Categories:
forgotten, appreciation, beauty, community, creation,
Form:
Free verse
Thinking Out Loud
~writer's notes~
i think out loud
from my fingers to a keyboard
so forgive me if my speak
is somewhat long winded
if it has swirls and curls
this is...
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Categories:
forgotten, angel, beauty, love,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Midnight PoetWhisper's of October
Whispers in this soup bowl
20 minutes after its muse explodes,
Daylight remains nothing more than a dream
Warding off the howling sound...
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Categories:
forgotten, addiction, character, devotion, identity,
Form:
Free verse
Old ManSilently he sat in darkness, flinching at the sight of light.
Which created a glow reflecting on his balding head.
His cold glare did not help my...
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Categories:
forgotten, angst, dark, life,
Form:
Prose
Amberina BallerinaA born lioness my untamed heart? ha!
a mouse, this pulsing token ruled by unruly wants
at times given, traded or stolen - sometimes
thrown down on...
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Categories:
forgotten, destiny, emotions, inspiration, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
MonsterMONSTER
Shackles nor chains, can't change what it is.....
Never was it, the one hiding under the bed,
It was me, tired of it getting inside my...
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Categories:
forgotten, abuse, dark, evil, sin,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
As Father Is To His DaughterPassing through framed windows like ours,
I recall your tales of reckless war and lost friends
that burned your innocence at 21... and though
you claimed flashes of...
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Categories:
forgotten, father, introspection, words,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
forgotten, confusion, death, dream, future,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Laminated LoveFrozen flames pressed between each sheet
I flip every page while taking notes
Censoring every event in my past
I fall deep when staring at the painting...
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Categories:
forgotten, art, beautiful, desire, fate,
Form:
Ekphrasis
WarriorsThis one is for the broken,
hiding behind invisible bruising.
For the forgotten and the ones
who have forgotten us,
like the misunderstood misfits.
Who howl at the moon,
look...
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Categories:
forgotten, assonance, dedication, inspirational, life,
Form:
Free verse