Best Forty Poems
Below are the all-time best Forty poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of forty poems written by PoetrySoup members
Forty TodayVisited you today
as the sun set in the horizon…
the orange tinged carnations
were a perfect complement
for the skies
and for you…
orange and blue
always remind...
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Categories:
forty, brother, dedication, family, life,
Form:
Free verse
A Poem For My Algebra TeacherI know I promised
no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another
‘Wipe your eye poem’
And for three years
I tried...
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Categories:
forty, 6th grade, abuse, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
MoonlightPainting by Edvard Munch, 1895: "Moon Light"
your soft hand trembles in mine
no words are spoken
we observe our ascending full moon
as we have every month...
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Categories:
forty, death, love, love hurts,
Form:
Ekphrasis
Love Has Its CostsTHIS IS A FICTIONAL WRITE THAT EXPLORES THE QUESTION OF WHAT LOVE IS. IT DOES SO IN A DRAMATIC WAY, AFTER ALL THAT IS MY...
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Categories:
forty, desire,
Form:
Narrative
Showdown At Soup CreekIt was now growing dark as the sun was going down
When a stranger rode into Soup Creek, a frontier town
No one could see his face,...
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Categories:
forty, america, humor, sun,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
forty, absence, best friend, cancer,
Form:
Blank verse
A Legend In His Own MindWho was that masked man?!?
Brian Williams, rides again.
He was in Amilia Earhart's plane;
even rode with the Dalton Gang.
The day the Titanic went down;
In the rescue...
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Categories:
forty, silly, slam, drug,
Form:
Rhyme
Still WinterDead Winter Stray~ By: Poet Destroyer
Nearby paces, Combatants lost under the cemetery walls,
“Blessed Men and Heavenly Remedy Women of Ages,”
Feelings of dance at the beginning...
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Categories:
forty, death, dance, beautiful, woman,
Form:
Free verse
Jallianwala BaghThe occupation of India began, with the East India company
And prospered across large swathes of Indian territory
Then the British Crown took control, bringing military might
And...
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Categories:
forty, death, england, garden, history,
Form:
Narrative
My Addingham(The memories are simple, living the feeling significant)
After conquering Beamsley Beacon due Southwest,
Rombald’s moor stood, while for centuries
within the valley the minute dwellings
of grey stone,...
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Categories:
forty, nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
MotherlandMotherland…
I am a desert, barren and hot.
Hoping for the rain, which I forgot.
Once, I was green, golden, and bright.
Nightingales singing night after night.
My fresh breeze...
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Categories:
forty, emotions, feelings, longing, peace,
Form:
Masnavi
A Well-Appointed CowpokeA well-appointed cowpoke, of whom there are still a few,
Wanted to be properly clad for his first job interview.
So, to impress his potential and somewhat...
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Categories:
forty, cowboy-western
Form:
Rhyme
Nevermore Will Raven Return*Note: A 60-year annual tradition that involved a mysterious visitor leaving three
roses at the grave of writer Edgar Allan Poe on the anniversary...
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Categories:
forty, mysteryhouse, loss, birthday, grave,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
forty, humorous, me, satire,
Form:
Light Verse
In Search of 50 Names -Edited For JudgeIn Search of 50 Names(couplets alphabetized for ease of footnoting the names)
A) A tom cat sits in heather nearby a willow tree.
Rose and jasmine fill...
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Categories:
forty, words, , cute,
Form:
Couplet