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Best Gauge Poems

Below are the all-time best Gauge poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of gauge poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member NOTHING LESS - NOTHING MORE - POTD
POTD 8th Jan 24


 NOTHING LESS ~ NOTHING MORE

The ambushed night when all was still,
Amidst the gloom, anxiety took my will.
Though the moon cast its...

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Categories: gauge, deep, emotions, inspiration, new
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Love Is In the Air - POTW
POTW 22rd April 2018

 To right the wrongs of love no flawless gauge exists 
Though visions unfulfilled can leave one bereft
With tears of remorse for...

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Categories: gauge, emotions, inspirational love, uplifting,
Form: Verse
Premium Member 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: gauge, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
The Old Truck In the Master's Hand
The old truck hadn't been used in a while,
But it should be good for a few more miles.
Under the hood, the engine was rusty,
And the...

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Categories: gauge, allegory, inspirational, lifeold, old,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member A Bit of Humour To Kick Start the Week
FRED THE PERV.

Kinky Fred stole knickers off the line
One summer night his haul totalled nine
His spree ended in tears
Got an extra ten years
When Judge Sue...

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Categories: gauge, humor,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member Road Trip From Hell
Across the vast Californian Death Valley I went out for a drive
The temperature gauge was reading a hundred and twenty five.

Despite the unforgiving temperature, I...

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Categories: gauge, adventure, america, car, sun,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Wisdom of the Sundial
I only tell of sunny hours...
for they are all I know.
To speak of winds, I would be vain
to guess which way they blow.

I will not...

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© P.S. Awtry  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: gauge, wisdom,
Form: Personification
Premium Member A Musing Plumber
I greeted the day, that seemed in a way,
                ...

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Categories: gauge, funny, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Our Good Shepherd
Oh Lord, Our Heavenly Father of all creation
We rely on you in all tribulations of life
Hope you will come down to touch and heal 
Our...

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Categories: gauge, cheer up, encouraging, god,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Flying Scotsman 1939
From Edinburgh’s Waverley to Kings Cross
At journey's rest before terminating chaos,
Winding through the serene countryside
Spying a glimpse of the North Sea tide,
Rolling along in my...

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Categories: gauge, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sense and Sensibility Speak
He was debonair, full of flare
charm exuded here and there
but she was so unaware
and she let her heart to dare
poured out love and all her...

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Categories: gauge, books, love,
Form: Monorhyme
Life Underwater
Emphysema is like 
living underwater,
Surrounded by an ocean
of air,
Which just can't get
where it needs to be
Even if you lie quietly
In your home, your lair

You wake...

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© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: gauge, happiness, health, introspection,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Heroic Crown of Sonnets - Part One

Our Year Of Months (January - July)

1. Intro

Divided into months is our Earth year;
fixed firm in space to meet with climate change,
relation with our Sun...

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Categories: gauge, daffodils, earth, seasons,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Premium Member What Is Real
I saw a tree crying in the rain
A woman hurting with no pain 
The wind blowing but I couldn't 
prove it
The earth spinning but I could...

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Categories: gauge, emotions, feelings, heartbreak, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
A "special" Harvest
Children so special
Labeled by society --
     Morons, retarded

Each has unique gifts
Wide-eyed, forever smiling
Offer them respect
They have disabilities
But treasures lie in their...

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Categories: gauge, childhood
Form: Haiku

Book: Shattered Sighs