Best General Poems
Below are the all-time best General poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of general poems written by PoetrySoup members
Ten Years Had Raced Into Oblivion's Cup Second Poets Tribute Series, Samuel Taylor ColeridgeTen Years Had Raced Into Oblivion's Cup
Second Poets Tribute Series, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Chained am I, to desolation's huge anchor
on its long black ship,...
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Categories:
general, anger, art, dedication, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
general, 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:
general, nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
A Heart of GoldFriends who are so far apart
find it difficult to help when the
sweetest, gentlest people are in need.
How we of open hearts wish we were near:
to...
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Categories:
general, beauty, father, friendship,
Form:
Verse
Where Did the Years GoRemember years ago, when you were fit
Now you can't stand too long, before you have to sit
And all the times that you ran to catch...
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Categories:
general, age, old, retirement,
Form:
Rhyme
Gettysburg HauntingsGettysburg Hauntings
When General Meade met General Lee
At Gettysburg in 1863
Sons of the South battled Northern brothers
And neither side has ever recovered
Fifty-one thousand lives lost in...
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Categories:
general, history, mystery, visionarywar, war,
Form:
Couplet
Guardian AngelsGoodnight my dear boy and what's that you say?
You want me to chase the bad monsters away?
Well, I'll tell you a tale that may just...
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Categories:
general, fantasy, love, son,
Form:
Rhyme
Manchester AttackYet another incident has happened today
When will these terrorists go away
Manchester this time at a concert
Some taken to early some really hurt
Thier war now affecting...
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Categories:
general, child, conflict, together, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Wall StreetSet upon the new world stage within the burning fires of hell. Silently posed factions of the elite, suppress the true inherit of Mother Earth....
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Categories:
general, political, slam, social, war,
Form:
Epic
Tongue StudyTongue Study
Tongues
Steady it wags
needing to know
more, about the
the very thing that
causes wars.
peace and pain.
I study my tongue. ...
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Categories:
general, analogy, introspection, judgement,
Form:
Ballad
Ghosts of GettysburgThis sacred soil that once resounded with the musket's rattle,
Imbued with mingled blood of Blue and Gray spilt in brutal battle,
Now stands serene with only...
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Categories:
general, historymen,
Form:
Rhyme
Little Toy SoldiersLittle Toy Soldiers going off to war
None will ever live to see age twenty four
None of them even know what they're fighting for
Little...
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Categories:
general, boy, goodbye, peace, soldier,
Form:
Rhyme
The HeartWhat is this thing we call a HEART? We spend our entire lives talking about it. When a child is born and you gaze upon...
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Categories:
general, heart, heartbroken, love,
Form:
Narrative
TiptoeTiptoe, tiptoe, what they say is not what they say it is . . .
Cameras rolling, take one, action!
“How stupid can you be?...
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Categories:
general, political, power, presidents day,
Form:
Political Verse
There Was Trouble Brewin' In Soup CreekAs morning glowed pale light over the town of Soup Creek,
Jenna woke with a start when she heard a floorboard squeak.
She raised her gun and...
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Categories:
general, poets,
Form:
Narrative