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Best Gentility Poems

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


Premium Member Tom Cunningham Tribute
T_tendernesss and tolerance are his territory.
O_openness to all poets, too!
M_magnanimity and modesty, shine in this friend of mine!

C_compasstion and consideration, so outstanding.
U_understanding of the human...

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Categories: gentility, appreciation, thank you, tribute,
Form: Acrostic



Premium Member Oak Alley
Gifting us a green canopy,

oaks bow with old South gentility.


For Brian Strand's the 'Podium placing promise(2)' Poetry Contest...

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Categories: gentility, tree,
Form: Crystalline
Then They Give Us Form As If One Three Thousanth of Us Know What the Hell That Is
Velvet fell from the SKY ON a Boston day by the bay
Cotton caressed thy lips gentility so that you might sigh
While you tried to convince...

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Categories: gentility, angst, me, night, me,
Form: Chastushka
Premium Member I Wandered Lonely As a Swan
"I wandered lonely as a cloud."
                   ...

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Categories: gentility, bird, feelings, me, parody,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Triumph Over Pride
As darkness covers moonlit night
stubbornness of will tracks the light-- 
and climbs upon iced mountain top, 
so near to fall, so quick flakes drop. 
...

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Categories: gentility, endurance, pride, recovery from,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member Tom Cunningham Tribute, Repost
                   
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Categories: gentility, appreciation, inspiration, star, thanks,
Form: Free verse
Happy Birthday Tim,Timmy,Timothy Smith

Terrific charmer,blessed and gifted

Invincible love fulfills his heart

Modesty is a reflection of his beliefs

Super dad and  souper spice

Master of words and muses

Incredibly kind to...

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Categories: gentility, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
I Believe In You
I believe in You…
I really want to believe this is true
Oh god, you made my day
And you made me jump with joy today

*chorus* Someone is...

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Categories: gentility, adventure, appreciation, blessing, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Liaison Dangereuse
“liaison dangereuse”



Tear a thin line 
along my skin
softly velvet
finger tips 
no nurses gloves

down my neck
along my throat
with something
sharp like words
on a tongue

like I’m
one of the...

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Categories: gentility, addiction, senses, sensual,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member Roses For Eve Roper


A sweet poetess, most worth reading!
Not only prolific, but in her heart-moving words, terrific.
She waltzes far above professorial,impressive words,
Expresses herself above overdone imagery, that is...

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Categories: gentility, appreciation, dedication, feelings, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Path of Clouds
Blessed is the life that walks through clouds
For it is a pathway of grace, softness and gentility
Its meekness shall rise above such earthly shrouds
Away from...

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Categories: gentility, blessing, change, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Where Gentle Souls Fly
Gentility of harmony,
a feather-light caress
heightens the senses.
Gut feeling envelops;
welcome visitors to this 
side of the veil.


1-13-2022
A STRAND (1051) Poetry Contest
Brian Strand...

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Categories: gentility, philosophy, poems, poetry, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Night of Glorious Moonlight
Night, this night of glorious moonlight,
it’s silvery rays fingering down to Gaia’s breast  
are euphoria to the soul.
Mother Moon sings her songs of loving
gentility,...

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Categories: gentility, appreciation, moon, nature, philosophy,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Snippets
I.
desert stillness shrouds
their adversary lairs
twilight's muted thunder
betrays the nearby
stealthy moon

II.
the chalky moon
creases midnight clouds
blue shades of lovers
walk a powdery sky
chortle at the other's close proximity

III.
pale...

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Categories: gentility, allegory, introspection, life, loss,
Form: Free verse
The Power of Drugs and Love
The Power of Drugs and Love

There was a time I ruled the world
with a brand new car mentality
using large words to articulate
my aura to sway...

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Categories: gentility, addiction, drug,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs