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


Premium Member - Peace, Love, and Gods Greatest Gift -
The mellifluous musical tones of the village bells

Echoing chimes over the cold snowcapped mountains

Both finding their way to people in the valley below

Christmas songs —...

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Categories: greatest, celebration, christmas, december, inspiration,
Form: Terza Rima



The Greatest Poet Ever
I got to wonderin' the other day
who was the greatest poet ever?
Was it a guy named Willie Shakespeare
or someone much more clever?

I thought it over...

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Categories: greatest, me, write,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Twilight Aurora
Like an interrupted dream
shadows of the one 
who inspired it
linger like morning dew.

No aroma and no taste,
yet I'm left breathless,
as thoughts reminisce.
I listen to this...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: greatest, absence, angst, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member How Do I Love Thee - Let Me Count the Ways
1.
and every time i see you it is for the first time 
still my heart skips a beat
and every time we kiss it is our first 
and...

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Categories: greatest, love,
Form: List
Premium Member A Poet's Gift
A Poet's Gift

A poet writes to share a secret depth 
Of feelings within their soulful breast.
They write to grasp onto immortality,
To be remembered beyond their...

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Categories: greatest, art, poetry, writing,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Halloween's Mask of Comfort
In a house beside the forest lives a woman and her son

He is scarred by burns and fire – hidden kept from everyone

There is land...

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Categories: greatest, desire, halloween,
Form: Rhyme
Whisper Soft Into the Night
Distant prayers echo through a lilac sky
light flickers brilliantly in angelic eyes
a yellow crocheted blanket falls to the floor
and a growing heart winks inside.

Kindness breeds...

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© Tim Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: greatest, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Wallpaper
WALLPAPER

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Paper Thin
Cut down to any size,
Crumble, crop me wrong 
Pull the insulation from my heart.
Never will I be "A Paper Doll!"
Thank you for calling me...

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Categories: greatest, change, creation, friend, identity,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member The Narwhal Song
~The Narwhal Beckons Before Dawn~

   If I could sing a song,
   It wouldn't be just any song.
   I would...

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© Skat A   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: greatest, abuse, character, dance, deep,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member An Epic Love For Women
I know you're not here

but you are in my heart 

so 

you are always with me

i'll just slip into you

with these words.
 
I know 
there...

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Categories: greatest, beauty, celebration, dream, heart,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Love Becomes An Ocean
Barefoot we spend our time in spring,
Just giggling kids - how sweet the dream
When we, in love are blossoming.
We splash inside a cool fresh stream.
Our...

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Categories: greatest, love, water,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Love Gift
I saw Love climb upon the wind
Heard the laughter in the breeze
Tasted lilacs, jasmine, and honeysuckle
With a turn and twist Love caressed my skin
The scent...

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Categories: greatest, dream, love,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member The Amorous Mystique - a Collaboration With Robert Lindley
Can it be, into this world we are dropped
from heavenly streams that have never stopped?

With sweet hope gifted to our souls delight,
oceans of love and...

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Categories: greatest, appreciation, romantic love, sensual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Worth More Than Millions
Jesus gives me directions
To love as He has loved
With a sincere compassion
That knows no conditions

This love of His has no limits
It goes beyond worry and...

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Categories: greatest, christian, faith, god, hope,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member When a Man Loves a Woman - When a Woman Loves a Man
When a Man Loves a Woman

A man who loves a woman in the way
a woman wants him to will love her true.
He’ll hold her close,...

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Categories: greatest, love,
Form: Sonnet

Book: Shattered Sighs