Best Hometown Poems
Below are the all-time best Hometown poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of hometown poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Azalea City Is My HometownI come from Valdosta, Georgia, the lovely peach state,
Where everyone uses a southern drawl to communicate.
Valdosta is known as the “Azalea City” for its gorgeous...
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Categories:
hometown, adventure, flower, high school,
Form:
Bio
Eulogy In My HeartOut in the middle of a large farmland, I become a girl of old charm and unexpected songs again. Past the flanks where cluttered rows...
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Categories:
hometown, beautiful, grandfather, memory, nostalgia,
Form:
Haibun
About Me - P.D."TELL YOU ABOUT ME "
Born a full blown Libra to a scale of blind justice
My hair & eyes are brown as can...
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Categories:
hometown, life, lovecare, me, care,
Form:
Narrative
Along the Shady Paths of Vivid GreenAnd the cemetery was fresh and vivid green
when we took our bikes down the paths of it -
past stones and trees and mausoleums and...
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Categories:
hometown, sad,
Form:
Narrative
Silent At SunsetIn my countryside, silent at sunset
Long gone is the stress, long gone is the fret,
Long gone is the need to be so wide-eyed
Silent at sunset,...
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Categories:
hometown, nature, silence, sky, stress,
Form:
Quatrain
Flowing Deep, Those Ghastly Shards of RegretFlowing Deep, Those Ghastly Shards Of Regret
Flowing deep, those ghastly shards of regret
and the spasms they birth in weeping soul
no reprieve, caught in that sorrowful...
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Categories:
hometown, conflict, deep, emotions, grief,
Form:
Rhyme
Night of the Ball
Music echoes through the halls,
climbing stairs, and gilded walls.
Our lovely lass discreetly swoons.
With longing eyes, she scans the room.
Young ladies dressed, in gowns, divine,
are...
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Categories:
hometown, art, dance,
Form:
Rhyme
Such Wonders Are Breathtaking To BeholdSuch Wonders Are Breathtaking To Behold
(NOT FOR CONTEST THAT INSPIRED THIS POEM)
The morning dew on red rose does glisten
As early dawning sun beams brightly down
Such...
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Categories:
hometown, art, beautiful, imagery, inspiration,
Form:
Rhyme
The Old River BridgeThe Old River Bridge
There’s an old river bridge outside my hometown.
I wonder if they’ll ever tear it down.
It’s always been a part of me
And it’s...
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Categories:
hometown, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
Buster, Miss Kitty and TomMiss Kitty Katt was famous in the small hometown of mine
And Buster was the town dog -- never knew a boundary line.
Miss Kitty knew no...
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Categories:
hometown, cat, dog, dog, dog,
Form:
Rhyme
America Wasn'T So Bad Back ThenWe have something in common, a fellow I talk to now and then. We’re about the same age and perhaps the only ones in the...
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Categories:
hometown, america,
Form:
Prose
It Was One of Those MorningsWoke up from a poor night‘s sleep an utter wreck.
I had to be to work by eight, but what the heck?
The clock said 12; the...
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Categories:
hometown, morning, sleep,
Form:
Rhyme
Pleasant Grove ImpressionsFor twenty-seven years I have lived here
inside this little city, Pleasant Grove.
I live too far away from sisters dear.
Not easily from this town could I...
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Categories:
hometown, city,
Form:
Sonnet
Categories:
hometown, river,
Form:
Free verse
I Heard I Might Find a Poet Here Part 2Time moves slower than a rusted windmill on a still day
as I am unable to avert my stare, frozen in this spot,
captivated...
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Categories:
hometown, beauty, poetry, , Lullaby,
Form:
Epic