Best House Poems
Below are the all-time best House poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of house poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Old HouseSeven generations walked through your door,
Which stood so strong and always welcomed in.
You said goodbye when boys headed to war,
Two soldiers lost to battles they...
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Categories:
childhood, family, house, memory,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
That Old House At the End of the RoadIt stands on a hill overlooking the bay drenched in ocean spray
That cedar shake house where I used to live high above the Fundy...
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Categories:
house, ocean,
Form:
Couplet
Categories:
autumn, family, house, life,
Form:
Narrative
AbandonedI'd married at 21 and moved overseas with my husband's work, so it had been many years since I had visited my gran at Rose...
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Categories:
growing up, house, memory,
Form:
Haibun
The Lives I Have Known PotdIt has been ages since the laughter died, which was many suns ago,
Soon swept away by fleeting time, like the brief giggle of a rainbow.
My...
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Categories:
absence, house, imagery, life,
Form:
Couplet
Lighthouse On the ShoreThere is a lady all dressed in light,
who stands above the jagged shore at night.
To guide the sailing ships to safer seas
and beg the wicked...
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Categories:
house, light, love,
Form:
Sonnet
Behind These Red Brick WallsI remember living quietly inside these red brick walls,
a soul, wandering alone through those dark, empty halls,
this is the place where I used to rest...
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Categories:
future, house, inspiration, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Nevermore Will Raven Return*Note: A 60-year annual tradition that involved a mysterious visitor leaving three
roses at the grave of writer Edgar Allan Poe on the anniversary...
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Categories:
mysteryhouse, loss, birthday, grave,
Form:
Narrative
God Is GoodOnce driving home, I did defy
A deluge from the darkened sky.
The bluster lent a tinge of fright.
But God is good, and all is right.
When soon...
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Categories:
faith, god, house,
Form:
Rhyme
Behind the Yellow DoorLooking out at the old oak tree in my front yard today, I see myself as she is, stripped of all my former beauty...
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Categories:
family, house, life,
Form:
Personification
Buried AliveBuried Alive
These walls....
they laugh at me but no one else hears
They steal the very breath of me
...but no one seems to notice
They blare a suffocating...
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Categories:
anxiety, depression, house, lonely,
Form:
Free verse
Sweet Childhood HomeThe house of my sweet childhood still sits on
a little hill. It's blue; the roof is grey.
Ferns grow along the border of the lawn.
I want...
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Categories:
home, house,
Form:
Sonnet
These Red Brick WallsThese red brick walls have stood for nearly 100 years,
they have seen and absorbed happiness and tears,
if these walls could talk, just imagine what they...
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Categories:
future, history, house, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Behind Closed Doors - Emotive WriteNobody knows what goes on behind this hotel door
‘Mr Smith’ isn’t with his wife of that I’m pretty sure!
He’s with his mistress Sue, they are...
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Categories:
abuse, bullying, house, loneliness,
Form:
Rhyme
Nana's GardenYou won't find a yard like this anymore. You'd think it would seem smaller now that I'm an adult, but it doesn't. It's still enormous,...
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Categories:
childhood, family, house, garden,
Form:
Haibun