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Best Hugo Poems

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


The Return Gift - Nursery Rhyme
Chinnu, the chipmunk got a gift, a corn,
from her best friend, Hugo, the hippo.
She planned to eat the tasty corn soon,
and meet Hugo the next...

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Categories: hugo, nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme



The Emperor Takes His Ease
L'Empéreur s'amuse

(after Victor Hugo)

For the banished ones, of stubborn resistance,
France is far off.  The tomb is near.
But don’t worry, Prince.  Enjoy your existence.
In...

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Categories: hugo, political,
Form: Rhyme
Beautiful Sadness
"Melancholy is the happiness of being sad." 
  Victor Hugo

Filled of memories, dreams lost and found
 and heartaches hugged and embraced,
 time stands still,...

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© Dm Babbit  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hugo, angst, heartbreak,
Form: Epitaph
Premium Member Domestic Abuse and Abuse of Power
After witnessing a murder meant for me after surviving a car bomb igniting my skull crushed my face bruising my brain i received threatening calls...

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Categories: hugo, abuse, anxiety, beautiful, love
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member The Joy of Another Day
       “Even the darkest night will end and the 
        sun will...

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Categories: hugo, city, encouraging, happy, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Another Day Again - the Pantoum Style
~Another  Day   Again~
 ( Pantoum )


 Another day has flown by again
 And then the night approaches fast
 Bringing to me sweet...

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Categories: hugo, angel, beautiful, emotions, love,
Form: Free verse
The Cedar Tree
The cedar towered above the shingled roof,
Its tapered branches hiding squirrels and birds
until the day when Hugo swept the hills
uprooting poplars, whipping wind-wilted
leaves against the...

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© Karen Ruff  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hugo, creation, nature, tree, visionary,
Form: Blank verse
Good Night Fidel Castro
Adieu Fidel Castrol! Adieu Castro!
What a life, What an adventure!
The west with its sophisticated propaganda
could not kill you. In your prime they sought to 
assassinate...

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Categories: hugo, death,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member A Vacation Where History Was Made
My lifetime dream hasn't been realized yet;
I like to travel to Europe where History was made.
I will start with the glorious city of Rome
with its...

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Categories: hugo, art, beautiful, dream, french,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member - It Is the Market Today -
Come and buy
Fruits and vegetables from own garden
Best quality and most inexpensive items
Apples, Oranges, Bananas, Onions, Carrots and Potatos
Purchasers of my goods, I will give...

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Categories: hugo, holiday, people,
Form: Free verse
Hamba Kahle, Comandante Chavez
Hamba Kahle*, Comandante Chavez!

The light may have gone out from your eyes, Comandante,
but the torch you lit,
remains ablaze.

You may have passed away from this mortal...

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Categories: hugo, death, farewell, freedom, funeral,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Candy Girl - 2
"Candy Girl" - 2



He had been watching her from the far end of the Ice Bar, where he was sitting propped up on an ice...

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Categories: hugo, adventure, muse, mystery,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Fragility of Wealth
Fragility of Wealth
                    by Odin Roark

He...

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© Odin Roark  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hugo, life,
Form: Prose Poetry
Am I Really Free
I thought about my older brother when I wrote this


One morning I woke up
and my bed was now a king size,
No more chow lines
and my...

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Categories: hugo, freedom, hip hop, life,
Form: Rhyme
My Treasure, My Books
I had them hidden
locked & safe
my treasure, my precious 
What I value above all
Some said gold
Some said money
but some, even surprised me
whispering "puh; she hasn't...

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Categories: hugo, books,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs