Best Hymned Poems
Below are the all-time best Hymned poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of hymned poems written by PoetrySoup members
Escape of the Bluesman's SongWithin the frame a sepia scene
a dusty porch a rickety chair
the fabric of your dusky face creased
with ceaseless sunbaked woes
your...
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Categories:
hymned, africa, america, grief, racism,
Form:
Free verse
Roses and LilacsWinter
by Michael R. Burch
The rose of love's bright promise
lies torn by her own thorn;
her scent was sweet
but at her feet
the pallid aphids mourn.
The lilac of...
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Categories:
hymned, desire, longing, love, nature,
Form:
Verse
Wise Men At ChristmasEarth has grown old
Angels veiled the sky
And night has gotten cold
To put to sleep the stars on high
Wise men saw a star
And found a...
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Categories:
hymned, bible, chocolate, christian, christmas,
Form:
Quatrain
Star-Crossed“The heaventree of stars” (in Ulysses as said Joyce)
“hung with humid nightblue fruit” (ah that Bloomian voice)
could evoke a masterpiece the world has come to...
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Categories:
hymned, analogy, art, creation, fantasy,
Form:
Ekphrasis
Jane Merchant (1919-1972)Jane Merchant (2)
Invalid of flesh (but not of soul),
She saw Creation whole,
And hymned the seasons come to pass
Beyond her bedroom window-glass—
December trees—and April rain-wet grass.
...
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Categories:
hymned, dedicationsister, world, age, age,
Form:
Verse
Poems About FlowersLady’s Favor
by Michael R. Burch
May
spring
fling
her riotous petals
devil-
may-care
into the air,
ignoring the lethal
nettles
and may
May
cry gleeful-
ly Hooray!
as the abundance
settles,
till a sudden June
swoon
leave us out of tune,
torn,
when the last...
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Categories:
hymned, flower, june, rose, roses
Form:
Rhyme
Sonnets Lii-LxSonnets LII-LX
The Endeavors of Lips
by Michael R. Burch
How sweet the endeavors of lips: to speak
of the heights of those pleasures which left us weak
in love’s...
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Categories:
hymned, dream, flower, hair, longing,
Form:
Sonnet
Sonnets I-IvA Vain Word
by Michael R. Burch
Oleanders at dawn preen extravagant whorls
as I read in leaves’ Sanskrit brief moments remaining
till sunset implodes, till the moon...
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Categories:
hymned, desire, first love, for
Form:
Sonnet
The Silhouette's ViewGazing at an abandoned silhouette, sitting amongst polite stars throughout the night
Striking hair carelessly blowing amid cool zephyrs, curiosity climbed crevices of my spine to...
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Categories:
hymned, me, time,
Form:
Narrative
Lament For Shams1. Shall I narrate you a tale or may be a thousand stories,
Of a lost love and fervent devotion?
Or chronicles of longing and separation?
Mayhap I,...
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Categories:
hymned, best friend, blessing, care,
Form:
Qawwali
Love Poems VLOVE POEMS V
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch, about life, the dream of love, virtue, a first kiss, a first crush, the birth...
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Categories:
hymned, birth, confusion, crush, dream,
Form:
Rhyme
ChloeThere were skies onyx at night... moons by day...
lakes pale as her eyes... breathless winds
undressing tall elms; ... she would say
that we loved, but some...
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Categories:
hymned, memory,
Form:
Sonnet
Our Redemption Will ComeForgive me if I ask how long before we converge again around the bonfire in the wee hours to douse this chilly dust-laden winds of...
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Categories:
hymned, africa, anxiety, birth, christmas,
Form:
Free verse
VapidityWoe betide lower men who fickle facades embrace
And wit’s hard-won gold for shifting dross exchange;
Dubbing avarice-sired glosses exquisite gems pure,
With obscuring eyes decimating solid...
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Categories:
hymned, conflict, discrimination, fashion,
Form:
Didactic
Laudator Temporis ActiMethinks all antediluvian Love was
Whiter than snows atop higher tors;
And with more troth dudes did kiss
Purer maidens for pleasanter bliss.
I deem Art shortly after Noah’s...
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Categories:
hymned, abortion, absence, adventure, age,
Form:
Epic