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Best Iconic Poems

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


Slamming the Super-Duper-Soupers
you want to know a secret
when I write a poem and it's perfect
i dont share it
i bury it 
deep inside of me 
where no one...

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© Nathan D.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: iconic, humor, slam, perspective,
Form: Rubaiyat



Premium Member Love At James Bond Beach
Making Love In Jamaica At The Iconic James Bond Beach

It is a sun splashed day; 
the air is silent with the sound of waves 
the ocean is...

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Categories: iconic, beauty, love, ocean, paradise,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Red Rose of the Moulin Rouge
I awaken; the darkened skies my alarm clock
I reek of whiskey, scotch and pastis
Tumbling out of bed, I reach for a cigarette
The dusk harkens as...

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Categories: iconic, rose,
Form: Light Verse
Rodin - New Icon
RODIN’S NEW ICON

Should Rodin live today would he be inspired
To sculpt a marble sequel to THE THINKER
Modern ethos means fresh image is required
To become an...

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Categories: iconic, allusion, creation, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sputnik and the Moon
You found me in a shadow,
By chance alone, and still.
Within a hole I came to know:
A burden; can't fulfill.

Buried nether stories,
I've welded to my spine:
Biopolitic...

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Categories: iconic, america, light, love, men,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Burnt Aqua
"Burnt Aqua"



I can taste the sun
on my tongue
it spills down 
my throat
like burnt aqua
healing the beating frisson

I am ebony inside
shading in my shadow world
some somnolent...

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Categories: iconic, death, dream, life,
Form: Free verse
Taj Mahal
Noor* of Taj Mahal, jeweled in red stone 
 death or love, tranquil oasis alone
 rich jasper and jade hanging on its walls
 in cold...

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Categories: iconic, beautiful, celebration, love, memorial
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member When Music Dies
“The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost - They caught the last train for the coast
the day the music died, and they were singing Bye...

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Categories: iconic, music,
Form: Couplet
Wedding Anniversary
 Hey my Sparkling light from heaven of blue sky,
       Marrying You,None of the path in life is empty...

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© Madhavi Sp  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: iconic, angel, anniversary, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member Mandela Effects
When iconic lines in classic 
movies have been changed
And our world feels a bit 
upside down and rearranged,
When all you thought you knew 
seems wrong...

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Categories: iconic, mystery, time,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Rebel
The Hollywood hills still echoes with his 
Rebellious yell, we are the forever young
Generation.
An iconic American symbol, to this the lost
Age of innocence.
Nay did this...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: iconic, art, hero, imagination, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Laugh Kookaburra
Snake hunting bird in silent trance 
Iconic outline on the branch 
As daybreak dies, with laughter, quiet 
You quell your deadly appetite 

Your searching eye...

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Categories: iconic, bird, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Eve Captured
The following was based on an iconic picture of Mandy Rice-Davies by David Steen. Rice was infamous for being part of the 1963 Profumo ...

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Categories: iconic, celebrity, dark, desire, passion,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member When I Emerged
When I emerged from the black ~~~
Acrid smoke and dust impaired my vision ~~~
Once settled ~~~
Iconic giants were no more ~~~
History reminds us, where we...

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Categories: iconic, anniversary, history
Form: Free verse
You Want To and Can Write Poetry
Dear budding poet,

Regarding modern poetry this is a result of poets such as you redesigning forms of poetry written through the ages by different nationalities,...

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© Roy Pett  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: iconic, age, devotion, imagination, me,
Form: Prose

Book: Shattered Sighs