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Best Imperfect Poems

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


Premium Member Portrait
Paint me blue like the sky
rainbow's smile; thunder's cry
clouded curtains rife with rain
till shroud is lanced and bluebirds fly again
     Wistful...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: imperfect, art, perspective,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Live for Today
yesterday is a collection
of photographic memories
tomorrow a whirlpool of
                ...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: imperfect, emotions, how i feel,
Form: Carpe Diem
Kaleidoscope
through a tiny lens
held firmly with hands
eyes gaze in awe..

with a simple twist
colours explode harmoniously
bright, sparkling,blinding..

the colours are stunning
so vivid, so alive
with truth as in...

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© Lynn Marie  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: imperfect, faith, hope, imagination, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Moon, You
you ...
are my moon
(whisper me, coolly)
wan and pale as porcelain
milky moll - `china doll ...
dancing the sky like a Ginza geisha
stars tickling your toes
prettily petulant,...

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Categories: imperfect, analogy, love, metaphor, passion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Forbidden Love
Is it possible that an angel and a demon could fall in love?
And, remain soul mates for all eternity?
Yes, and I will tell you how...

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Categories: imperfect, angel, dark, fantasy, love,
Form: Free verse



The Game, Playing the Game
'I want you to use all your powers and your skills
I don’t want his mother to see him like this
Look, look how they massacred my...

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Categories: imperfect, loss, son,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Princess of the Petals
Beyond her veil;

eyes induced by secretive stars
became drawn to a path illuminated by 
flickering, shimmering pale moonlight.
Each spirited step led to the 
revelation of her...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: imperfect, analogy, deep, silence,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Why a Poem Is More Than Ink On a Page
Why A Poem Is More Than Ink On A Page

Why a poem is more than ink on a page
its heart, soul and sweet treasure at...

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Categories: imperfect, appreciation, art, humanity, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member In a Perfect World
A Perfect World Begins With You

In a perfect world
I would get to spend every moment with you
In a perfect world
I would languish in a decadent...

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Categories: imperfect, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Pierced
Imperfect as we are, how can we
begin to grasp the intensity
of His pain, that immense agony
of suffering for humanity?

To be unblemished, yet have to be
the...

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Categories: imperfect, god,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member If This Is My Last Poem
If this is my last poem, a masterpiece it will not be,
nor a poem of sorrow written deep into the night.
No self-recriminations or guilt. That...

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Categories: imperfect, blessing, life,
Form: Quintain (English)
Premium Member What Is Love - What Is Love
What is love? What is love? ‘Tis a word often heard.
“Unconditional love” oftentimes is absurd
because there are many who seem so capricious.
Tossed around is the...

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Categories: imperfect, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Believe In Yourself
If only for today...
Would you believe?
Not in a deity
Not in someone else
Not in some grand idea
But in yourself
We put faith in what is around us
But...

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Categories: imperfect, appreciation, confidence, courage, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Remembrance
i do not have the power
to control what haunts
beneath night's sheets
nor the courage
to send them packing
from the depths 
of my mind
nor the words
to bid them...

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Categories: imperfect, memory,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Scribble Outside the Lines
When edges are shapely,
               as curves match the form in a...

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Categories: imperfect, imagery, truth,
Form: Rhyme

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