Best International Poems
Below are the all-time best International poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of international poems written by PoetrySoup members
One WorldLove is not a color,
No hue, neither a race.
All of our blood is the same,
That runs deep within our veins.
If we could lift up...
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Categories:
international, america, for her, for
Form:
Rhyme
THE BROKEN DOLLWalls of silence hold,
Me prisoner,
The child held within,
Cries out for release.
Relative solitude comforts,
Not the tortured soul,
Inward coiling withdrawing,
Deep inside.
Shedding its...
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Categories:
international, abuse, childhood, conflict, fear,
Form:
Free verse
Terrorism knows no Geographyhate knows no limits
Boston or Beirut Bombings
innocent ones die
in Paris or Pakistan
atrocities unlabeled
innocent ones die
Baghdad or Berlin
Lives should have the same value
innocent ones die
innocent ones...
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Categories:
evil, international,
Form:
Senryu
We Are Not So Different I'm a Catholic,You're a Muslim
I'm an Orthodox ,You're a Protestant
I'm a Hindhuist,You're a Buddhist
You're an Atheist,and I am a Mormon too.
You're an African,I'm American
You're...
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Categories:
international, introspection, love, ,
Form:
Free verse
Proverbs Of Life
Proverbs Of Life
If you don't have a purpose in life, then
you don't have a life.
It is not what the world can offer you. It is
what...
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Categories:
international,
Form:
Free verse
AUTUMN ON FIREGod’s inspirational napalm set ablaze upon the trees of autumn,
Welcome to the ascension of the fall season, bursting forth onto
The leaves once evergreen.
Colors of crisp...
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Categories:
international, autumn, beauty, heart, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Heinrich Heine RevisitedI can clearly sense your utter despair of Der Matratzengruft*
As you valiantly carried on your poetic works to the very end.
This did not change your...
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Categories:
history, international, philosophy, poems,
Form:
Narrative
THE PRINCE OF PURPLEBeneath the opal white moon, the crying doves shed their precious tears,
Causing the purple rain to fall, melting at the lavender notes of musical dreams,
Camelot’s...
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Categories:
imagery, imagination, inspirational, international,
Form:
Free verse
Fake News - Real Storm
Wicked news flash - torrential storm - Purple
streaks of confusion striking. Violent grey
clouds spinning its evil. Hatred scattered
in shreds of hail. Waves...
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Categories:
international, angst, anti bullying, courage,
Form:
Concrete
The China VirusThe China Virus
It has no brain
yet it outsmarts
many little red funny caps
thanks to them
xi virus
will be great again
...
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Categories:
america, death, international, surreal,
Form:
Free verse
EDGER ALL POEOur dark founding father, of American literature,
A sinister beacon of darkness, lighting the way
Into the darkened abyss of mankind’s soul.
Within the galleria of madness, he...
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Categories:
international, character, dark, history, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
Paul, Peter and the TweeterPaul, Peter and the Tweeter
Why not choose,
a billionaire leader?
One who is not
an eloquent speaker.
Trouble rises,
he robs Paul to pay Peter.
The bold rich need...
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Categories:
international, anxiety, celebrity, confusion, environment,
Form:
Political Verse
The Meaning of Bread and Tortillas"Mi primo" means my cousin in Spanish.
He calls me his "primita"- little cousin.
This is the story of how mi primo
Taught me about the meaning of...
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Categories:
international, cousin, culture, friend, immigration,
Form:
Free verse
ALWAYS A PRINCESSIn my father's eyes, I'll always be his princess,
No matter how old I've grown, he still sees
His little girl, dancing across the invisible stage
Before him.
A...
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Categories:
international, beautiful, celebration, devotion, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Generic Oppression PoemOppressed by you, your state, your religion
So you think you good, kind and Superior
But I find you cruel, arrogant and callous
But that is just...
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Categories:
international, abuse, anger, angst, depression,
Form:
Free verse
Mother Nature CriesMother Nature Cries
Mother Nature cries now her deep tears of true sadness,
For all the years of Man’s sad shame and utter madness.
Man has brought this...
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Categories:
international, allegory, change, earth, history,
Form:
Couplet
King Vlad Redux - Second Cold WarKing Vlad Redux – Second Cold War
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin’s grimy fingerprints on current history
are for him nothing to gloat about—au contraire I say emphatically:
His actions...
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Categories:
international, betrayal, corruption, discrimination, evil,
Form:
Quatrain
At HomeWhen I am in your home,
I am back to Laos after a lifetime.
I am in a place beyond words:
...
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Categories:
community, immigration, international, journey,
Form:
Free verse
Divine FlowersDivine Flowers
In a flower’s velvet petals
There dwells a divine scent and hue
Soon a tiny creature settles
That will help pollinate a few.
We are blossoms of...
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Categories:
allegory, family, god, international,
Form:
Rispetto
The City And The State Of Play TodayTHE CITY AND THE STATE OF PLAY TODAY
No one worries about morals today
They follow the rules they create
So to them all is ok
Those on...
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Categories:
business, community, corruption, international,
Form:
Free verse
If Languages Were Instruments
If languages were instruments,
English, the language of my own America,
Would be something like a piano.
Each word is clear and sharp-
When we sing, the note does...
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Categories:
arabic, international, language, music,
Form:
Free verse
A Progressive ShadowA Progressive Shadow
A series of real challenges and troubling world events
In our twenty-first century give us a definite reason and
An urgency to pause and...
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Categories:
change, earth, history, international,
Form:
Terza Rima
Sweetheart of PakistanThere are times
You see in the eyes of a child
An Angel
Our Alice in wonderland
Through the looking glass
Even General Zia yielded to her charm
In our dreams...
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Categories:
international, angel, blessing, celebrity, dance,
Form:
Light Verse
THE UNICORN FOREST
In the thickets glen beyond the forest wild
Lies the realm of the mystical unicorn,
Beauties elegance in motion, gracefully
Prancing with each delicate gallop forward.
She is queen...
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Categories:
international, adventure, beauty, celebration, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
A World on FireWe live today in a world of great tumult
And of rising uncertainty and anxiety
Which pervade the world stage like a cancer
Despite soaring technological advances
Our...
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Categories:
international, allegory, change, earth, history,
Form:
Narrative