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Best Jan. Poems

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


Premium Member A Cathartic Weave of Three
listen,
the whispers
of leaves
turn colour
autumn is here.

now that you are gone
who will wake every morn
to lift the sun
unveil the sky
etch in the clouds
who will paint the...

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Categories: jan., break up, celebration, devotion,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member At the Footbridge - Limerick Collaboration
At the footbridge Sue was meeting her beau
(He was married to a woman called Flo)
Sue soon found out his deception
She dismembered his ********
For his love...

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Categories: jan., betrayal, body, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Poor Peter Pumpkin
Poor Peter Pumpkin had a very itty bitty head.
So the farmer made him stay inside the garden bed.

The farmer said that he was going to...

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Categories: jan., fantasy, halloween, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Love Is Free
a puppet dances

   to its own merry tune

    no strings attached

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[Inspired by Jan Allison’s 
     ...

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Categories: jan., freedom, love,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member To My Granddaughter
I look and ponder, watch you grow in haste
Explore with wonder, new experience taste
No fear encountered as you learn the ropes 
Your sails adjusting, full...

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Categories: jan., grandchild, light, trust,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member Revelation In the Rain
She briskly walks in January’s rain,
which drums the endless rhythm of her pain,
pulling closer round her shoulder in the downpour
the leather jacket he so often...

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Categories: jan., lost love,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Male Menopause - Please Feel Free To Join In the Collaboration
Ted’s libido has now gone astray
He refused a quick roll in the hay
So what could be the cause -   
It’s the male menopause...

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Categories: jan., age, body, humorous, men,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Tribute To Poetry Soupers
There's Danny with his love light burning,
Then Victor with his soulful yearning. 
Jan makes us laugh with wit and delight,
Armand serenades us all through the...

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Categories: jan., poets, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Night the Grinch Stole Our Muses
'Twas the night before Christmas and their pages were bare
  Not one word could they write, not one verse to declare
  The Grinch...

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© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: jan., christmas, holiday,
Form: Rhyme
A Soup Bowl Full of Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas, when all thru the Soup bowl,
Not a poet was writing, not even the musing mole.
All their pens were hung by...

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Categories: jan., christmas, family, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Once Upon A Time In Milton Creek
The sun was rising high in the east over the town of Milton creek
It was the eighteenth day of December, the start of Christmas week
All...

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Categories: jan., america, anniversary, christmas, remember,
Form: Narrative
You Know
Yes, my dear, you know,
You are my source of joy, rejuvenation, hope
I need your emotion spread onto my life,
I need your heart to sing among...

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Categories: jan., emotions, friendship, happiness, joy,
Form: Ode
Premium Member Bleeding Love
Introducing: Jan Allison & Poet Destroyer

Pierced by shards of shattered glass 
Deeper and deeper you stab me 
With lies and venomous words 
Dissecting my heart...

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Categories: jan., abuse, anger, betrayal, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Awakening - POTD
POTD 5th Feb 18

Dedicated to Ken, a good friend of mine who had to give up a brilliant ballet, ballroom dancing and stage career when...

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Categories: jan., dance, growth, journey, lost
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Twenty Titles
On an early spring morning, butterflies 
 flutter among  dancing leaves,
  While windsongs float within a breeze
 As the monarch flies

 In a...

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© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: jan., poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs