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Best Joel Poems

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


Premium Member In the Dark of the Strand
Marquees are bright with neon lights, where crowds line up for movie night
Holding hands, we're in 'The Strand'. The velvet carpet guides us in

Popcorn smokes,...

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Categories: joel, dark, film, history, military,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Jukebox
The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Bread
Billy Joel and The Grateful Dead

Suzie Quatro, Wham! Kate Bush
Elton John, Yes, Kiss and Rush

Aerosmith, The Eagles, War
Dolly Parton, Sandie...

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Categories: joel, appreciation, music,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member How I Snagged Joe (And the Rest Is History)
Hot August, 1974, I was back for my second year at college,
having just settled into a new place at Anita Apartments,
right next to the guys’...

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Categories: joel, husband, lovedance, dance, me,
Form: Narrative
The Devil Has No Horns
In Simple words
The devil has no horns
She wears smaug balm, Oh, Lord of the Rings 
She sleeps in El Dorado Street, the Hotels of Svengali
She...

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Categories: joel, analogy, , western,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member If You Are Poetry
If you are Poetry,
- an atlas
Pina Coladas, my escape . .
why do moments taunt me,
your canvas,
sentences that have taken shape?

If you are Poetry,
- a scribble
lyrics...

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Categories: joel, love, music, poetry,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Melodies Mixed In Me
Elton John, Billy Joel
    Simon and Garfunkel
  Dan Fogelburg, Jim Croce
    Streisand, the Hollies
  John Denver, Phil...

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Categories: joel, memory, music, song,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Deep Waters
“Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)" is a song by Australian worship group Hillsong United. It was released on 23 August 2013 as the second and...

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Categories: joel, faith, ocean, song,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Gma
Adorable as children can be.
Bounding with such energy.
Cuddles when they see me.
Deciding what to ask Santa for.
Each has so many toys, oh Santa not more.
Fairy...

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Categories: joel, children,
Form: Abecedarian
Premium Member A Stagnant Condition
Joel once made a New Year’s Resolution
To put an end to procrastination
But half way through the year
He found himself waiting there
Lost in his stagnant condition
~*~...

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Categories: joel, funny, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Immigration
I like immigrants, immigration. Legal immigration,
Jane passionately corrects. Actually my goal is a borderless world.
That's a new idea to her.
Gathering the neighborhood like family.
The men...

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Categories: joel, america, baseball, city, immigration,
Form: Verse
First-Generation Student
As an evanescent quietness falls into my room
While a stream of breeze air invades the living room,
A new, unborn poem waves in my blurred thought,
Endeavoring...

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Categories: joel, confusion, education, faith, hope,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Dinner For Two
On a blustery winter night my loved one comes to dine.
The table is set for two in front of a cheerful fire and 
a candle...

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Categories: joel, food, love,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Ballad of Billy the Kid
The Ballad of Billy the Kid
is a song Billy Joel composed and did.
Not one part of that song is historically accurate.
He has the Kid robbing...

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Categories: joel, song,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Cascade Adventures - Part 1
It's been four years since I've seen so much as an insignificant mountain creek. Been overburdened with comfort, now frantic with nature withdrawals, having to...

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Categories: joel, adventure, friend, mountains, nature,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Cascade Adventures --- Pt 1
It's been four years since I've seen so much as an insignificant mountain creek. I've been overburdened with comfort, now frantic with nature withdrawals and...

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Categories: joel, adventure, beauty, childhood, confidence,
Form: Haibun

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