Best Language Poems
Below are the all-time best Language poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of language poems written by PoetrySoup members
Separated By A Common Language
"England and America are two countries separated by a common language."
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Categories:
america, england, language, word
Form:
Rhyme
Language BarrierI couldn’t understand the language she spoke,
at least not all of it,
but the emotion pouring past her lips,
the tears in her eyes, her clenched...
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Categories:
emotions, immigration, inspiration, language,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Speak My LanguageSpeak my language
A language of love I can understand
My heart language
Understand my need
My desire to be understood
Speak my language
Speak fluently to my heart
Words of Affirmation
I...
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Categories:
language, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Language of SilenceWe don't talk about it, I was mutely told,
Schooled in your nonverbal narcissism, I Attest
I became a linguist in the language of silence;
The tightened line...
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Categories:
father daughter, hurt, language,
Form:
Free verse
Growing Up With The Language of KingsI always had this fascination with the English language.
Ever since I learned to read and write,
it captivated my interest, beside my own native...
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Categories:
language, education, growing up, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Americans Can't Spell
You Americans really can’t spell,
There, I’ve said it out loud - what the hell!
Though we all recognise,
And, yes, humour your tries,
Well, the fact is, you’ve...
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Categories:
language, fun, funny, humor, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
FEELINGSFEELINGS
Feelings,
Masters of my destiny
Lords of my life
Strength of my dreams
Instigators of my actions
Burning fire you are
Consuming my whole
Being:
My heart
My mind
My soul
My spirit,...
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Categories:
language, imagination, introspection, on writing
Form:
Epigram
Broken EnglishI love my broken English
Am in love with my broken English
Am honored to have two other languages
The ability to think from language to language is...
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Categories:
language, africa, appreciation, birth, blessing,
Form:
Bio
Rhythmic Perfection (anapestic trimeter)There's a river that twists in the mind
that I plunder and ravish with sieves,
on crusades to the summit of rhyme
where my Phoenix of tropes and...
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Categories:
language, imagination, on writing and
Form:
Rhyme
Dance With Me
Writing is dancing with words...
a titillating tango with verbs delicious...
a...
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Categories:
language, poetry,
Form:
Tail-rhyme
Let Me TranslateLet me translate
My love for you
From written.... to spoken....to touched
From syllable sensuality
To physical functionality
From verbal to nonverbal virtual reality
Or better yet
Let me translate them into...
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Categories:
language, sensual,
Form:
Free verse
LUDICEnglish is not a language
one can ever get ahead of--
there are just too many words!
Like 'ludic; for example: meaning
playful, in the sense of...
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Categories:
humorous, language,
Form:
Free verse
Of Snow And IceFifty-two words in Inuktitut
A full deck plus a Joker
That's me
As a bike courier
Each day's weather
Was a new game to play
Winter storms a sport...
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Categories:
appreciation, language, weather,
Form:
Free verse
Captain 'effing' Flint
My parrots name was Captain Flint,
Boy that bird could swear.
I never invited visitors,
So blue was the air.
He'd squawk "pretty effing polly"
Or "give us a cracker...
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Categories:
bird, humorous, language, pets,
Form:
Rhyme
Longing For YouSunlight kissed the horizon; our young age,
leaving dots and dashes upon our crisp page.
Wild flower and Wonders, we both did grow;
watching seasons change from spring...
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Categories:
age, autumn, language, longing,
Form:
Rhyme
Me Thinking, B ThinkingI’m thinking of the letter “B”
So close and yet so far
It seems a bit unfair to me
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Categories:
fun, humor, language,
Form:
Rhyme
Their Greater Sin - Pet HateTHEIR GREATER SIN
They call one who speaks for Liberty a Fascist
They claim man made end of world as a proven tenet
And to them ‘free’ means...
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Categories:
language,
Form:
Sonnet
Wales 1 Germany 0WALES 1 GERMANY didn’t
The Germans take great pride
In long words measured by the clock
But can they compete when vied
With Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch...
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Categories:
language,
Form:
Rhyme
L'etrangereMa langue française n'est pas assez bonne pour
te dire ce que je veux tellement à dire.
Les mots sont nécessaires pour tout l'amour,
surtout...
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Categories:
language, love,
Form:
Sonnet
The Color MissingThe Color Missing
Red, black, and blue are the colors of our work pens. Red is the color of the blood we spill on other people’s...
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Categories:
language, abuse, age, art, business,
Form:
Free verse
Shawty Got Swag$hawty Got $wag
Shawty got swag,
Shawty mad dope.
Face all cheesin’,
She real turned up.
Goin’ to da club,
She steppin' wit her peeps,
Lookin’ so ratchet,
She’s straight up hoochie.
No racks...
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Categories:
language, character, fun, girl, hip
Form:
Free verse
The WordIn the beginning was the word
Before that, no noun, no thing
Then no sound was ever heard
And no passing bell would ring
So therefore no adjective was...
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Categories:
humor, language, philosophy, words,
Form:
Rhyme
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
Now goneNo good mornings
No good nights
You just know I'm fine
And it's killing me inside...
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Categories:
language, for him, friend, hate,
Form:
Ballad
Broken EnglishHe speaks in broken English;
It's interesting to see my language this way-
Spread out like pieces of shattered ceramic,
The edge of each word tossing off glints...
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Categories:
language, analogy, beautiful, culture, imagery,
Form:
Free verse