Best Later Poems
Below are the all-time best Later poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of later poems written by PoetrySoup members
Starry Starry Night - POTWPOTW
When Wishes were made on a shooting star
The Heavens looked down and smiled
With sprinkles of stardust on a whisper of moonbeams
They created for us a...
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Categories:
later, anti bullying, art, beauty,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Her Masterpiece Is Her StoryHer paintbrush is a razor,
Her canvas, her wrists,
"I deserve the pain."
She shrugs and insists.
One day the brush will push down,
And it will cut so deep,
That...
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Categories:
later, abuse, addiction, anger, body,
Form:
Rhyme
Thinking Out Loud
~writer's notes~
i think out loud
from my fingers to a keyboard
so forgive me if my speak
is somewhat long winded
if it has swirls and curls
this is...
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Categories:
later, angel, beauty, love,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Where the White Rose BloomsThe single white rose captured the old gardener's attention,
He lovingly cared for it, like it was his own grand-daughter,
The roses were just like family and...
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Categories:
later, death, funeral, garden, heaven,
Form:
Quatrain
A Poem For My Algebra TeacherI know I promised
no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another
‘Wipe your eye poem’
And for three years
I tried...
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Categories:
later, 6th grade, abuse, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
Sweet Sugar Cookies and Peanut Butter Bars"I dream of Candy!"
Sweet cakes and peanut butter squares
A living diabetic's nightmare. -- My heart
sings to the beat, Under the Neutron Star...
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Categories:
later, addiction, candy, fantasy, funny,
Form:
Alliteration
Island SpiritIsland Spirit
Palm trees are swaying island style
Within the gentle trade wind's flow,
As Egrets glide on salty air—
Then land where verdant grasses grow.
Breathe in sweet scents...
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Categories:
later, adventure, beauty, nature, ocean,
Form:
Rhyme
A Small Bouquet of My Word Groupingsyou were an infant
i would sing a song i created for you
'there's a baby in my arms
there's a baby in the mirror
but honey
there's not...
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Categories:
later, appreciation, celebration, childhood, daughter,
Form:
Free verse
Escape of the Bluesman's SongWithin the frame a sepia scene
a dusty porch a rickety chair
the fabric of your dusky face creased
with ceaseless sunbaked woes
your...
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Categories:
later, africa, america, grief, racism,
Form:
Free verse
-unlatched-_______________________
So young, I was, and so naive
There was no doubt, I did believe
this babe who's latched inside my womb
with ties we had,... would always be
Latched...
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Categories:
later, childhood, family, mother, son,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
later, garden,
Form:
Concrete
When a Man CriesNo one ever told me that your heart could bleed without a drop that anyone could see. I didn't know your soul could lose weight...
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Categories:
later, depression,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Love - An Explosive Rant
she was all like - there's something i have to tell you
but before she gets to say it
his ex wife shows up
he's all like -...
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Categories:
later, love,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Survivors GuiltIt's been ten long years now since that awful tragedy
When a stranger I didn't know, gave his life to save me
I was on the edge...
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Categories:
later, death, grief, how i
Form:
Narrative
PortraitPaint 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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Categories:
later, art, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme