Best Literature Poems
Below are the all-time best Literature poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of literature poems written by PoetrySoup members
Miss Amelia Havisham's Garden Shed
between the plant pots and the trays
the cobwebs had seen better days
and for all the wood and damp and soil
the smell was one of paint...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
death, garden, literature,
Form:
Rhyme
Achilles, the Journey To Troy, Part TwoAchilles, The Journey To Troy,
(Part Two) of (Part One-titled, Achilles, His Heart and Soul Were Mortal)
Achilles, The Journey To Troy
Woe! wretched horrors Olympic gods...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
art, death, hero, literature,
Form:
Rhyme
Literary CircleI feel a sense of déjà vu as I listen
to the cacophony of voices:
dilettantes discussing poetry
under baroque chandeliers. Masquerading
as avant-garde writers or bona...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
literature, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Bookish Menagerie: A Time Traveler's LibraryToddlers' Exploration:
Cardboard drum, a thunderous beast,
Playful roars in tiny fists and feasts.
Fleeting wings glide, dreams just out of reach,
Soaring through tales of barnyard Waddles...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
literature, adventure, books, childhood, imagination,
Form:
Narrative
Achilles, Bloody Battles, Death's Black Hand As Was Fated Part Three, the ConclusionAchilles, Bloody Battles, Death's Black Hand As Was Fated
Part Three, (the Conclusion)
Dawn, bright rays fell upon Achilles and his band
exiting ship, Greek sandals felt soft...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
art, character, dedication, literature,
Form:
Rhyme
Herstory from Battlefields to LaboratoriesHerstory from Battlefields to Laboratories
- Daniel Henry Rodgers
Beneath stardust's scattered gleam,
Her-story, a comet’s tail, blazing across time.
Through seasons it molds
...Once hushed now bold
We rise, a...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
freedom, girl, history, literature,
Form:
Narrative
Humor Is My InspirationAt awe by my mothers beautiful mind,
when it came to writing I always felt so blind.
Literature class advised us to write,
for the first time I...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
literature, memory, me, class, class,
Form:
Couplet
Lines
The lines
Inside my head
Spinning
Swirling, curling
Round my brain
Somehow
Find the path
Come winding
Down my arm into my hand
And pop upon the
Paper, canvas,
Glass…
I let them flow
They flow so fast
Words,...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
imagination, inspiration, literature, poems,
Form:
Free verse
The Hero Code: DecodedEnthralled by each panel, a world in my grasp,
Comic books whisked me beyond time's clasp.
Starlight's soft shimmer, on planets unknown,
Myths spun with heroes, on quests...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
hero, imagination, literature, youth,
Form:
Narrative
SalutationsSalutations to all the poets
That waters my ink,
Those whose words never
Make my heart shrink,
Of you always i ever will think,
Standing alone, i could sink
So i...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
literature, dedicationheart, heart, me, ,
Form:
Rhyme
Ode To InspirationOh sapience of musings, oh savior of poetic art!
How longingly I seek you out to inspire my ballad
When lassitude of the night envelopes my mind
And...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
inspiration, literature, poetry,
Form:
Ode
VoicesWhen cover of a book teases us to pry
Courted we're by sound of their voices:
Writers, creators, poets, and scholars--
Inviting us to virtues of wisdom inside.
If...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
art, culture, literature, music,
Form:
Verse
Short and Sweet
writers
p u r s u e
verbosity
~
readers
d e s i r e
brevity
[Brevette form]
The Brevette, created by Emily Romano consists of a subject (noun), verb, and object...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
literature, poetry, writing,
Form:
Verse
Part One, From That Dark, Dark Abyss, the Long Black Curtain RisesFrom That Dark, Dark Abyss, The Long Black Curtain Rises
Third poet in my poet dedication series
Part One:
Curtain rises and we see as Raven's...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
appreciation, art, dark, literature,
Form:
Rhyme
Poets, Do Not Give UpPoets, do not give up
Whatever you write
Whatever you spit out
A genius will be up
To it somewhere. Someone
Will understand the tone
Of your voice, the hieroglyph
Of your...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
books, endurance, humor, literature,
Form:
Rhyme