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Best Loped Poems

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


Premium Member Fragile Hearts
Fragile hearts

For many years romance blossomed covertly 
Robert was the man of Ami’s dreams. Sadly
Ami's parents had promised her hand to
Giurkiran and the arranged marriage...

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Categories: loped, heartbreak, love hurts, sad
Form: Acrostic



Premium Member Blackbirds
They flew in bunches so big 
   it’s impossible to describe the enormity 
   of the clouds they formed in otherwise...

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Categories: loped, animalschange,
Form: Prose Poetry
Tree of Magashi
I have walked for a mile 
in her footsteps.

She
offers a cooling balm
for the heat of my frustrations.
Leaning against that solidness gives pause,
to stop and drink...

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Categories: loped, women, perspective,
Form: Idyll (Idyl)
Premium Member Finding Bigfoot
My uncle’s home, had a forest nearby;
he loved animals so; left some supper scraps, outside.
It was always his generous intent to feed,
every stray, that crawled,...

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Categories: loped, animal, funny, imagery, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Buck's Five Dollar Saddle
The ol' saddle warn't much to look at but it was all Buck could afford.
He paid Billy five bucks fer it when Billy died and...

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Categories: loped,
Form: Rhyme



Nephalim Oracle
A cosmic clash of epic force
Split Tiamet like brittle thread
Nibiru hugged its distant course
Propelling moons to gnaw and shred

Kingu marveled at what was formed
Asteroids shed...

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© John Weber  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: loped, life, mysterywork, life, work,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member If You Pull a Long Face - Part Xii
IF YOU PULL A LONG FACE : Part XII

IF you pull a mighty long face
Such as even Bollywood can't display
Put not the blame on the...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: loped, heartbroken, longing, lost love,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Go Oz
Every runner has a reason
Why he’s in the race
And each makes the decision
Of attire, gear and pace.

I stood out in the freezing cold
And watched them...

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Categories: loped, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Walking On a Frozen Lake
February and its much-vaunted chill
comes down with vengeance, and does what it will,
this lake that in summer jams full with boats
is now frozen over, nothing...

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Categories: loped, appreciation, imagery, mountains, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
Maxon Hadcock's Long Ride, Part Ii
...The two toughs turned, both their eyes went wide,
then as one they stared in laughing,
“Look at this fool, he thinks he’s a cowboy!
I think his...

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Categories: loped, death, evil, god, journey,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
The Werewolf Banditos, Part Iv
IV.

As the werewolves all funneled to that narrow gorge,
the brush was pulled away, revealing a cannon’s bore,
the beasts were to furious to see they were...

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Categories: loped, adventure, animal, conflict, dark,
Form: Epic
Love and Lust
Autumn rainy noon and the showers pouring high
A perfect fervent moment that lit both the hearts
Sounds of the downpour roared all above, but
Never could it...

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© Betsy Jos  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: loped, longing, loss, love, love
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Doppelganger
Coming home late from wandering in my sleep
In search of that which goes ahead of chase
i saw the image of my form stretched on my...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: loped, introspection, me,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Anapest Intrudes
In the dark of the night, on an All Hallows' Eve,
as I lay down my head and got snugged in the bed,
'twas a shadow that...

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© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: loped, scary, writing,
Form: Sonnet
Flat Tire
I was rolling along
just fine, thank you
until I came across you

Like a nail in the road, you poked a vicious
hole in my heart, and I...

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Categories: loped, first love, heartbreak, hope,
Form: Free verse

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