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Best Lyrical Poems

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


Premium Member The Daughter of the North Wind Sings In Soprano
In riming realms 
of crystal contemplations -
frozen water-vapor meditations
and chilled flutes 
filled with zodiacal-light musings 
of ancient cosmic dust 
dancing in the arms of Sol..

windswept...

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Categories: lyrical, passion, snow, winter, woman,
Form: Imagism



Premium Member Winter Sonata
In the landscape 
of melancholy, 
where arctic 
heartbeats linger, 
I long for withered 
willows to blossom 
like speckled 
diamond petals, 
while your crystalline 
silhouette strolls...

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Categories: lyrical, romantic,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Old Oak Tree
Oh I am but a simple leaf
         withering within the gutter
      ...

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Categories: lyrical, autumn, life, spring, summer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Voice of Spring
“and the birds twitter like whispering violins”
Quote by – Constance La France

Whiffs of fragrant breeze propagate tranquility
Kissing delicate roses, blushing amber beauty,
Rustling leaves of willows,...

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Categories: lyrical, bird, joy, spring,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Silent Goodbye
I forgot myself today
as melancholic melodies 
overwhelm each beat
of my wandering heart.

The sanctimonious sun deceives
as a bitter breeze breathes
against sullen silent surfaces.

Recycled emotions penetrate
with a...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lyrical, absence, i miss you,
Form: Prose



Premium Member O April
O April
how I’ve longed for your return
to breathe new life 
into this gnarled body..
for these roots to be unfettered 
from the grasping earthen frost -...

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Categories: lyrical, appreciation, april, beauty, hope,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Last Poem
Become my air,
pursuing my scent 
  in sweet fragrant  fields,
where devouring tastes 
   of bohemian spirit,
delicately descend 
   ...

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Categories: lyrical, devotion, love, relationship,
Form: Free verse
There Are No Bounds To Where We Poets Go
Where on Earth or far beyond do we poets go, you ask. 
My thoughts willingly stretch my imagination with this task.
I would reply...in any direction...

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Categories: lyrical, perspective, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Gemini Heart
Meet me in forever,
where the moon enclasps
the enchanting 
   heaven above us,
for you, are the music 
     playing on...

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Categories: lyrical, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Silence of Thistle Truth
seasons keep m o v i n g 
 and s w i r l i n g
memories keep f l o w i n...

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Categories: lyrical, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Orchid Oxymorons
"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."~...

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Categories: lyrical, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member About Me
My life is like that of a commonplace horse
that stays where they’ve put her all day;
she lives very much like the others, of course,
accepting her...

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Categories: lyrical, imagination,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Lullaby My Lustrous Twilight
Golden-flecked bliss   
of enraptured blown-kiss   
stardust bestrewn   

beguiling skies   
bespangled sequin eyes   
shimmer in swoon...

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Categories: lyrical, angel, dream, heaven, night,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Cruel Compassion, Collaboration With the Silent One
My mind is a puzzle of cryptic metaphors.
whilst searching for my sanity,
I've become my own worst enemy.
In this cauldron of despair,
time is like sand in...

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Categories: lyrical, angst, anxiety, mental health,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Along Dawn's Amber Shores
Dawn slowly awakened to supplant the moon
Empty, the canopy where stars had been strewn
   In repose, Luna slept after wandering velvet skies
 ...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lyrical, poetry, sea,
Form: Rhyme

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