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Best Matte Poems

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


Valentine Matte
Countless generations lapsed since height of Greco-Roman mythology conceived, birthed and populated vast canopy of sky and expanse of terrestrial firmament, whereat obeisant propinquity quintessentially...

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Categories: matte, adventure, age, animal, body,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Dormant Decession

I'm an ashen dove, 
fading in zephyr 
of wine valleys, 
saturating in fog 
upon enchanting hills, 
draped in 
grape-green silk, 
where fantasies of forest, 
sprout...

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Categories: matte, black love, hurt, life,
Form: Free verse
Fading
"Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts; in the full-blown flower there is no more, in the leafless root there is no less"...

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Categories: matte, angst, dark, deep, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Portrait of Flawed Perfection
When the mirror of 
               life is a gossamer film, ...

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Categories: matte, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Entwined
On another impoverished evening
so strangely bleak, the moon weeps
for more burning her soul must retain,

And she clings like a stem to the tree of life
that...

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Categories: matte, bereavement, life, lost love,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Premium Member Snow, Snake, Snow, Birds, Sickness, Sitting
So many, maybe millions
No, billions. Trillions?
Of stars, a quiet, hot snowfall
of white stars; sandal season squall.
Each birch tree here outdoing 
January's record accumulation.

Weeks of hour...

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Categories: matte, death, nature, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Empty
A life moves on
The empty space
A vacancy
The smile missed face

The heartfelt ache
The hopeful joy
Of knowing birds
Must wings deploy

The silent cloak
Of no-one there
Is draped on shoulders
Poised...

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Categories: matte, father son, inspirational love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mozart Requiem
Written: February 13, 2023
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An anathema for,
pilose nettle burns,
an art form of unstable feathers,
tropes across...

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: matte, analogy, appreciation, celebrity, music,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Shutting Off
No twilight concerto to sway     not yet
as  zigzag street lights pound upon
heavy fog  clutching iced flakes  on rooftops
like...

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Categories: matte, angst, identity, image,
Form: Dramatic Verse
What Discursive Poetic Theme Shall I Write About
Hmm...What Discursive Poetic Theme Shall I Write About...

Today (a rather brisk, chilly,
and otherwise sat
tiss factory twirly delightful
December 18th, 2018) matte
her of fact quite
refreshing noontime, while...

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Categories: matte, abuse, allusion, america, analogy,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Knowledge Is a Genie Once Let Out of the Bottle It Cant Be Put Back
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Profound insight climbing the mountain
The higher you go the more beautiful view 
Opens up wide spread in front of you
You see the world under your...

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Categories: matte, allusion, deep, humanity, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Midnight Tolerance
A delusory pleasure bristled the solitary abator 
And the dusky night rides down the sky
An ethereal beauty demoed with her au naturel demeanor
The solitary abator...

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Categories: matte, imagination, passion, night, beauty,
Form: Rhyme
I Do Not Know the Secret
I Do Not Know The Secret...,
Asper Art Of Writing Acclaimed Poem...

Not purposeful intent,
when tasking self (Das Scribe)
a nondescript member of
*****sapiens village people tribe
metaphorical spear...

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Categories: matte, america, creation, dedication, judgement,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member The Cleopatra of Cosmetics
Ah, we ladies never have enough!
Foundations in all shades.
Forever~ in new forms.
Cleansers that promise us youth.
Softeners that hide wrinkles.
Lipsticks, a source of confusion.
Creamy, matte, or...

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Categories: matte, allusion, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Evil Begets Evil
“Evil begets Evil” 
I read upon the derelict arch, 
Engraved in the stone: a warning to all 
Who to these ruins would march. 
“Evil begets...

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Categories: matte, betrayal, conflict, corruption, hate,
Form: Ballad

Book: Shattered Sighs