Best Measured Poems
Below are the all-time best Measured poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of measured poems written by PoetrySoup members
Poor Peter PumpkinPoor Peter Pumpkin had a very itty bitty head.
So the farmer made him stay inside the garden bed.
The farmer said that he was going to...
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Categories:
measured, fantasy, halloween, humorous,
Form:
Couplet
My Heart Will Go On - POTDPOTD 30th August 2018
The gently swaying branches of the old oak should elicit calmness
And yet a sense of foreboding permeates the midnight air
Wild imaginings?...
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Categories:
measured, grief, heartbreak, lost, romance,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
One Silent Word
He speaks with measured dignity,
one silent word at a time
His palmetto pen tells us:
Tune out the cosmic background noise,
and focus your mind
on the sound...
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Categories:
measured, how i feel, poets,
Form:
Free verse
The Male Menopause - Please Feel Free To Join In the CollaborationTed’s libido has now gone astray
He refused a quick roll in the hay
So what could be the cause -
It’s the male menopause...
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Categories:
measured, age, body, humorous, men,
Form:
Limerick
Green AnniversariesThis is not a time for us
Facing these weeks of hospital walls
My knight now jousts an invisible foe
Shorn of hair, yet still he wears
Tubes of...
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Categories:
measured, cancer, hope, marriage,
Form:
Free verse
Devils Deadly DimeDevils deadly dime
The sign said no grown-up at the playground.
Tripping on a penny, like a mime!
My hand is in my pocket with the dime I...
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Categories:
measured, abuse, day, irony, judgement,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Sunny Horizons - POTDPOTD 20 Dec 2018
Like sand in an hour glass
Time moves so fast
A precious commodity
Not meant to last
Measured in hours
Minutes unfold
Time waits for no man
So I’ve...
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Categories:
measured, appreciation, farewell, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
Of MeDeeply dipped in red, the Heart of a Rose
explaining the motive behind this act
Purpose being, to open and expose
knowing not how, the Soul will truly...
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Categories:
measured, simple, words,
Form:
Sonnet
Opal Stars, Velvet Dreams~
My thirst now deep ~ I long to quench
to sip this periwinkle wine
In goblets cut of harvest moons
impassioned pleas now cast of time
Tender kisses ~...
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Categories:
measured, good night,
Form:
Rhyme
On My Mother PassingON MY MOTHER’S PASSING
i wanted to keep my mother physically with me
but it would be like trying to hold the sun
like in life she still...
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Categories:
measured, cheer up, mother, mother
Form:
Narrative
CalmCalm is the silt beneath the waves
The measured heartbeat of the brave
It is the fragile petal born
From gardens of pernicious thorns
A velvety cadence under
The jagged...
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Categories:
measured, care, introspection, nature,
Form:
Couplet
My Song~Not Like Me~
When you were first put into my arms,
I begged God, to make you nothing like me
For my sins, ask for...
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Categories:
measured, betrayal, conflict, depression, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Soul TravelSoul Travel
To travel amidst the evening stars
Forever mesmerized by their light...
As visions enter my sleepy head
I marvel my interstellar flight.
The universe is mine to explore
In...
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Categories:
measured, stars, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
The Treasure of BirthIt's hard to describe
that true sense of pride
that comes with the worth
of your babies birth
A child takes your heart
right from the start
and wills you to...
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Categories:
measured, birth, childhood, prayer, religious,
Form:
Couplet
Categories:
measured, introspection, love,
Form:
Monoku