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Best Medieval Poems

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


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: medieval, black love, hurt, life,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Mundane Matters of Mortals
Alas
how they suffer
poverty seeds disease 
like a puddle breeds mosquitoes - 
the sickly buzz is everywhere..

the dirge of the drudge 
nowadays damn near everyone in...

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Categories: medieval, dark, death, loss, planet,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Untouched Orchard
She's untouched fruit
from forbidden orchards
barren and wrinkled
with fragmented twigs,
whirling to the beat
of melancholic musings 
of black-winged butterflies 
that croon and reflect
the true tragedy of a...

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Categories: medieval, crush, cute love, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Queen of Butterflies
The sun’s sparkling streaks,
of sangria grace, 
descend upon 
the malachite verdant valley;
world of pristine mountains,
and evergreen tales of 
rainbow hued meadows. 
Where medieval castles 
are...

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Categories: medieval, deep, fantasy,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Bastille 2016
Bastille


Many years ago
They stormed the Bastille
Two hundred and one lost their lives
The tennis court oath however survived

Jacques had his heart with the masses
Necker could not...

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Categories: medieval, anniversary, death, dedication, evil,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Love Notes In a Bottle
Love Notes in a Bottle

It came as a last meandering thought
How could I know?
Maybe a thousand years from now
On a far away shore
Would exist a...

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Categories: medieval, future, history, love, pain,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Cathedral Lit By Sunset
O, 
how I swoon
in the ruby bliss of your sunset kiss -
your vibrant rays of maturity arouses my fire; 
touching me with urgent rapture,
saturating me...

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Categories: medieval, appreciation, art, beauty, color,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Twisted Tale -Jane's Jewel-
Mardi Gras "The Medieval Story"  

On a hot, heavy night in Orleans,
Joan and Jane were seen rubbing chest on chest
An inviting, intimate moment, to...

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Categories: medieval, adventure, celebration, dark, death,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Joan of Arc
The Medieval era
was filled with wars and strife
between the French and English
at cost of limb and life.

The French became disheartened;
their victories were rare,
a humbling situation
which...

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Categories: medieval, hero, war,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member An Erin Adventure
It was an autumn day, fresh and crisp,
with a slight breeze blowing that made 
our cheeks rosy.  My Aunt Trix and I were
on the...

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Categories: medieval, adventure, autumn, ireland, travel,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member The Songs & the Makers
My soul understood Lynyrd Skynyrd
Like Ronnie I had monkeys to
Just simple boys chasing life’s joys
With our needles playing our blues

My soul understood Pink Floyd
For I...

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Categories: medieval, dedication, inspirational, life, music,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Knight Rises
He rides towards the setting sun
Further and further from his special one
The sound of his armor clanking with each hoof beat
Perspiration horse and rider oppressive...

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Categories: medieval, beauty, blue, girl,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Building Tension
That night, in a strange place
I was like a fly
Circling a street light
Reeling…Reeling!
I felt so alone
Fear wrenched my throat
Couldn’t predict
When I would be charred to...

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Categories: medieval, angst, fear, lost, night,
Form: Free verse
Instruction
Instruction
by Michael R. Burch

Toss this poem aside
to the filigreed and the wild tide
of sunset.

Strike my name,
and still it is all the same.
The onset

of night is...

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Categories: medieval, extended metaphor, fantasy, happiness,
Form: Pastoral
Premium Member Mytopia
~MyTOPIA~
 
A sip of tea in my Magic Cup.
A fancy bowl for my little pup.
Faraway from a world corrupt.
I found reason and meaning to reconstruct.
...

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Categories: medieval, fantasy, imaginationlife,
Form: Couplet

Book: Shattered Sighs