Best Modern Poems
Below are the all-time best Modern poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of modern poems written by PoetrySoup members
A Modern Mona LisaLeonardo’s Mona Lisa has nothing on you
with her familiar face we’ve seen for years;
but your young beauty that’s so fresh and new,
leaves men around...
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Categories:
modern, beauty, image, smile, woman,
Form:
Rhyme
Unsure the ShoreGrim fog, I praise the shelter of your drear,
the sundown ghost morose not grandiose,
I walk alone - but, no -- with my despair;
a bittern bids...
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Categories:
modern, 8th grade, beach, bereavement,
Form:
Sonnet
DoorsThere are so many doors
Which ones should I choose
Green, yellow, brown, purple
and many different blues
Some of them are rustic
Others modern and clean
Some lead to the...
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Categories:
modern, appreciation, beautiful, celebration, courage,
Form:
Quatrain
Categories:
modern, emotions, how i feel,
Form:
Carpe Diem
The True Knight -POTDPOTD 9th April 2018
Synopsis -
A story of selflessness without jealousy or rancor that is often evident through the ages in all walks of life, even...
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Categories:
modern, love, romance, sensual,
Form:
Romanticism
RestRest now
O restless heart
released in ebb to flow
ride the other side of the king tide rising
buoyant your movement in rise with the waves
Rise!...
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Categories:
modern, death, freedom, heaven, journey,
Form:
Free verse
HeritageThe ranch on which I hang my hat, though short on most the frills,
Is thirteen sections, give or take, of rugged trails an’ hills.
We call...
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Categories:
modern, adventure, cowboy-western, education, imagination,
Form:
Quatrain
Arikara Born
I like many others have lived in our dreams
In this world where I lived amongst forests and streams
Where the Great Plains stretched and our rivers...
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Categories:
modern, america, childhood, places,
Form:
Rhyme
A Poet's HeavenAmong the classic poets of fine rhyme -
are balladeers who weave with lines a tale,
the satirists and bards of the sublime,
and troubadours who sing a...
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Categories:
modern, heaven, poets,
Form:
Dizain
Critical LiaisonsA poets dream, she'll seduce with her eyes,
pens will desire to praise her charming guise,
but be cautious, she'll treat you like her book,
explore each chapter...
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Categories:
modern, devotion, emotions, love,
Form:
Sonnet
A Man Under Stress, a Collaboration With Francis CrastoMy appreciation Francis Crasto for allowing me to collaborate with you as your 'psychiatrist' on ‘A MAN UNDER STRESS’- A great sequel to your recent...
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Categories:
modern, humor, rap, stress,
Form:
Rhyme
More Foolish Footles For Super Soupy Soupers -Andrea D?...No brainer:
Dandy
Andie
Or in her younger, wilder days she may have been:
Randy
Andie?
(Just kidding! Just kid...Ouch!)
I have no choice but to categorize several poems by my...
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Categories:
modern, funny, me,
Form:
Footle
To Forgive Or Not To ForgiveTo forgive or not to forgive, that is the question.
When you are offended, whether real or imagined
by a loved one, a friend, or by someone...
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Categories:
modern, anti bullying, forgiveness, life,
Form:
Sonnet
Ghosts of the Sun Dance-Part 1Ghosts of the Sun Dance
1. The Path
A quest dating back through our history
Surpassing the flesh, a spiritual path
Human endurance, road to mystery
Dark trail winding through...
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Categories:
modern, spiritual, sports, endurance, drug,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
No Greater LoveFor God so loved this sinful world, He gave us all His son;
That we might live with Him one day, when life on Earth is...
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Categories:
modern, faith, happiness, hope, inspirational,
Form:
Quatrain