Best Mortar Poems
Below are the all-time best Mortar poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of mortar poems written by PoetrySoup members
Forgotten Heroes of the SommeOver the top lads, for old Blighty! Hold the colours high!
Say a little prayer for me, for this summer day we die.
My brothers from the...
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Categories:
mortar, brother, death, history, life,
Form:
Rhyme
The House of SpiritsIt looks like a simple brownstone building,
Not much different then any other but it’s residents,
Are of the haunted kind, not made of flesh and bone.
In...
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Categories:
mortar, evil, fantasy, fear, god,
Form:
Free verse
Dust From the PastLooking back again, back into the past,
it was written in sand, all those questions we asked
on those last days of summer, something was wrong
as...
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Categories:
mortar, age, memory, people, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
A Choir of Nature“The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness therein, the world and they that dwell therein”
A Psalm of David…
Solitary, I stand upon these ever changing...
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Categories:
mortar, faith, happiness, nature, blue,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
mortar, war,
Form:
Epic
These We'Ll Yet DestroyTwo owls charmed me
moments before I embarked
on the hours of industry to come.
Their silhouettes were dark and secretive,
their voices wistful and low.
I had a moment...
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Categories:
mortar, environment,
Form:
Free verse
Sigh Bereft of Tune
Written: January 20, 2024
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Weary of heartfelt...
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Categories:
mortar, angst, death, earth, fear,
Form:
Free verse
Sweet PurposeI have come to the point of decision
And I have decided in favour of love
Wisdom is not solely measured by experience
But more by capacity for...
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Categories:
mortar, inspirational, on work and
Form:
Narrative
Anxious DissolutionIV
A soul was broken to make room
For dusty halls and labyrinths.
A gossamer, nylon bed-sheet shroud
Enwraps the remnants of that mind.
And no excuses can be made;...
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Categories:
mortar, allegory, depression, introspection, sad,
Form:
Free verse
Kingdom of Ruin
Rising from the desert sand
was a shimmering mirage
of a thousand shouts
Heated winds of fanaticism,
intense and blowing violently loud
Shrill calls to blood prayer seethe,
breathing fiery invocations
of...
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Categories:
mortar, death, judgement, religious, truth,
Form:
Elegy
I Had a Martini: Ok, Maybe FourIt'd been one of the most bizarre days; downright crazy
so I had a martini, maybe four, so things got kinda hazy
I fumbled in my wallet...
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Categories:
mortar, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Songs of Power Paint It BlackYour body is lowered into the ground, where you lie in darkness.
My warm tears mingle with December's cold rain... I lament.
War's grip holds me in...
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Categories:
mortar, death, depression,
Form:
Free verse
The Architects of TimeYour words --
Are the soft mortar
Between bricks and stones
Inside these mending walls
Your words --
Are stiff but fragile
Frames, building language and art
Words fill these empty spaces...
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Categories:
mortar, imaginationwords,
Form:
Free verse
So Many BooksThere were so many books at Barnes and Noble’s
That I wanted to buy but I wasn’t able
Up at the counter with my chin in my...
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Categories:
mortar, books, change,
Form:
Quatrain
Leper Messiah
Walking toward His grave, the cool air nipping at my nape on this chilly Nisan morning, feeling disconsolate. The sun has just risen over the...
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Categories:
mortar, jesus, remember,
Form:
Haibun