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Best Octave Poems

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


Premium Member Octave-Choosing Carolyn
I'm stuck in a puddle of mud,
unable to make a quick decision...
whom should I choose from among 
others who have been so noble and kind?
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Categories: octave, friendship, funny, introspection, people,
Form: Verse



Voice of Octave Love
I was sixteen when I fell in love
with her soaring skyward voice
Smitten by the sight of
melting ice cream dripping down her hand,
the hand that held...

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Categories: octave, beauty, love, tribute, voice,
Form: Bio
Premium Member The Tides of Our Passion
The Tides of Our Passion

The tides of our passion cry out my love, 
As we seek to define who we are now.
To live this special...

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Categories: octave, allegory, beauty, emotions, feelings,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Premium Member In Stillness
At last, in the mute of twilight hums
I am possessed with silence shaven,
whiteness of peace touches the breath
melting the morsels of earth’s flesh
from soiled, weary...

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Categories: octave, change, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Arms In Rhapsody
 Somewhere between our song, he is there
like a delicacy on my tongue;
on my fingertips he burns
the silence on my eyelids,
and even the pang that...

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Categories: octave, emotions, how i feel,
Form: Light Verse



Premium Member Your Love
At seven sixteen, I heard the first bird sing.
You're still asleep with breaths steady and even.
I'm drinking my tea while birds are on the wing.
Nature's...

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Categories: octave, bird, love, nature, relationship,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member To Paint the Skies
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© Ann Peck  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: octave, 12th grade, community, fantasy,
Form: Couplet
Summer Sunshine
SUMMER SUNSHINE - "Sonnetina Rispetto"

Thank you Lord for this golden day,
This sweet sunshine that smiles my way,
This warm wind wafting through the grass,
That makes my...

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Categories: octave, smile, summer, sunshine, sweet,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The Magic of Christmas Divine
The Magic of Christmas Divine

Christmas cometh only once in each year, 
Infusing us with moments so divine,
Giving us God’s love in His cosmic rhyme,
As mankind...

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Categories: octave, allegory, beauty, emotions, feelings,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Premium Member The Elephant In the Room
3 polished oak fans,
Swirling in robotic unison

High maintenance socialites,
Sipping on Merlot fallacies

Lemon yellow coated walls,
Flat,
Like their smiles

Comparisons of dangling Porsche & Bentley keys
A glorified day...

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Categories: octave, funny, humorous, life, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I'M An 8
I wonder where earth joins the sky,
then hear the thunder's battle cry,
and ponder how the day rescinds,
with words that rattle with the wind

A rumbled sound...

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Categories: octave, nature, rain,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member Seeking Immortal Life
Life extension and rejuvenation                     ...

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Categories: octave, religion, time, , cute,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Premium Member One
onetime-
I was just    one child all alone
and I wrote one piece
a day of poetry
grandma said
take one day at a time

uniqueness  ...

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Categories: octave, childhood, family, poetry, writing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Quintessential Placeholders
Yin/Yang
Ch'ang as "Constant"
natural law of growth and decay
yanging and yinning,
logically necessary alternation of opposites
universally permacultural law: exterior nature as inner conscience communicant
Interior Landscape of eco-Ch'ang...

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Categories: octave, culture, language, math, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Sonnet
Poetic forms are special tools for me;
their rhythmic patterns mold words into shape.
Like guarded gates, they hold the imagery
and keep it tight so it does...

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Categories: octave, how i feel, poetry,
Form: Sonnet

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