Best Oldie Poems
Below are the all-time best Oldie poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of oldie poems written by PoetrySoup members
That Potent Urge -Gotta Go, Gotta Go Right NowI think no stimulus could be
as potent as the one to pee.
A feeling frequent and innate
is this - the urge to urinate.
It comes each day...
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Categories:
oldie, home,
Form:
Rhyme
Apt Name Limericks Collaboration -Nb Some Poems Will Be BawdyCOME ON SOUPER'S LETS HAVE SOME FUN AND MAKE FOLK SMILE DURING SUCH DIFFICULT TIMES FOR US ALL. THERE ARE LOTS MORE APT NAMES ...
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Categories:
oldie, giggle, jobs,
Form:
Limerick
Comes a WindThirsting, thirsting. . . shriveled earth
suffocates in summer’s dearth,
yearns for rain clouds’ forthwith bursting:
Shriveled earth. . . thirsting, thirsting.
Browning, browning in their beds,
flowers parched hang...
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Categories:
oldie, daffodils, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Fleeting DreamsFondly He crawled into her night
and pressed a kiss upon her cheek
Through skylight glass He watched the stars
counting her fervent fleeting dreams.
Her dreams...
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Categories:
oldie, absence, dream, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Spring’Tis Spring
(this is the real title, which I am unable to post this way in the title heading)
Rejuvenate! ’Tis spring.
Cruel winter’s lost its cling.
We...
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Categories:
oldie, spiritual, spring,
Form:
Ballad
Bloom Not, WolfsbaneBloom not, cruel wolfsbane
In this forward spirit of mine
Let the moon dim and wane
For love has diseased my kind
The girl was luscious in the...
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Categories:
oldie, adventure, angst, depression, devotion,
Form:
Ballad
Ghost GuitarGhost Guitar
I think of you and play you, any time of day
You understand my needs, understand what I must say
You’ve always been so close...
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Categories:
oldie, love,
Form:
Couplet
Autumn RaptureAutumn is a woman. Bedecked in gold and crimson, hair
Upswept, serene, she warmly glistens till capriciously shaking her
Tresses loose and imbibing northern winds, she begins...
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Categories:
oldie, seasons,
Form:
Acrostic
A Season's DanceThe seasons vary as they come and go,
and each, a lovely lady, loves to dance.
Fair Winter glistens in a gown of snow
she wears whenever she...
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Categories:
oldie, seasons,
Form:
Personification
Her SustenanceHer lust for you is fierce.
She spreads it out before you
as if it were a lavish bridegroom’s dinner
of caviar, oysters and shrimp;
spears of warmed asparagus...
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Categories:
oldie, sensual,
Form:
Free verse
Feelings
On better days, On better nights
before wide blue yonder
turned into a black widow spider
Have we met , Have we painted a blank canvas
Have...
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Categories:
oldie, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
PasionataMy Beloved
Take me to the memory
A never lasting dream
which lived in yester yesterday
long before destiny took its toll
and footprints marked separate paths
Take me back...
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Categories:
oldie, passion,
Form:
Free verse
Six Dancers All In WhiteIn my room late one night, I caught six dancers all in white.
In tutus, flowered caps, and tights, they twirled on tiny pointed toes.
Seeing me,...
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Categories:
oldie, fantasy,
Form:
Sijo
Spring LassesMarch is the first to arrive on the scene.
She sees Winter leaving and blows him a kiss,
And then she starts in to paint the world...
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Categories:
oldie, spring,
Form:
Quintain (English)
To the Birthday Girl -And GuysHappy Birthday to this awesome THREE:
to Frank, Kashinath, and P.D.
Those born this day SEVEN
have blessings of Heaven
in wit, charm and poetry!
Resurrecting this oldie for the...
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Categories:
oldie, friendship, happiness,
Form:
Limerick