Best Overused Poems
Below are the all-time best Overused poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of overused poems written by PoetrySoup members
Midnight PoetWhisper's of October
Whispers in this soup bowl
20 minutes after its muse explodes,
Daylight remains nothing more than a dream
Warding off the howling sound...
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Categories:
overused, addiction, character, devotion, identity,
Form:
Free verse
The Other Self( Repost )
Somehow, her eyes expand with the disobedient sky
and there, she senses urchins filling water on the lake
her feet and thighs slide up changing...
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Categories:
overused, fantasy, identity,
Form:
Free verse
Yellow HeartThis morning I wrote a poem
about a yellow heart
pining for red fusion,
in a desperate attempt
to shake the fruit
that never
falls
And tonight I am alone
without...
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Categories:
overused, hope, life, love, yellow,
Form:
Free verse
Earthliness"A music group has transformed the words of this poem into a heartfelt song, it's recorded in the audio sound"
One of the radical conditions for...
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Categories:
overused, analogy, appreciation, beauty, earth,
Form:
Rhyme
The I Love You Conversation"What do you know of love?" I seethe....
a well of passion longing to be freed
"I love you," the words I finally breathe
and think you'll know...
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Categories:
overused, i love you,
Form:
Rhyme
The Wrinkled ShadowMost of the days as I buy vegetables
the old woman would move around
close to me like the winter tree
The leaves mostly robbed by the time
tangled...
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Categories:
overused, beauty, life, love,
Form:
Free verse
The New Seven Deadly SinsI think it's time to do an update
Of The Seven Deadly Sins
Most people do not know them all
Sit down and let's begin
I'm not really religious
But,...
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Categories:
overused, religion, sin,
Form:
Rhyme
The Beautiful PeopleFor the Haven’s advancement,
the Elite may extend a courteous backhand,
or a fist wrapped with opinion
that some may mistake for abuse.
Dante’s girl fell from her steeple
head...
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Categories:
overused, abuse, bullying, culture, death,
Form:
Narrative
Had It Up To HereI've had it up to here with rappers saying they have more bars than a prison
I'm sick of celebrities saying they're a bigger star than...
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Categories:
overused, celebrity, fun, funny, rap,
Form:
Free verse
****** of Sadnessimages pour erratically
falling on eyelashes
tears fueling my pen
always the sadness
finds me waiting
wrenching emotion
twisting my heart
in a vice grip
can't...
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Categories:
overused, introspection, life, on writing
Form:
Free verse
Unheard VoicesAfter a cacophony of ramblings,
day bows gently---
Infants slumber with ease in cradles,
lanterns flicker above tavern stools
as mellow winds drift around gold-hued roads
paving...
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Categories:
overused, feelings, voice,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Decayed Ballerinabrittle stained jagged fingernails
scratch against the splint hairs
of a cold weathered wooden elbow
an impatient clock had sapped
a once supple leather coat
now requiring constant mending
as homeless...
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Categories:
overused, life, lonely, woman,
Form:
Free verse
Am I HideousAm I hideous
So many years have drained,
slowly taking what was once mine
scattering it over endless thoughts and memories
and I wonder why, where has it...
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Categories:
overused, age, love,
Form:
Free verse
Dots Dashes and DeathDash dot dot (D)
my heart pours out into a puddle of sludge
its been overused
overly abused
everything gone
dot (E)
the last thing I remember is you all...
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Categories:
overused, heart, loneliness, lonely, suicide,
Form:
Acrostic
Remember, Nothing MattersWhen I think of what I’m worth
I think of nothing more than dirt
I think of how small our world is
And how we mean nothing, nothing...
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Categories:
overused, confusion, life, philosophy, people,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme