Best Ozymandias Poems
Below are the all-time best Ozymandias poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of ozymandias poems written by PoetrySoup members
OZYMANDIAS II
A modern herald in an ancient land
Announced to whole world this: "A massive bronze
Hand lies beneath some lofty columns grand;
Nearby, a cracked and spit-drenched head,...
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Categories:
ozymandias, history, introspection, parody, passion,
Form:
I do not know?
The Modern OzymandiasThe Modern Ozymandias
The Shelley poem adapted by Elton Camp
There was a stadium at Pennsylvania State
Where two strong and trunkless legs now stand
Near them, on the...
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Categories:
loss, integrity, , ozymandias,
Form:
Blank verse
Ozymandiasall my clothes are rags
all my cups are cracked
all my plates are smeared
and all my windows smashed
all my pets are bugs
all my books are ripped
all...
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Categories:
ozymandias, anxiety, depression, loneliness, lost,
Form:
Rhyme
The Modern Ozymandias The Modern Ozymandias
By Elton Camp
Among nations’ leaders, none more powerful than he
Showy medals displayed on his chest for all to see
His facial expression and most...
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Categories:
death, , ozymandias,
Form:
Rhyme
A big problemOnce there was a famous king,
More famous than Ozymandias.
His name was King Wolf.
Sultan was his nickname.
He called himself a benevolent despot;
And his style of...
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Categories:
irony, satire, , ozymandias,
Form:
Narrative
I HEARD THEY THOUGHT THEMSELVES CIVILIZEDI HEARD THEY THOUGHT THEMSELVES CIVILIZED
Each grain of gorged sand
civilized people —
themselves owned; owned land.
meanwhile the steeple
looked down at the band
of loquacious stock.
each thought themselves...
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Categories:
christian, ozymandias,
Form:
Rhyme
Sonnet written in Optimist Park -Italian Sonnet- -win(Rhyme scheme : abba abba cde cde)
I met a pessimist walker in Optimist Park,
She walked with a walker and a co-walker
Crippled, stressed, depressed, a fatuous...
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Categories:
philosophy, , ozymandias,
Form:
Italian Sonnet
Queen Of The NightOf what maze is time-
That a little petal solves?
Blossoming in dim light
Against the cliché it holds
Strong when the ends are-
Seen, weak when the ends are...
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Categories:
beauty, flower, , ozymandias,
Form:
I do not know?
picture thisevery day seven hundred million video clips
are shot and stored on memory chips
then uploaded to some video cloud
and vaporously saved for society proud
the dog tricks,...
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Categories:
ozymandias, analogy, history, imagination, introspection,
Form:
Couplet
South Mumbai #1 : Morning Thoughts on Ballard Pier
Not the sleek modern skyscrapers
Fragile, slim, standing tall
Catwalk queens of present times
But squat, imposing, solid built
Dowagers of a bygone age!
Forgotten memorials
Screaming, unheard, unseen
Proclaim of valor...
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Categories:
ozymandias, places, social, , memorial,
Form:
I do not know?
Armed with WineI swing into action
Armed with wine
The spirit willing, really for anything
Watch the Drama
Fire in my eye, dry throat, cracking lip
I stammer a little, with...
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Categories:
addiction, political, , ozymandias,
Form:
Blank verse
The PoetsBuson had his comb
and Pound, his blackened bough.
But I am no poet.
I do not rage. Rage
is not for me.
Inspiration does
not peer through my ribs.
I cannot...
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Categories:
poets, , ozymandias,
Form:
Free verse
time and poetry
Time.
While statues fall to dust and nothing is remembered,
we fear you not Ozymandias; it was a poet who brought
you back into history. ...
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Categories:
dedication, words, , ozymandias,
Form:
Blank verse
Garden breezeA warm breeze, its source unknown, yet upon its breath
Carries the scents of my garden, thyme and sage and rose
Moving over warm soil, picking up...
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Categories:
garden, , ozymandias,
Form:
Free verse
the day of recogningThe day of reckoning
A bird with an enormous wingspan darkened the sky
it was a night of horror in the Middle East.
A new country born...
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Categories:
conflict, corruption, ozymandias,
Form:
Sonnet
Swimming Against the Current[Note: You will see in the work below connections to other poems I have posted here. Those poems are tangents to this poem that...
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Categories:
ozymandias, pride, sin,
Form:
Free verse
SoliloquySigh
Someone say
Something
Sate my starving
Synaptic surges
That slowly but
Hopefully won't
Succumb to so
Stated selfless
Self-proclaimed
Salesmen and
Women
Selling
Subjective
Sylabbic
Alphabet
And omega
Steamed
Stodgy
Soup
That
I seemingly
Stir slightly
Swirling
With a
Spoon
While
Staring
Some
Where
Where
Babel has
Fallen...
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Categories:
ozymandias, christian, faith, inspirational, light,
Form:
Fibonacci
What Calls The HeartIn life,
What calls the heart becomes the legacy
We leave behind
And those endowed will assure that its destiny
Will be manifest in kind.
Builders of
Tombs and...
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Categories:
ozymandias,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
the song contestThe song contests
I came across an apple tree it looked like
a child’s idea of this type of tree, big red
apples and a blue...
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Categories:
april, arabic, beach, ozymandias,
Form:
Blank verse
timeTime.
While statues fall to dust and nothing is remembered,
we fear you not Ozymandias; it was a poet who brought you back into history.
...
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Categories:
ozymandias, beautiful, blessing, celebration, ,
Form:
Blank verse
PUZZLE OF GREAT POETRY PUZZLE OF GREAT POETRY
My mum liked poems a lot - loved ‘em
She used...
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Categories:
ozymandias, on writing and wordslove,
Form:
Quatrain
SlipbackYou must see Slipback, the popular new app!
It's a primary clock of tick-tock;
brief time-travel is what you can make.
Anything can necessarily be changed in and...
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Categories:
culture, fantasy, ozymandias, science
Form:
Free verse
LawnlessIt's blisteringly dry.
Martian, winedark, overweight -
No lawns on this mesa of millet-baked pie,
To make this crater straight.
No spades here, no scraping rake.
Just sharp sticks, blood-bricked...
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Categories:
ozymandias, beauty, environment, extended metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
Intuition 111111 known to represent intuition
Trusting yourself fully is the mission
Have you ever felt something about someone
everyone else was blinded by the gaslight
but some time passed...
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Categories:
ozymandias, 12th grade, allusion, introspection,
Form:
Lyric
SpansSpans (Inspired by Percy Shelley's "Ozymandias")
If one pursues the desert, smooth and vast,
They will not glimpse the history buried there.
The monuments constructed did not last,
Save...
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Categories:
ozymandias, history, humanity, imagery, inspiration,
Form:
Sonnet