Best Paradox Poems
Below are the all-time best Paradox poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of paradox poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Breadth of My Loveif my love for you was any greater
the trees would line up in poetic forms
...awe you in sonnets written...
...part...to allow winds to cool your...
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Categories:
paradox, love, planet, romance, romantic,
Form:
Free verse
Hidden BeautyHidden beauty resides not in the grace like charms
Of coy smiles
Painted across a gentle Madonnas face.
Nor is she vested within the chastened vows
Of saintly...
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Categories:
paradox, beauty,
Form:
Rhyme
RestRest now
O restless heart
released in ebb to flow
ride the other side of the king tide rising
buoyant your movement in rise with the waves
Rise!...
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Categories:
paradox, death, freedom, heaven, journey,
Form:
Free verse
A Smile In My MorningA tease on the wings of summer's breeze
A tickle in the touch of whispering winds
A glimpse at the art of museum paintings
A stare in the...
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Categories:
paradox, metaphor, poetry, poets,
Form:
Verse
Cruel Compassion, Collaboration With the Silent OneMy mind is a puzzle of cryptic metaphors.
whilst searching for my sanity,
I've become my own worst enemy.
In this cauldron of despair,
time is like sand in...
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Categories:
paradox, angst, anxiety, mental health,
Form:
Free verse
Orchid Oxymorons"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."~...
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Categories:
paradox, emotions, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
Listen To the Heart"Listen! to the Heart"
~~~~~~~~
every heart strums strings of symphony
an open book exploring dreams and fantasies
the lovebeat touches...
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Categories:
paradox, love, heart, heart,
Form:
Rhyme
Mind vs World: A Poetic SingularityLet me lead you on a voyage to the singularity,
where mind and world collide.
What is the mind?
A filter that selects and connects,
the...
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Categories:
paradox, imagination, mystery, parody, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
Where Barren Branches Touch Newborn LeavesScurrying on my way home, a little leaf catches my eye, and I am compelled yet again to slow down.
a whirlwind of thoughts
compete with swaying...
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Categories:
paradox, absence, introspection, leaving, life,
Form:
Haibun
XIn those bleak fields that so quietly lie - stilled as graves,
Between where the thin wind creaks and upwardly heaves,
Unseen feet can sometimes be heard...
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Categories:
paradox, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
Behind His Knowing EyesWhile in the moonlit night he stood, his crew below asleep,
the captain gazed with knowing eyes upon the ocean deep.
A sinister tranquility was fleeing in...
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Categories:
paradox, death,
Form:
Rhyme
VanityThere lives a silent evil deep within
Which once was locked inside Pandora's box
Now said to be the "father of all sin"
And one's denial is it's...
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Categories:
paradox, vanity,
Form:
Sonnet
Absolute Truth: How Can it Be?Absolute truth, both mystery… and paradox.
“You make me wonder if you exist or not?”
The Greeks glimpsed you in circles and squares,
The medievals revered you...
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Categories:
paradox, faith, history, mystery, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
Let Me Write You Something.Let me write you a poem.
A poem so great Bukowski would give me a hats off-
And hand me a beer.
A poem so well-written, John Mayer...
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Categories:
paradox, loveme, write, me, write,
Form:
Free verse
A Total EnigmaI can’t be branded and put into a box
I’m a rhyme wrapped within a riddle a complete paradox
I won't carry the labels, or walk...
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Categories:
paradox, introspection, riddle,
Form:
Free verse