Best Penelope Poems
Below are the all-time best Penelope poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of penelope poems written by PoetrySoup members
Odysseus and PenelopeDoes true love is worth waiting for?
Where are you my Odysseus?
For love and eternity I will be yours,
I will love thee for my whole...
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Categories:
penelope, feelings, love, missing,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Cry No More, PenelopeThey weave, they weave
They weep and they weave
Smarting under the persecuting whips -
Verbal, literal or carnal whips
They weep, they weep.
Locust-like they swarm the streets
To reach...
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Categories:
penelope, sympathy,
Form:
Rhyme
My Beautiful PenelopeOh my sweet and beautiful Penelope
Oh how beautiful you are, and when I see you come down
to the pearl gates of immortality and come down...
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Categories:
penelope, art, beautiful, beauty, blue,
Form:
Romanticism
At the Footbridge - Limerick CollaborationAt the footbridge Sue was meeting her beau
(He was married to a woman called Flo)
Sue soon found out his deception
She dismembered his ********
For his love...
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Categories:
penelope, betrayal, body, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
Chapter and Verse a Live Poetry RecitalGood evening Ladies
May I say, I am honored and privileged
As this is the first ever time
I have read in front of a woman’s only...
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Categories:
penelope, animal, farm, humorous, poetry,
Form:
Light Verse
Canto Xxvi Hell Translation Part2After the flame had come here for news
When to my duke right seemed time and too place,
In such a way I heard him to diffuse:
“You...
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Categories:
penelope, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
I Am My Father's SonThey were gambling in front of the house.
Manservants and pages bustled about
Serving Suitors who just curse and carouse.
Few mix wine with water. I heard one...
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Categories:
penelope, adventure, anger, anxiety, bullying,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Princess and the PimpA preening promiscuous princess posed as "Penelope Prude."
With her poodle and parasol; well-perfumed, on Pine Street she stood.
A pompous pilfering pimp with a pink-painted poodle...
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Categories:
penelope, funny,
Form:
Alliteration
Troy, the Defeat, Odysseus PunishmentTroy, The Defeat, Odysseus Punishment
Apollo, the archer-god, was quite unfair
Slew Eurytus for a vain archery boast
Mortal lives he had so very little care
Sending Greek ships...
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Categories:
penelope, betrayal, conflict, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
Chapter and VerseChapter and Verse
Borrowed words
Overdue loans
On faded words
Tears melting ink
Wisdom's die
Collection time
Bankrupt soul
With no words to share
Overdue books
Wine splashes the pages
Of my mind
Melancholy whispers to...
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Categories:
penelope, introspection, love, passion, philosophy,
Form:
Light Verse
Well Worth Waiting In Part 2 - CollaborationEric’s revitalised me and my home
Over his body my fingers would roam
He’s great at fixing and gluing
Expert at banging and screwing
I’m so happy that...
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Categories:
penelope, boyfriend, humorous, jealousy,
Form:
Limerick
Deep In the BasementDeep in the basement of the east wing
Lady Penelope keeps a Thing
With big teeth and claws
And horrible...
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Categories:
penelope, gothic, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
Kafka Disordered
“Kafka Disordered”
Kafka disordered
never complete
in himself
burning stories
fuel for Nero
dreams of you
reading him
wrapt under
the covers
of his last pages
tattooing his voice
on your...
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Categories:
penelope, dream, muse, mystery,
Form:
Romanticism
The Odyssey Redux Part I - From Trozan Shores To Aeolian IsleNow gather around, ye lusty lads, a tale I'll tell to thee
Of jealous Gods, monsters and ill-fated men who sailed the sea.
My tale is set...
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Categories:
penelope, adventure, fantasy, myth, mythology,
Form:
Epic
Fab VirgilThe bikies are in town today
Least they're trying to make us think so
I know different
Thunderbirds, they really are
FAB Virgil
I heard...
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Categories:
penelope, humorous,
Form:
Free verse