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Best Persisted Poems

Below are the all-time best Persisted poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of persisted poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Past-Life Nightmare
A child of four suffers recurring dreams,
disturbing parents and siblings with screams.
When she awoke, always sore in one knee;
next to a birthmark, it throbbed painfully.

Night...

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Categories: persisted, autumn, mystery,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member The Last Love Letter To the West
I can't recall the day you left
 Empty words going west

~To The West Coast~

My love, my sweet love -- my soulmate
I will cherish our time,...

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Categories: persisted, deep, feelings, heart, leaving,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Thru Maritime Miles
Thru maritime miles of minions in motion
We hedge our opinions while pledging devotion	
To serving the Captain and sharing our smiles
Through barrels of onions and flea-bearing...

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Categories: persisted, adventure, fantasy, funny, humorous,
Form: Epic
Premium Member A Newspaper Boy's Christmas Dream
The family was poor
and on Christmas Eve
he went to bed still hungry
after his meagre evening meal.
 
He slept fitfully and dreamt
he had to work on...

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Categories: persisted, christmas, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member To the One I Lost
We both cared so much, you completed me,
Evidently you were meant for me.
Love persisted to manifest
Although at the same time blessed,
Till infinite heaven
Called, and forgiven....

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persisted, longing,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Madelaine's Chalice
On that summer’s day when we first meet and kissed,
I knew you Madelaine as one I could adore.
Against your family’s wishes, I still persisted
in wooing...

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Categories: persisted, devotion, love,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Thanksgiving Blessings
Abounding in gratitude 
my heart bursts out delightful praises
worshipfully testifying ---
 “God has blessed me this 2021.” 

January’s thanksgiving glow 
greeted me with peace and...

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Categories: persisted, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Music of the Night
I searched for you
Followed in the wake of your song
The sillage of your sensual scent 
Long after the sun had lost its glow
I persisted, with...

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Categories: persisted, sad love,
Form: Verse
The Steel of a Mother
Her face is invaded by networked wrinkles
For she gave to the world all her valued best,
Her input to the current world has tired her
And she...

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Categories: persisted, tribute,
Form: Light Verse
An Accidental Overdose
She fought daily with the agony.
never knew when it would strike.
It affected all corners of her world
waking, sleeping, laughing, and crying.
Early one morn, she lost...

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Categories: persisted, caregiving, confusion, death, loss,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Weep
The year dear Callie - my best cat ever - fell victim to cancer,
she had lived 18 wonderful years
as queen of our house, for sweetly...

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Categories: persisted, angst,
Form: Narrative
This Is a Test
This is a test
It's only a test

wait ... this can't be a test
if this were a test
you'd be directed to your seat

This is not a...

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© Tim Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persisted, fun, humor, nonsense,
Form: Free verse
Writing From the Heart
I wrote this poem upon my lovers face,

So she would know that my love could never be erased,

I wrote this poem upon my lover's neck,

So...

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Categories: persisted, devotion, happiness, imagination, inspirational,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member Beaten By Wind and Rain
The wind persisted in blowing me about,
whipping the willow branches with its beat.
It continuously raged, a tempest storm,
a force of nature that never bows in...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persisted, rain, storm, wind,
Form: Personification
A Heart Full of You
Before time existed - MY HEART WAS FULL OF YOU-
for you have always been my dream come true.
Periwinkle mornings with a splash of tangerine, 
...

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© Lu Loo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persisted, love,
Form: Rhyme

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