Best Player Poems
Below are the all-time best Player poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of player poems written by PoetrySoup members
We Are Not Merely PoetsSome of us are secretive at first. We hide our poetry’s soul self,
gently letting her peep out; sometimes regretting it immediately.
Fearful of critiques from...
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Categories:
player, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
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:
player, betrayal, body, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
Escape of the Bluesman's SongWithin the frame a sepia scene
a dusty porch a rickety chair
the fabric of your dusky face creased
with ceaseless sunbaked woes
your...
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Categories:
player, africa, america, grief, racism,
Form:
Free verse
The Monroe MoonIn glamor-light of sunset
a new crowd of cumulus clouds arrive
and revive a sepia sky-scene—
unworldly woolgatherers gather
spinning fantasy fluff into quixotic yarns
of debutantes dancing with honeymoon...
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Categories:
player, age, beauty, lust, moon,
Form:
Free verse
Just Within Reachjust within reach?
things!
lots of things!
stuff one could collect,
especially graphic novels
with a writer that made you wish
you had a photographic memory
so you would never forget even...
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Categories:
player, introspection,
Form:
I do not know?
Silence of the WavesMirabelle orb ascends,
under clementine and pomegranate skies.
Absent,
in delight of daylight.
Eyes set adrift in dawning daydreams.
Calm heart is an oceanic concerto,
flowing along sapphire tones.
Deep breaths walk...
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Categories:
player, assonance, destiny, dream, fate,
Form:
Free verse
The Scent of Your SoulThe scent of your soul
a caramalized breeze of fruit odours
reverbrating softly through my memory
Throwing me right back in ninth grade
where we sat side by...
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Categories:
player, absence, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Scent of Your SoulThe scent of your soul
a caramelized breeze of fruit odours
reverberating softly through my memory
Throwing me right back into ninth grade
where we sat side by side
Your...
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Categories:
player, absence, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
Leonard Cohen Was RightStanding before the microphone,
blank faces stare from cushioned chairs
Jewels sparkle, acting like they’re real,
while bow ties just seem sad…it happens
Marching to the beat of clicking...
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Categories:
player, poetry,
Form:
Epic
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:
player, imagination, mystery, parody, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
Baseball CardAnd there you were -
blue cap and jersey, white pants
bat held high above the shoulder
cocked and ready to swat one out
in that perfect stance...
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Categories:
player, baseball, son,
Form:
Free verse
Christmas Past
A time I still remember- Christmas day
in 'fifty-three; I was age fourteen then,
and I recall those very special hours
at home, so cozy- warm with my...
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Categories:
player, christmas, memory, tribute,
Form:
Blank verse
Captive Deep Blue Je Reviens
"Captive Deep Blue Je Reviens"
I walk beside you
in your dreams,
you are always in me
warm and pounding,
twin heart,
burning bright flame,
beautiful addiction
captive...
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Categories:
player, desire, longing, romance, sensual,
Form:
Romanticism
The Scent of Your SoulThe scent of your soul
A caramelised breeze of fruit odours
reverberating softly through my memory
Throwing me right back in ninth grade
where we sat side by...
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Categories:
player, absence, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
player, angst, light, world,
Form:
Free verse