Best Posthumously Poems
Below are the all-time best Posthumously poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of posthumously poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Loss of the Lifeboat, the 'Solomon Browne'In the year ninteen eighty one on the nineteenth day of December
A day the town of Mousehole in Cornwall, will always remember
An R.N.L.I. Watson class...
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Categories:
posthumously, boat, death, people, rain,
Form:
Narrative
Light YearsLIGHT YEARS
Some advance before their time, they
Shine so bright they seem to blind.
Those who undermine can never see,
Unless they change their frequency
Dull minds, can never...
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Categories:
posthumously, future, wisdom,
Form:
Verse
Categories:
posthumously, funny, poems, satire, word
Form:
Couplet
Gypsy EyesThe pierce, the flame of gypsy eyes, that roam
about your cheeks aflame, that throb at knees.
...
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Categories:
posthumously, sensual,
Form:
Sonnet
Death Row BluesHe’d spent nearly a decade on death row
Praying for appeals that were not bestowed
Had a solid alibi
...
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Categories:
posthumously, satiredeath, death,
Form:
Limerick
The Strange Case of Ft
"The Strange Case of F.T."
They say the dead don’t talk
the stories I have calculated
to deliver a saving grace
confessional shared amongst
my equal peers, or...
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Categories:
posthumously, dark, horror, poets,
Form:
Narrative
Just VisitsJust Visiting
While my visiting days are over,
I am left with another gift,
Fantasizing as a butterfly
Landing softly on a cruise ship.
I don’t drive down the Texas...
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Categories:
posthumously, age, fantasy, memory,
Form:
Rhyme
Save Him From Delilah's Deliverance???•?SAVE HIM FROM DELILAH'S DELIVERANCE?•???
Who is being delivered here?
Who is the one that needs the deliverance?
Is it the deliverer or the "deliveree"
who seductively came...
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Categories:
posthumously, 1st grade,
Form:
Free verse
W-Death Mystery of Subhash Chandra Bose-1897-1945Described as “patriot of patriots” by Mahatma Gandhi
His Words, ‘Give me blood and I shall give you freedom’
Are still ringing in the minds of each...
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Categories:
posthumously, august, death,
Form:
Free verse
Back Door Side Door Front Door : Which Door Might a Confucian TakeBack Door Side Door Front Door : Which door might a Confucian take
..................for René ETIEMBLE (Jan. 26, 1909 – Jan. 7, 2002)*
In homage -...
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Categories:
posthumously, books, eulogy, french, poems,
Form:
Elegy
From a Criminal To a War HeroTrue story, my uncle was a famous safe cracker
Before becoming a soldier in World War I
Known to police in New York City for robbery
The army...
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Categories:
posthumously, hero,
Form:
Narrative
I Wait With Bated BreathI Wait With Bated Breath...
(slack jaw froze mine countenance
when eyes blinded with figurative
daggers asper mistakes in original draft,
hence...this flood proof, fire resistant,
and fever reducing error...
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Categories:
posthumously, 12th grade, 9th grade,
Form:
Free verse
World War One One Hundred Years LaterWORLD WAR 1 ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER
(AMERICAN VERSION)
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
Patriotic songs give us reason to cheer
Except when “over there” is over here
Living underground is...
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Categories:
posthumously, memorial day, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Anne Girvan's DecreeAt the heart of Marescaux Road’s maroon and gold,
Lived a timid girl whose pitted dreams longed to unfold.
An inner-city teen with a spirit that gleamed,
But...
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Categories:
posthumously, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form:
Ode
AnimationAnimation I grew up with,
Bride of fantasy stories.
Comedy with action I watch,
Death of worries I snatch.
Earth of penitence is
Fist of imagination I sense.
Girdle of suffocation,...
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Categories:
posthumously, color, feelings, fun, inspiration,
Form:
Abecedarian