Best Powerful Poems
Below are the all-time best Powerful poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of powerful poems written by PoetrySoup members
Wind From the SeaInspired by Andrew Wyeth Watercolor Painting -- Wind From the Sea, 1947
Standing in the old house
A strange mixture of feelings erupt within me
My roommates Depression,...
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powerful, conflict, depression, forgiveness, hope,
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I do not know?
Whispers SharedYour time worn hand rests on my shoulder
A gentle firm touch
Ancient fingers stretching awake
And for that moment in time, I receive you
My body marinates in...
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powerful, appreciation, beauty, community, creation,
Form:
Free verse
May It Be An Evening Star of Peace - In Collaboration With Our Ps Community Poets
Like the Evening Star guided ancient mariners through calm or troubled seas
Let it guide and help spread this message of Peace to the far ends...
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powerful, beautiful, peace, star,
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Verse
I Wore Your Skin~I wore your skin~
Brother, I wore your skin last night
Nothing but friction, blood -dry ink
Announcing a crush "Silence by the Sky!"
Integrity denied, endangered enemy
Brother, I...
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powerful, anger, bullying, dark, deep,
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Dramatic Verse
Interview with the Wind“Air becomes wind when it’s agitated.” Lucretius
“Thank you for joining me in the studio today,” Mr. Zephyr.
“Glad to be here, Bob. Thank you for...
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powerful, wind,
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Personification
Indian Girl--Virginia Slim--
Different eyes, the same world
Ancient skin, dirty Indian Girl
Smokey, eyes, exotic raven hair
---Now listen to the colors, of transformation,
On...
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powerful, adventure, girl, life, native
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Ballad
Shackles of LoveShackles of cynicism have displaced your heart,
the love that once transcended time is no more.
No wordsmith can bring beauty to an invisible emotion,
lost in translation...
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Categories:
powerful, analogy, love,
Form:
Free verse
In Soft Glowing Mistress Flame of the Beauty's Breath - a Collaboration With Susan AshleyIn Soft Glowing Mistress Flame Of The Beauty's Breath
- a collaboration with Susan Ashley
In soft glowing mistress flame of thy beauty's breath
your heart swears...
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powerful, art, beautiful, desire, love,
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Rhyme
Gothic Love GrindI find you alone
in your favorite room of sorrow and suspense,
the woman I cherish more than victory or divine sense,
long untouched, you stare into a...
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powerful, gothic, love, passion,
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Epic
John F Kennedy - Martin Luther King Jr - Robert F Kennedy and Donald Duckit was the sixties
we were young
we were going to change the world
spin it like a basketball on our finger
take the three point shot
win the...
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powerful, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
To Love You Upon My Last BreathWhen the last rain drop has fallen
and final word has been spoken.
When mercy is no longer our saviour,
remember, each time your heart beats,
with every sigh...
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powerful, love,
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Free verse
The ArtistStillborn
a mood of aberrant colour
a stain on the Artist’s worlds
a heart pulsating with pain
a wide range of intense ardour
mixed on a fine palette
and a...
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powerful, art, dedication, depression, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
NOTHING LESS - NOTHING MORE - POTDPOTD 8th Jan 24
NOTHING LESS ~ NOTHING MORE
The ambushed night when all was still,
Amidst the gloom, anxiety took my will.
Though the moon cast its...
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powerful, deep, emotions, inspiration, new
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Rhyme
Zen Nihilism-POTDWritten: September 05, 2023
This or That, Vol 20 Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh
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In the Zen kingdom,...
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powerful, analogy, appreciation, beauty, confidence,
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Rhyme
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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powerful, boat, death, people, rain,
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Narrative