Best Published Poems
Below are the all-time best Published poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of published poems written by PoetrySoup members
Unspoken WordsI often scribble in the sand
The words I find so hard to say
And hope the wind will come along
And blow them all your...
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Categories:
published, words,
Form:
Quatrain
Categories:
published, beautiful, color, imagery, insect,
Form:
Concrete
no poet am I -
a poet, you say? pardon no, not am I
there's only ONE poet - He writes on the
sky
of sunsets...
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Categories:
published, blessing, faith, inspiration, poetry,
Form:
Couplet
Sunrise MeditationStop in your tracks
Take a deep breath
Stop and relax
Close your eyes
Exhale a slow deep breath
In your mind’s eye
It’s early dawn
It’s quiet and serene around...
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Categories:
published, freedom, inspirational, introspection, motivation,
Form:
Free verse
Moonlight SerenadeBlindfolded, he takes me from the car through the humid air of August. He holds my hand, and then surrounds me with his arms, when...
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Categories:
published, sensual,
Form:
Haibun
Carolyn Devonshire RipWe never met, although we planned
to make our dream come true;
the will was strong, the body weak…
and then you bid adieu
when angels came and took...
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published, death of a friend,
Form:
Rhyme
Dream BigSet your sights high
Follow what your heart desires
There’s nothing you can’t do
With your deepest breath
Take in the universe
There’s nothing you can’t do
Dream your dream in...
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Categories:
published, confidence, courage, dream, future,
Form:
Lyric
Flawless Gems - LeiA rainbow took my breath away
Whilst on a train one summers day
Her vibrant arc I was in awe
Though folk beside me never saw
With heads bowed...
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Categories:
published, appreciation, nature, rainbow, technology,
Form:
Lay
Today I Learn To Be a Widow, Lesson 1lesson one
i wake up alone
for the first time
the silence is deafening
i want to get up
but every fiber in me
is dead weight
i want to call my...
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Categories:
published, death, loneliness, longing, lost
Form:
Free verse
A Kept WomanDream-worker
delves deeply into my dream;
vibrations fondle anticipation
foreplay wakes wide-eyed
swells of liquid libido quake the rendezvous edge -
a primordial being in his prime
a masculine...
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Categories:
published, allegory, betrayal, fate, imagery,
Form:
Free verse
Ruin GazingDrawn by subtle intuition
I follow a winding path
into the heart of the woods,
emerging in an open glade
where feeble sunlight falls
upon a moss covered wall.
Isomorphic intimacy...
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Categories:
published, solitude,
Form:
Free verse
Snow - Angeltiny snow angel
snowflakes kiss your rosy cheeks
white winter beauty
Any poem you ever wrote not for a contest
Sponsored by Broken Wings
14th November 2014
Published in Haiku Journal...
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Categories:
published, winter,
Form:
Haiku
My Little Soldier BoyGary, you are my little soldier boy,
who died on Veteran's Day. ('83)
My sunny, golden-haired soldier boy,
that I still miss in every way.
You had just turned...
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Categories:
published, child, death, remember, boy,
Form:
Rhyme
Eternal RecurrenceETERNAL RECURRENCE*
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
“I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before and
I hope to return a thousand...
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Categories:
published, future, life, , atheist,
Form:
Epic
HopefulTime to go home there’s that cursed bell
Excitement for most - for him an impending hell
A torturous journey - that takes him down life’s dark...
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Categories:
published, anti bullying,
Form:
Rhyme