Best Purpose Poems
Below are the all-time best Purpose poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of purpose poems written by PoetrySoup members
Dedicated To All the PoetsAn untouched piano has no purpose,
like a lonely clown without a circus.
A boat has no destiny stuck at shore,
silent like a lion who's lost its...
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Categories:
purpose, inspiration, poetry, poets,
Form:
Sonnet
A Near Death Experience of a Sweetheart "A Near-Death Experience of A Sweetheart"
Floating through a corridor between two different Worlds
among white fluffy clouds and shimmering stars awhile wind...
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Categories:
purpose, death, death, god, death,
Form:
Rhyme
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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Categories:
purpose, appreciation, beauty, community, creation,
Form:
Free verse
It Is Possible To KnowIt’s possible to know from whence I came
There is no need to even have a name
I am a part of eternal creation
Reunification is my destination
Born...
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Categories:
purpose, creation, heart, life, relationship,
Form:
Sonnet
All I Am
Long slender tendril of mist in the morning
snakes slowly across the cool water, wandering,
endlessly,
searching, moving slowly, seemingly without purpose,
without direction, without destination.
It fades like a...
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Categories:
purpose, longing,
Form:
Free verse
WarriorsThis one is for the broken,
hiding behind invisible bruising.
For the forgotten and the ones
who have forgotten us,
like the misunderstood misfits.
Who howl at the moon,
look...
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Categories:
purpose, assonance, dedication, inspirational, life,
Form:
Free verse
Where Gladiators FoughtPart I
Where gladiators fought for life,
we meet to fight for love
The constellations in the Roman night sky,
celestial spectators, bathe the Colosseum
in the white blood of...
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Categories:
purpose, passion, places,
Form:
Epic
The Time Traveler - a Visual Art Poem - POTDPOTD 6th Sept 2019
When the dawn kisses the dew on all thing that grow
and that first melancholy thought, ponderous and low
questions any relevant notions to...
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Categories:
purpose, romantic, science fiction,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
When I Am NothingWhen I am nothing, a no one,
when nobody remembers my name -
will you give me a purpose to remain?
When I can no longer run,
will you...
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Categories:
purpose, angst, perspective, romance,
Form:
Free verse
Flo J Thomas a Walking Angel GoneFor the rose without season is you
Light between stars shine through your soul
Ocean of kindness whispers your name
Joy resides in those beautiful eyes
Treasure trove,a friend...
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Categories:
purpose, absence,
Form:
Free verse
Yellow Shoes In the DarknessWalking through the land of shadows
wearing my yellow shoes
With each and every step
I created color and hues
The shadows started retreating
As color permeated the ground
Out...
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Categories:
purpose, me, metaphor, places, yellow,
Form:
Quatrain
Fifty-Three Shades of Greyin the uncoloured tint of another everyday
amongst the spit polished waxed apples
tightly packed in burlap bags
they walked like minded
in their own burly wrap
oblivious to the...
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Categories:
purpose, child, community, conflict, dad,
Form:
Free verse
Poetry For Poets: I Own This- EditionWell hopefully you've read the last "Poetry for Poets", now here's the one I wanted to write, enjoy...
POETRY FOR POETS
(I own this- edition)
Poems
more organic...
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Categories:
purpose, creation, metaphor, poems, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Ballad of An Unsung HeroVivid flashbacks from bloodshed battles
his soul still ravaged by devious dictators,
cries from fallen comrades still echo in his mind,
but he continues to walk upon a...
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Categories:
purpose, analogy, metaphor, political,
Form:
Ballad
EffervescenceI am here now
Presence my companion
Rising I put my two feet
On the ground
I give thanks as I open my eyes
To this new day
A divine delicious...
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Categories:
purpose, animal, appreciation, beautiful, celebration,
Form:
Free verse