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Best Purposeful Poems

Below are the all-time best Purposeful poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of purposeful poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Love In the Silence of the Soul
As a young boy
Sitting in a pew
The winter darkness pressing down
Candlelight waves from hidden drafts
Shadows danced on the walls

I heard the words destined to me
“Be...

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Categories: purposeful, death, love, sorrow,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member My Melodious Muse
** I apologize, but if you're viewing this on a phone, it probably wont look right, as the browser page on a phone is not...

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Categories: purposeful, analogy, inspiration, love, metaphor,
Form: Concrete
Premium Member Transcendence
When imbalance of life churns hapless poignancy
And the zephyr of inequities breezes melancholy
Dissonance reverberates echoing pathos of grief
Seeking exaltation within metaphysical profundity
As hushed posture conjures...

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Categories: purposeful, inspirational, introspection, peace,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Voice of the Last Acorn
Image credit: Wikipedia


People amble by in view of the placid lake
Mesmerized by horizon adorning scarlet
While not far from the Oak tree, I stealthily lay
Enthralled in...

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Categories: purposeful, imagery, nature, tree,
Form: Personification
Intelligent Design
Intelligent Design

When there is evidence of intelligence, 
there is an intelligent mind
From an intelligent mind comes thought 
and purposeful design

Everything we see has been made,...

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Categories: purposeful, creation, education, god, nature,
Form: Rhyme



The Golden Dusty Days
Long gone are the golden
Dusty days!
Where once, like Blazons
On Armorial Shields,
The gathered bronze sheaths 
stood -
Cut through at the stalk...
Raised from time honoured
swathes.

Burnished like brushed...

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Categories: purposeful, autumn, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Haunt Me No More
#2 to the Motivational Series

Haunt me no more

Your words will haunt me no more
They will not close me in, I will not shut the door
I...

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Categories: purposeful, inspirational, motivation,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Confidence
Quote: Know your value. Confidence breeds success. Act like the person you want to become, and people will start seeing you as that person.
Mark M...

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Categories: purposeful, confidence,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Pride
I am proud of my eyes
For they reflect the color of Your sky
With them, I am able to witness the wonder of You
The beauty of...

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Categories: purposeful, baptism, beauty, bible, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Heart Release
Heart Release



Oh how I have tried to push you away
......Fear
Escaping into daydreams and fantasy
Purposeful intentions and made-up agendas
Pretending you were unimportant 
Something to avoid

Chocolate chip...

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Categories: purposeful, appreciation, fear, heart, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Raked Leaves
autumn fills sparse spaces we occupy,
               seasonal change that closes in...

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Categories: purposeful, 6th grade, autumn, change,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Writer In Me Wants You To Know
I sense and feel mystique of its appeal
In vibrant, verdant, blossoming spring,
Splendorous prairies undulating breeze,
Resplendent falling of autumnal leaves,
Glacial winds bemoaning a frozen sigh,
A cerulean...

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Categories: purposeful, art, muse, poetry, words,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Beyond the Realm of Wishes
In sun-scorched dunes, beside a weathered sentinel, 
a glint ensnared his weary gaze.
A tarnished lamp / grazed / its secrets unknown / 
a genie unbound,...

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Categories: purposeful, conflict, desire, inspiration, philosophy,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member It Started With a Blank Canvas
How endearing the innocence of life was,
When blissfully it started, with a blank canvas,
Cherishing in mother’s love and warmth,
Happy as can be, cuddled in loving...

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Categories: purposeful, life, metaphor,
Form: Verse
Her
“H” represents the humility she 
displayed from the moment she 
opened her eyes; 
“E” would suggest a revision of 
evolution, 
Because it would take many...

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Categories: purposeful, devotion, feelings, woman,
Form: Free verse

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