Best Ranking Poems
Below are the all-time best Ranking poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of ranking poems written by PoetrySoup members
Michael CollinsIt has often been said that empires come and go
And from the beginning of time that has been so
Empires ruled with terror and an iron...
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Categories:
ranking, england, ireland, soldier, war,
Form:
Narrative
The Inner ChamberTHE INNER CHAMBER
Please. Stop holding back on me.
Like a child standing at the neighborhood ice cream truck, arm outstretched, eyes huge, mouth watering.
I stand...
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Categories:
ranking, betrayal, courage, devotion, love,
Form:
Prose
A Piece of the PieThis was only our second date...
A Black Tie Affair...
...Set against an incredible view,
vineyards, waterfalls,
a plentitude of flower beds,
all just outside a charming postcard Town.
This indeed...
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Categories:
ranking, humor,
Form:
Narrative
ArchyOligarchy - From the Greek, olígos, meaning few,
hence, those guys over there, with their
hands in their garments; They say they'll
tell everyone what needs to...
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Categories:
ranking, introspection, people, society, world,
Form:
List
For the ChildrenOn the brow of manhood I bore you
Dreaming of a successor to my throne
Invested wind and echo full of dew
Native prince, that was ever all...
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Categories:
ranking, familyparents, prayer, love, me,
Form:
Acrostic
Valsa GeorgeShe is faithful to poetry
( Yours and mine)
In the rankings
She has not sold her mind
When readers disappear
As I get near
Or their comments do
Year after year
Valsa...
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Categories:
ranking, 12th grade, 5th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Tower of LondonConquering Normans in siege they lay
waste to all England
to pillage and slay.
William the Conqueror rode overland
with nobles and ladies
of high ranking band.
Surveying all territories with...
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Categories:
ranking, england,
Form:
Rhyme
All the Worlds There AreJust watching raindrops slapping leaves
is better than anything requiring electricity
including fame and posterity. Monday
morning I walk over to the art museum
stand before Homer. I'm imagining
life...
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Categories:
ranking, art, change, god, life,
Form:
Verse
The ScorpioThe Scorpio's eyes see all
Ready and willing to lay down his own laws
He's completely focused on his path
And yet no one knows his mysterious task
His...
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Categories:
ranking, black african american, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Magic BeansChew beans?
BLUE jeans
Chew grass?
Cow gas...
*Cows and other livestock cause 18% of the damage to the ozone layer; ranking 2nd only to carbon dioxide…Freon from air...
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Categories:
ranking, food,
Form:
Footle
Born To Live-Difficult To ConquerThe birth place of world war II
after an invasion void of any declaration.
Stamps on history’s book by feminine hands
to ascertain the first death sentence of...
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Categories:
ranking, community, education, environment, history,
Form:
Ode
The Great Star WolfAlone he stands looking up to the "Great Star Wolf"
the highest ranking of the great chain
ready to make his claim
Sending him short prayers no longer...
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Categories:
ranking, animal, death, home, leadership,
Form:
Rhyme
The Parlor of Prometheus - Part Three -" A close friend was betrayed by one of the Chiefs
and was tortured to death by being roasted slowly while strung up
high on a tree...
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Categories:
ranking, creation,
Form:
Ode
Clam Showocean wave retreats
water spurts erupt behind
clams beneath the sand
May 3, 2918
1st Place ranking in "haiga - haiku - Theme sea - ocean" Contest
Sponsored by Mick...
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Categories:
ranking, ocean,
Form:
Haiku
Hand In the Cookie JarHand In The Cookie Jar
The word is out, the waiting suspense is over...
Over here in this small young democratic country...
For quite some time, in this...
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Categories:
ranking, abuse, betrayal, community, confusion,
Form:
Free verse