Best Respond Poems
Below are the all-time best Respond poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of respond poems written by PoetrySoup members
Healing Power of the Drumyour labored breathing
called out to me
and in my soul I knew
what needed to be done
I reached for the drum
to summon the spirits
called out to ancestors
and...
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Categories:
respond, inspirational, native american, prayer,
Form:
Free verse
Where Your Eyes Shine I Want To Lie Downwhere crystals gleam
i want to lie
where the scented lily opens
reveals its stamen
tender as babies breath
as unavoidable as our sun's and moon's provocative union
as...
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Categories:
respond, love,
Form:
Free verse
ResolutionsTo do justly in a world of injustice,
to love mercy though wanting revenge,
to walk humbly through forests of arrogance,
to speak softly and not to...
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Categories:
respond, new year,
Form:
Rhyme
To Hunt the BugabooWith the morning crisp and frosty
and the Earth yearning for autumn's heat.
Darkness gave way to a fractured dawn
...
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Categories:
respond, funny, humor, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
The Lady In Green POTDI was a zealous fashion designer, whose elegant styles were ever in vogue,
Like the rainbow time of cool, damp evening, that elegant colors go rogue.
Lost...
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Categories:
respond, beauty, fantasy, fashion, green,
Form:
Couplet
Sojourn Through TimeSeason of mists and mellow fruitfulness in
Opulent hues that color our lives as we age and
Journey through changing circumstances with
Obstacles that crop up unforseen,...
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Categories:
respond, inspirational love, journey,
Form:
Acrostic
DisorientationYou have raided my night again,
as the burst of a sudden storm,
sneaking into my loneliness,
at the most unexpected hour,
plunging me into swirls of pain
too deep...
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Categories:
respond, angst, death, depression, farewell,
Form:
Free verse
Mental Hospital Billsdadgum doctors, heads up their butts
poking, prodding, pricking skin
neurologist a psychopath
gets pleasure as electric volts pass through my body
family doctor showed little concern
made me paranoid...
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Categories:
respond, education, sad, slam, me,
Form:
Free verse
My Country 'Tis of TheeYou, my homeland
Are of a beauty unrivaled
From one coast to the other
Your plains and rolling hills and pointy peaks
Cry to the heavens of freedom
Your jagged...
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Categories:
respond, america, appreciation, patriotic,
Form:
Free verse
Eye Power- a Collab With JustinYou possess me with those eyes of pyromania
a tidal wave of temptation thrashing into my need for euphoria
romanticized on appetite for agile reckoning of kiss...
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Categories:
respond, passion,
Form:
Epic
To Speak of WomenMen ...
Giving advice to OTHER men, on women
That's funny ... ironic "funny", I mean, (though I did chuckle)
...
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Categories:
respond, appreciation, love, relationship, women,
Form:
Free verse
All Her Dreams Turned To DustNo one followed her as she ran away
fleeing from the altar on her wedding day
She’d been jilted by Jed her handsome groom
so locked herself away...
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Categories:
respond, betrayal, sad love, wedding,
Form:
Couplet
AutismI rise at the center of...
Is it a room? This is a face.
There is motion, too fast, too clamorous.
Cryptic and opaque. Shapes shift
into my field...
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Categories:
respond, me, mental illness, self,
Form:
Prose Poetry
A Poem For MichaelMyself I’ve never been
much of a mathematician
Algebra and stuff
didn’t add up to much
when I made the decision
to respond to you
our multi-versed
mathematical...
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Categories:
respond, abuse, angst, discrimination, identity,
Form:
Rhyme
The Prostitution of Her Love“I’m not a machine, you know.”
He says huskily
As she places her chocolate tipped breast
Within inches of his lips
Tantalizing him
She just smiles, breastfeeding him
His treat
And...
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Categories:
respond, husband, love, marriage,
Form:
Free verse