Best Responds Poems
Below are the all-time best Responds poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of responds poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Turnip and the CabbageA Turnip and a Cabbage
are walking down the street.
This may seem a might peculiar
as they hadn't...
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Categories:
responds, adventure, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
Holding Back the TimeIn visions of yesteryear where there was love
Nothing but despair on the faces of hope
And shattered remains of a romantic fairytale
Whose happy ending has been...
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Categories:
responds, lost love, sensual,
Form:
Verse
Categories:
responds, allegory, bereavement, emotions,
Form:
Other
Beyond the BreakersCalm, cobalt seas beyond the waves beckon
Baby Boomer surfer responds
he stands upon his nicked, red board
placing his precious cargo on its deck
tired arms paddle to...
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Categories:
responds, farewell, sea,
Form:
Free verse
These Ribbons I Tie As You LeaveBlue –
for your arm wrapped around
my clavicle. I thought
I would loose my breath.
Red –
for the cusp of our hip bones
struggling to pull the...
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Categories:
responds, angst, introspection, loss, lost
Form:
Free verse
The Dissolving Heart
“The Dissolving Heart”
How many keys
played for seeds
bleeding a life
read, received
cast out
in the left field
planted in the heart
of karma to become
new...
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Categories:
responds, muse,
Form:
Free verse
The Pirates LifeHe stands upon the salty,slippery deck,
Yelling yaargh matey ,
with a halfhearted pirate drawl.
He's not to impressed with himself,
not an eyepatch or wooden leg,
not even a...
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Categories:
responds, adventure, funny, imagination, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Heart of a PoetIt jumps not to the thought of riches or the prospect of gold
For common treasures are not what it seeks
But rather it responds to that...
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Categories:
responds, imagination, passion, people, social,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Silent OneSilent One is a new friend of mine
A more loyal friend would be hard to find
Every day he responds
Strengthens our bond
I'm honoured to have such...
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Categories:
responds, friendship,
Form:
Limerick
The ConversationDark, the night morphs slowly toward dawn.
In its last vestige, the moment in which night becomes morning,
he speaks to me.
I refer to him as "he"...
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Categories:
responds, death, time,
Form:
Free verse
Knight RisesHe rides towards the setting sun
Further and further from his special one
The sound of his armor clanking with each hoof beat
Perspiration horse and rider oppressive...
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Categories:
responds, beauty, blue, girl,
Form:
Rhyme
My Friend, My LoveI imagine being there in enchanting places
Conjuring up insights of sensuous images
Driving friendship to threshold of romance
Confessing my love when she isn't around.
When the uplifting...
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Categories:
responds, friend, friendship love, love,
Form:
Verse
Categories:
responds, analogy, appreciation, beauty, poetry,
Form:
Other
Connecting These Two FriendsMany people do really make good friends
but they've different traits that attract the other
so one responds to one and indeed vice versa
then it works in...
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Categories:
responds, character, friend, relationship, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
Praying MantisOh, praying mantis, there with majesty,
you hold your slender arms so still and sweet,
in prayer like form that somehow makes us see
a kind and gentle...
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Categories:
responds, betrayal, insect, life,
Form:
Rhyme