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Best Reta Poems

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


Premium Member The Ghost of Edgar Allan Poe
Accosted many years ago
By the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe
I'm now obliged to come forthright
About that dark eye-opening night.

It's only fair to let you know
I've...

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Categories: reta, emotions, imagery, inspiration, life,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Words of a Born Again Man
When I began to be born again 
I no longer saw with the eyes of man
I began to see with spiritual eyes
I began to hear...

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Categories: reta, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Just Stick It To Me, Please
Wednesday night, hard at work
We strove to get the paper out;
Our goal to met the deadline
And secure the daily routes.

But then an accident occurred,
A case...

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Categories: reta, fun, funny, humor, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Heaven
'O HEAVEN, of my Father,'
Eternal and limitless you be;
So full of light, no less your might
And host to all eternity.

A holy, hallowed province,
And so has...

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Categories: reta, inspirational, light,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Wake Up and Smell the Tea
(This poem is a lightly satirical look back in history at what 
  was known as the Boston Tea Party)


Something's brewing on the Dartmouth
"Are...

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Categories: reta, history, humor,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Finally
Finally we were alone
Bridesmaids; best man all gone home
We eyed the gifts piled on the rug
Bill looked at me, I gave a shrug
Tomorrow would be...

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Categories: reta, desire, feelings, humor, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Man of Few Words
(woman)"Just cause I didn't smile at you
Just cause I didn't wave
I'll not wear feelings on my sleeve
That's no way to behave.

But it could be, that...

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Categories: reta, crush, funny love, humor,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member The Toothache
I wish that I had choked and died
On those chocolate candy bars.
I wish my mom had tanned my hide
About those tempting cookie jars.

I wish that...

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Categories: reta, candy, childhood, humor, pain,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member To the Bride, With Love, From the King
I give you more abundant life 
I've cleansed you of all sin
I've clothed you with undying love 
The apple of my eye you've been.

With bread...

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Categories: reta, caregiving, hope, love,
Form: Pastoral
Premium Member The Galactic Way
Galactic is our universe
Enhanced by wonder lust
Of stars that want to show their tails
Before they turn to dust.

Much like my sister and her mister
Out to...

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Categories: reta, funny, humor, space, universe,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Greatest Mathmatician and His Devine Recipe
A great and Devine recipe
Alas He brew one day
The Gospel worked great wonders
Precious blood did make a way.

Hebrew vessels, chosen jewels
Their descendants were the prick
That...

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Categories: reta, bible, blessing, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Questing Eulogy
It is nearing 09/11
I feel the years roll back
And what I wish was just a dream
Consumes me with the coldest fact.

That unwary citizens that day...

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Categories: reta, allegory, grief, symbolism,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member Eternal Life, I Know Thee
Eternal life, I know thee
I now see what you are
You've never been a stranger
Or a potion in a jar.

You've been a patient waiter
Ever serving when...

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Categories: reta, encouraging, faith, spiritual,
Form: Personification
Premium Member The Vamp Who Chickened Out
Soft fingered winds caressed my neck
Kissed my breast supine
Brushed the tip of my nose 
Rolled my hair like twine.

Tickled up and down my thigh
Lightly touched...

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Categories: reta, allusion, funny, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Afraid To Die
Most people are afraid to die
A fatal blow it seems , death does
If a corpse came back to life they'd cry
Please tell us how it...

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Categories: reta, allusion, hyperbole,
Form: Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs