Best Salve Poems
Below are the all-time best Salve poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of salve poems written by PoetrySoup members
In Red's Silent FuryMetallic city howls like a wounded animal
scraped by nocturnal vigils
of grandchildren and elders
emaciated like tuberculosis lungs
gasping from chug-chugs of tobacco soot...
and the face of a...
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Categories:
salve, anger, angst,
Form:
Lyric
Categories:
salve, community, humanity, love, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
SunbonnetShe shuffled by our house, so slow and bent,
No second thought of where the lady went.
On her return, no one around to see.
A shaded path,...
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Categories:
salve, age, body, bullying, care,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Amber BalmStirring My Tea 12-22-23
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Amber Balm
Evening settles into an overstuffed ebony chair,
No longer pacing in little anxious circles
Nor scurrying into hollow...
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Categories:
salve, drink, health, night, peace,
Form:
Free verse
Lucifer's Laments
"Lucifer's Laments"
By M. Taha Effendi
(Dramatic Monologue)
Do You not see, Almighty God,
How Your order man defied?
So base, so vile, so gravely flawed,
Yet so consumed by pride!
He...
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Categories:
salve, faith, forgiveness, introspection, peace,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Choco-Mama ManiaOoey, gooey, give me choc-o-lot!
If I must, I'll take it liquid hot,
But "wicked" like they fix it in Madrid,
Thick as porridge, satin sunburnt sweet.
(Not like...
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Categories:
salve, chocolate,
Form:
Rhyme
Mary's ShriftIndigenous woman—rarely accompanied by their
white sisters—or their men enter
through the side door
of St. Peter’s Church.
Here they are boxed in cool stucco,
and stained-glass. A flock...
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Categories:
salve, devotion, discrimination,
Form:
Free verse
Ulan At Sinag Ng Araw: Pagmumuni Ng Isang Tulirong Isipmy head touches the pillow
as gentle rain lulls me
and i just want to s
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Categories:
salve, angst, feelings, introspection, light,
Form:
Free verse
Edgar's InkIn homage to Mr Poe....
He dreamt a dream,
a violent vignette
a sorry scene,
he could not forget
He rose from his rest
and bolted the bed,
but...
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Categories:
salve, dark, dedication, evil, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
There Is a PainThere is a pain that drives insane
A pain so dark so deep
It robs my breath, it brings on death
And still in Shoal, I weep
There is...
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Categories:
salve, pain,
Form:
Lyric
Where I'M From“Where I’m From”
I am from pliers
from Tylenol and vanilla bean perfume.
I am from the budding rose bush,
the aloe vera plant
whose salve heals my burns.
I am...
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Categories:
salve, birth, family, home, me,
Form:
Free verse
You Have To Be a Hexagon -EditedA hexagon, a hexagon, you have to be a hexagon.
You say you are a pentagon?
What use have I for pentagon?
You’re too close to the...
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Categories:
salve, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Poetic Inspiration
It burns within the heart beyond control,
and sears the mind with overwhelming heat,
yet finds no salve in seeking there the goal.
To soothe the pain, it...
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Categories:
salve, art, inspiration, poetry,
Form:
Sonnet
Nothing Else MattersSong: Nothing Else Matters
Cliché: The Writing On the Wall
Image: Clock
Your love, the orbit that I’ve always sought
A constant star’s warm illumination
For endless decades, searched and...
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Categories:
salve, love, time,
Form:
Quatrain
True FriendsTrue friends are like a special seed
that's someday dest to die,
to realize the treasured value
hidden deep inside.
Springing forth a new life
made of memories so...
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Categories:
salve, friendship,
Form:
Rhyme