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Best Semantic Poems

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


A Semantic Shield
A kind of cultural sensitivity,
that strengthens discovery; a space
for identity and history.

  It’s a style of thought,
  chosen to highlight its core;
 ...

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Categories: semantic, life,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Pawn to Silence
I was cursed with 
ink intoxicating 
blank canvases 
with toxic scribbles,
releasing twisted tales 
of suppressed troubles.
I was a forsaken 
     ...

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Categories: semantic, england, love,
Form: Free verse
Why Men Are Called Groom and Women Bride
WHY MEN ARE CALLED GROOM AND WOMEN BRIDE

Hullabaloo and cacophony etched in your Union,
Soliloquies to break up with your said-protagonist of a spouse,
You forgot your...

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Categories: semantic, 1st grade, for her,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Roast of An Unnamed Poet
He's packin' magic Viagra
Muse infused grooves set the mood
grab ya' and stab ya' 
we're opposites 
still we speak the same language 
teach and preach truth
every...

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Categories: semantic, allegory, history, rap, slam,
Form: Ode
Premium Member The Percussion of Perfection -
There is a beat to the world,
it burns and bites, it can calm & comfort,
it will arouse and it will anger, it is a romantic...

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Categories: semantic, life, nature, life, nature,
Form: Didactic



Premium Member Galaxy and the Logos:
The word "Galaxy", is derived from the Greek "galaxias", literally "milky", a reference to the Milky Way galaxy. Galaxies contain varying amounts of star systems,...

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© White Wolf  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: semantic, universe,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Life As Perceived Reality
Life As Perceived Reality

We believe and think what beings we are;  
Juiced up ready to expel our seeds
to create new generations of replications. ...

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Categories: semantic, allegory, allusion, deep, imagery,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Communication
COMMUNICATION

He spoke so softly, so lovingly,
Words that caught a summer morning’s breeze
And they flew about the sleepy town
Gathering aroma, color and body
From the various flowers
And...

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Categories: semantic, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Knowledge and Science
Milton’s Paradise Lost is a book I sometimes dip into. For modern 
readers it does not lend itself to a quick browse. It’s pretty clear...

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Categories: semantic, bible, poems, science,
Form: Free verse
Portrait of a Bibliophile
Portrait of a Bibliophile


Be it time of photosynthesis or lunar luminescence, 
Diligently the boy pores over his book-
Sunshine or moonshine,
He is not arsine
To de-book himself.

For...

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Categories: semantic, day, me, time,
Form: Light Verse
Not To Do What You Should
There  was a day when hollow teeth and streams,
  The marrow, blood and trains of thought,
	Of night black dreams,
   Ran their...

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Categories: semantic, change, culture, freedom, future,
Form: Ode
Premium Member The Penelope Squad
“The Penelope Squad”



A line of bluebirds 
tittering on a line
swaying on the winds
like comedian pageboys 
having a good time
poop in the peg bucket
words wooden and...

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Categories: semantic, giggle, humor, muse, mystery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Where Poets Rule
Everything that is created
disguises a hidden purpose....
A calligrapher writes out his lines
not just for the exquisiteness of the script
but to also convey a meaning.
 ...

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Categories: semantic, beauty, color, dance, love,
Form: Free verse
World Without Words, Part One
some wise men
of different bent, ilk,
orientation and time, 
then our own,
prescribed four spice yellow smoothie milk 
to fortify the virtues 
considered natural and proper
by their...

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Categories: semantic, philosophy, universe,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Suicide Watch
Suicide Watch

Time meter swings from a rope in the attics and antics of my mind
          ...

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Categories: semantic, life,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things