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Best Skeptical Poems

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


Premium Member Pursuit of Infinite Knowledge and Understanding
(In a Lush Garden Somewhere Out There)

The student stands where shifting sands of thought,
Once firm with reason, now elusive truths are sought.
Its splendor wanes, a...

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Categories: skeptical, journey, passion, philosophy, psychological,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Premium Member The Hand of Love
The night air flowed over my breath
The covers not quite keeping me warm
Dreams caressing my past
My lover whispers in my ear

Sweet words, with her loving...

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Categories: skeptical, art, humanity, inspiration, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Golden Streets of Friendship
At first, remember how we were 
skeptical strangers?
Then, by mystical magic, we 
melted into close friends!
I hope we meet in the golden streets 
of heaven!
Where...

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Categories: skeptical, friendship love, heaven,
Form: Couplet
Scarlett
Scarlett thought she was promised permanent security. 
Satchels of resilience bound her fragile wrists. 
Woodland deities hailed her.
Underworld demons feared her.
The curious townsfolk simply stood...

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© John Heck  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: skeptical, irony, sad love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Diamond Left To Rust
“I will soothe you and heal you,
I will bring you roses.
I too have been covered with thorns.”

Rumi

When the whole world,
behaved like her enemy,
a homeless heart...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: skeptical, assonance, feelings, sympathy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Gnarled
In a forest grove, where shadows dance,
Stands a gnarled tree, a symbol of chance.
Its twisted branches reach towards the sky,
A source of inspiration, none can...

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© Jay Narain  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: skeptical, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Glimpse of Heaven
How curious, remote, the pain seemed now
As a fly on the ceiling, she looked down
Her body below in a hospital gown

Incessant beeps emitted by machines
With...

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Categories: skeptical, faith, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Forked Tongues
When someone lies to me, sometimes it's difficult not to turn and walk away. I think they do it because of one of two reasons....

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: skeptical, integrity,
Form: Rhyme
Live Life As If a Miracle
Inspired by the movie “Miracles from Heaven (2016)” 

Live life as if a miracle
Open your eyes you’ll see
Undeniably biblical 
It’s truly gluten-free
Some might be skeptical

Views...

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Categories: skeptical, appreciation, blessing, life, miracle,
Form: Acrostic
Paradoxical Premise
Stands on the land of heterodox
Who's the mightiest God of all?
People live and die on their equivocation thoughts

Those who exclaimed about the God who never...

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Categories: skeptical, god, inspiration, introspection, life,
Form: Terzanelle
Premium Member A Growing Hope
Violent as the gleaming blade
Of a vicious criminal crazed
Ferocious as the lion’s jaw
Lingering on an innocent calf
This wicked affliction forces
Its teeth into the harmless heart
Bites...

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Categories: skeptical, angst, cancer, fear, hope,
Form: Free verse
Like Mother Like Son
I always thought that I was like my dad.
People tell me that I look like him
So, I just suspected that we were similar.

He doesn’t show...

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Categories: skeptical, best friend, family, mother
Form: Free verse
The True Magic of the Evening
The true magic of the evening

A soft breeze rustles through
pine needles swishing
amidst fireflies at play on a warm
enchanting April night

I am a bit skeptical
as you...

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Categories: skeptical, good night,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rant With a Slant
I challenge you to a rhetorical
to prove me wrong else be unconventional 
‘bout a problem that’s gone systematical
everyone’s so radical and cynical   
once...

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Categories: skeptical, culture, freedom, grief, love
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member A Falling Star
There is a sparkle in her voice
Never fades – it is kindness
Inspiration, hope and joy
The music beneath the praise

There is a twinkle in her eyes
Never...

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Categories: skeptical, inspirational, light, love, star,
Form: Free verse

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