Best Start Poems
Below are the all-time best Start poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of start poems written by PoetrySoup members
Cinder GirlAn ember sparked will softly glow,
and fed by fuel, will grow and grow.
I once was cinder, sparked by you,
first timid. . . till the flames...
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Categories:
start,
Form:
Rhyme
Broken PeopleI wish to be with the broken people
the get in your face challenge me people
The sometimes hidden
sitting in a dark corner kinda people
The don't you...
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Categories:
start, people,
Form:
Free verse
A Long Loud Sighgenius?
sometimes you are in its minimal spotted light...sometimes!
other times you just know you've been touched and you freeze,
moved but frozen...like a stranger it moves in,...
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Categories:
start, introspection, drug,
Form:
Free verse
The Mother TreeThe Mother Tree
I am the mother tree that spawned the seeds of you.
My children, you've grown and branched away from me.
You've married, left home to...
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Categories:
start, birth, children, family, grandchild,
Form:
Sonnet
Thinking Out Loud
~writer's notes~
i think out loud
from my fingers to a keyboard
so forgive me if my speak
is somewhat long winded
if it has swirls and curls
this is...
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Categories:
start, angel, beauty, love,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
In Strangler's WoodIn forest's night, the trees bend low
beneath a slice of half moon’s glow;
silent shadows waver...
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Categories:
start, death,
Form:
Rhyme
Welcome To a Brand New World, Song VersionWelcome to a brand new world
Verse 1
How are you feeling right now?
Is there still a yearning in your heart?
You're probably like, ten million or more,
praying...
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Categories:
start, christian, earth, gospel, hope,
Form:
Lyric
Pretty Shoes and Cracked FeetOnce I'm gone
I'll only be remembered a small while
I'm a tiny tick on a large dial
The words I breathe will stretch about a mile
Even...
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Categories:
start, angst, body, conflict, freedom,
Form:
Rhyme
A Small Bouquet of My Word Groupingsyou were an infant
i would sing a song i created for you
'there's a baby in my arms
there's a baby in the mirror
but honey
there's not...
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Categories:
start, appreciation, celebration, childhood, daughter,
Form:
Free verse
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To My HangingA funny thing happened on the way to my hanging
Couldn't sleep the night before my head was banging
I was innocent of a crime that I...
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Categories:
start, brother, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
The Maltese MoonThe Maltese Moon,
she draws my eyes
to shapely orb
in starlit sky
she smiles at me
with wanton grace
and spills desire
upon my face
I'm all awash
in milky glow
sacred secrets
Mine to...
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Categories:
start, beautiful, introspection, travel,
Form:
Free verse
Interview with the Wind“Air becomes wind when it’s agitated.” Lucretius
“Thank you for joining me in the studio today,” Mr. Zephyr.
“Glad to be here, Bob. Thank you for...
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Categories:
start, wind,
Form:
Personification
To My GranddaughterI look and ponder, watch you grow in haste
Explore with wonder, new experience taste
No fear encountered as you learn the ropes
Your sails adjusting, full...
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Categories:
start, grandchild, light, trust,
Form:
Sonnet
TryTry to live
Try to feel pain with no tears
Try to remember years past and often lost
Try, oh try to know life need not be cold...
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Categories:
start, appreciation, art, inspirational, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
start, appreciation, friendship, life, love,
Form:
Quatrain