Best State Poems
Below are the all-time best State poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of state poems written by PoetrySoup members
My Affair With a Frost Flower State of Affairs
There’s a beguiling danger in beauty…
seduced as I was by the fickle fingers of fate musingly stroking my hair,
I envisaged
this lusciously lavish landscape
of sun-raptured...
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Categories:
state, betrayal, dark, emotions, heartbreak,
Form:
Free verse
One Brief MomentLook...See how long nights are drawing in.
Dreary birdsong gradually abates -
Opaque dusk grows dim;
And just outside the creaky little garden
Gate,
Stood opposite the empty wood
Where the...
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Categories:
state, imagery, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
The Ballad of the Poet*The Dead Poet*
Many blocks along the road,
Kicking down walls of heavy stones,
Yet no one could draw through the walls of her lonely bones.
A...
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Categories:
state, beauty, death, deep, emo,
Form:
Ballad
PneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosisONE WORD~
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,
Running through my mind,
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,
Running through my veins,
...
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Categories:
state, abuse, analogy, art, corruption,
Form:
Epic
Miss Amelia Havisham's Garden Shed
between the plant pots and the trays
the cobwebs had seen better days
and for all the wood and damp and soil
the smell was one of paint...
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Categories:
state, death, garden, literature,
Form:
Rhyme
A Poet's GiftA Poet's Gift
A poet writes to share a secret depth
Of feelings within their soulful breast.
They write to grasp onto immortality,
To be remembered beyond their...
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Categories:
state, art, poetry, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Pathway To LoveAs I sit watching fusions of saffron and scarlet hues
elegantly charm the horizons.
Silently, fluffy lush clouds float by
like a magnetic field drawing me closer,
in...
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Categories:
state, longing, love, , Lullaby,
Form:
Prose
Kindness - POTDPOTD 2 July 2018
Humans are capable of ‘Changing their State’. At times, a stressful, negative fusillade can be encountered from an individual wishing to subvert...
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Categories:
state, inspirational, uplifting,
Form:
Rhyme
The Male Menopause - Please Feel Free To Join In the CollaborationTed’s libido has now gone astray
He refused a quick roll in the hay
So what could be the cause -
It’s the male menopause...
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Categories:
state, age, body, humorous, men,
Form:
Limerick
What Is LoveI still recall our first poetic glance,
dormant pen roused my fingers to dance.
Her love was like a cherry blossom tree,
which at first blossomed so beautifully.
When...
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Categories:
state, love, love hurts,
Form:
Sonnet
To the Dandelion In the ConcreteYou probably don't think much of me
save for the season of spring
when your lawn litters itself
with giant over-buttered popcorn
(birds that think they can sing,
supersonic sneezes?
those...
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Categories:
state, character, endurance, flower, humorous,
Form:
Personification
Lift Somebody's DawnLearn from the eagle how to soar with winds
Spanning your wings to conquer tall peaks
Float hopes high reaching sapphire blue skies
Triumph with your smile...
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Categories:
state, encouraging, inspiration, meaningful, youth,
Form:
Lyric
Walk TallI was born and raised in a little town by the name of Calder
That was just twenty miles south of the Canadian border
As a boy I...
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Categories:
state, america, death, drink, drug,
Form:
Narrative
Chocks Away - Poop Poem WarningMy turds float like choc’late marshamallows
Just lurking about in the shallows
I guess that my butt
Is truly kaput
So doctor suggests bitter aloes
I questioned such treatment regime
Doc...
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Categories:
state, body, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
Once Upon A Time In Milton CreekThe sun was rising high in the east over the town of Milton creek
It was the eighteenth day of December, the start of Christmas week
All...
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Categories:
state, america, anniversary, christmas, remember,
Form:
Narrative