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Best Stationary Poems

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


As My Pen Danced
I waited, dressed to kill
in red,
and in love

both, of which 
I could have been coaxed out of

You have turned a pale shade of white,
my Valentine

Al...

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Categories: stationary, lost love, love
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Rainbow Tree
Oh my regal Eucalyptus friend,
Your tall rainbow trunk is rooted deep,
Stationary, yet your tree tops bend
In constant unison with the wind.
My camera can’t capture your...

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Categories: stationary, nature, rainbow, tree,
Form: Rhyme
Careful Cursive
I write each letter by hand in careful cursive. 
I want every sentence to be pretty,
to look feminine and delicate -
to soften the ugliness you...

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Categories: stationary, fear, hope, write, write,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Story of the Grand Piano
She was a grand piano: grand in structure, grand in beauty, grand in quality 
of sound. She had captured the heart of every pianist who...

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Categories: stationary, allegory, betrayal, music,
Form: Prose
The Rocking Chair
Rocking Chair
(The Autistic Child)

Born with walls constructed in her mind, 		
She keeps the world and all its threat at bay,		
Inside her rocking chair day after...

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© Karen Ruff  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: stationary, child, christmas, sister,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Soliloquio Del Individuo By Nicanor Parra, Translated By T Wignesan
Soliloquio del Individuo by Nicanor Parra, Translated by T. Wignesan


(Homage to Nicanor PARRA, 1914-2018, the Chilean ANTI-POET, winner of the "Cervantes Prize" (the highest literary...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: stationary, allegory, humanity, loneliness, philosophy,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
My Mother Thinks I'M a Doctor
My mother thinks I'm a doctor
I just don't have the guts
To tell her I spent all my college doe
On beer, wine, women and such

So after...

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Categories: stationary, funny, humor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Grand Piano
She was a grand piano: grand in structure, grand in beauty, grand in quality 
of sound. She had captured the heart of every pianist who...

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Categories: stationary, analogy, love,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Sand Dunes Bard
......for Clark



Thoughts are more sure-footed at
Low tide, those he meets along the way
Are often stationary....sometimes stuck,
With a helpful curse, a hand reaches out,
Feigns retreat, chuckles...

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Categories: stationary, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member At the Speed of Life
I sat down and watched
mans great consuming need
He moved quickly towards the nothing
For nothing could satisfy him
those things he had grasped for 
became dust within...

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Categories: stationary, beauty, death, desire, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Signs of the Times
Prozac Nation, dated September 8th, 2001
became the film that reminded some that
these days that we live in, with cell phones
that make us capable of connecting...

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Categories: stationary, addiction, drug,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Endless Time, Endless Beauty
Once upon a time
My lady called 
I stood mesmerized 
At ocean’s cusp

Glinting, glimmering, gleaming
Thousands of sparklers 
Dot her sequined dress 
Shouting
Look at me!
Look at me!

Breathless ripples strew pebbles at...

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Categories: stationary, beautiful, muse, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Music Box
Is it simply just a wooden music box?
Charming the human soul, with its melodic undertone,
What a hypnotic melody it so plays, enticing the listener
With its...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: stationary, adventure, beauty, fantasy, fear,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Step Away
Simmering and swinging out on a limb
Life all around full to the brim
Swooshing and sliding in it's place
Chatting and joining the rat race
Hurry and scurry...

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Categories: stationary, people, social, work,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Safe Place To Hide
My heart hit the wall like graffiti spray.
Shakespeare could have cast you 
just as you had cast me.
Playtime was rushed to sleep with resistance, 
as...

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Categories: stationary, child, deep, forgiveness, grief,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs