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Best Sterner Poems

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


Private Romeo
Romeo Jaxx had a friend for a fool
So he never thought "Baby's in love."
He fought for his rights
and he slept through your dreams
With his self-centred...

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Categories: sterner, america, journey, lost, military,
Form: Ballad



Premium Member Abandoned
The lush fishing village of Kaloo-Nong
Rich with folklore, dance, and song
Natives thrive in work and play
Through joy and sorrow, day by day

When young Tahina feels...

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Categories: sterner, depression, lost,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Call Guy Dedicated To Stephen Pennell
Steve works in a call center
to earn an honest bob
but some days he can't believe
the words that flow from some folks gob

They cus and curse
Then...

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Categories: sterner, for him, humorous, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Transcendence
He, a seeker after Truth, set out
on an audacious journey
to see his old master

with a handful of blooms	
he paused before the open door.

from deep meditation...

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Categories: sterner, blessing, devotion, giving, mentor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Common Melody
Balcony moods
Morning offering;
Song of bird duo


By the yard edge
Bird frolic twitter;
A cheery quartet


Song fills dawn
Sunlight slants;
Window view sparkles


Last night's rain
Wet grounds betray;
Uneven footsteps traced


Joy after...

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Categories: sterner, appreciation,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Grandma
She measured only five foot tall,
With her stooped shoulders, even shorter.
Towered over by her strapping son,
My mother and each other daughter.
Grandma came from sturdy stock....

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Categories: sterner, adventure, devotion, family, people,
Form: Narrative
Cogs In the Wheel
You find in the slime of indecency
The rotted hollow of an empty skull - 
A mindless mind allows redundancy 
Repeated repetitions till it's full. 
...

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Categories: sterner, philosophy,
Form: Quintain (English)
Premium Member Long Be His Journey To Death
" Long be his journey to death! ", someone hollered
as he dragged his feet into the rising dust hotter than sand;
only a defeated and tormented...

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Categories: sterner, death, journey, war,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Premium Member Ode To Flowers
Ode to Flowers

Praise to our God for such as one of these,
raised forth to give out beauty in the sun.
A throng of glories basking in...

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Categories: sterner, beauty, flower,
Form: Ode
Blank Page
BLANK    PAGE.
 

Again I have to cross
A blank page for travel
A wide desert spread
Spaces to far away lands
Which seems even sterner
For the...

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Categories: sterner, art, imagination, inspiration,
Form: Verse
Blank Page
BLANK    PAGE.
 

Again I have to cross
A blank page for travel
A wide desert spread
Spaces to far away lands
Which seems even sterner
For the...

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Categories: sterner, beauty, creation,
Form: Verse
Blank Page.
BLANK    PAGE.
 

Again I have to cross
A blank page for travel
A wide desert spread
Spaces to far away lands
Which seems even sterner
For the...

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Categories: sterner, art
Form: Verse
The World Is Thine
You there!! Be happy and smile
Over sorry days don’t whine
Never lose heart, never resign
Time is sterner to the supine
Keep the faith the world is thine
Tomorrow...

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Categories: sterner, upliftingworld,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member If You Pull a Long Face
IF YOU PULL A LONG FACE

If you pull a long face
Just because you had a bad day
That’s alright you won’t lose face
Everyone’s beset some hapless...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sterner, courage, humorous, life, symbolism,
Form: Quatrain
Blank Page.
Again I have to cross
A blank page for travel
A wide desert spread
Spaces to far away lands
Which seems even sterner
For the words to instruct
Vehicle of subtler...

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Categories: sterner, fantasy, happiness, hope
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs