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Best Storied Poems

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


Premium Member Celtic Dreams
Celtic Dreams

The Celtic dreams come forth through auric visions of an all-seeing eye. 
An ancient calling where the mystic rivers flow down a rugged mountain
while...

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Categories: storied, emotions, fantasy, feelings, hope,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Simple Man, Just Striving To Have a Simple Soul
Simple Man, Just Striving To Have A Simple Soul

There was no great air of mystery about him
tho' kind, too much of his life had been...

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Categories: storied, death, deep, endurance, farewell,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Book of Books
A book comprised of sixty-six,
with content of a unique mix.
Though found in almost every home,
It’s very much an unread tome.

The authors were a motley crew,
Into...

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Categories: storied, allusion, bible, christian, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Celtic Dreams
The Celtic dreams come forth through auric visions of an all-seeing eye. 
An ancient calling where the mystic rivers flow down a rugged mountain
while Angels...

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Categories: storied, emotions, fantasy, feelings, hope,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Childhood
I saw a child on a play yard swing
And my soul soared with fervent joy.
As precious memories came flooding back
To when I was just a...

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Categories: storied, appreciation, childhood, humor,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Clans, Ilks and Tartans
Clans, Ilks and Tartans

Woven into threads of red and black,
Girded by grids of white,
Distant plaintive bagpipe memories
Of sunset over Kilmaurs –
A crest that bears a...

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Categories: storied, dance, family, history,
Form: Free verse
Versions
...inspired by 'A Soldier of the Great War'
   by Mark Helprin

 
The old man stumbles, the young man 
swaggers with assurance. 
Stars of...

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Categories: storied, philosophyold, old, universe,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Upward, Child
Scarce contained within its bounds
Surging, straining to break free
Pulsating and palpable
Enticed by its pure energy
Mesmerized and drawn, a moth to flame

O, that I might be...

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© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: storied, desire,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Premium Member Grand Ancient Rivers
Flow mighty rivers, what all have you seen
Rise and fall of empires, string of storied kings
As veins carry blood, you give Earth its life
Carving the...

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Categories: storied, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Our Love and Passion Always Forever
Since I met you my love the passion I harbor 
for you knows no bounds or limits since our
love is genuine, special, and from the...

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Categories: storied, allegory, beauty, celebration, emotions,
Form: Quatrain
Ci
Sailing feathered clouds across the blue sky
Haloed sundogs clinging to white mares’ tails
Storied concentric glories way up high 
I’ll leave a soft rainbow colored contrail

Sailing...

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Categories: storied, beauty, flying, imagery, journey,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Slides and Stairways
Somewhere in the pretty petty imaginary illusion of delusion
There lies a truth an edifice of search between obtuse confusion

Windows like brick walls and concrete blocks...

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Categories: storied, home, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sonnet For My Muse
Alone, on my own, with no one to show; 
no one to share, no one to care.
My muse, she feeds my hungry craves; 
her gifts,...

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Categories: storied, introspection, muse, poems, poetry,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Storyteller's Secret
I sat with a reluctant story teller
my legs crossed
holding my breath
The fabric of her mind 
was tightly folded
tucked in carefully at her edges

I reached for...

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Categories: storied, betrayal, innocence, scary,
Form: Rhyme
The Moon As a Metaphor For Your Mouth
The Moon as a Metaphor for Your Mouth
by Michael R. Burch

When I was closest to love, it did not seem
real at all, but a thing...

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Categories: storied, candy, love, metaphor, moon,
Form: Sonnet

Book: Reflection on the Important Things