Best Sum Poems
Below are the all-time best Sum poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of sum poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Sum of a LifeThis life we're living
Is so unforgiving
Reminding us every day
Of games that we played
Choices we made
Dreams that faded away
Paths that were crossed
Loved ones we've lost
Still promising...
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Categories:
sum, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
A Poem For My Algebra TeacherI know I promised
no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another
‘Wipe your eye poem’
And for three years
I tried...
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Categories:
sum, 6th grade, abuse, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
The Night the Grinch Stole Our Muses'Twas the night before Christmas and their pages were bare
Not one word could they write, not one verse to declare
The Grinch...
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Categories:
sum, christmas, holiday,
Form:
Rhyme
A Glimpse
guilty as charged
i stole it tall
every consonant
every vowel
every word
every sentence
plagiarized
the ocean
in its unique shades of blues and greens
combined and blended to create
its...
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Categories:
sum, beauty, celebration, character, creation,
Form:
Free verse
A Love Letter To My Friends of IndiaWhen I think of India, I think of dark eyed beauties,
their foreheads painted with decorative red dots,
and I see them moving deliciously in beautiful bright...
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Categories:
sum, community, friend,
Form:
Prose
SoldThere is no difference,
the saints whisper and every enemy and ally
wake to forever’s difference,
that neither knee nor tongue will deny.
Doubt bit into Innocence and sold
the...
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Categories:
sum, bible, christian, corruption, god,
Form:
Didactic
Images of Feathers"Once upon a midnight Poe"
Underneath the midnight mask, I remove the makeup at last,
The moon is an anvil to my mood, mooring along the vacant...
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Categories:
sum, allusion, devotion, loneliness, muse,
Form:
Alliteration
In the Middle of the Universe, I StandIn the middle of the universe, I stand
My mind seeking comprehension
The mysteries of life tantalize my tenacious grip on wisdom
I stand
Observing omnipotent organization
The...
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Categories:
sum, mystery, universe,
Form:
Narrative
A Truthful MirrorI reflect the truth, yet you see a lie
I'm just a humble mirror, I wonder why
I love the shape, of your beautiful face
Why when you...
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Categories:
sum, image,
Form:
Personification
The Shape of Death3/2/03
I saw no way- The heavens were stitched
I felt the columns close
The earth reversed her hemispheres
I touched the Universe
378: Emily Dickenson
The Shape of Death
Because...
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Categories:
sum, death, meaningful, mother, mystery,
Form:
Verse
Where Did the Years GoRemember years ago, when you were fit
Now you can't stand too long, before you have to sit
And all the times that you ran to catch...
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Categories:
sum, age, old, retirement,
Form:
Rhyme
The Reapit pulls ...
tugs on the core like a fulcrum
black ... mysterious ... warm ... final
harvest of all terrors
(for some)
yet ...
it is the magic of moonglow
the...
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Categories:
sum, death,
Form:
Free verse
Perception Is EverythingThey say that life is unpleasant,
It's filled with more downs than ups,
But if you see the good in downs,
It'll be easier to stand back up.
They...
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Categories:
sum, confidence, courage, future, inspiration,
Form:
Free verse
A Ship Is Safe In the HarborA ship is safe in the harbor,
But that's not what ships are built for.
Because in the sum of our human gleams,
We have created the vessel...
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Categories:
sum, adventure, nature, sea, uplifting
Form:
Couplet
I Think Therefore I AmI THINK THEREFORE I AM
"An ounce of hypocrisy is worth
a pound of ambition" --Michael Korda
Liberty...
This everyone's want--
stretching an autonomy to unbuckle self-discovery
I got mites...
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Categories:
sum, character, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse