Best Summary Poems
Below are the all-time best Summary poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of summary poems written by PoetrySoup members
Categories:
summary, allusion, literature, love, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
Open Letter To Thomas JeffersonOpen Letter to Thomas Jefferson
You sir, destination unknown, I dare
To address. A son of worthy causes
For land vast in majesty and vast as
Vast...
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Categories:
summary, america, character, patriotic, peace,
Form:
Blank verse
The Stone UnturnedThere are three little words on tiny stones strewn along the floor
of a never-ending stream which runs through a misty moor.
A marvelous moor of uncertainty...
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Categories:
summary, love, metaphor, , extended
Form:
Rhyme
Poets Are Us
"Poets are Us"
The blood dripped
off each piranha's
sharpened fang
acquiescing
compliant
with tragic complacency
keep it neat and clean
within the margins
no detours
stick like Teflon
to the...
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Categories:
summary, dark, humor, poets,
Form:
Free verse
Seven Secret Garden SecretsComing To The Garden
Long-lost secrets at Misselthwaite Manor.
Mistress Mary moves from self-centeredness to
self-awareness, leading to self-healing.
This tale's secret seems simple but not so.
A space to...
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Categories:
summary, allegory, children, garden, health,
Form:
Free verse
The Welkin - and - the Influences1. The Welkin
Wind blows / clouds race / vast blue sky
Breeze tugs / trees sway / great green hills
Sun scourged / sand glares / small...
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Categories:
summary, analogy, nature,
Form:
Jueju
A World Without Pity Part IiI will begin my story with this concise summary,
Of the amazing things that have happened to me;
After I had lost a home, where I'd lived...
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Categories:
summary, adventure, earth, fantasy, love,
Form:
Couplet
Firework Maker's DaughterShe wanders through the town in the morning light, the firemaker's daughter, with her brilliant eyes. Her hair is wild and blazing red, and her...
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Categories:
summary, appreciation, art,
Form:
Rhyme
Cat and MouseGrimm's Fairy Tale:
Cat and Mouse in Partnership
Summary:
A cat befriends a mouse and is so persuasive about her fondness for the smaller animal that the...
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Categories:
summary, animal, cat, children, fairy,
Form:
Rhyme
GlimpseIt was like a whisper-
My wife delivered the sad news-
"Your grandfather was dead."-
And so he was-
Her eyes was awfully sad-
Touched...
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Categories:
summary, april, cry, emotions, eulogy,
Form:
Elegy
WaterfallsHeadwaters,
Of the world’s flowing souls,
Cresting to flight and misting rainbows.
Everyone.
Searching for another.
To endure sacrifices behold,
Cascading
Heart’s ladles dip into
Basins of memories in plunge pools.
Waterfalls,
From the rapids...
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Categories:
summary, love, metaphor, relationship, river,
Form:
Verse
Gaia Out SpeaksQueen Gaia
of Earth's Shabbat
is here to speak today.
Unfortunately,
she can only sign,
and the only way she can see
is through our DNA/RNA fractally-balancing syntax,
so she has asked...
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Categories:
summary, earth, gender, god, health,
Form:
Narrative
America 101When I was born in 1949, Harry Truman was the President of The United States. Of course I do not personally remember him. ...
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Categories:
summary, celebration, patriotic,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Elephant Bond, Els BondMy name is Bond, Els Bond, and I live in Africa where I was born and belong.
On my continent, I do not work solo –...
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Categories:
summary, fantasy, humorous,
Form:
Personification
The BirthdaysThe Birthdays
You came into the world in the afternoon
A tiny bundle with red tuff of fine hair
Ready to leave your safe and warm cocoon
Not...
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Categories:
summary, birthday, blessing,
Form:
Sonnet