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Best Surprises Poems

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


Premium Member Sunup Surprises
Sunup Surprises

Sunrise celebrates dawn's exquisite amethyst flush
 Mauve melding into magenta's fuschia blush;
Sunup razzle dazzle watchman - copper rooster - rises
 Signals first light hues...

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Categories: surprises, color, morning,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Parallel Autumn Surprises
PARALLEL AUTUMN SURPRISES


A ferris wheel of no return, she stood with rosy cheeks so fair; both day and night just wide rocky bridges of light...

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Categories: surprises, feelings, heartbroken, inspiration, love,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member D-Day In Malta:::Co-Write
We met in Valletta city on a fine November day
Introductions...hugs and kisses; we got talking straight away.
All agreed to go sight-seeing – architecture , harbour...

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Categories: surprises, fun,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Mission Accomplished
I was a skilled, dedicated CIA agent, helping to preserve national security,
By searching for and garnering information, as silvery rain ensures purity.

Days were spent perusing...

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Categories: surprises, confusion, fantasy, joy, prayer,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member I Wandered Lonely As a Leaf That Falls
Inspired by "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," by William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a leaf that falls,
unmourned, to the distant ground
I paused when I...

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© Ann Peck  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: surprises, appreciation, autumn, beauty, dance,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member Treasure In the Mind
I saw your blue eyes, so gentle and kind
Some things we see, leave imprints in memory
Like a treasure, forever, in your mind

A gentle touch, lasts...

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Categories: surprises, appreciation, life, memory,
Form: Terzanelle
Premium Member Of Christmases Past
It gradually turned chilly between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Although Frosty the Snowman rarely visited our part of Texas, his pal, Jack Frost, surely did. ...

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Categories: surprises, christmas, giving, inspirational,
Form: Narrative
Unexpected Events
My watch is broken, I can not wait for you to get here
The sun is heating,(I cannot believe) today, we're finally meeting.
I'm not quite sure...

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© South Aqua  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: surprises, anniversary, beach, dance, emotions,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member The First Gathering, the Wrath, the Return of Zeus
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The First Gathering, The Wrath, The Return Of Zeus
( "Wherein Fate and Destiny Reign Over Blind Worship )


Else the throngs of mortals find the truth,
...

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Categories: surprises, art, corruption, creation, imagination,
Form: Classicism
Premium Member Celebration of Wind and Fire
Celebration of Wind and Fire 

Celebrate the unseen face of God’s eternal Spirit
 Embracing all before creating light;
Action word of the eternal dance
 Hovering over...

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Categories: surprises, creation, dance, fire, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Acrostic Memory
Acrostic Memory

Acrostics introduced in fifth grade on a rainy winter afternoon
Careful crafted choice of words written in lyric cadence hues
Rhythmic flow like music class -...

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Categories: surprises, childhood, memory, poems, teacher,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Poetry, a Naked Truth
Poetry.
Feelings on paper
Your soul flipped
Inside out
Exposed

Poetry
Naked truth
Honesty on paper
Vulnerability shared
Revealed

Poetry
Unannounced
Pierces another’s heart
Surprises, amazes,
Tantalizes, terrifies
Honors some...

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Categories: surprises, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Follow Me -POTD-
The night is young,
the night is wild,
don't follow me.

You will find grey surprises,
you will be lost in the shade,
with no light to find a way.

The...

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Categories: surprises, adventure, best friend, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Beauty
Beauty

Beauty is all around me, in a million different things.
The silvery haired, wrinkled face of one that has impenetrable memories
She smiles and longs for someone,...

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© Grace Daub  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: surprises, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ability Not Implied
An old Great Dane may be timid and shy

While a Chihuahua’s bite can make you cry

Friends come in all sizes

And there are surprises 

When size...

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Categories: surprises, irony,
Form: Limerick

Book: Shattered Sighs