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Best Survey Poems

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


Premium Member Deleted Poems and Farewell
I have deleted the 2 poems I posted earlier today, and instead I offer what will be my final write.  I have read the...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: survey, moving on,
Form: Elegy



Premium Member Vegetable Soup
Cauliflower clouds drift past broccoli trees,
where bright carrot paths lead to vegetable seas.

Tall corn sentries stand straight in a row,
while wild little radishes have no...

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Categories: survey, imagination,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Remarks of a Prig
I'm hearing rumors that are easy to believe
but none of them give me reason to grieve
You've been telling people their poetry sucks
Words from your mouth...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: survey, dedication,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Poet Convention 2014
Poet Convention

Lost in a poets convention, 
I can't recall every poem, I've read through the years
50518, unique comments I 'validate'--- 
Thank You For Sharing Your...

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Categories: survey, celebration, character, dedication, farewell,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ramblers
’Tween hither and thither we wended our way
skipping, dancing through sand dunes, in seascape croquet.
While woven in waves watching dolphins at play
I first tasted her...

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Categories: survey, fantasy, love,
Form: Quatrain



Behind the Mask
Behind the mask there is a frail and fragile me
Enigmas clothed in conundrums; that the naked I can’t see

'Behind the mask is concealed, my authenticity
Examine...

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Categories: survey, depression, life, sad, slam,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Millionaire's Club
Down past the meadow is the grand old hotel.
Where statues of marble encircle the ponds
Tall cypress line up like soldiers at arms,
saluting each limo that...

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Categories: survey, culture, happiness, introspection, money,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Closing the Door On the Past
It’s been many years since I’d climbed the wooden steps to my parent’s attic. The hinges of the trap door creak and a cloud of...

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Categories: survey, childhood, memory, moving on,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member The Forest
"The Forest"

In the forest 
we meet strange gods
our reflections 
are seen in their eyes

in our dreams
we remember them
we meet them face on 
we touch them

they...

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Categories: survey, muse,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member He Was the Brave
Sat in his chair, the tv still on
He’s not changed the channel for so very long
The message on screen says a shut down’s ensuing
But press...

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Categories: survey, hero, remembrance day, war,
Form: Couplet
An Hour With You
AN HOUR WITH YOU

If I perchance could have my time again
And, knowing what I know, could alter course.
To veer left when the signpost right said...

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Categories: survey, love,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Reflecting On My Paintings
A mesmerizing purple and pink unicorn with an orange mane is staring at me.
I cannot feel uncomfortable. 
Because….
I created her.

I also drew and painted the...

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Categories: survey, art, nostalgia, self,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Another Day
Another Day 

In the morning when I wake, 
I am thankful I can see. 
I am grateful. 

I take a survey and find, 
that I...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: survey, age, america, angel, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Christmas Tree
Christmas Tree

Little bits of silver tinsel,
Velvet ribbons and shiny globes,
Strings of stars borrowed from the heavens
Next to angels with golden hair;
Flying sleighs and drummer boys,
Sweet...

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Categories: survey, christmas, tree,
Form: Free verse
Slivers of Light
A thousand yellow and orange slivers of light vibrate.
Their heat permeates.
Slowly they glide into pairs and groups, singing as one. 
Alas, this solitary yellow light...

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Categories: survey, angst, horror, morning, prayer,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs