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Best Sweeps Poems

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


Premium Member You Caught the Wind
I remember you, from when there was a spring
When the seasons were ripe, with verdant green
Our nimble feet danced in the wind
and on the brink...

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Categories: sweeps, death of a friend,
Form: Free verse



This Gypsy Soul
This gypsy soul is on the road
It leaves castles far behind
It abandons ghostly mist
which sabotages the caravan of life
It passes along the mountainside
 by golden...

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Categories: sweeps, absence, passion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rest
Rest now
O restless heart
released in ebb   to flow

ride the other side of the king tide rising
buoyant your movement in rise with the waves
Rise!...

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Categories: sweeps, death, freedom, heaven, journey,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Four Elements In Nature and Humanity
Fire catches fast, then sweeps through grass and trees.
The lion of the elements, it roars,
and burning hot, displays its awesome might.
Fire signs are one of...

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Categories: sweeps, nature,
Form: Rhyme
This Gypsy Soul
 This gypsy soul is on the road

It leaves castles far behind

It abandons ghostly mist

which sabotages the caravan of life

It passes along the mountainside

by golden...

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Categories: sweeps, adventure, joy, love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep
Soft is the pillow beneath my head
as dread sweeps over the world
Haunting dreams with chilling screams
shrill as a lonely wind

Crisp and cool is the linen...

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Categories: sweeps,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Fallen Petals
In a quiet Zen garden
the wind sweeps away 
the fallen petals from the cherry blossom
 
In the mountain's shadow
covered with snow
white mountain peaks touch the...

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sweeps, analogy, fear, life, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member sterling stars
moon 
sweeps like
a lantern 
glazed in sterling 
stars...

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Categories: sweeps, moon, muse,
Form: Lanterne
Perfect Crime
There is a boy, who I spill all my secrets to. 
Someone that I look forward to seeing everyday. 
A person who I think about...

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Categories: sweeps, girlfriend-boyfriendme, me, smile, ,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Poet
THE POET’S PANEGYRIC

“There’s someone I knew with talent unleashed
and a heart that had for so many relentlessly reached
This poet sought inspiration from the living and...

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Categories: sweeps, life, words,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Violet Eyes
I made a promise, a little visit
A busy day...so much to do..
But, I'm running late, they will be waiting...
I should be going...the clock is ticking
I'll...

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Categories: sweeps, friendship, people,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Solo Dancer - Tanka To Sonnet
Alone atop a hill,
   an ornamental willow
             dances in the breeze.
Long...

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Categories: sweeps, beautiful, tree, sun, tree,
Form: Sonnet
Sweet Breeze
The sweet breeze through the window
asks nothing as unseen birds call.
It asks nothing of the sun
as it sweeps across yards,
yet it whispers to waking dreams.
My...

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Categories: sweeps, bird, good morning, loneliness,
Form: Verse
Black and White
United Colours: Black and White
Sponsor: Silent One


Your tune
sweeps me
so high
and free
but then
I hear
B sharp
with tears
and in
sweet trance
I swoon
in dance
with your
souls notes
while your
voice floats
on the
soft strings
as...

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© Lu Loo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sweeps, love, music,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Skeletons of Lace
Skeletons of Lace

Autumn’s leaves decorate lanes with discarded artistry –
 A bright collage in maple, oak and poplar hues;
Too soon the colors fade like early...

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Categories: sweeps, autumn, death, life,
Form: Quatrain

Book: Shattered Sighs