Best T S Eliot Poems
Below are the all-time best T S Eliot poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of t s eliot poems written by PoetrySoup members
A Little Piece of ParadiseA Little Piece of Paradise
An Eden-like orangery, her secret place for refreshing reverie,
a haven, from an abusive marriage, where her body and mind are free.
Away...
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Categories:
t s eliot, abuse, emotions, freedom, longing,
Form:
Rhyme
Deep In Newly Disturbed Soil, Lies My True LoveDeep In Newly Disturbed Soil, Lies My True Love
( “Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them” – George Eliot.)
Deep...
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Categories:
t s eliot, death, deep, depression, heartbreak,
Form:
Elegy
For Suzanne, Green and Golden“The October night comes down; returning as before
Except for a slight sensation of being ill at ease
I mount the stairs and turn the handle of...
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Categories:
t s eliot, beauty, cancer, character, childhood,
Form:
Free verse
In the Dentist's ChairIN THE DENTIST’S CHAIR
Lean back and just relax
Put on these protective glasses please
Injection - ...
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Categories:
t s eliot, adventurefootball, me,
Form:
Free verse
They Wouldn'T Let Me Be WhiteThey wouldn’t let me be White
Oh I wanted to be
Dreams of that Pulitzer haunted me
They said, Sir, you have ten minutes to...
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Categories:
t s eliot, allegory, anxiety, black african
Form:
Quatrain
TurbidityTurbidity
Turbidity’s
An artifice of
Being Human
One who is
So confused
So disordered
Or even one
With a Turbid
Imagination!
Being Turbid
Allows its Owner
To be or seem to be
In turmoil or
In degrees of
Real or...
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Categories:
t s eliot, allegory, analogy, emotions, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
What Turned To Stone"What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow out of this stony rubbish?"
- T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land.
Who tries to grow out of this...
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Categories:
t s eliot, psychological, simile, time, water,
Form:
Free verse
Soul SearchToday I seek the sun,
it's gentle painless play-
words of winter warmth
spur me on my way,
away from death wish,
daily things gone wrong.
Today I seek the sky...
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Categories:
t s eliot, appreciation, celebration, how i
Form:
Carpe Diem
Grabbing Colors With VincentRunning fast thru Autumn’s dream, Vincent-bright in village winter’s light
Topaz-treed streets, eaves-filled , singing with saffron and gold,
A Rocky Mountain cold cornflower sky over...
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Categories:
t s eliot, art, dream, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Wasted WordsWASTED WORDS
Lounging near sleep and lingering time
are Eliot, Dylan and I.
We discuss preposterously shaped women
and laugh ‘til our heads roll down
the stairs and onto the...
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Categories:
t s eliot, imagination, nonsense,
Form:
Rhyme
Le Mot Juste...inspiration from 'Preludes' by T.S. Eliot
Loose leaves rustle.
The grey light of evening dips and sways.
Evening birds bleat
their lonely tattoo.
Gone are the jays...
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Categories:
t s eliot, inspirationallonely,
Form:
Verse
Categories:
t s eliot, happiness, inspirational,
Form:
Verse
Categories:
t s eliot, faith, family, work, day,
Form:
Sonnet
Nightscapes - Part 1Nightscapes
...inspired by 'Rhapsody On A Windy Night'
by T.S. Eliot
Late night summons
madmen, madams, bold streetwalkers,
picking pennies from the...
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Categories:
t s eliot, on writing and words
Form:
Verse
Obsession Part 1...inspired by 'Portrait of a Lady' by T.S. Eliot
On winter days the view outside is nebulous at best,
within, the furniture is as it alway was,...
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Categories:
t s eliot, hope
Form:
Verse