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Best Terraced Poems

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


Premium Member Colors of My Day
Deep golden choirs ringing out
their scarlet anthems with a shout;
blood orange whispers echo
as the violet innuendo 
scatters all about.

The dusky pink clouds fade to grey,
the...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: terraced, color, love, romantic love,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member Pearl of the Orient
Surrounded by tranquil turquoise waters,
Guarded on sides by oceans three,
In the east by the Pacific,
On the south by the Celebes Sea,
And on the west by...

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Categories: terraced, beautiful, nature, ocean,
Form: Free verse
The Secret Lives of Chimney Pots I
Cluttering above huddled rooftops
Of sprawling villages 
And shy provincial towns;
Rising sharply amidst swooping
Declinations;
Hesitating when gathering at the
Tangled woodland perimeters of
Outlying greenland bounds,
Jostled apex ridges detach...

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Categories: terraced, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Nagacourt, Nepal 2003
The hawk lay upon the lazy late afternoon 
air currents;
Floating, circling, spiraling, ever downward.
Its wings spread wide, white feather-tips splayed.
It teetered on the updraft 
above...

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Categories: terraced, adventure
Form: Personification
Equinox
All things being equal, as they are upon this day,
The time of light and that of dark equivalent of span,
We sat upon the beaten bench...

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© Tony Bush  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: terraced, life, loss, love, time,
Form: Verse



Premium Member My Herb Garden
My  blue terraced pot is alive this year,
Growing basil, chives, oregano and sage.
It sits on my patio in the filtered sun,
Ready for creative culinary...

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Categories: terraced, food, funny
Form: Light Verse
The Church Bell
I live in a quiet country village now but as a child I grew up as part of a mining community .
This is my tribute...

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Categories: terraced, memory,
Form: Verse
Whitby 2012
The embers glow mysteriously as the breezes pass
In Whitby where the terraced houses fell on mass
Two new friends sit and chat about the devastating storms
And...

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Categories: terraced, fantasy,
Form: Verse
This Town, This Time
In this time , this town, you'd grow
In this town, this time, you'll feel at home
your poor plenty more than rich enough
to crack the faultline,
your...

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Categories: terraced, growth, time,
Form: Free verse
Hard Times But Fun
Manchester, born and bred, within a stone throw from the city centre
One of a family of nine kids and our mother as our mentor
In a...

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© John Scott  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: terraced, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member When I Was Ten
Now in my decline from a time back then
  I remember the days in a life when I was ten,
when we lived in a...

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Categories: terraced, memory, youth,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member My Dream Vacation
My Dream Vacation

                  To return once more to...

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Categories: terraced, imagery, travel, vacation,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member Anticipating Spring
Tiny crocuses soon peep their purple heads
Above the lingering pale green foliage
In my upper yard's terraced flowering beds
Robins on my lawn will hungrily forage
Building their...

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Categories: terraced, appreciation, spring,
Form: Ottava rima
September's Ceremonial By Catherine Dibuono
As she stopped atop the terraced stairs
 her tiny ,yet sensual figure .seemed to take on a glow
This beautiful woman, daughter of mine
 Was shining...

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Categories: terraced, daughter, nature, beauty, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Burnt Verse: the Desert Dance
New crumbled men shift sleeping ash along the wretched Nile,
While tongues of Gods once worshipped fast and glory in their bile.

Their textured sand speaks ancient...

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© Dan Keir  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: terraced, change, environment, metaphor, nature,
Form: Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things