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Best Thought Provoking Poems

Below are the all-time best Thought Provoking poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of thought provoking poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Collective Noun for Poets
A melancholy of poets
A suffering of poets
A torment of poets
A provoking thought of poets

An expression of poets
An inspiration of poets

A rhyme of poets
A verse of...

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Categories: thought provoking, fun, poets,
Form: Light Verse



Premium Member A Tree
A Tree

I’m a tree lining a country road
Along with hundreds of other
Trees in the direction of a verdant
Forest—full of scenic wonder and 
Teaming with life.

All...

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Categories: thought provoking, creation, god, imagery, journey,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Tell Me
Non Believer:

I have heard, others talk about your god
He doesn't sound like a god I wish to know
Sitting in heaven high on his throne
While I'm...

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Categories: thought provoking, angst, appreciation, dedication, emotions,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Reflection In the Mirror
I look into the mirror
And who is that I see?
Someone I don't recognise
Is looking back at me

The lines upon the forehead
That are called ‘worry lines'
Are...

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Categories: thought provoking, age, vanity, woman,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Interesting
Interesting,
      was the man staring
at the painting with such enthrallment.
I went and stood beside him, curious,
he was attractive and very...

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Categories: thought provoking, desire, lust, passion,
Form: Verse



My Thoughts
My thoughts 

~

My thoughts are what I’m thinking
My thoughts are all my own
I think the thoughts I think I’ll think
And think them all alone

The thoughts...

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Categories: thought provoking, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Applause Or No Applause
Day after day we’re trying to reach inside to pen
that one poem that: 



Stands out above the rest
Has that it factor
Is deep and thought-provoking 
Will...

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© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: thought provoking, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Why I Love Poetry
Genuinely!
I've not been the most frequent on this pen
But there are men and women, boys and girls 
That have used it to walk on the...

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Categories: thought provoking, assonance, beautiful, color, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Woods and Trees
In late Spring when heros scream

A source of sophistication from faint misery
Inside the thwart hidden silence of the pivotal solace of my mind
With mind blowing...

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Categories: thought provoking, adventure, angst, animals, art,
Form: Free verse
Go Figure
Her figure of speech like an hour glass                 ...

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© John Beam  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: thought provoking, allusion, beauty, inspiration, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Inner Me
Music
the staple of life
Hence my poetic
Song
Parted lips
A spoken voice
Comes 
The inner me 
Nostalgic
Evoking
Thought-provoking
Penetrating reflections
In love 
Dancing 
singing
Lifes
Song
From 
Dusk 
Till..
Dawn...

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Categories: thought provoking, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Freddie Vassalo
Controversial
Dead
Alive 
Missing
Back again
Gone
Outspoken
Talented
Did I mention dead
Resurrected
Defiant 
Ashamed 
Humble 
Proud
Searching
Angry
Beautiful
Thought provoking
Manic
Depressed 
Hurt
Human
Unreliable friend
Still a friend
I can't help but like the guy
He does have a tender side
Yes...

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Categories: thought provoking, addiction, angst, friendship,
Form: I do not know?
Words
Words



Words make verses and rhymes. 
Expressions of my mind
have been with me throughout time.

Rhyme and reasoning
Words with grammatical seasoning.
They can hurt you
or nurture you.

My words...

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Categories: thought provoking, humorous, endurance,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Among the Insipid Faces
Opposed within the same genus
A recognition of man's existence
I try to inverse the Truth
Thus the latter becomes defined as oblivion
And shallow existence
Those things that cannot...

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Categories: thought provoking, change,
Form: Concrete
Field of Freedom
A fter school play was always a given,

F or there were so many others to play with.
I was part of the "Boomer" generation...
E verything came...

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© Dan Cwiak  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: thought provoking, appreciation, death, dedication, freedom,
Form: Acrostic

Book: Shattered Sighs