Best Told Poems
Below are the all-time best Told poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of told poems written by PoetrySoup members
Like a GirlI play like a girl, I hit like a girl
You say I throw like a girl,
And when I run -- I run like a...
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Categories:
told, beautiful, girl, identity, rights,
Form:
Free verse
Disposable WisdomEach day Annie Lesley opened a can
Her eighty-six-year-old hands trembling
As she sat with her cat and ate pet food
What is wrong with this elder’s rendering?
Pride...
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Categories:
told, age, cat, endurance, life,
Form:
Rhyme
The Poet Who Never WasI thought I was a poet who had a pen of gold
With clear access to writing that was mature and bold.
I thought I could go...
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Categories:
told, emotions, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Starry Starry Night - POTWPOTW
When Wishes were made on a shooting star
The Heavens looked down and smiled
With sprinkles of stardust on a whisper of moonbeams
They created for us a...
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Categories:
told, anti bullying, art, beauty,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
HandsWith all the time on my hands, I gave my hands one job.
My Hands -The Artist-
My hands paint everything in my life
they...
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Categories:
told, anxiety, beautiful, beauty, birthday,
Form:
Free verse
Will You Tie My Shoes When I Grow OldYou were beautiful,
my tiny child,
wrapped tightly in my arms,
close to my heart.
I listened to you breathing.
I counted your fingers
and your toes.
Helpless,
you...
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Categories:
told, caregiving, childhood, daughter, growing
Form:
Narrative
GrandpaThe old man sat with eyes closed, dozing in his chair
Until a little voice he heard say “Grandpa, are you there”.
He gazed upon a little...
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Categories:
told, childhood, loss, sadold, child,
Form:
Couplet
Thinking Out Loud
~writer's notes~
i think out loud
from my fingers to a keyboard
so forgive me if my speak
is somewhat long winded
if it has swirls and curls
this is...
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Categories:
told, angel, beauty, love,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Poor Peter PumpkinPoor Peter Pumpkin had a very itty bitty head.
So the farmer made him stay inside the garden bed.
The farmer said that he was going to...
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Categories:
told, fantasy, halloween, humorous,
Form:
Couplet
For One Pass of Your Breathyou write your words and they make me cry
you write those word and you know i die
but i've died so often now
i held you in...
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Categories:
told, lost love, love, love
Form:
Free verse
The Clouds"HOLDING HIS HAND"
*The Voice*
God, can I hold your hand and follow you?
"God's voice"
My child, it is I who will walk with you! You walked down...
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Categories:
told, angel, beautiful, beauty, blessing,
Form:
Narrative
She Touched the WaterShe Touched The Water
My muse
touched the waters
of a spring fed river
She had a special gift to deliver
Releasing the inspiration
from deep within her
She said “...
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Categories:
told, muse,
Form:
Free verse
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To My HangingA funny thing happened on the way to my hanging
Couldn't sleep the night before my head was banging
I was innocent of a crime that I...
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Categories:
told, brother, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
Garden of MumMum sat in her aromatic garden,
admiring its charm and grace.
It was a cold morning,
but mum never seemed to feel it any more.
Her eyes were tired,...
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Categories:
told, mother, mother son,
Form:
Free verse
Dance To Love - POTD - A Visual Art Poem Tribute POTD 23rd June 2019
Maria Williams
Presents
Dance to Love
A tribute to my Dad, the late - Wilfred Forbes
She danced with wild abandon
she danced without a...
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Categories:
told, romantic, tribute,
Form:
Narrative