Best Topic Poems
Below are the all-time best Topic poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of topic poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Topic of CancerGod, so cruel a plague upon me,
dreams crushed, forsaken,
even as I hopefully step
where the sun leaves me to smile
for those brief but celebrated
...
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Categories:
topic, cancer,
Form:
Free verse
The Casualness of Casualties
In the intimate interlace of chance and fate, in the ultimate interplay of time and place, and with the consummate checkmate of my human dignity,...
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Categories:
topic, death, evil, family, fate,
Form:
Haibun
Love - An Explosive Rant
she was all like - there's something i have to tell you
but before she gets to say it
his ex wife shows up
he's all like -...
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Categories:
topic, love,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Love Has Its CostsTHIS IS A FICTIONAL WRITE THAT EXPLORES THE QUESTION OF WHAT LOVE IS. IT DOES SO IN A DRAMATIC WAY, AFTER ALL THAT IS MY...
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Categories:
topic, desire,
Form:
Narrative
She - Epitome of Erotic LoveAn Ode to Femininity and Romance -
The background music of this delicate poetic arrangement is intended to be played softly as you sit back and...
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Categories:
topic, love, romantic, sensual, sexy,
Form:
Rhyme
Would You Still Love Me If I Wasn'T a Poet?Would you still love me
If I wasn't a poet?
If I was not
a climbing jasmine
on your window-sill,
a rose-bud in bloom,
the soft zephyr breeze
on an...
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Categories:
topic, fantasy, relationship,
Form:
Free verse
Nature LoversBreathing feather-whispers ever sweetly
upon my neck, oh, how he pleases me!
Irises beneath long lashes gazing
down at me are gold-tinged and amazing.
Near moonlit water, on a...
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Categories:
topic, love,
Form:
Quatern
Ode To Mother GangaNo mere river, thou art nation’s heartbeat,
That you came from heaven may be a myth,
Not that for common good ye fell beneath,
For centuries ye lift...
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Categories:
topic, mother, river,
Form:
Ode
Ode To the HummingbirdI
An ode to the courageous hummingbird
The tiniest bird, but bravest of all
He flits about without saying a word,
When most unexpected he comes to call
Fluttering gossamer...
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Categories:
topic, bird, nature,
Form:
Ode
Snickers With Link To His PictureBarking at the people who
walk behind our house
is a dog that as a pup
was bought by my spouse.
Tiny border collie mix
he was meant to be,
but...
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Categories:
topic, pets,
Form:
Rhyme
In Our Blindness, Chalked Up To Just Be FateIn Our Blindness, Chalked Up To Just Be Fate
Life, its complexity truly astounds
astounds this old soul so sadly earthbound
earthbound but not without imagined flight
flight into...
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Categories:
topic, appreciation, art, conflict, corruption,
Form:
Sonnet
Waking Up With IleneEvery morning, before my caffeine
I enjoy waking up with Ilene.
No, it's not what you think -
I wake up with her INK;
The fun thoughts of...
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Categories:
topic, morning, poetess,
Form:
Limerick
Looking DownIf wealth is now your blessing,
what then was the prayer?
Avarice, its goal possessing,
yet in penury, despair.
I see them often in the store
eyes ahead, regard for...
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Categories:
topic, poverty,
Form:
Quatrain
A Poem For My History TeacherI wanted to write
The best slavery poem ever written—
Perhaps win a Pulitzer or Faulkner.
I had every intention of conforming
To the...
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Categories:
topic, assonance, forgiveness, history, holocaust,
Form:
Rhyme
Fgm*
Female sexuality
Fanatically robbed
Fraught with violation
Forever left in shame.
Folds of indignity
Forceful invasiveness
Fulfilling love denied.
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*I feel very strongly about this topic.
Have been meaning to...
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Categories:
topic, abuse, sad, violence,
Form:
Verse