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Best Transverse Poems

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


Premium Member Poet -This Poem Is About You
-Dear, Mr & Mrs Poet- 

Do you ever question where it comes from?
This poem's about you, sit down and get a load off 
Tranquilize your...

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Categories: transverse, dedication, deep, inspirational, metaphor,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Melodic
Late at night
          not a sound
          ...

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Categories: transverse, life, poetry, word play,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member A Poem Unlived
A poem unlived
is a poem merely written -- 

sustenance our words

let the body digest with heartfelt
regurgitation – a poem unlived
is a poem merely written
 
as...

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© Joe Dimino  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: transverse, introspection, passion, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Tears From My Soul
Tears from my soul drop soft on my heart.
To wash away wounds that pierce in silence.
But to fortify and make them depart,
And claim no semblance...

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Categories: transverse, introspection,
Form: Sonnet
The Cold's Not Getting In Tonight
"Love doesn't spill miracles off the tongue 
but lies deep in everything ever done" 


Winter impatiently raps upon my door 
twisting of knobs and rattling...

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© Tim Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: transverse, love, winter,
Form: Free verse



Maybe It Is Death
Darkening of the land of man
Shadows pool into wells as gloom
Solidify into the things best left unseen 
A thing from a different realm
A different reality...

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Categories: transverse, absence, adventure, allegory, allusion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Save Our Souls / S.O.S.
What is a soul, this universal Source;
which crosses cultures?
Few among us will deny least forced
the existence, the Sculptor.

Is soul the essence of minds eye;
or, the...

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Categories: transverse, devotion, faith, introspection, mystery
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member No Guarantee
There is no guarantee
when it comes to the 
heart...

though love released with
sincere eternity – our carriers,
though Homers of loyal wings
transverse a sky of hawks

There is...

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© Joe Dimino  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: transverse, emotions, feelings, heart, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Fifth Element
Aether is the fabric of our universe -
Tiny granules that transfer energy
In the form of waves ~~~
This goes on unseen constantly!

It propagates light and other...

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Categories: transverse, analogy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Unbridgeable Chasm
A brilliant sky - a hopeful day and night
But broods and churns, the haunt of beast and plight.
No kneading dough nor kneeling praise nor shout...

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Categories: transverse, angst, christian, imagery,
Form: Kyrielle
Premium Member Imagination
I ponder if I have said
most of what I have
to say; for no one seems 
to go on when lacking 
purpose – 

and true poets,
like...

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© Joe Dimino  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: transverse, imagination, inspirational, introspection, language,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Creativity
The bible 
our pure poetry

Divine voice

art -- gallery imagery 
Father’s expanding palettes of time
space infinite – 

shadows of unframed
formless canvas -- man's freedom 
to light,...

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© Joe Dimino  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: transverse, christian, creation, imagination, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I am
Hesitation lingers soundlessly
There is nothing in the air
Expectation hasn't entered the vacuum
The chest rises and falls
So soothing, gentle, effortless
This is peace or resistance to pain
Aware...

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Categories: transverse, peace,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Words Frozen In Time
       Poetry sad and artistic,
      With words like a mystic;

The art of my verse...

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Categories: transverse, poetry, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Future Will Continue To Shine
No matter the day, the world keeps turning
So in our tiny place in the universe
It remains our choice, our own little segment
No matter the obstacles...

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Categories: transverse, future, happiness, universe,
Form: Narrative

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