Best Tribute Poems
Below are the all-time best Tribute poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of tribute poems written by PoetrySoup members
Dance To Love - 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:
romantic, tribute,
Form:
Narrative
Tribute to Poetry SoupersThere's Danny with his love light burning,
Then Victor with his soulful yearning.
Jan makes us laugh with wit and delight,
Armand serenades us all through the...
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Categories:
poets, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
Dance to Love - Part 2- The Grand Finale - A Visual Art Poem Tribute
POTD 6th August 2019
The clock ticks down the passing day
Tedious seconds count down my existence
Time for my pills ~ Time to call the nurse
Time ~...
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Categories:
romantic, tribute,
Form:
Narrative
THE TRIBUTE
Their mere weapon was their forbidden courage, hands barren with no armaments, no ammunitions, marching towards the proud valley of death, dedication born from...
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Categories:
tribute, appreciation, eulogy, faith, freedom,
Form:
Free verse
Jack Ellison tributeEighty two years young, but still a trooper,
pen writes daily, he's an evergreen souper.
Behold the limerick king and his wisdom,
providing laughs from his humorous kingdom.
Five...
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Categories:
tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
A Tribute To Connie Marcum WongIf I could give you a rose for everyone you touched, you would have a garden
of roses.
If there was a person's name that represented Kindness...
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Categories:
dedication, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
HEALING POWER OF THE DRUM
your labored breathing
called out to me
and in my soul I knew
what needed to be done
I reached for the drum
to summon the spirits
called out to ancestors
and...
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Categories:
tribute, inspirational, native american, prayer,
Form:
Free verse
They walk amongst usThey walk amongst us, but in silent ways,
spreading peace and love without any praise.
When thunder roars and lightning strikes in rain
they watch over us, healing...
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Categories:
angel, appreciation, tribute,
Form:
Sonnet
Of Ink Partial Paper
-A poet in heat-
Ink carries its own tale,
When moonshine intoxicates your pen
Bottles of ink fill your mind
Composing symphonies on every...
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Categories:
tribute, beauty, feelings, inspirational, life,
Form:
Free verse
- Peace, Love, and Gods Greatest Gift -
The mellifluous musical tones of the village bells
Echoing chimes over the cold snowcapped mountains
Both finding their way to people in the valley below
Christmas songs —...
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Categories:
tribute, celebration, christmas, december, inspiration,
Form:
Terza Rima
I Can't BreatheIn memory of----
Solely in my room, I can't stomach the sound of my pulse
I sit here alone to forget the taste of air.
Overwhelm by the...
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Categories:
tribute, abuse, bullying, color, discrimination,
Form:
Free verse
One Silent Word
He speaks with measured dignity,
one silent word at a time
His palmetto pen tells us:
Tune out the cosmic background noise,
and focus your mind
on the sound...
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Categories:
tribute, how i feel, poets,
Form:
Free verse
Ancient Warrior
I see the wrinkles in your suntanned brow,
You carried burdens then; you see them now.
You’ve heard the cries your people who in pain,
Have shed their...
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Categories:
tribute, angst, culture, native american,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
listen for the drum
listen to the drum,
talking to the dance
listen to the elders,
whispering their chants
listen to the hooves, pounding on the plain
listen to the birds, prophesying rain
listen...
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Categories:
tribute, appreciation, culture, environment, native
Form:
Rhyme
A Bright Light Has Gone Out In Soup Creek
It was coming up for Christmas in the town of Soup Creek
Everyone was in good spirits and they had been all week
Jenna's saloon was very...
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Categories:
america, friend, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
Indian Girl--Virginia Slim--
Different eyes, the same world
Ancient skin, dirty Indian Girl
Smokey, eyes, exotic raven hair
---Now listen to the colors, of transformation,
On...
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Categories:
tribute, adventure, girl, life, native
Form:
Ballad
Poem for Whomevershe is tranquillity
yet lava flows in her veins
cut her open and you'll burn
she is Eve's apple
nemesis to patriarchy
one bite and you'll bleed
she is a rainbow
an...
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Categories:
friendship, inspiration, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Achilles, The Journey To Troy, Part TwoAchilles, The Journey To Troy,
(Part Two) of (Part One-titled, Achilles, His Heart and Soul Were Mortal)
Achilles, The Journey To Troy
Woe! wretched horrors Olympic gods...
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Categories:
tribute, art, death, hero, literature,
Form:
Rhyme
Farewell, Dear Poet
Those gold ornate gates opened wide,
and on wings she flew up above;
to join in heaven her true love.
And we who loved her on...
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Categories:
tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
A KIND HELLO
Proverb 12:25 "Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up."
a stray lost
in her thoughts
i saw her
sitting there
nursing a frown
so i
reached...
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Categories:
tribute, cheer up, lonely, sad,
Form:
Free verse
WhitenessWinter frost on willow trees
Weeping tears of snow.
Halos 'round the opal moon,
...
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Categories:
tribute,
Form:
Acrostic
Your Love I'll Ever Bear
I want to word my very Love for you
though as a shy child, I start to stammer
a beloved Mother, my sole bijou
as I am of...
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Categories:
tribute, africa, beauty, happiness, home,
Form:
Sonnet
TODAY I LEARN TO BE A WIDOW, LESSON 1
lesson one
i wake up alone
for the first time
the silence is deafening
i want to get up
but every fiber in me
is dead weight
i want to call my...
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Categories:
tribute, death, loneliness, longing, lost
Form:
Free verse
Freedom beckons seductively
POTD 29 Jan 2020
A balmy fragrance of cedar and lime lingers
A will o wisp floats by gathering dew
A mark on the page of another man’s...
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Categories:
freedom, friend, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
FAREWELL TO TEPPO GRENThis tribute’s to dear Teppo Gren
He supported both women and men
His account’s now deleted
As his friends were mistreated
He will not post on PS again’
To newbies,...
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Categories:
miss you, tribute,
Form:
Limerick