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 - 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:
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- POTD - The Grand Finale - a Visual Art Poem TributePOTD 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
Healing Power of the Drumyour 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
- 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
Of Ink
Partial Paper - A Poet Heart-
When ink carries its final tune
Moonshine-like liquid sweeps the mind
Bottles of ink will fill the pen
Composing a symphony on...
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Categories:
tribute, allusion, art, beauty, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
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 WarriorI 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
My Empathetic Quill Bleed For the Empress InkThe moonlight bathed her cell in pallid light while she sat hunched over her desk, clutching her pen between her confound fingertips. As she bled ink...
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Categories:
tribute, community, friendship love, imagery,
Form:
Spoken Word
LaughterHer limericks posted on Soup
are full of the merits of poop,
of farts and of pee,
of laxatives' glee,
and hard ons - or those with a droop!
For...
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Categories:
tribute,
Form:
Limerick
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