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Best Tried And True Poems

Below are the all-time best Tried And True poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of tried and true poems written by PoetrySoup members


Tried and True
This is a myth
About the Hobabobaknox
A fiery dreadful creature 
That was never seen or caught
So how is it I know?
Is it true or just a...

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Categories: tried and true, adventure, fantasy, imagination
Form: Rhyme



I Never Wonder Why I Love You
i never wonder why i love you
why animals can migrate with no map 
why do some moths as well as butterflies
able to choose wings up...

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Categories: tried and true, i love you, love,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member Drink the Kool-Aid
Chug-a-lug, Chug-a-lug – 
no matter the fly in our
President's mug, the bug in 
his thinking...my reflecting on
his ailing brain, and it's obvious
volume shrinking:

Those mindless, confusing...

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© Joe Dimino  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tried and true, christian, evil, leadership, political,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Loss of Faith
Remember when you got a bike
   When you were just a little tyke
You couldn't ride that bike at all
   The only...

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Categories: tried and true, confidence, faith, loss,
Form: Sonnet
Love Letter
In the back of my closet,
high upon the shelf,
there sits an old love letter
that I keep to myself.

Its pages are crumpled,
the edges a tad bit...

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Categories: tried and true, childhood, crush, cute love,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Coupling of Our Souls
don't let our coupling bodies
be the uncoupling of souls
don't let what's tried and true
then attempt to fan the coals

perfunctory caresses
meant to bring desired gain
when not...

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Categories: tried and true, how i feel, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Wish, a Song, a Prayer
May you call to mind cherished lullaby, or prayer,
something tried and true, when it seems no one is there.
Sound and reason, oft times, circumvent the...

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Categories: tried and true, courage, faith, pain, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bound Thru Faith
In childhood's wondrous realm I'd learned
How Your bright flames inside me, burned,
And knew, while those fires cooled or grew,
Thru faith, my heart was bound to...

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Categories: tried and true, appreciation, christian, faith, god,
Form: Kyrielle
Premium Member Letter To My Future Self
Hi, how are you doing? Are you still living in the past?
Don't you know life’s hourglass is running out really fast?
I know you were dealt...

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© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tried and true, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sixteen To Sixty
From sixteen to sixty you have loved me
I have loved you
Destined to share this life together
A blessed fulfilled life… tried and true!

Together we have grown...

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© Deb M   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tried and true, how i feel, together,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Tribute To a Friend
At times when we are weary, our mind is in a fog.
And we need a little kindness, we look around for our dog.

We can depend...

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Categories: tried and true, dog, friendship love, memorial,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member My Words Are Safe
I know my words are safe with you
They flow from my heart tried and true
I have nothing to fear
You will protect and not harm me
For...

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Categories: tried and true, thanks,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Premium Member Almost Never Was
“She toddled in the mighty Duck
And almost never was”
Whether by design or luck
Or maybe just because

Summertime in Tennessee
So scorching hot and dry 
 The family...

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© Andy Chunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tried and true, appreciation, emotions, miracle, remember,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member To Heather Ober
The sweet girl’s name is Heather
Wispy…light as a feather
She read my first rhyme
She thought it sublime
Her words bring sunny weather

Straight off she made me a...

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Categories: tried and true, tribute,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Ode To Deborah
Her hair would fan out in the wind
She would laugh, running her fingers through it
Her eyes would sparkle seeing a friend
With all my buddies, she...

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Categories: tried and true, love, marriage, soulmate,
Form: Quatrain

Book: Shattered Sighs