Best Typical Poems
Below are the all-time best Typical poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of typical poems written by PoetrySoup members
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:
typical, death, evil, family, fate,
Form:
Haibun
Under the Same Moon -3-Way-Collaboration-~Under the Same Moon~
P.D.
Our days are different, living under the same moon
Down here in TEXAS, life carries a different tune
This world spins on its lovely...
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Categories:
typical, friendship, lifeworld, life, love,
Form:
Couplet
The Elephant and the AntThere once was a little mighty ant
Who was extravagant and arrogant
Known to be exorbitantly militant
She was so combatant and petulant
They nicknamed her My...
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Categories:
typical, allegory, animal, change, cute,
Form:
Monorhyme
The Lady of the HouseIt’s siesta, yet one can hear from the second floor of the house the animated sharing of juicy news some visitors have brought to the...
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Categories:
typical, abuse, analogy, black african
Form:
Haibun
Now I Lay MeNow I lay me down to sleep
In my home that's really sweet
Had three large meals and a snack
There wasn't a hint of any lack
Comfortable shoes...
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Categories:
typical, 7th grade, africa, angst,
Form:
Lyric
Bright Beautiful RedBig ripe Mcintosh apples found lying on the ground
Release sweet juiciness when their finders take a bite.
Ibises of scarlet stand elsewhere in the world without...
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Categories:
typical, color,
Form:
Acrostic
The Homeless PoetA homeless poet
A few days ago, I was walking home with my dollar store notebook in my hand as I walked. I was deep in...
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Categories:
typical, for him, heartbroken, home,
Form:
Narrative
The Killing of One Hundred and Fifty Million Yearsanother typical day, with feet on the ground
ordering the hedge to meet my image of trim
many measured bits fall before the...
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Categories:
typical, bird, child, death, humanity,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Graceful“Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death...
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Categories:
typical, analogy, community, judgement,
Form:
Rhyme
The Box of StuffI heard him close shut the attic door,
I snuck in and saw him on the floor.
He found the box that I stored away,
As I turned...
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Categories:
typical, life, loss, nostalgia, sadlife,
Form:
Couplet
Modern LifeModern Life
We are open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week
Except Monday mornings and Sunday nights.
What are they on about, at this place that...
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Categories:
typical, funny, life, car, me,
Form:
Rhyme
The Trip of My Lifethe grace of Paris
lingering in my thoughts. . .
Madrid’s grimy walls
As our small group of students entered Madrid, it was an early morning in...
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Categories:
typical, travel,
Form:
Haibun
From the Newspaper StandAlong this foggy daybreak stroll,
I tread along the intersection
between Mabini Street and EDSA boulevard,
crossing number 25 Ortigas Road.
I breathe in the same grain
of...
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Categories:
typical, introspection, life,
Form:
Free verse
BhatialiAfloat I am,
The blind horizon spreads to no end.
O river of rivers,
The queen river,
Flow as you wish,
Gather silt forever
That on your shores...
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Categories:
typical, allegory, beauty, fishing, mythology,
Form:
Pastoral
Scripture Provenscripture proven
Yes I was a typical boy
Yes the flash was dominating over me
Yes ,a drunkard ,sexual immorality eish a smoker
Oh no what kind of...
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Categories:
typical, christian,
Form:
I do not know?