Best U.S. Poems
Below are the all-time best U.S. poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of u.s. poems written by PoetrySoup members
Love Passing ByWhen the crimson rose has faded
And our day at last is done;
In the forest dark and shaded
Blows the tempest, dims the sun.
When the night holds...
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Categories:
u.s., love, love, pride,
Form:
Rhyme
How Poetry BeganThat thing that we call poetry -
when asked where it began,
I’d say it started beautifully
before the dawn of man!
It glistened on the oceans
before man came...
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Categories:
u.s., nature, poetry,
Form:
Quatrain
A Cathartic Weave of Three
listen,
the whispers
of leaves
turn colour
autumn is here.
now that you are gone
who will wake every morn
to lift the sun
unveil the sky
etch in the clouds
who will paint the...
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Categories:
u.s., break up, celebration, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
A Long Loud Sighgenius?
sometimes you are in its minimal spotted light...sometimes!
other times you just know you've been touched and you freeze,
moved but frozen...like a stranger it moves in,...
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Categories:
u.s., introspection, drug,
Form:
Free verse
tell the night to hold me -
I made for you, a castle
but I built it in the sand
I steadfastly tried
to constrain the tide
but the bastions didn't stand
I planned for you, an...
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Categories:
u.s., forgiveness, heartbreak, heartbroken, lost
Form:
Lyric
We Are Not Merely PoetsSome of us are secretive at first. We hide our poetry’s soul self,
gently letting her peep out; sometimes regretting it immediately.
Fearful of critiques from...
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Categories:
u.s., 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Forgotten Heroes of the SommeOver the top lads, for old Blighty! Hold the colours high!
Say a little prayer for me, for this summer day we die.
My brothers from the...
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Categories:
u.s., brother, death, history, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Glory of Her MagnificenceOceans apart
buried under sandy shores,
a rare pearl slept comfortably
behind her walls.
Fate must have been kind,
for a common man like me,
to stumble upon her shell.
As I...
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Categories:
u.s., change, longing, love,
Form:
Free verse
Starry Starry Night - POTWPOTW
When Wishes were made on a shooting star
The Heavens looked down and smiled
With sprinkles of stardust on a whisper of moonbeams
They created for us a...
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Categories:
u.s., anti bullying, art, beauty,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Soul EmbraceSunlight rains upon my face
Cascading memories cloaked in mystery
Kissing my eyelids
Ancient teardrops glide down my cheeks
Warmth illuminating my hungry soul
A sense of calm
A pulsating ellipse...
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Categories:
u.s., age, child, creation, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
ShadowIt was a glorious summer day and I woke up with the lark
Got my wheelchair ready and then headed to the park
I noticed a girl...
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Categories:
u.s., dog, memory, soldier, war,
Form:
Narrative
A Tulip Grows Under An Evergreen - Inspired By the Poets At PoetrysoupA
fine
Parrot Tulip
in vibrant intensities
with unique undertones
of green acquirable only in a
few forests. A ruby red swirls within
its petals beckons awareness of those...
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Categories:
u.s., beautiful, beauty, earth, light,
Form:
Shape
Uncharted WatersAn ocean tumbles through dreams of you. In depths unknown,
I float above. Oh, how I long to dive beneath your surface,
yet I am...
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Categories:
u.s., appreciation, longing, love, ocean,
Form:
Rhyme
At the Footbridge - Limerick CollaborationAt the footbridge Sue was meeting her beau
(He was married to a woman called Flo)
Sue soon found out his deception
She dismembered his ********
For his love...
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Categories:
u.s., betrayal, body, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
Past-Life NightmareA child of four suffers recurring dreams,
disturbing parents and siblings with screams.
When she awoke, always sore in one knee;
next to a birthmark, it throbbed painfully.
Night...
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Categories:
u.s., autumn, mystery,
Form:
Narrative