Best Understate Poems
Below are the all-time best Understate poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of understate poems written by PoetrySoup members
Sometimes I WonderYou think you can get it
straight
You just can't get it right
Your goals lost sight
Failure is an understate
There's not much you can...
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Categories:
understate, emotions
Form:
Rhyme
My Monster Has a Funny NameMy monster has a funny name,
It is Eileen; she has no shame
She tries her best to bring me down
gifts me the thorns, instead of...
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Categories:
understate, introspection,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Poetic Definitionby Michaelw1two
Poetic writes speak volumes too,
this profound nature of humanity;
expression’s glyph or determination’s rift,
each soothing rhyme or base profanity;
provoke of...
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Categories:
understate, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
Searching For Prince Charming - BalladeWas it loneliness that convinced me to pursue
Yet one more futile try, another mismatched mate
The years pass quickly and the choices become few
On eligibility’s scale...
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Categories:
understate, angst, loveheart, heart, me,
Form:
Ballade
The Lay of the Best Man - Part 2The Lay of The Best Man - Part Two
I will not understate my distaste, but I do not hate. I rate hate as being irate
Shall...
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Categories:
understate, humanity, men,
Form:
Lay
Punctuation Personifiedhow i feel, silly, spoken word, write,
Submitted for contest
Punctuation Personified!
Mind your use of me when making a full stop with finishing your point
This can...
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Categories:
understate, how i feel, silly,
Form:
Verse
When I Was Drunk and Wanted Big WordsWe are all improbable in our own way,
and who can augur the future?
I never could have laid out my course in advance,...
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Categories:
understate, addiction, drink, earth, wine,
Form:
Prose
Incomprehensible DualityIt seems that man can never comprehend
The carnal thrust of lust we all must trust;
As human minds design no plan to end
Carnality 'till man converts...
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Categories:
understate, slavery, integrity,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Categories:
understate, health, pain, stress,
Form:
Rhyme
My TalkI know some will dismiss this
As nonsensical chatter
Call it philosophical blabber
Think of it as mind over matter
Ask questions and trash the answers
Because they,...
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Categories:
understate, christian, rap, religion, religious,
Form:
Rhyme
As Good As It GetsSometimes I shiver
Like a hummingbird
My open heart races
With anticipation
I open and flutter
Tingling sensations
Transformed inspiration
Powerful ocean waves
Erode weak defenses
The best of intentions
Mysterious ways
Quietly understate
Depths of perception
The...
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Categories:
understate, happiness,
Form:
Verse
Time To Move OnTime to move on the spirit has said,
we have finished our time in this fate,
and written in word, the pathway has lead,
the...
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Categories:
understate, adventure, anxiety, blessing,
Form:
Rhyme
Wordsmith's VenerationWordsmith's Veneration...
Aye willy nilly understate (trying 2)
tantalize, hypnotize, galvanize...
with "FAKE" trumpeting
spellbinding, rambling, quivering...
intoxicating, hallucinating, gyrating,
stop to take a breather...
English Language vocabulary, a
fascination, intoxication, provocation...
upon me...
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Categories:
understate, angel, appreciation, crush, education,
Form:
Free verse
A Choice Madewhen they met
the discussion went as such
a.“do you see yourself having
children?”
b.”no. there are far too many things
that i want to do in this...
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Categories:
understate, life, world, time, time,
Form:
Free verse
My Love, Josefin SlabMy love, Josefin Slab
My first thought the time I wake up
My inspiration in moments I create art
My joy when we chat and laugh together
My strength...
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Categories:
understate, emotions, heartbreak, imagery, love,
Form:
Free verse