Best Unforced Poems
Below are the all-time best Unforced poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of unforced poems written by PoetrySoup members
Verbal MiraclesIn four and sixty syllables
He strains to squeeze some thoughts profound
Into unyielding manacles
Of 8x8 form, tightly-bound.
He seeks to hand-pick words that sound
Unforced by metric obstacles
That...
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Categories:
unforced, writing,
Form:
Lay
Flowers and ArrowsMulticolored hands dissolved the pain, that rose within me
You were there; certain you'd win your part in the ring
Condescension became sparks I used as light...
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Categories:
unforced, bullying,
Form:
Light Verse
Categories:
unforced, love, passion
Form:
Free verse
Ins-Pir-AtionWhen folly leads; to wisdom…
By the way of endless dreams
'Pon a backdrop psycadellic where,
There's nothing all it seems’
I have struggled with good reason
made forays...
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Categories:
unforced, inspiration,
Form:
Rhyme
As You Say My NameWithin a moment's grace
She held my heartbeat against her gentle dialect
Her pearly smile and chocolate diamond retinas
Prescribed laughter, as she
Incompletely
Spoke my name
Vowels tripping against her...
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Categories:
unforced, life, woman,
Form:
Free verse
To a Person, They Say, Frigid, Translation of Paul Verlaine's Poem: a Celle Que L'On Dit FroideTo the person, they call, frigid, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s poem : A celle que l’on dit froide
(Poem written on September 5, 1889 at Aix-les-Bains,...
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Categories:
unforced, emotions, woman,
Form:
Quatrain
Give ThanksIt’s okay if it ends now.
Quite fine if it stops here.
Never expected the joys I’ve had.
Children. Amazing. The best.
Their innocence, their laughter, their passion...
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Categories:
unforced, appreciation, family,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
unforced, feelings, love, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Tennis AnyoneStarting with the toss up
I’ve made an unforced error
I’ve only gone and followed through
Squeezed the jissom out the old fella
New balls (and pants) please –...
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Categories:
unforced, humorous, rude, sexy, silly,
Form:
Light Verse
The LostOur minds in mouths agape
When lost the game at Ashe
Our minds with you in pains
Shaking we are in silence
Aces lost in paces
Paces of your races
Sour...
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Categories:
unforced, inspiration, lost, sports,
Form:
Epic
Not On DemandOriginal expression comes unforced,
not on demand.
Not meeting the schedule of any man.
Words are written matching the rhythm and lyrics of the soul.
To build bridges of...
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Categories:
unforced, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
FreedomThe feeling I get,
so irresistable and impetuous
The joy fills in me,
while I relish the world for free
So uncontrolled and unforced,
unbidden nor uncontrived
Nice to meet...
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Categories:
unforced, appreciation, beauty, blessing, dream,
Form:
Blank verse
De-UnI'm not Deranged just Derailed,
Deraptured with the Devolution of Angels,
The Devilization of a Nation,
Decorum Demands that I Devalue individualism,
Some Decadent, Dilenquent, Despot shouts
"Our hair...
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Categories:
unforced, urbanhair, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Tennis Love
Two sets
Apiece
To each player
And this is the
Final set...
What a contest!
Both the players
Fighting to win
The...
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Categories:
unforced, love, sports,
Form:
Free verse
When It Comes, AgainI can never write a poem
when I am told to write a poem.
It comes randomly like...
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Categories:
unforced, creation,
Form:
Free verse