Best University Poems
Below are the all-time best University poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of university poems written by PoetrySoup members
Courage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders FieldCourage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders Field
(A Tribute)
Tough as nails young man with a red right hand
red-fire and whiskey ran in his blood.
Courageous seed...
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Categories:
university, conflict, death, fate, sorrow,
Form:
Sonnet
Walk TallI was born and raised in a little town by the name of Calder
That was just twenty miles south of the Canadian border
As a boy I...
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Categories:
university, america, death, drink, drug,
Form:
Narrative
SophieSophie Scholl was raised a Christian in a Lutheran family
Born in the town of Forchtenberg in south west Germany
For standing defiant against evil with her...
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Categories:
university, death, girl, inspirational, rose,
Form:
Narrative
Jan AllisonI am from Great Britain – it’s not a rumour
I always try to write with a sense of humour
In 1996 we moved to live...
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Categories:
university, mum,
Form:
Couplet
Don'T Throw Me AwayYou look at me so uninviting;
I may have some missing teeth, stumble when I walk, bout' to FALL!!!
Stutter when I talk, but yet I'll still...
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Categories:
university, anxiety, appreciation, blessing, caregiving,
Form:
Ballade
Young Brilliant Poet That Left Us Far, Far Too Soon Second Poet In Dedication SeriesNote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Born 4 August 1792
Horsham, Sussex, England[1]
Died , 8 July 1822 (aged 29)
Gulf of La Spezia, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy)
Occupation Poet, dramatist,...
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Categories:
university, appreciation, art, assonance, beautiful,
Form:
Rhyme
Olena and PavloOlena Rudenko met Pavlo Lavinski whilst at Kyiv University
Pavlo told all his friends that she's definitely the girl for me
They got on well then...
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Categories:
university, death, love, soldier, violence,
Form:
Narrative
Wall StreetSet upon the new world stage within the burning fires of hell. Silently posed factions of the elite, suppress the true inherit of Mother Earth....
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Categories:
university, political, slam, social, war,
Form:
Epic
Lifeless Eyes of Ted BundyLifeless were the eyes of infamous Ted Bundy
No remorse, all emotion had been doused
His gaze pierced my soul as I gave testimony
He maintained there’d...
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Categories:
university, people
Form:
Villanelle
A Love StoryThe girl is an ultra-modern scholar,
Belongs with an upper-middle class family.
Looking very nice, smart, gets angry suddenly.
She reads M.A in English at...
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Categories:
university, culture, deep, emotions, loss,
Form:
Free verse
An Excavation
Children as young as three years old,
Killed for not doing as they’re told,
Forced to forget their culture...
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Categories:
university, abuse, children, death, school,
Form:
Rhyme
An Ordinary Girl - Translation From TagoreSharing my translation of a famous poem (Sadharan Meye) written by Rabindranath Tagore, who won Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. It's one of his...
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Categories:
university, life, loss,
Form:
Narrative
On God's ExistenceWhat am I?*
Am I just a matter?
Am I just spirit?
Or
Am I a combination of spirit and matter?
If we examine the first case- that I am...
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Categories:
university, faith, god, people, universe,
Form:
Prose
History Repeats ItselfI was an accomplished librarian, who took pleasure from written words,
As opera singers find their pleasure, in the halls where music is heard.
I was well...
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Categories:
university, books, fantasy, history, imagery,
Form:
Couplet
Be N-IggerA white liberal editor said what I wrote wasn’t black enough.
I spoke to him with confidence,
with a hole in my shirt I had tucked in...
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Categories:
university, america, angst, black african
Form:
Lyric