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Best Whimsical Poems

Below are the all-time best Whimsical poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of whimsical poems written by PoetrySoup members


Does Your Heart Share This Moon Tonight
“For in your light I dream, as evening takes my hand”

Silently I find my thoughts illumined by your beauty
In soft shimmers of dancing silhouettes
and patterns...

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Categories: whimsical, longing, love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Broken
I wonder about her
as I shave suet and place thistle seed down -

once again

she reveals herself to the corner of my eye
a slight movement caught...

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Categories: whimsical, bird, emotions, fate, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Joined By Words
~ for my fellow poets ~


as slaves to the pen
or our keyboard, more apt
this molding of words
in a word, holds us rapt

fine fancies or fears
take...

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Categories: whimsical, appreciation, friendship, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
A Life In Sepia and Watercolours
When I was just a little girl
I painted soaring seagulls
in a dawning sky of duck-egg blue
I painted ladybirds and whimsical butterflies
A red cottage with square-shaped...

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Categories: whimsical, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Cruel Compassion, Collaboration With the Silent One
My mind is a puzzle of cryptic metaphors.
whilst searching for my sanity,
I've become my own worst enemy.
In this cauldron of despair,
time is like sand in...

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Categories: whimsical, angst, anxiety, mental health,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Bookish Menagerie: A Time Traveler's Library
Toddlers' Exploration: 

Cardboard drum, a thunderous beast,
Playful roars in tiny fists and feasts.
Fleeting wings glide, dreams just out of reach,
Soaring through tales of barnyard Waddles...

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Categories: whimsical, adventure, books, childhood, imagination,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Words On the Go
Words can be whimsical, a merry-go-round
They run in a circle, they bounce up and down
They play hide-and-seek, until they are found
Look how quickly the little...

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Categories: whimsical, fun, silly, words, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Weed
I am but a weed
In God's flower garden
Humbled to exist
Even if not as red as roses
Not as tall as sun flowers
Not as warm as marigolds
Not...

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Categories: whimsical, appreciation, beauty, flower, god,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Queen of Butterflies
The sun’s sparkling streaks,
of sangria grace, 
descend upon 
the malachite verdant valley;
world of pristine mountains,
and evergreen tales of 
rainbow hued meadows. 
Where medieval castles 
are...

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Categories: whimsical, deep, fantasy,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member It's a Mad Hatter's World
A spinning world globe just set off the center of its axis pole,
Welcome to the mad-mad Hatter’s topsy-turvy upside down
Wonderland, just another inside out hole...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: whimsical, adventure, character, fantasy, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mystical Lore of the Moonlight Moth
Mystical amour of moonlight moth's whimsical lure,
a glowing flame in sensual saffron gold attire;
restless tease with every breeze, gilt-cavorting contour,
pale green fluttering, her wings stirring...

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Categories: whimsical, allegory, desire, fire, hurt,
Form: Rhyme
A Butterfly's Ballad In the Faraway Land
 I get a glimpse of you

A soft hue of light lavender rising in my dawn

gliding fervently in sun-kissed breeze

An ephemeral beauty enchanting the depths...

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Categories: whimsical, beauty, love,
Form: Personification
The Butterfly's Ballad
I get a glimpse of you
A soft hue of light lavender
 rising in my dawn
Gliding fervently
 in sun-kissed breeze
An ephemeral beauty
 enchanting the depths
of these...

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Categories: whimsical, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Paintings Call My Name
My art delights me, covers my walls.
Smiling, dancing, laughing magical beings.
Reminding me how much I love to choose colors.
Appreciated by no one as much as...

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Categories: whimsical, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Dog, the Pig and the Cat - Repost
I thought I’d repost this because of the state of the world today and because 
it might help someone see things a little differently or...

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Categories: whimsical, friendship,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs