Best Whys Poems
Below are the all-time best Whys poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of whys poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Sham of My HumanityEvergreen flavored mantras
did nothing to purge bitter bile from my lips
nor slake the smoldering thirst for a Rosary remedy.
Tick-tock petals unfurled one by one
as your...
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Categories:
whys, anger, grief, heartbreak, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
Beautiful Scars
These scars on my soul are beautiful and painful,
deep gashes that cannot be seen except in my eyes;
...
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Categories:
whys, grief,
Form:
Pantoum
Trying To Grasp the MagnificentI sense the fullness
in fleeting moments
At those rare times
I'm able to let go of me
The ebbs and flows
of non linear thinking
when I...
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Categories:
whys, blessing, creation, forgiveness, god,
Form:
Rhyme
For My ChildrenYou’re all in charge of authoring a story
Of love and humor, suspense and glory
You’re writing starts with your very first thought
And doesn’t end til your...
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Categories:
whys, for teens, life, my
Form:
Rhyme
The Word- Heroic Crown of SonnetsTHE LAW
Yet sacrifice would cover for Love's sake
before that time, the Law was sent to guide
sin offerings appeased man's guilty state
but could not change his...
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Categories:
whys, bible, christian, life, light,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
One Way Ships - Part 2Continued from Part 1
Hungary hounds harangue the highlands,
howl at skies and desert islands…
Below, unfettered carbon crows conceal the parting path she chose
Lighthouse lamps and lanterns...
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Categories:
whys, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
Midnight Came UnexpectedShe said it was just a poem
But her naked vulnerability
Was all too real; I felt the chill
As the sun quickly set behind
Her cold and...
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Categories:
whys, break up, death, emotions,
Form:
Lyric
Last NightI laid out on my porch last night
Listening to coyotes rage a fight
I watched the moon with her bright, full face
Place a blanket of shadows...
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Categories:
whys, life, nature, night, night,
Form:
Rhyme
The Curtain of Pain Fell Upon UsWhile snowflakes continue to fall,
upon a night pale as ghostly winter
I falter from my own distraught pause--
the hazy moon watches my young girl
a...
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Categories:
whys, mother daughter, pain,
Form:
Free verse
Reborn On Calvary
In the darkness of day,
we, the tear baptismal ones
were reborn
In the shadow of Calvary,
we, the gospel seed
was crucifixion conceived —
A bereaved delivery
On that...
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Categories:
whys, birth, religious, symbolism, visionary,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Get An Education"The boy's got a broken brain!
- Fix him for me now,
I can't do a thing with him."
- So I hear...
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Categories:
whys, black african american, education,
Form:
Rhyme
For MamaShe showed me the clouds
and how to walk on the ninth one. A dreamer.
In the absoluteness of her mind, no barriers
exist within existence
as if her...
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Categories:
whys, faith, inspirational, mother daughter,
Form:
Ode
ChurchWhen I went to the Temple
It should have felt like home
So as I sat in the pew
Why did I feel all alone
Was my heart disconnected
Was...
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Categories:
whys, blessing, change, devotion, emotions,
Form:
Quatrain
One Day In My ShoesIf only one day you can feel what you put me through
Wishing one day you can walk in my two shoes
You will feel a pain...
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Categories:
whys, emotions,
Form:
Rhyme
Faith Is a Powerful ThingFAITH IS A POWERFUL THING
Faceless fears. Trials. they seize and drain whence one let them sink . . .
Across our path are stormy hills...
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Categories:
whys, character, emotions, faith, prayer,
Form:
Acrostic