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Character Poems | Examples of Character Poetry

Character Poems - Examples of all types of character poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for character.
Premium Member UP THE LADDER
Not a Ladder step up Typewriting keyboard set up Hands on the keys Typing letter after letter Accuracy that matters Speed will come Practice makes perfect Afterwhile, you will become a typing dynamo You will be your own quick moving typing gizmo Pace yourself Be...Read the rest...
Categories: adventure, anxiety, care, character,
Form: Free verse
Trochee Spondee
Figuratively speaking not to be overly expressive each unstressed whisper me and you together wasting no time I'm on your dime love it when were're to gether so you like evening dates not to early not to late abouta quarter to four I'll be there for...Read the rest...
Categories: character, music,
Form: Ballad



Premium Member THE ECHO RETURNS NOT
Silent is the echo as pride shouts selfishness causing pouts... self-conceit triumphs over jealousy bouts self-glory reigns with discontentment...Read the rest...
Categories: character, christian, god, how
Form: Rhyme

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Premium Member Deprivation of Limelight
Pigtail pullers and bottom pinchers Give them a mile and they're still one inchers Sit under bridges tickling own fancy Identified by trolly trail (ichnomancy) *Also fail on delivery of argument clinchers ...Read the rest...
Categories: character,
Form: Limerick
Worship
A touch on her feet Bending onto her level Carrying the fondness Deep In your eyes is feel Eyes are having a battle Filled with confusion Gathering courage to decide Hacking for her soul Illusions filling the system Jail for her admiration Kindness shown by...Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, care, character, dream,
Form: Free verse



Guts over fear
From the trenches of the dark underground into the sewers of the slumworld, a place terrified with the pain of fear, gripped from their minds unto their souls, they are afraid of the outside world,...Read the rest...
Categories: character, 11th grade, analogy, animal,
Form: Free verse
Uncertain Hope
There's uncertainty In the whole waiting, still We wait for something....Read the rest...
Categories: character, hope, senses,
Form: Senryu
The Echo Returns Not
The Echo Returns Not Sponsor : Unseeking the Seeker [ Poet’s note : SOLOMON MAHLANGU was a South African Freedom fighter & cherished leader in revolutionary army, Umkhonto we Sizwe. He was sentenced to death by...Read the rest...
Categories: adventure, africa, angst, character,
Form: Prose Poetry
Daylight Cross My Path
Morning breaks like bullets raining on top of the roof as the shadows of heavens covers their head, while they stands still in the dark with pillows clade behind the door listening to the petrified sound rumbling under...Read the rest...
Categories: character, america, best friend, business,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member LIGHT DARKNESS IS OVER SHUN-
Mid the darkness shallows Pit across the deepen sights Blackness circumference barrows The devise of light Brilliants though shines Every bright for you see The light ever always firms dines Demises the darkness flees Light always sparks As every sparks turns to light Light...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, appreciation, character, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Awaken Australia'
Hear me mates, before its too late.' Get awake..Not woke! It'll send you broke.) I have cried in anger.' In sadess and rage.' At the counrys humilliation, and the world its stage Its time to leave ideaologys that steal Aussie...Read the rest...
Categories: change, character, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Special Friend
You are a melodic music note That keeps me singing praise You’re filled with the Holy Ghost In your humble heart and ways I learn so much from you Even if I am flawed I still Appreciate your attitude...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, best friend, character,
Form: Rhyme
Seize The Moment
Be patient all time One doesn't stay always Time will turn love Good times will come Just believe in yourself Instead of listening to the words of people If what you think is right do it Keep going that way Until...Read the rest...
Categories: character, faith, success,
Form: Free verse
I'm Struggled
Halted growth Battled water Moistures talking Above the lawless Days first lies Desperate sights Knowing not what they've done Another March Visits the spun Cotton bottles broke Twice plucked thorns And checked Doses of fringe Corners of binge Testified ends Of witness Miracle or Martyr's Awnings in futures A dancing...Read the rest...
Categories: character, farm,
Form: Rhyme
Coffeetop Locks
ah Coffeetop Locks be the witch’s fox a cunning you pair in hand on the fringe of village life wings but inward at night for her work where you light then quickly on hocks ah Coffeetop Locks ...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, character, dark, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Character Poems

Definition | What is Character in Poetry?


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