Keeper of the FlameA single light, a fragile spark
Guides the lost through endless dark.
The Keeper guards it, steadfast, still
A beacon strong, see.. a force of will.
It cannot falter, cannot fade
Its warmth eternal, softly laid.
The Keeper’s task, to hold it high
Until the stars themselves must die.
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Categories:
courage, encouraging, fire, hero,
Form: Free verse
The Man Who Carried the Flame(A Poetic Prophecy)
He walked not with crowds, but with silence.
A hush clung to his steps like a prayer.
The wine of the world he did not drink—
He stored his storms in chalices of fire.
The daughters of dust followed him not for touch,
But for something they could not name—
The way the stars bowed when he passed,
The way...
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Categories:
hero, absence, adventure, courage, happy,
Form: Free verse
Hulk Hogan 1953-2025Charisma of a champion
Strength of a Mount Olympus deity
Superstar hero larger than life
A fanclub like no other
A base of faithful devotees
buying into the showman's dream
the illusion
the fantasy
...
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Categories:
dream, fantasy, hero, strength,
Form: Free verse
The Freedom Flotilla
This is no pleasure trip, no voyage for the weak-hearted.
The activists singing, holding arms, like birds in the trees,
those in awe of morning’s glory, in a dolphin-crowded sea,
mantle of intellect, a true heroic affair.
They have a ship load of food and medicine, a holy mission
to the chagrin of warmongers and their media culprits.
To...
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Categories:
hero,
Form: Free verse
This Is Where I RiseLet it be known—
this is where I rose.
Not from victory,
but from void.
Not from praise,
but from prayerless nights
with no answer.
I rose not like sunlight,
but like stone breaking through its tomb.
Not like wind—
but like silence that chose to speak.
This is where I shed the skin of survival.
Where I buried the man
who begged for belonging.
Where I kissed the...
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Categories:
courage, hero, light, miracle,
Form: Free verse
Herculean hero
Our towering talisman…glowering totem…manic volcanic Viking King..
The flowering genesis of a powering nemesis…
Herculean but Sisyphean struggles showering..
The penury of injury…intrigue of fatigue…cavorting
With the clarity and lack of charity
Of ripsnorting depravity and disparity of sporting gravity..
Another unfair body scare on the square or Stokes lair…for our oh so rare.. devil may care…flair compere with his...
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Categories:
hero, spoken word, sports,
Form: Ballad
WEIRD LADYShe's so wise and courageous
She's so contagious
She's not everyone's type
She's good and bad
Depends on how you ride
Stay on the tide
She takes no bribe, even if you're her tribe.
She's a God sent
With nice cents
Like she burns insects
She wears unisex
Never urge for sex
She's offset
Don't upset her.
She conscious
She never reap
Where she...
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Categories:
hero, africa, creation, dark, dedication,
Form: Epic
She is our Hero Our Queenwater gives us life
she uplifts us
rejuvenates us
keeps us connected
her baptisms
her wet coolness
her willingness to share
keep us fresh
essential loving water
as important as air
they both keep us alive
without them, we would not exist
we owe much to water
she is our hero
our queen
our connection to faeries and angels....
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Categories:
hero, water,
Form: Personification
The heroic villainWe are the villains in a story they spun
We get the villain arc without being a villain
The storyline of a traumatic childhood
Living under a shadow
Constantly being misunderstood
Having to sacrifice ourselves for the greater good
Without being given credit of saving the world
What they don't tell you is how the hero is the coward
How...
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Categories:
discrimination, hero, innocence, jealousy,
Form: Free verse
The Looney At The Wishing WellI spend most of my
days at the wishing
well, tossing in loose
coins and spare change.
One wish for them,
one wish for me,
one wish for them,
one wish for me.
Only thing I ever ask
God or the universe
for myself is to
keep the cash flow
coming in.
Only thing I ever ask
God or the universe
for everybody else is
world peace and
maybe just...
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Categories:
hero, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Black Pantherjungle
warrior black
skinning out bare belly rogues
rends velvet tents of jagged night
rumblings under grey mists...
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Categories:
dark, film, hero, nature,
Form: Verse
Valiant Conquerors All
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Genghis Khan
Napoleon Bonaparte
valiant conquerors all
in history’s annals they stand tall
Yet while the back...
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Categories:
hero, history, humor, thank
Form: Rhyme
Horror show
Jill Nando hosted "Crimewatch" a TV show
She was shot dead, who did it we don't know.
Lot of cases not solved, not even all crimes known
Keep a low profile or enter a danger zone.
Plutonium was found in Karen Silkwood's refrigerator
She was a whistleblower, did her company hate her?
She died a few days later in a fatal...
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Categories:
hero, betrayal, death, evil, hate,
Form: Lyric
Bob Katter, is at where it really matter'sThank the Lord..' Katters on the job.' Father of the house..
And solar housing systems..This legend is worth every bob'
A straight talking hero.' Who has his country at heart.'
Who will stand; with with his no-nonsense manner.'
It's time; and well past..Get to the line, be ready to start.!...
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Categories:
hero, appreciation, assonance, change, character,
Form: Rhyme
FALLEN SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE SOILWeep Africa, weep on.
The battle with death is one we dare not to fight,
For the call from the great beyond is outside the scope of our existence.
Just as our known hero Ngugi Wa Thiong'o has fallen,
Like countless unknown heroes forgotten to time,
We shall all follow this path of no return one by one.
Fight Africa, fight...
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Categories:
hero, africa, appreciation, bereavement, black
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Hero Poems
Definition | What is Hero in Poetry?