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Heroes Poems - Poems about Heroes

Heroes Poems - Examples of all types of poems about heroes to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for heroes.
Premium Member The Writing On The Wall
...When I was a young man, I could easily recall, A beautifully bold and vivid tapestry, hanging on a wall. It told of a great story, with chapters in history, As if woven by skillful hands, ......Read the rest...
Categories: heroes, appreciation, art,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Women look at us with unsettling eyes, undulating like the sea in a summer storm
...Women look at us with unsettling eyes, undulating like the sea in a summer storm, Hiding within their depths a universe of dreams, entwined with longing and starry glimmers, We wonder, what do we d......Read the rest...
Categories: heroes, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Worlds Within Words
...Pages open, worlds unfold, Stories new and stories old. Letters dance across the page, Whisking us from age to age. Eyes glide left to right with ease, Words flow by like gentle breeze. ......Read the rest...
Categories: heroes, books, language,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Cannot Die Tonight
...I cannot die tonight I dog-eared a book Of pages I haven't perused You know how long that took? Scent of pages Frayed and yellowed Always get me Calm and mellowed The spine cracked and worn ......Read the rest...
Categories: heroes, death, farewell, introspection, repetition,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member That's A Hero
...Struggling parents skipping meals so their children can eat, good Samaritans pulling someone from a burning vehicle by a highway or street. Police, military, some fallen in a firefight saving ot......Read the rest...
Categories: heroes, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Spark
...A voice called so Hannah went. She went for a higher call It ended badly, but it was meant She had to go, lest honor fall. At the cross of the last road back She nerved herself to go, attack ......Read the rest...
Categories: heroes, hero,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member 'Forward Brave Souls' Victims of Ambition's Merciless Will
...“Up men to your posts! Don’t forget today that you are from old Virginia.” – General George Pickett Beneath Gettysburg's sun a merciless blaze Stood Pickett with his face etched......Read the rest...
Categories: heroes, death, history, slavery, violence,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member quiet heroes
...legions of quiet heroes....human angels among us god holds them close......Read the rest...
Categories: heroes, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member The Lament of the Lighthouse
...No screeching seagulls circled around The dilapidated forlorn lighthouse. Its searchlight had long been broken, A useless artifice for safety Of ships that plied the ocean near. The absence of......Read the rest...
Categories: heroes, death, life, storm,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member a little voyeurism
...Why is it so interesting when someone else falls in love? Is our fascination purely voyeuristic, like the you-are-there of reality-TV? Is it jealousy or some unwavering belief in lovers as heroes? ......Read the rest...
Categories: heroes, desire, dream, humor, love,
Form: Free verse
A limousine On Elm street
... I think about nothingness mostly these days My nothingness is not foggy and mystic Not demanding about the attires, undone Still dumped in the bucket, for reasons, not aligned in chorus All I......Read the rest...
Categories: heroes, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Women In Combat
... "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." Quote by Helen Keller A story told long ago of women who God used to change the nation because of love and welfare of t......Read the rest...
Categories: heroes, women,
Form: Dramatic Verse
DUTY CALL'S
...Arise oh youths, duty call's You're the future, be ready The future is now, not tomorrow Narrow is the road to success Broad is the road to destruction Be the change, not the changer Be the hea......Read the rest...
Categories: heroes, africa, community, deep, education,
Form: Narrative
I Couldn't Talk About It, So I Wrote a Poem
...Absolute peace is detrimental to progress. God forbids, but if a total Peace prevails Society, as we know, will come to a grinding halt, Religion, as an enterprise will wither away Law......Read the rest...
Categories: heroes, humanity, peace,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Under the canopy of stars, each a distant echo of an unfulfilled dream
...Under the canopy of stars, each a distant echo of an unfulfilled dream, I walk, my footsteps barely touching the earth, as if Terra herself fears the weight of my contemplation. I am the seeker of ......Read the rest...
Categories: heroes, fantasy,
Form: Free verse

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