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Light Poems | Examples of Light Poetry

Light Poems - Examples of all types of light poetry to share and read. This list of light poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of light poetry. This list of works about light is an excellent resource for examples on how to write light poems.
Divine Magnetism
Who said it was blue? When I think of A window, it is not the colour of grapes; Nor is it a long stretch of morning field; Also not a nighttime movie of galaxy film. Who said red was...Read the rest...
Categories: light, how i feel, image,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Glossolalia
"Glossolalia" I closed the external noise out, and upon entry to that strange place the colour of Love, silence broke the heart open like trumpets penetrate the heavens revelations were opening in my mind, and the invisible surrounding me...Read the rest...
Categories: light, spiritual, surreal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Play on Words
English words that end in “let” are called diminutives – did you forget? All were once of larger size but were easily diminutized by the suffix “let” appended where the word naturally ended. (Think of it like a tail tacked to...Read the rest...
Categories: light, word play,
Form: Light Verse
'tiz mine patch
. hoist it up mate fer ...Read the rest...
Categories: light, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Deeper Roots
You can burn a book but not its truth Flames no match for time’s reproof Planted deep below the lime Its seeds will flower — where light to shine (West Campus: May 6, 2024) ...Read the rest...
Categories: books, light, truth,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Are we there yet
Direct immediacy.. Seems to be A pretty good map To find This.. Time is shattered Space explodes to A vast unknown.. Hold on.. Are we there yet..?...Read the rest...
Categories: light, humorous, i am, words,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member codependency
light … and dark - shadow and bright are diametrically opposed and intricately interdependent we must learn to not fear the dark for it holds the same delight, the same color the same purpose and excitement the same realizations … unseen and it harbors...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, dark, life, light,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dancing While Singing
Dancing minds free singing bodies Dancing bodies reserve singing minds. Minds find faith in wealthy blue-sky synergy where bodies have experienced hope for sacred EarthTribe's healthiest green integrity. Whether we feel we must invest in cooperative minds invoking compassionate sacred bodies Or think we might best...Read the rest...
Categories: health, integrity, light, muse,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
Premium Member That Place
"That Place" In that place where you were abandoned, that place, they never thought, you’d come back from, in that place where it is believed nothing grows in the long night’s tortured darkness, deep down, well, ...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, light, muse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Listening to the birds
Listening to the birds as the trees richly green.. Listening to the birds sweet promises of spring.. Listening to the birds, God's promise on a wing.. Listening to the birds and the hope they bring.....Read the rest...
Categories: light, abuse, appreciation, bird, environment,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Critterature: Critiquing William Blake
"Tyger, tyger burning bright In the forests of the night…" Archaic spelling set aside, And not intending to be snide, But really, Mr. Blake, I take exception. While a tiger's luminosity May pique your curiosity, What the beastie's wattage is, you've no...Read the rest...
Categories: light, animal, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member THE KANGAROOS HAVE LANDED!
I FELL ONE NIGHT, WELL IT WAS DARK! THEN WOUND MY WAY INTO A PARK IT'S PEOPLED BUT WITH KANGAROOS WHO HAVE LOST ONE OR MORE OF SHOES BETTER THAN LOSING PANTS, I GUESS WHO CARES! SIT DOWN! PUT...Read the rest...
Categories: light, age, fun, life,
Form: Light Verse
Baptism and reflection
“An eternal man Will bathe you in flames and light To cleanse your own flesh of sin” “Do not reflect flesh Seek to mix water and flames To reflect eternal light” ...Read the rest...
Categories: baptism, fire, light, mirror,
Form: Sedoka
Premium Member My dim wit poetry
Good morning, it's just me, penning, "dim wit poetry", foot in mouth and pen in hand, who knows where they may land. Some poems light and rather sweet, others swallowed in defeat by a wet and ever hungry quick sand.....Read the rest...
Categories: light, environment, poetry,
Form: Light Verse
Every people from everywhere
While I sit here thinking about the world and our people, every people, from everywhere, all the differences, and similarities, the cultures and colors. We are so beautiful, and peculiar, a virtual cornucopia of...Read the rest...
Categories: beautiful, culture, light, love,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Light Poems

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Definition | What is Light in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs