Poems about Poetry? Yes! These are examples of all types of poems written about poetry. This list of poetry poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Strangers in a Motel Lobby in Arkansasmotel lobby in arkansas
close to the crystal bridges
young man with tattoos walks to large creamer
he begins to pump creamer into coffee
sees me and indicates I go ahead of him.
Ii shake my head ‘no”
tell him to...
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Categories:
poetry, life,
Form: Prose Poetry
Talent StifledMiddle aged man in Docs,
vintage leather jacket and
grey haired pubes around his cock.
Ill fitting tour shirts rekindling a hazy past.
Barrowlands, The Bunnymen. Hammersmith Odeon,The Clash.
U2 at University pre Bono crawling up his own ****.
Danced...
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Categories:
poetry, depression,
Form: Prose Poetry
No DisneylandDid we let you down?
no Disneyland.
Instilled the outside.
Past experience judging decision.
Expectation eliminating comfortable choices.
Listening to old folk voices.
The highway to heaven or hell.
To Leeds.
Playing out wishful imaginings.
It doesn’t stop.
The road is wide.
Keep...
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Categories:
poetry, family, father daughter, father
Form: Prose Poetry
TamperedTampered photo,
Tampered life,
Born elite,
Married Strife.
Never one mans wife.
Wed to the nation,
System creation.
Freedom lost.
Chosen, at what cost?
Wishful eloper,
Like the in law shirker.
Mother,
Worker,
Food bank opener.
Country ambassador,
The monarchies future.
Press hounded
Hunted creature
Populism fall girl
No one to catch...
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Categories:
poetry, betrayal, bullying, family, mother,
Form: Prose Poetry
THEIR DANCE
The music was lively.
The young dancer, unable to restrain
herself, stood and shuffled slowly to
the dance floor. His eyes followed her –
hopeful, but with sadness and concern.
Her gait unsteady, her cane little
help, she began...
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Categories:
poetry, love, memory, romance, smile,
Form: Prose Poetry
ODE TO A SCRUNCHIEOh circular scrunchie
How are you ?
You have been tangled up in women’s hair
For far too long
Scratching the long curly beads
Of millions of youngish females worldwide
For decades now
Connecting brunettes blondes and redheads alike
Protecting the very...
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Categories:
poetry, fashion,
Form: Prose Poetry
Hansel and Gretel find a Candy HouseThe siblings were barefooted, so walking was painful.
Gretel was tiring of this adventure when she saw a light.
I hope it is a castle, she suggested. Hansel squeezed her hand.
Maybe it is a spaceship that will...
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Categories:
poetry, books,
Form: Prose Poetry
GOD'S CANVASSING NIGHT(A MLOKU)*
What a magnificent canvassing God gave us in the sky tonight;
The full moon and all the constellations glowing hypnotically;
With the oceans and the seas below, reflecting this glorious sight:-
*A 3-line poem with each line
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Categories:
poetry, allegory, appreciation, beauty, earth,
Form: Prose Poetry
Buddy and BeauMy husband and I have two dogs – Buddy and Beau
Buddy is a gentle giant, one hundred and sixteen pounds
Beau is an exuberant puppy, licking and chewing, chewing and licking
we adore them, they are like...
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Categories:
poetry, dog,
Form: Prose Poetry
grousing about old newshe was a narcissist, egotistical and puffed up
I wanted him to leave, she groused, but he never would.
No one would help me.
this is her weekly lament.
I prayed he would go off with someone else.
I have...
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Categories:
poetry, life,
Form: Prose Poetry
THERAPY'S THERAPEUTIC POETIC THERAPISTS
THERAPY’S THERAPEUTIC THERAPIST
Our poetry writing,
Is very therapeutic—
Healing all shared souls:-
Yes, poetry is God’s self-healing therapy;
Penning away depression with inspiration,
Fueled by our poetic words shared daily:-
Glory to God for all the shared sessions;
We healing...
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Categories:
poetry, allegory, analogy, caregiving, devotion,
Form: Prose Poetry
Classic Reelin the 1940s many movie comedies dealt with heaven
hell, reincarnation, the devil, angels, body snatching
I get a channel called Classic Reel with my Roku
The movies shown are from the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s and 60’s
I saw...
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Categories:
poetry, nostalgia,
Form: Prose Poetry
Dust in My Heart
Three minuuts is all me’ve got
to fix sense of it, alles not.
Whutis time in tru sens of tings
wen you and mestart to zings
of lifinluv of all that is,
or izunt, in this heady quiz?
Life’ll livun tillit...
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Categories:
poetry, death, heart, language, mountains,
Form: Vogon Poetry
Categories:
poetry, allusion, humorous,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Timeless destinyThe leaves expose their arteries,
Through which all summer, only one life has elapsed.
The thirsty Earth penetrates all the stories of their last breath.
it would have resisted, and maybe it wouldn't have been Autumn...
But them...
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Categories:
poetry, adventure, age, autumn, deep,
Form: Prose Poetry
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