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Riddle Poems | Examples of Riddle Poetry

Riddle Poems - Examples of all types of riddle 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 riddle.
The Worst Kind of Impossible
Simply say yes It’s all you need to say yes in agreement to anything if anything can have an agreement to it would be better to be beyond a doubt so just say yes and although the molehills to the mountains will not...Read the rest...
Categories: riddle, truth,
Form: Free verse
blown'd fuse
. hear here i iz 'tiz i rest your...Read the rest...
Categories: beautiful, blessing, riddle, word
Form: Epigram



Dream of the No More
who has right to any land history says, the strongest hand Israel falls to the Assyrian throng who in turn fall, to the Babylon song in later times, Rome conquers all creating a "Palestina" was their call who now says, that...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, dream, riddle, society,
Form: Rhyme

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Premium Member Three hundred cans of soup
In three hundred, I pulled without fear, From my dentition, a grin quite sincere Clichés serve as my balm, In the chaos, my psalms Yet to some; I might seem quite unclear, With words throbbing back in my head, I ponder...Read the rest...
Categories: poetry, poets, riddle,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Questions of Opposites
What is real and what is shadow? what is deep and what is shallow? What is life and what is death? what is spirit and what is breath? What is earth and what is sky? what is low and what...Read the rest...
Categories: philosophy, riddle, self, word
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member High Road
I love to travel here and there today I took the highroad it was empty and bare not a single car, bus or taxi no hikers most certainly no poets of credibility I have learned the highroad to be void of all...Read the rest...
Categories: riddle, allah, creation, deep, integrity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Math Riddle
What kind of jaded, jackass jerk'll ask smugly with a smile and smirkle, diagonals to think upon, and an inscribed polygon, while gazing on a split-up circle....Read the rest...
Categories: math, riddle,
Form: Limerick
The Black Rain
I am sinking into the black rain, The house is like an overflowing drain, It is covering up all of my pain, But cannot wash away my brain. I am a cranky bard with a passionate soul, It is covered...Read the rest...
Categories: riddle, allegory, death, depression, loneliness,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Time
Always watched and regarded Ever sought as it's departed Inquired about, looked at often Only ignored when inside our coffin Perception might be the key It is wise if we take heed Once began, it will not stop Like King...Read the rest...
Categories: riddle, time,
Form: Rhyme
Cross Hairs
To a hammer everything looks like a nail To a writer everything looks like a tale To a hunter everything looks like a kill To a prophet everything — unto his will (The New Room: September, 2024) ...Read the rest...
Categories: riddle,
Form: Rhyme
Life is a battle
Held tight to the asagai as I penetrated beastly jungles of Africa, for I knew my vow worthed every torturing and conscious idleling enccounterings... Eternal and fatal squashing of flesh and bones with the thought that...Read the rest...
Categories: riddle, allegory, allusion, courage, feelings,
Form: Free verse
pippa'z piddle I meant riddle
. pippa'z pretty when'st peeled pippa'z pretty whilst peeled pippa'z pretty wuz peeled *I put this...Read the rest...
Categories: riddle, appreciation, beautiful, best friend,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Robert Sherriff 'Australian 'BAH, BAH, BAH
BAH BAH BAH Unsheepishly Me: A Different Tale When I write, I strive not to be Joe or Sue. I've got my rhythm, a beat that's a fusion of jazz and rock, my hue, a blend of...Read the rest...
Categories: riddle, animal, beautiful, blessing, character,
Form: Burlesque
Premium Member explaining something
what if we are not a drop in the ocean we are needles in haystacks pricking fingers of those we should bleed with then we fall asleep for 100...Read the rest...
Categories: riddle,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Real Boy
I walked beneath the ribcage of a giant whale; Encapsulated in the briney entrails of an empty long-dead being. Its grimace echoed in these halls of boned wall, Of which calcite chambers temper; Sturdy glass upon the shores. Licked by...Read the rest...
Categories: riddle, age, courage, innocence, ocean,
Form: Free verse

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