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Words Poems | Examples of Words Poetry

Words Poems - Examples of all types of words poetry to share and read. This list of words poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of words poetry. This list of works about words is an excellent resource for examples on how to write words poems.
Dactyls and Elephants
Dactyls are metrical Feet that are named after Fingers with three little Parts like the knuckles that Lie in a pattern of Stress like these sentences. 'Jealously murmuring Elephants quietly Sob in their handkerchiefs.' Feet that are fingers How odd! ...Read the rest...
Categories: words,
Form: Double Dactyl
Premium Member The Weight We Leave Behind
When you find me gone, the light dulled in my eyes, a shell emptied by time and tireless want, sit by my side and tell me— “It’s a weight I couldn’t bear to lose.” For in silence, we’ve parted...Read the rest...
Categories: words, 9th grade,
Form: Elegy



Beyond Words
The language of love requires no translation, The language of trust needs no explanation, The language of honesty needs no interpretation, The language of wisdom requires no noise, The language of kindness requires no words....Read the rest...
Categories: language, love, wisdom, words,
Form: Free verse
Words are CRAZY
Words are CRAZY They can mean ANYTHING! But mostly: Not Quite Right. *** Horrifying. -Gray Squirrel 10-28-2024...Read the rest...
Categories: words, life,
Form: Free verse
Echoes of last words
Last things you whispered, a promise under stars, “You're the only one I’ll love, no one else from afar.” Silly me, I believed, wrapped in dreams made of gold, Yet soon you found another, leaving my heart cold. Was...Read the rest...
Categories: words, betrayal, emotions, farewell,
Form: Free verse



A Few Blind Words
If I could, I would borrow the eye of God, I would then spin it between my fingers until the light at the center of all things would twinkle so bright that I would have to turn off my own light...Read the rest...
Categories: words, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Weight of Words Spoken
Some words root deep, silent and enduring, like water rounding edges over time. Others touch lightly, brief as breath, gone before they settle into memory. To speak is to feel something real in your hand, to weigh its edges, its...Read the rest...
Categories: words, 9th grade,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Reported convergence of science and spirit
There is a reported Convergence of Science and spirit Seen as evidence Of a coming Realization of what For the millennia Has evaded so much Searching..a goal On the horizon with A promise finally Of felt success.. Such may seem a story Of futility writ...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, science, time, words,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Institutions and Idolatry
Institutions Attempt to define What is not definable So that adherents Might own a set Of concepts.. Which when believed May be idolatrous to That which can't be Defined......Read the rest...
Categories: community, inspiration, words,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member A Summary of A Fall
I suppose I did stretch it out fine - gossamer lines running from my mouth out of me in dribs n drabs in that sort of slow motion ...Read the rest...
Categories: words, anxiety, emotions, introspection, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Non-duality in a nutshell
Not a zebra Yet, Appears as a zebra.. That's it! Non-duality in a Nutshell......Read the rest...
Categories: animal, humorous, words,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member This one never mine
Made alot of mistakes in a life, felt days of regret asking heaven why But that day you came in like a gulfstream hurricane thankfully wasn't one I let by. Found myself out of the...Read the rest...
Categories: words, 12th grade, life, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ink of the Heart
In the hollow of quiet, I cradle my voice, words not yet spoken, only savored, like salt clinging from a distant sea. What can be shared, if not marrow deep, roots that split and entwine— truths no heartbeat dares reveal. So...Read the rest...
Categories: words, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member When Words Take Flight
They say a thought, once loosed, flares like a wild ember—small but defiant, escaping the quiet cage of the mind, drifting past reason’s steady pull. Words rush forward, spilling from a hidden well, lending courage to voices and daring tongues to...Read the rest...
Categories: words, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
SPACE BETWEEN STARS
SPACE BETWEEN STARS The space between stars is not empty It is just like the space between words Full, yet seemingly hidden from view Although sometimes never recognised For the depth of meaning lurking here Offering more questions than answers But silently,...Read the rest...
Categories: space, stars, words,
Form: Free verse

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