World Poems - Examples of all types of world poetry to share and read. This list of world poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. The beauty of our planet is incredible; however, the issues associated with this society are mounting. We hope that the world will become a better place and we write poetry about this hope, as well as, the reality of life in this world.Read
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Moscow IIt caters to an arrogance of hate
when war becomes a method of despite.
Through vile contempt, he seeks to cultivate
a dogma that defines inhuman blight.
The devil’s plan has given due consent
to let annihilation be the goal.
Let...
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Categories:
world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Peace And FreedomWith the academy awards now over the world must focus on the bad actors
With so many hot spots around the world , and so many threats out there we have to factor
We can no longer...
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Categories:
humanity, life, world,
Form: Rhyme
Signs Of The Times
Signs Of The Times
Miracle Man
5/3/2024
Our lives will experience many speed bumps,
Designed to move us from the path we travel.
Perhaps God’s moving us away from our grumps,
Before our present path causes life to unravel.
America is polarized,...
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Categories:
earth, god, jesus, world,
Form: Quatrain
I Hate this WorldI hate this world I'm living in
I hate it to the core
I hate this world I'm living in
Can't take it anymore
The hate that sparks a genocide
Does anybody care?
The theft, the lies, the cover up
Is there...
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Categories:
anger, angst, planet, world,
Form: Quatrain
Sunset of RealityWhat is the feeling of being alone?
Alongside with guilt
Without anyone but a stone
With your name engraved on it
Death is like a torture
With no hesitation
There is uncertainty
If it's all just cessation
It's hard to return
Especially in...
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Categories:
world, break up, imagination, love,
Form: Free verse
No Protest No War!No War No Protest!
Colors of red, green, black, and white
spread on the east side of one campus
On the other a wave of white, and blue stars
A flock has gathered
The atmosphere seems peaceful
Tents resembling...
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Categories:
courage, hope, war, world,
Form: Free verse
A Collective In PiecesWe struggle to find peace in the collective
because we're in pieces as a whole
This fragmentation is unnatural & we're
at war with the divisive
No matter how you slice it us coming together
should be the goal
The...
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Categories:
world, introspection, perspective, philosophy, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Every people from everywhereWhile 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...
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Categories:
world, beautiful, culture, light, love,
Form: Free verse
106 Walt DisneyDreamer extraordinaire Walt Disney.
A work in progress his dreams will always be.
With a mouse called Mickey, he began fussing,
To this day his Disneylands are still plussing.
...
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Categories:
dream, world,
Form: Clerihew
When Seasons SpeakWhen seasons speak
of warm and blue and bright
They call to me
with everything in sight
To worry not
...
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Categories:
world, beauty, conflict, how i
Form: Rhyme
Haiku Translations by Michael R BurchAm I really this old,
so many ghosts
beckoning?
—Michael R. Burch
Sleepyheads!
I recite my haiku
to the inattentive lilies.
—Michael R. Burch
Stillness:
the sound of petals
drifting down softly together...
—Miura Chora, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
The sky tries to assume
your eyes’...
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Categories:
world, death, god, grave, life,
Form: Haiku
A Poem of HopeI hope for a day where the world doesn't end,
I hope for a day where I can find peace,
I hope for a day conflict will die,
I hope for a future that I can't provide.
An optimist...
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Categories:
world,
Form: Free verse
Humanity Is No MoreAtomic bombs are dropped on babies
Humanity is thrown out of the door
Humanity is dead. Humanity is no more
There are too many aggressive and demoniac atrocities
Wars are heartless, bestial, perilous, satanic and deadly
The hypocrisy is clearly...
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Categories:
world, bullying, discrimination, fate, horror,
Form: Rhyme
The Picture
All day the world has waited
for me to come and rest here,
to welcome me into a picture
it has composed with people
walking their dogs along
the water's edge and the wide,
seaweed strewn beach bathed
in the...
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Categories:
beach, sunset, world,
Form: Free verse
Semper AlumnusThank you God
That I’m always a student
I abhor
The slaughters of the babies
Toddlers were killed dead
Young boys and girls were shot dead
Pregnant women were stabbed dead
That’s terror
Young men were executed
Young women were raped and killed
That’s horror
Women...
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Categories:
world, bullying, cancer, child abuse,
Form: Haiku
Specific Types of World Poems
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