Art Poems - Examples of all types of art poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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LilithLilith, you're a beauty, so brave and bold
Every strand of your hair is gold
Your mystery is like the night
Great men want to hold you tight
You're a myth from the ancient time...
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Categories:
art, beauty,
Form: Rhyme
Hours of Flowers*The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid*
6 million or more flowers to honor the dead
It's such a little thing-- remembrance, with flowers
a labor of love that would take many hours
Hardly even a start to...
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Categories:
art, flower, garden, holocaust,
Form: Couplet
ArmorSkin art,
on display.
Vibrant armor,
expressed to protect her -
Pure heart....
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Categories:
art, emotions, feelings, pride,
Form: Cinqku
The Beauty of DeathI stare into the soul of death:
She has eyes like nothing I have seen before,
And she exhibits her wrath by staring right back.
She knows what she is doing—cold;
Merciless. Her body coils around me,
And with every...
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Categories:
animal, art, death,
Form: Free verse
what is itThe marble block before me
Chipped away enough to look busy
Stood proudly
Dust and marble flaked
Hammer and chisel in hand
As passersby asked:
“what is it”
I told them:
” it is a thought
Lost in the illusion
Of an artists desire
To conquer
Perfection”
//what...
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Categories:
art,
Form: Free verse
The Train of Life
Categories:
art,
Form: Free verse
Invisible Sculpture - Salvatore Garauclose you eyes for this
open your hands
tell me what you feel
forget texture or shape
tell me...
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Categories:
art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Embroidery ClothEmbroidery cloth
Expensive, fashionable
Takes hours to have one....
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Categories:
art, creation, engagement, fashion,
Form: Haiku
Sunlight in the Cafeteria - Edward Hoppersallow confined to the shadow
though his glance reaches across the void
solvent so far in my averted gaze
this man will not stop the sun falling on my face
my air is purified, greyness swerves me
salt cellars absorb...
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Categories:
art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Blue Dog by George RodrigueGeorge Rodrigue never expected the Blue Dog to be his ticket to fame
But it is, and it has never stopped
If you were one of the lucky ones, you have first editions
Purchased for a mere pittance...
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Categories:
art,
Form: Free verse
California MemoriesHer name was Charlie
And she is what I’d call poetry
In the way that dreamers hope to capsule up and be immortalized beyond the two hands that control it all
A wildflower twisted up with...
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Categories:
adventure, art, crush, fun,
Form: Blank verse
Those Distant StarsSee those distant stars?
That is what we are,
A hologram in which each part
Retains an image of the start,
Alongside which exists the end,
The road to God and art....
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Categories:
art, god, philosophy, star,
Form: Free verse
The Sweet Spot(Pema on Turkish Rug, 2023)
The Sweet Spot
Remarkably, right on the cusp
Between the tangible and intangible
Sit the old tribal weavings
Of the near to far East.
I’m sure to many
Both there and here
This subtle distinction of delicate balance
Goes...
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Categories:
art, heart, spiritual,
Form: Narrative
Prints In The SandNice to draw in sand
High tide comes, it erases
Any prints there is....
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Categories:
art, engagement, inspiration, motivation,
Form: Haiku
Euphoric Visual GatewayRipples of gawk and gaze splendour,
at one’s fingertips eternally,
cornucopia an instant dream float,
golden gust garner without rein,
indulgent Pysche extract from nirvana,
but voyage of the quadrille quill,
on impact whilst a glittering weave,
admission of luxurious environment,
a...
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Categories:
art, beautiful, beauty, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Art Poems
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