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Poetry about Poets. Read and share great examples of all types of poems on being a poet or about poets. This list of poets poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of poets poetry. It is not unusual for a poet to write about other poets and these are great examples of poems for and about poets. 
Premium Member The Dying Poet
As shadows climb and mingle with the light, The dying poet reaches for his pen, To catch the fleeting image of the night And phrase a moment’s beauty once again. Some deem the poet’s gift to be a...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, death, inspiration, life, nostalgia,
Form: Sonnet



Taking small things
I've picked too many flowers and I've stolen my fair share of leaves. Pocket every daisy, tulip. All for the sake of me. Peel every flower, gently with ease. Hold them forever, but it...Read the rest...
Categories: pain, parody, poets, repetition,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Go With the Flow
When few comments come in, I know it God's will. He has something better for me in store to do. I never feel alone or tearfully bereft. Mans' moods, cannot steal my heart by theft. Oh, they may try...Read the rest...
Categories: inspirational, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Poetry And The Poet
Though poetry requires a sense of rhythm-form (for clear recognition) approach varies greatly, the size of the word-ship and runway -- whether calm sailing or raging storm -- an even glide or extreme dive alarm -- the pilot of his poem the...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, imagination, inspirational, introspection, poetry,
Form: Free verse
I have no such fears I may cease to be
I’ve no such fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has picked my spilling mind, Nor that seeds sowed may never get to grow, Nor yet my wish is ripened fruits to find. Enough for me...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, poetry, poets,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member Gemini Garden, Silent One
“birds care not for whom they sing” - Silent One Many writes come and go, could there be One you know? There are writers that write words,  there is One who writes with feelings and herbs. Priceless masterpieces better than...Read the rest...
Categories: birthday, celebration, poems, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Poet
No secret poets are fond of stars and dreaming -- of gazing and seeming: using one's mind as a portal, focusing crystal -- using the heart, to capture as a vessel, all that is clean and unclean -- no...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, imagination, literature, passion, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poetry Should Be Felt
Words mean what to you? Did you know, words have feelings like people? Poetry is written with, heart from my meaningful words. Some poems ooze happiness, others can be very sad. Did my poem make you laugh? Is your answer yes? If so my...Read the rest...
Categories: feelings, fun, poems, poets,
Form: Suzette Prime
Premium Member Poets and Seasons, Hand in Hand
Earth comes alive when Spring debuts, as poets’ pens sweet Nature woos. We write of warmth and blooms that thrive. When Spring debuts, Earth comes alive. The summer comes with long hot days, beach time, and trips....Read the rest...
Categories: poets, seasons,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Thirst-quenching Poetry Soup
A community of poets, from all over the world, with cultures, beliefs, and faiths, though different, can participate in this contest contributing their viewpoints. As a common platform, it treats amateur, professional, famous and budding poets alike. Inspired by the flawless...Read the rest...
Categories: 5th grade, poets, world,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poetry Soup
A bowl of borscht, split pea, or vasale' sublime Add a cup of apt metaphor and a pinch of fine rhyme Stir in a dash of passion and a pinch of zeal for flavor Poetry Soup Voila' a...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, friendship, how i feel,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The Key to Poetic Greatness
“It doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism ...Read the rest...
Categories: character, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Poetry Soup Is
Poetry Soup Is… A place to post words and be heard a platform for prose, a poet’s eatery A sonneteer’s palace, for the sagacious or the absurd A silver chalice that pours golden poetry Rhymed and skillfully quilled Artful...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, analogy, community, how i
Form: Rhyme
Letter to Poetry Soup
The laptop screen flickers as I turn to you. A dream lingers and a branch outside my window waves. I browse posts and comments and I’m connected. A bird off somewhere sings a world waits outside my window. I wonder what to poem and...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, allegory, community, friendship, morning,
Form: Free verse
A to Z of Power of Poetry
Ancestral echoes in crumbling stone, Ballad of battles bravely fought and known. Civilizations carved in shifting sand, Dawning inspiration, a poet's helping hand. Each era's eye, a fresh interpretation, Fiery passion fuelling creation. Gleaming verses, wisdom's gentle rain, Hidden emotions...Read the rest...
Categories: poems, poetry, poets,
Form: ABC

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Book: Shattered Sighs