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POEM OF THE DAY
[i Saw His Round Mouth's Crimson]
[I saw his round mouth's crimson deepen as it fell],
Like a Sun, in his last deep hour;
Watched the magnificent recession of farewell,
Clouding, half gleam, half glower,
And a last splendour burn the heavens of his cheek.
And in his eyes
The cold stars lighting, very old and bleak,
In different skies.
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Like a Sun, in his last deep hour;
Watched the magnificent recession of farewell,
Clouding, half gleam, half glower,
And a last splendour burn the heavens of his cheek.
And in his eyes
The cold stars lighting, very old and bleak,
In different skies.
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POEM OF THE DAY - MODERN POEM
The Wound
The tenth day, and they give
my mirror back. Who knows
how to drink pain, and live?
I look, and the glass shows
the truth, fine as a hair,
of the scalpel's wounding care.
A round reproach to all
that's warped, uncertain, clouded,
the sun climbs. On the wall,
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my mirror back. Who knows
how to drink pain, and live?
I look, and the glass shows
the truth, fine as a hair,
of the scalpel's wounding care.
A round reproach to all
that's warped, uncertain, clouded,
the sun climbs. On the wall,
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POEM OF THE DAY - MEMBER POEM
Beauty
We live in a world
Where definition of beauty is shaped by society's standards
We live in a world
Where beauty is defined by words like:
TALL, SKINNY, FLAWLESS, PRETTY or YELLOW BONE
I'm surrounded by ads portraying the ideal standard of beauty,
I'm surrounded by ads telling me, what I NEED to be pretty.
The shiny long hair, straight white teeth, plastic surgery to fix my nose,
makeup to conceal my flaws,
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Where definition of beauty is shaped by society's standards
We live in a world
Where beauty is defined by words like:
TALL, SKINNY, FLAWLESS, PRETTY or YELLOW BONE
I'm surrounded by ads portraying the ideal standard of beauty,
I'm surrounded by ads telling me, what I NEED to be pretty.
The shiny long hair, straight white teeth, plastic surgery to fix my nose,
makeup to conceal my flaws,
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Writing a poem is not about bringing some words together to create some charming sentences. It's so much deeper than that. Writing poetry is a bridge that allows people to express their feelings and make others live every single word they read. Poetry is to educate people, to lead them away from hate to love, from violence to mercy and pity. Writing poetry is to help this community better understand life and live it more passionately. PoemHunter.com contains an enormous number of famous poems from all over the world, by both classical and modern poets. You can read as many as you want, and also submit your own poems to share your writings with all our poets, members, and visitors.
Top 500 Poems
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Maya Angelou
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Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
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I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
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Maya Angelou
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You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
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With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
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Robert Frost
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
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And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
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Langston Hughes
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Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
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For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
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Edgar Allan Poe
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It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
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In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
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Pablo Neruda
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I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.
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I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.
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Maya Angelou
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The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
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on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
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NEW POEMS
My Heart Prompts Me To Vote A Good Poem
If there is a system
Of voting a poem is
In place then why
Can't we vote a poem?
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Of voting a poem is
In place then why
Can't we vote a poem?
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Touch Of Heaven.
Oh skylight, you take my heart in
flight. Underneath the beautiful blue,
of the clouds that move. Surrounded
by, the beautiful neon green, of the
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flight. Underneath the beautiful blue,
of the clouds that move. Surrounded
by, the beautiful neon green, of the
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Angel Like- Haiku
An evening glow showed.
That stopped the world that passed by.
Touching the heart so.
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That stopped the world that passed by.
Touching the heart so.
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Hollywood Is Burning Down
Hollywood is burning down,
burning down,
burning down,
Hollywood is burning down,
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burning down,
burning down,
Hollywood is burning down,
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Preservation
When you haven't anyone, nobody can hurt you.
When you cry alone, nobody can hear you.
When you walk your path,
nobody will greet you.
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When you cry alone, nobody can hear you.
When you walk your path,
nobody will greet you.
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As If.....
As if some request in your heart Is suppressed,
As if through your eyes You want to say something,
As if while staying awake
A lifetime has passed,
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As if through your eyes You want to say something,
As if while staying awake
A lifetime has passed,
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The Dreamer's Wish
How can I dream, hurting so?
Loathing love, from a legacy of hate.
I am one, black and brown castrated down into the ground.
My dreams are unwilling to participate.
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Loathing love, from a legacy of hate.
I am one, black and brown castrated down into the ground.
My dreams are unwilling to participate.
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Bombs For Palestine
Bombs for Palestine
A pregnant mother is crushed
For a strip of land
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A pregnant mother is crushed
For a strip of land
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The Rooster
I looked at him and then I thought
Did he really get what he had sought,
Over there with others he sits bragging
And no one is ragging.
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Did he really get what he had sought,
Over there with others he sits bragging
And no one is ragging.
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My Dying Mother
You really scared me with your humor
You really scared my little heart
I feel like running out of line and words
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You really scared my little heart
I feel like running out of line and words
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If Turkey And Pakistan Think Of Attacking Israel, It Will Teach Them A Lesson
If they dare attacking Israel just for the religious line,
They will learn a lesson for ever,
If talk they fanatically toeing the narrow mentality,
Israel will teach them a lesson
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They will learn a lesson for ever,
If talk they fanatically toeing the narrow mentality,
Israel will teach them a lesson
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A New Nigeria Is Born
I have witness the birth of a new country
I have witness the birth of a new nation
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I have witness the birth of a new nation
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Top 500 Member Poems
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Howard Simon
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The low lands call
I am tempted to answer
They are offering me a free dwelling
Without having to conquer
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I am tempted to answer
They are offering me a free dwelling
Without having to conquer
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yoonoos peerbocus
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Beautiful is the 'thank you'
Wrapped with gratitude,
Offered to peace prone people
Who offer what is real-themselves
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Wrapped with gratitude,
Offered to peace prone people
Who offer what is real-themselves
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Muzahidul Reza
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Indoors by technology, outdoors by speedy transport
I travel the world
Today in Japan, tomorrow in Rome,
Next day by an ancient civilization or in Hawaii or Coast Ivory,
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I travel the world
Today in Japan, tomorrow in Rome,
Next day by an ancient civilization or in Hawaii or Coast Ivory,
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Chinedu Dike
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The Peace Warrior Of Mzansi, among heroes - a colossus!
Sun Of The Nation; A rare gift of Providence.
Once, entangled in the web of racist succubus;
Unruffled he declares before High Justice:
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Sun Of The Nation; A rare gift of Providence.
Once, entangled in the web of racist succubus;
Unruffled he declares before High Justice:
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Muzahidul Reza
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No earthquake, no thunder, no volcanic eruption
Or even there was not any of other natural calamities,
A sudden loud sound broke out all through the bush
With whizzing, shuddering, cracking, tearing, echoing,
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Or even there was not any of other natural calamities,
A sudden loud sound broke out all through the bush
With whizzing, shuddering, cracking, tearing, echoing,
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yoonoos peerbocus
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I came as tomorrow
Swaddled in unawareness
To your warm womb
Mother……
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Swaddled in unawareness
To your warm womb
Mother……
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Ernestine Northover
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Sweet moment, stay with me,
and pray do not flee so soon,
Let me enjoy the bliss of that
first kiss beneath the moon.
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and pray do not flee so soon,
Let me enjoy the bliss of that
first kiss beneath the moon.
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Howard Simon
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Pounds of pain punctured my progress
Tons of trouble terminated my tranquility
Swarms of stress subtracted my substance
My heart exploded like a thousand thunders
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Tons of trouble terminated my tranquility
Swarms of stress subtracted my substance
My heart exploded like a thousand thunders
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Top 500 Classical Poems
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Jacques Prevert
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Rappelle-toi Barbara
Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest ce jour-là
Et tu marchais souriante
Épanouie ravie ruisselante
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Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest ce jour-là
Et tu marchais souriante
Épanouie ravie ruisselante
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Richard Lovelace
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TO AMARANTHA; THAT SHE WOULD DISHEVELL HER HAIRE.
I.
Amarantha sweet and faire,
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I.
Amarantha sweet and faire,
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Evie Shockley
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you put this pen
in my hand and you
take the pen from you put this pen
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in my hand and you
take the pen from you put this pen
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Barbara Guest
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On this dry prepared path walk heavy feet.
This is not "dinner music." This is a power structure.
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This is not "dinner music." This is a power structure.
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Richard Lovelace
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"Come, pretty birds, present your lays,
And learn to chaunt a goddess praise;
Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be
Employ'd to serve her deity:
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And learn to chaunt a goddess praise;
Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be
Employ'd to serve her deity:
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6.
Robert William Service
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If you had the choice of two women to wed,
(Though of course the idea is quite absurd)
And the first from her heels to her dainty head
Was charming in every sense of the word:
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(Though of course the idea is quite absurd)
And the first from her heels to her dainty head
Was charming in every sense of the word:
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Emily Jane Brontë
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A little while, a little while,
The weary task is put away,
And I can sing and I can smile,
Alike, while I have holiday.
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The weary task is put away,
And I can sing and I can smile,
Alike, while I have holiday.
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8.
Banjo Paterson
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Long ago the Gladiators,
When the call to combat came,
Marching past the massed spectators,
Hailed the Emp'ror with acclaim!
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When the call to combat came,
Marching past the massed spectators,
Hailed the Emp'ror with acclaim!
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