Lyric Poems. Examples of Lyrics and a list of new poems in the correct poetic form and technique. These express the thoughts and feelings of the poet and are often designed to be written for musical accompaniment. These can also be song lyrics which stand alone as art. Share and read short, long, best, and famous Lyric poetry while accessing rules, format, types, and a comprehensive literary definition of a Lyric.
A lyric poem is a form of poetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet, but there is more to a lyric. What is lyric in poetry (complete definition)?
Chasing rainbowsChasing rainbows
When all hope just seems to fade,
When the darkness throws more shade,
When your heart can't catch a break,
Negativity you can't shake...no more
Bridge
Please look to me for comfort
Let me bring you comfort tonight
Chorus
Keep chasing rainbows...
Keep...
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Categories:
anxiety, faith, grief, heartbreak,
Form: Lyric
Only Slade's BrainTim was the new judge in Deadwood Flat
Not really qualified, just a rancher at that
He first case was of the outlaw, Horace Slade
Caught red handed in a cattle raid
The jury took ten minutes to recommend...
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Categories:
humor, time, western,
Form: Lyric
Wedding VowsI promise to love you
Love you with a love so strong
No mountain, nor hill, nor forest
Could stand in our way
I promise to cherish you
Cherish you like a man in the desert
Values every drop of...
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Categories:
sad love, true love,
Form: Lyric
I'm into kinky girls who are into weird thingsI went to jack in the box to get some fries
Long day at work not going to five guys
The cashier looked a bit was different
No sweetly old man wearing grease from the kitchen
I walked to...
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Categories:
beauty, cheer up, funny,
Form: Lyric
BEST TO RUN AND HIDEInspired by “The Way of Love.”
BEST TO RUN AND HIDE
Lo-o-o-o-ve
Wine in glasses blush
ooh-la-la-la-la
Friends say, “What’s the rush?”
The swirl of first sips
See him in my bowl
There, close to my lips
The mate of my soul
For that kiss...
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Categories:
love,
Form: Lyric
Barkley DeVileBarkley DeVile, Barkley DeVile
Barkley’s my Beagle and hes handsome as hell!
If you saw him, you’d see just what I mean!
Barkley, Oh Barkley
You must be the cutest Beagle there’s ever been!
I love you...
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Categories:
animal, appreciation,
Form: Lyric
Speak To Me In WhispersSpeak to me in Whispers
My weakness is magnetic
Attracted to the metal in your spine
My creative spark
Ignited by the fire in your mind
The hunger I have for learning
Is fed with the manna you bestow
The vessel of...
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Categories:
love,
Form: Lyric
Real Men Don't Cheat on Their WomenGod simply made man and woman
to be together for the rest of their lives,
it's a blessing this heedless world
has not fully known;
and it's so rare nowadays
to see two people in love
and promise each other to...
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Categories:
betrayal, devotion, dream, longing,
Form: Lyric
I'AM IN LOVE WITH HER SOUL SOOh soul in a young frame she came
to learn unto me I look into her eyes
I feel a heartbeat as I hear the light
that shines bright from her eyes
she sparkles she's...
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Categories:
anxiety, appreciation, beautiful, for
Form: Lyric
Angela DeVil(To be sung to the tune of “Cruella DeVil” from Disney’s 101 Dalmatian)
Angela DeVil, Angela DeVil.
Often misunderstood
As after a kill
To see her is to think
Of a devil from hell.
Angela, Angela
Why not give the girl a...
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Categories:
judgement, society, song,
Form: Lyric
Trapped in the Ivy LeagueKathy Boudin thought the U.S. beyond repair,
She thought she saw the deep reality, and it was unfair.
From SDS to the Weather Underground,
She dived deep in Marxism, plain sense no longer found.
A bomb went off, unintended,...
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Categories:
america, culture, freedom,
Form: Lyric
down belowBuilding up terrible turbulence in my brain
Resurrecting rain in my lonely lane, driving me insane
Going down below, low, low, low
The darkest night has glow, oh, oh
I don’t understand why-why-why
I feel below you…you…you…
I don’t know why,...
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Categories:
angst, emotions, endurance,
Form: Lyric
Funny Guy and Crazy PlayboyEvery girl, every woman
in his hometown
is wild and insane
about that funny guy
and crazy playboy
who deceives anybody
and walks through the halls of Hell
to make them his dearest possession...
until his desire does wane!
Funny guy and crazy...
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Categories:
addiction, adventure, character, desire,
Form: Lyric
We're Gonna Feel Just FineMy friends said C’mon let’s go, let’s head on down to Mexico.’
We’ll drink up all their tequila and we’ll snort up all their blow.
My friends said c’mon let’s go, out to Aspen, Colorado.
We’ll snuggle with...
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Categories:
poetry,
Form: Lyric
Burial At Sea______________________________________________________________
There'd needn't be
no digs of earth
or clumps of clay
that weigh my girth,
...
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Categories:
lyric, baptism, bereavement, death, funeral,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
Specific Types of Lyric Poems
Read wonderful lyric poetry on the following sub-topics:
country, friendship, funny, kids, life, love, middle school, music, song,
and more.
Definition | What is Lyric in Poetry?