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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 WHY DID I BECOME A POET CONTEST-A Poet Becoming
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to awake one morning into the sound with the antennae of vowel, consonant, and diphthong to calibrate with delicate care the subtlest movement of light and sound to find...Read the rest...
Categories: poetess, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Keep it simple
verbosity and complexity in speech mind-centric, puts heart out of reach instead oh hermit, become like a flower whose ineffable fragrance doth empower without any effort employed on is part sublime effervescence, a work of art...Read the rest...
Categories: poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I am a poet
I am a poet. Not really sure when I accepted this fact but quite thrilled with finally having a title. I write whenever and wherever about whatever. I have written one children’s...Read the rest...
Categories: poetry, poets, writing,
Form: Prose
Lilith, Finale Moon
Zenith swirls of black rose petals, burst into a flock of circling crows, descending ash and rain on my frozen form. Viscera and scarlet pools flash, feet running of a child, car screeching tires with broken glass. Piano motif grave into...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, beautiful, change, dark, death,
Form: Bio
Family Reunion
Breast beat for her I doubt you fathom crude Understand thus gravitas of thy actions true This must entrust you knot the thread bear Bang thy drum roll knees follow you we share Needless pain inflicted as I stroked...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, crazy, dark, daughter, death,
Form: Prose



Lazy
A lazy man sings Of how much work his desk brings, But too lazy is he To do anything but sleep. A lazy man gives So many explanations, yet still Nothing, nothing but sleep. A lazy man's wish...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, 3rd grade, fantasy, fate,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The Raven and The Bard
The Raven and the Bard -Daniel Henry Rodgers The Raven's quill drips shades of blackest night, Its haunting words, a melody of fright. The Bard's natural lines, like "Evangeline's" fair hair, Shed history's warm light to chase away all care...Read the rest...
Categories: philosophy, poets, psychological,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Where Have all the Comics Gone
~ To the tune of: 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?' ~ Where have all the comics gone ...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, dance, farewell, humor, nostalgia,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member A POET’S CRUSH COLLABORATION POETRY CONTEST
A collaboration by Sara Etgen-Baker and Constance LaFrance For the International Contest, A Poet's Crush Collaboration Sponsor, A Poet Destroyer 5/18/2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh, to be loved by a poet To be the poem that ignited their pride To be the one...Read the rest...
Categories: muse, poetess, poets,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Crush On Me
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh, to be loved by a poet To be the poem that ignited their pride To be the one who offers no end to inspiration To be seen, not only by eyes but by heart and soul Oh, to...Read the rest...
Categories: muse, poetess, poets,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Arrows
Arrows from bright, unbroken skies are falling down into the eyes of a man who is searching, yearning to find fantastical vistas inside of his mind. The warming rays illuminate for him branching paths from which to choose again– one that's...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, good morning, imagination, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Checkmate You Lose
Do you tremble, as the monstrous cadence, of the rhinoceros' stride reverberates, like the buffalo's onslaught? Vipers at the water's edge, darting hither and thither, not above but beneath the surface, their sinuous silhouettes fabric of nightmares, tearing sinew from skeleton, swifter than...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, adventure, animal, change, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Poet's Crush
I've seen you through a past sunrise; sunshine. You are like heat, warm to indulge in Identify you, connect with you, and more. Living in a world that is filled with poetry Opening the skies is possible...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, adventure, appreciation, crush, cute
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pull Of Our Hearts
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ as artists, we are defined by the pull of our hearts and not by the creation of our hands ...Read the rest...
Categories: poetess, poets,
Form: Kimo
Where The River Cries
The poet hears the river’s cry In the flow of waters going by Ebb and flow, calm and storm The poet finds the river’s form In verse – in words that soothe and lift The river’s wound the water shifts...Read the rest...
Categories: metaphor, poetry, poets, river,
Form: Couplet

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