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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 My Angel
I beg you stay a littler longer you are to me as the moon is to the night I will never forget my dream was to hold you in my arms with whispers of delight ...Read the rest...
Categories: fantasy, loss, love, poets,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member I
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am not a poet. I am a word enthusiast....Read the rest...
Categories: poets,
Form: Monoku
Poet Love
Their love affair of words you see, the poet paints, it's artistry, arranging them their mastery, we do so love that poetry!...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member When Words Burn
Your lies are strong like coffee grounds, but I can't grind them up small enough to make them go down smooth Your presence is becoming more like unexpected coffee stains Unsightly, unwanted, unbearable, unstable The heat burns...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, conflict, feelings, hurt, poetry,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Fight Night
The full Half of me wants to empty this clip of aggression The empty half of me wants to light a candle that matches the aroma of my favorite snack and genre of movie Looking through...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, anger, conflict, how i
Form: Blank verse



Premium Member waiter this soup is repeating on me
which is worse to be a fake or fraud or sit by and watch ~ then applaud in truth makes no difference the game is up ~ next stage a firing squad plagiarism and AI does not...Read the rest...
Categories: corruption, poets, truth,
Form: Monoku
The Tortured Poet
She picked up her pen There were monsters in her head Tortured poet's life...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, art, life, mental health,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Why Write
I write . . . to those who read, A written word to understand. For whom the pages turn the truth, ...Read the rest...
Categories: poets,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Poetry Soup Kitchen
Poetry Soup Kitchen On a dark and stormy night, when the temperature plummeted to zero below, A poor soul was lost and frozen, in the cold and blinding snow. All was darkness, all was quiet, all around, until...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, anxiety, community, food, poems,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The inconvenient truth
“The rabbit hole of lust, is subtle and deep ~ Be watchful if we’d take a consciousness leap” ~ quote by poet As we pick up our pen and begin to write, conceding this too is a habit routine, we...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, muse, poets,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member We All Make Poetry Soup
Poetry Soup is fun to make, just follow this easy recipe. First take a huge pot, the internet. Next add a cup of creativity, with a cup of imagination. Add four quarts of red ink, liquid will be needed. Stir well, then start to...Read the rest...
Categories: giggle, poems, poets, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Two Poets Meet Collaboration
What do you see when you see trees? My eyes travel each trunk and branch. With feathered leaves in blowing breeze till the chipper comes with a cranch! Your details shine with luminescence - I eschew detail for the...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, feelings, fun, humor, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Definition of A Poet
Definition of a poet: I think a poet is...? A poet is...? A poet...is!...Read the rest...
Categories: inspirational, poetry, poets, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, art, flower, garden, holocaust,
Form: Couplet
Haiku 4
. back mine dome'z locks roamed 'twixt eve's legz mine wavy strands crisp rivulet rush *rousing the astute's vision ,) ...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, beautiful, eve, extended metaphor,
Form: Haiku

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