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Lyric Poems | Lyric Examples

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)?

Wild Pursuits
The Psyche aye seeks an end to sling Its filaments wide across and all around , To ensnare it's weird, stray prey with a fling ...Read the rest...
Categories: life, philosophy,
Form: Lyric



Vanguard
David H. sought a vanguard for revolution, The Black Panthers seemed the perfect solution. He built them a foundation, it employed his friend, Until she found fraud and met an untimely end. Betty’s murder raised questions—who and why? An inconvenient...Read the rest...
Categories: death of a friend,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member PROMENADE MARCH
Let’s enjoy our promenade march with bliss Brod and Sis, this is great fun we won’t miss… Altogether, we do step forward now Then to our partners, let’s give a glad bow… Turning to the right, let’s hop without...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, blessing, celebration, christian,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member For What!
you tell me to stick around and and I'm like the songwriter..he said sticking around is like the same as being stuck!...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory, allusion,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Midnight Has Come To Our Town
Midnight has come to our town, it's already a New Year; come out and have some fun, fill the streets loud noises and cheer! Trash the old dreams, start the new ones; hear corks popping, rise glasses and sing! The January...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, celebration, dream, hope,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member Do No Harm And Sleep well
Frustrations and struggles amount to rage, if not insanity; do away with all craziness, forgiveness can bring serenity! Do no harm and sleep well; if revenge is all you pursue, be assured that'll you'll hurt yourself for a selfish...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, character, fear, feelings,
Form: Lyric
can’t avoid nor undo the void of my voice
Can’t unveil the unknown in your eyes Can hardly fix the lies in your goodbyes How time flies, how time surely flies I’m getting over the lows in your highs Where do I truly belong? Truly belong? I’m amongst the...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, emotions, encouraging, endurance,
Form: Lyric
The Reason Why I Cry
High, been so high lately… Not the high you’re thinking of clearly I feel high manic-wise In your eyes, in your eyes, in your cruel, green eyes… The reason why I cry The reason why I cry The reason is clear...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, angst, sad,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member soft lavender and silken flower's
You're as pretty as a picture Painted and framed Hanging it in the entery Of this majestic dream Passing fast the images evanscent but, A memory of soft satin Shall always remains And for me only you The morning dawn comes of...Read the rest...
Categories: love,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Everything Else Is Drama
I stare at people and know exactly what they're thinking, a good mind reader needs no guessing; everything else is simply drama, find it in a movie, find it in a soap opera. No, Oscar is waiting; no red carpet,...Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, betrayal, career, emotions,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member A Lasting Impression
I see...a little differently, perhaps, the last impressionist, fluent in colour and free, and then, I remember... I haven't got my glasses on, and trip into a tree....Read the rest...
Categories: art, extended metaphor, fun,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Now That Someone Cares About me
Now that someone cares about me something has changed in me; it has suddenly cheered me up, it has brought me a ray of hope! From now on, life will have a new meaning for me; I finally can be glad to...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, emotions, future, happiness,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Be Free To Choose
Don't listen to bad advice, you're allowed to make the same mistake twice; please, wake up for Heaven's sake: mistakes aren't easy to unmake, stop tossing the dice! Shattered dreams set in motion tears, be free to choose the life that offers only...Read the rest...
Categories: conflict, dream, emotions, endurance,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member From Across the Crowd
Does it not all feel...a little insignificant? when I consider, just quite how magnificent, you are...even if I might appear, a little ambivalent, from across the crowd of stars. ...Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, feelings, introspection, love,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member The Cage
The lyric is inspired by the song “The Code” of Nemo, the winner of 2024 Eurovision Contest I speak to the rippling wind passing me by Let you all hear it whisper I’ve made myself free I’ve broken the...Read the rest...
Categories: freedom,
Form: 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?

Poems Related to Lyric

choral, greek, italian sonnet, song, melodic, melodious, music,


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