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 PursuitsThe Psyche aye seeks an end to sling
Its filaments wide across and all around ,
To ensnare it's weird, stray prey with a fling ...
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Categories:
life, philosophy,
Form: Lyric
VanguardDavid 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...
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Categories:
death of a friend,
Form: Lyric
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...
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Categories:
appreciation, blessing, celebration, christian,
Form: Lyric
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!...
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Categories:
allegory, allusion,
Form: Lyric
Midnight Has Come To Our TownMidnight 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...
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Categories:
anxiety, celebration, dream, hope,
Form: Lyric
Do No Harm And Sleep wellFrustrations 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...
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Categories:
anxiety, character, fear, feelings,
Form: Lyric
can’t avoid nor undo the void of my voiceCan’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...
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Categories:
desire, emotions, encouraging, endurance,
Form: Lyric
The Reason Why I CryHigh, 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...
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Categories:
anger, angst, sad,
Form: Lyric
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...
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Categories:
love,
Form: Lyric
Everything Else Is DramaI 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,...
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Categories:
addiction, betrayal, career, emotions,
Form: Lyric
A Lasting ImpressionI 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....
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Categories:
art, extended metaphor, fun,
Form: Lyric
Now That Someone Cares About meNow 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...
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Categories:
desire, emotions, future, happiness,
Form: Lyric
Be Free To ChooseDon'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...
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Categories:
conflict, dream, emotions, endurance,
Form: Lyric
From Across the CrowdDoes 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.
...
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Categories:
beauty, feelings, introspection, love,
Form: Lyric
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...
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Categories:
freedom,
Form: Lyric
Specific Types of Lyric Poems
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country, friendship, funny, kids, life, love, middle school, music, song,
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Definition | What is Lyric in Poetry?