Best Riddle Poems
Below are the all-time best Riddle poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of riddle poems written by PoetrySoup members
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me ThatThe greatest puzzle in the world
Is one in which must be mastered;
you are the only curator by far;
not family, friends, or the pastor.
The pieces belong...
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Categories:
inspiration, riddle,
Form:
Rhyme
Let Me Own the NightLet me own the Night
Let the others play on bright sun-filled days,
in song and merriment, play on.
Let me own the shadows that seep into...
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Categories:
riddle, allusion, metaphor, morning, muse,
Form:
Free verse
What Might They Find ThereWhat might you find there
down deep in my soul
Within the darkness
of that expansive hole
Will there be substance
Will there be diamonds or coal
Step down the...
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Categories:
riddle, angst, conflict, desire, humanity,
Form:
Rhyme
A Total EnigmaI can’t be branded and put into a box
I’m a rhyme wrapped within a riddle a complete paradox
I won't carry the labels, or walk...
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Categories:
introspection, riddle,
Form:
Free verse
Still Un-Answered Universal QuestionIs it a myth that History repeats?
This universal question that time deletes
Is the evidence clear that it occurs?
Through eons and eons it strangely recurs
Is...
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Categories:
history, riddle, war,
Form:
Couplet
Goethe's Path
I once stepped into a labyrinth, that grew upon the crest
The unraveled trail through silver pines, where ferns and grasses wept,
Where birdsongs rose, from scattered...
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Categories:
nature, riddle,
Form:
Verse
One Less FortunateWho are the less fortunate?
What are their names?
Are they the crippled,
the blind, the lame?
Is a man in a wheelchair
lesser than I?
His heart may hold treasures
that...
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Categories:
deep, perspective, riddle, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
Weightless, Penniless, Timeless Without ScoreWeightless, Penniless, Timeless Without Score
Death had spoken thus; I see you still deny,
Abides grim darkness in you, 'til bye the bye,
Weightless, penniless, timeless without score
Last...
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Categories:
riddle, art, dark, death, deep,
Form:
Sonnet
How Come I WonderThe sun awakes each early morn
Bright sky glows its colors adorn
Nothing but jeans tattered and torn
Miracle of life a child is born
How come I wonder
Fly...
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Categories:
appreciation, innocence, nature, riddle,
Form:
Rhyme
Northern SuburbiaYour love is real
the love you feel.
Your love is great
the love you make.
Your records are on fire
its your desire.
Take me out tonight
and...
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Categories:
riddle, adventure, allusion, anger, art,
Form:
Lyric
A 'C' ChangeIf you should search for knowledge
To answer the riddle of your self
All the books found on every library shelf
Might not relieve your puzzle a...
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Categories:
riddle, courage, humorous, life, philosophy,
Form:
I do not know?
Poem By Chandler Fisher Theseus and the MinitaurAs the dusk approaches, with a fusk grunt on his face,
He realizes he has to do what's right;
To save his people from the treacherous minotaur...
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Categories:
riddle, cheer up, fantasy, happiness,
Form:
Rhyme
What Am IMy beginnings were ever so humble
To this day I wear others' rags
I'm bungled, fumbled and tumbled
My owner usually brags
Diamonds all shapes and sizes
Multicolored rainbows and...
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Categories:
riddle,
Form:
Rhyme
The World Unknown To MeThe World Unknown to me
Let me write of things I do not know
underneath the folds of nothing
beneath a fake moon's glow
I'll write about my pretend...
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Categories:
imagery, myth, riddle, vanity,
Form:
Rhyme
Ask the SheepWe know knitters knit wool from skeins,
and when wet, us the wearer complains,
for our pullovers shrink,
and so this made me think,
why don't sheep ever shrink...
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Categories:
riddle,
Form:
Limerick