Best Elliptic Poems
Below are the all-time best Elliptic poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of elliptic poems written by PoetrySoup members
Declaration of ConceptionDeclaration of Conception:
(Books are life)
Syringe of knowledge
Injected into my vein
Before birth
...
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Categories:
elliptic, on writing and words
Form:
Free verse
I'M Leaving EventuallyI'm Leaving (eventually)
I'm going to leave the planet
never coming back
wave you all a quick goodbye
as I vanish into black
Traverse the great elliptic
skipping...
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Categories:
elliptic, dream, stars,
Form:
Rhyme
Room Made of WarThere is a room
no walls, no floor
woven black
and made of war
no sun to crawl
no stars transcend
elliptic arc
never descend
in this place
mirror of death
brought to...
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Categories:
elliptic, absence, depression, psychological,
Form:
Rhyme
Love Is Her Belief and Her CommandmentLove is her Belief and her Commandment
by Michael R. Burch
for Beth
Love is her belief and her commandment;
in restless dreams at night, she dreams of Love;
and...
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Categories:
elliptic, angel, faith, god, heaven,
Form:
Verse
Bio-Thermal Geometry
Mama, mama ...
I got a triangular problem
And I need you
to give me the square deal truth
Straight honest for real, lying foolproof —
it’s a rectangle...
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Categories:
elliptic, cute, fun, humor, math,
Form:
Light Verse
Slate Sea SwirlsSlate sea swirls
a breath of air.
Quiet illusion
not so rare.
Electric charge
hair stands straight.
My heart and pulse
palpitate.
Kayak rocks
though not a storm.
A silent ship
elliptic form.
Hovers right above
my scalp.
Terror...
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Categories:
elliptic, boat, dark, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
Summer SolsticeSummer solstice
As Sun appeared to stand still in the sky
hence a Latin term solstice arised,
Summer sweltered till to fierce heat's wilt,
came closer to...
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Categories:
elliptic, summer,
Form:
Rhyme
Feeble Little MudskipperIn alternating bad attempts;
To reach a puddle of regret.
A bathing suit of scales he weighs;
His mouth a circle of...
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Categories:
elliptic, animals, funny, nature,
Form:
Couplet
Biothermal Geometry
Mama, mama ...
I got a triangular problem
And I need you
to give me the square deal truth
Straight honest for real, lying foolproof —
it’s a rectangle...
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Categories:
elliptic, best friend, girlfriend, satire,
Form:
Light Verse
Nephalim OracleA cosmic clash of epic force
Split Tiamet like brittle thread
Nibiru hugged its distant course
Propelling moons to gnaw and shred
Kingu marveled at what was formed
Asteroids shed...
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Categories:
elliptic, life, mysterywork, life, work,
Form:
Rhyme
Ban Assault Weapons In 2017 - Part4Firearms magazine offer manifold big bang for their buck,
many ear rational per son or daughter loves advocate, the late chuck
heston (now a shooting...
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Categories:
elliptic, poverty, prayer, racism, silence,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Spring On a Trolley CarLike the Sun
a trolley car
Is bound to the tracks
Like the Sun
A trolley car
follows an elliptical path
Like sunflowers
People need the Sun
For life
The Sun journeys on the...
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Categories:
elliptic, adventure, allegory, moon, morning,
Form:
Free verse
The Oort Cloud ComethThe Oort Cloud Cometh
A few million years from now if we are here
Comets by the thousands will appear
Sent by cosmic forces originated from out there
Science...
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Categories:
elliptic, change, death, image, life,
Form:
Free verse
Canoeing On the Current RiverOur riverbank launch at dawn
where dense forest chills the breeze,
where cottonwood leaves flutter like wings,
and weeping willow penumbras tease.
Glistening, rippling turquoise water churns.
Crystal swirling pools...
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Categories:
elliptic, allegory, dream, extended metaphor,
Form:
Pastoral
Categories:
elliptic, nature, space,
Form:
Haiku