Best Heroic Couplet Poems
Below are the all-time best Heroic Couplet poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of heroic couplet poems written by PoetrySoup members
Sailors FollowThose stars that sailors follow
Guiding less the sea to swallow
And the night seas black as tar
Beyond the wave a land afar
Halyards taught, blocks in tallow
Breezes...
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seastars,
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Heroic Couplet
The Blood Stained BridgeInto the timeless wood he fled, running from the night
While demons of his past gave chase beneath the pale moonlight
The man dressed in soiled rags,...
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allegory,
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Heroic Couplet
Written In the SandWRITTEN IN THE SAND
The Big Five—Africa’s pride in the vast open wild
Buffalo, Rhinoceros, Elephant, Leopard and Lion
Their prey—scattered Impala, Kudu and Waterbuck
On hardened dust… their...
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analogy, introspection, proposal,
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Heroic Couplet
Necromancer (The Haunting Continues...)In the cemetery I walk, so dark it is this night.
Hoping that the Ghouls won't start to bite.
I feel the tug of the dead,...
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death, fantasy, imaginationdark, dark,
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Heroic Couplet
Yes, MotherLooking back to memories bright,
I remember she’d teach me wrong from right.
“Clean your plate. There are others who have none.”
“Do your homework, and let...
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childhood, inspirational, mom, mother,
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Heroic Couplet
The Sea In Her HeartHer heart sailed away from me into the sea,
Her love for me is just a fading memory.
I think of her love and faint to pray,
I...
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lost love, me, heart,
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Heroic Couplet
Crying In the RainCrying in the Rain
Lurking behind the curtain of world war ;
You cheer to a Monday Night Raw;
...
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abuse,
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Heroic Couplet
Perfect Winter NightThis is a perfect winter night to tandem thyself with my sizzling nerves
Candle light stuns thy hips moving in wine-red skirt, penning killer curves
O’...
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girlfriend-boyfriend, loveme,
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Heroic Couplet
Zephyr's MagicZephyr’s Magic
I feel the delight of Zephyr’s Magic,
As I walk in nighttime mist majestic.
This West wind caresses my very soul,
As I walk earful...
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allegory, dream, imagery, journey,
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Heroic Couplet
Stronger Than She Thinks.....She is a loving mother,
her pain is like no other.
Kids taken all at once away.
A price too steep to have to pay.
Holds...
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angst, depression, devotion, faith,
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Heroic Couplet
The First Full MoonAlmost a month since that fateful night
That I was bitten under the full moon's light.
I am still here but with a yearning
And wonder why a...
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fantasy, imagination, mysteryme, me,
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Heroic Couplet
Saint BlackheartSaint Blackheart walks the Autumn streets and smiles with diamond eyes;
She's well-aware of what you think, but listens to your lies.
Confess your...
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Categories:
allegory, death, imagination, introspection,
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Heroic Couplet
I Hate To Admit It~ Inspired by the likes of Hoplessly Devoted to You ~
The reflection of your beauty are shadows on the wall,
The abstract of your spirit is...
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Categories:
absence, allusion, beauty, clothes,
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Heroic Couplet
AbominationABOMINATION
Abomination is my name.
There is no passion I've not felt.
Yearning pens attempt at fame
Dare each relationship to melt.
There is no struggle that I scorn.
There is...
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Categories:
emotions, life, me, passion,
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Heroic Couplet
We Sisters ThreeWe sisters three
Do so decree
That these men
Know their sin.
Reaz, you mortal Fool
Illy was your sacred Jewel.
How could you endlessly cheat
And lead her on with...
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Categories:
fantasy, imagination, mysterywords,
Form:
Heroic Couplet