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Poetry about Poets. Read and share great examples of all types of poems on being a poet or about poets. This list of poets poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of poets poetry. It is not unusual for a poet to write about other poets and these are great examples of poems for and about poets. 
Why did I become a Poet
Truthfully, the question knocked me off my feet Like I was zapped by the stun gun, The question is so insipid, so jejune, so naive so unsavory that I caught myself dumfounded. How can you ‘become’ a poet? Can you...Read the rest...
Categories: passion, perspective, poets,
Form: Free verse



Divine Instrument of the Soul
In the silence, I feel it stir, a spark within my fingertips a gentle nudging, a whispered promise, to bring forth the unseen the hand, a vessel, a sacred tool, a bridge between the heart and mind a...Read the rest...
Categories: god, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
The Weight of Ink
As I sit with pen in hand, a canvas of white A void that begs to be filled with the whispers of my heart Each word a brushstroke, a color that takes flight A symphony of emotions, a...Read the rest...
Categories: poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poet's Note
Giving voice to my dream, my hope, my belief, Meant silencing doubts who clung like murky mist, Listening to the light, which banished my grief. Joy stirred my soul with hope I just couldn’t resist, Causing me to kiss...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, muse, poems, poetess, poetry,
Form: Terza Rima
Premium Member Smokey Filled Speak Easy
In the dim-lit alley of the soul's bazaar, Were jazz and jive spill from ajar, We tap our feet, snap fingers, under stars, And speak in verses, raw and without pause. The city breathes, a living, pulsing beat, Its heart...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, anxiety, celebration, creation, imagery,
Form: Rhyme



Why I became a poet
When the sable ink flirted with the quill How my muse blushed and blotted with a thrill Upon parchment that submitted at will To the words that began to overspill At school I discovered 'tram' rhymed with 'scram' And...Read the rest...
Categories: poetry, poets,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Why Poetry
There was no purpose or plan No mentor took me by the hand I never knew 'if', 'what', or 'how'. But I know why I became a poet. To gaze upon an entity To observe a person To listen to sounds To...Read the rest...
Categories: poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
Why Did I Become A Poet
Does anyone ask a bird to sing or a rose to bloom? Does anyone comfort a butterfly in times of gloom? Reaping nectar is built into a honeybee's instinct. Aren't thoughts and feelings, like chains of pearls, with...Read the rest...
Categories: poems, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Contested Meta Poem
In front of a blank page, I sit with my pen, Writing a poem for a contest again. With thoughts in a tangle, I ponder and fret, “What metaphor fits?” but none come to me...Read the rest...
Categories: poetry, poets,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member I know it, I'm a poet
How fun to carefully choose words set to rhyme (I don't usually talk like this all the time) I became a poet to share my Thought-- I am told I'm "thoughtful"; I think a LOT I joined PoetrySoup, to...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, community, poems, poetess, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Turning Mud Pie into Poetry Soup, Part Ate
Kapow! Here’s mud in your face! Poetasting rhymes, rhythms and nuclear waste. Playing in mud pits, kitchens and certainly laced Everyting that’s made . . . in this mysterious place. Prob’ly shouldn’t eat this...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Why I became a Poet
Beyond dry facts, a muse awakens bright, Poetry's embrace, where hidden feelings write. My teacher's heart finds solace in the rhyme, Inspiring minds to soar beyond fading time. Language, my brush, paints worlds for all to...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, celebration, creation, nature, poems,
Form: Personification
Premium Member An Obsessed Poet
The stream cascades skyward in swirling spate of ebullience with the dancing shadows of trees swaying entranced. Tempting topaz dew makes dainty diadem on glinting grass tips, weaves lilting lattice for me as I lie...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, crush, poets,
Form: Free verse
My Hearts Garden
Crafts loves this is a mystery I see I didn’t know I suffer the same fate I too have a garden, mahogany Vines twist rocks onyx and alabaster Oaks and ember leaves in zeal flutter light Azure sky cast a...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, dark, emotions, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Bear Cub and Butterfly
Blinking away the last vestiges of slumber, the cub takes a few tentative steps, her paws sinking into the soft, loamy soil. With each cautious movement, she pauses, her small nose twitching, as she samples the myriad of scents, that permeate the forest. The...Read the rest...
Categories: poets, animal, beautiful, beauty, butterfly,
Form: Free verse

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