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Lists of the best poems and poets from every genre; collections of poetry from the romantic to the reflective, dark, satirical, nostalgic and more.

The Merry Month of May Sonnets
I know. Y'all are getting sick of the poetry influx that's been a-happenin' over on Vocal Media lately. "Sonnets?" you balked. "What next? This has got to stop."
By Jillian Spiridon5 years ago in Poets
Unpaginated
Orchestrating violins thru whisky sky clouds slide like billiard balls a Jackie Gleason-Fats Domino ricochet off greener velvet;
By Maiya Devi Dahal5 years ago in Poets
If
If all the sermons good men preach And all the precepts that they teach Were gathered into one Unbroken line of silver speech,
By Maiya Devi Dahal5 years ago in Poets
Wishes
I wish for such a lot of things That never will come true, And yet I want them all so much I think they might, don't you?
By prashant sapkota5 years ago in Poets
I Am
I am loving and caring I wonder why people can't communicate better I hear angry voices from those around me I see unhappy people
By Maiya Devi Dahal5 years ago in Poets
THE GRAND SUMMER 2021 SONNET BATTLE!
. THE GRAND SUMMER 2021 SONNET BATTLE! 5 Sonnets enter! But only 1 Gets Out Alive! . ROUND 1 SHAKESPEARIAN-STYLE SUMMER SONNET
By Ross E Fortune Lombardi5 years ago in Poets
Notes From the Bridge #3B
My first memory of my father: I was laying in my crib. He said,’ You can’t throw up anymore, we are out of sheets’. My second memory of my father:
By Natalie Wilkinson5 years ago in Poets
Writing Poetry and Short Stories
My Creativity; It is in the form of words, Poetry, and Short Stories. Words that bring a smile, sometimes a chuckle or two. Words that touch your heart, bring a tear to your eye. Words of truth, fantasy, love, heartbreak, tragedy.
By A. Keith Clement5 years ago in Poets
Lover
I've been told I need to write lists. "Write out what you want, write out your standards, write out the pros and cons." So I suppose here, I'll do what they say, and make some lists.
By Persephone Stylet5 years ago in Poets
The 33 Poems I Wrote for Vocal’s True Colors Challenge. Top Story - May 2021.
I did something I did not expect: in a two-week span I wrote over thirty poems all around the themes of colors and uniqueness (specifically, things that make me unique). While some came out better than others—though you can be the judge—I wanted to compile them all somewhere just so that there's a marker for this momentous (?) occasion. (I know it only matters to me, but still.)
By Jillian Spiridon5 years ago in Poets
Frigid Views
Winter whites and whites and whites and greys She waits and whiles the winter hours away The greens and golds and lucious fruit-soaked beauty of it all……
By Julie Garvey5 years ago in Poets
COLOURS
I heard blacks not a colour I heard it was a lie like it is something that you add to make a colour die I heard it was a mixture
By Michael Boulatsakos 5 years ago in Poets