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Ode Poems

Displaying 512 poems from the Ode poetic form.

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Ode To Murasaki Shikibu — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Ode to Milady: Compelled I am by your shade. To write about you. Murasaki Shikibu. About your “Tale of Genji.” Your “Tale of Genji.” Prosaic —...	1,278 views Rate it
For My Brother — Will Scarlet	With a 10 cent memo pad And a number 2 pencil My Brother left me a stencil A blueprint for his...	1,018 views Rate it
God Help the Unheard Children — Leslie Kay Lanham	Children should be seen, not heard Who made up this rule? If this is how you truly feel Then you Sir, are a fool. Many children go unheard We look,...	909 views Rate it
I Danced With Calliope Last Night — Karl Constantine FOLKES	I danced with Calliope last night, while playing musically. She with the harp, me with the flute. I danced with her while dreaming. ‘Twas by the...	776 views Rate it
Everybody's Mother — James Walker	She's Everybody's Mother, She blows her breath, On every little burn and scratch She soothes, every little wound and...	531 views Rate it
Martin Luther King’s Dream For America — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Meandering through the passage of time, A prophet and seer among us. Resilient in the quest to find peace; To broken souls, bring them healing. ...	391 views Rate it
Sweet Lydia — Karl Constantine FOLKES	And have you ever seen a bird in flight How gracefully she soars above the trees Leaving her roost in Winter’s blight When Autumn leaves begin to...	339 views Rate it
Ode to a Taoist Wildflower — Karl Constantine FOLKES	A Taoist Wildflower, in a cultivated field, standing bravely, ever firmly; observing nature’s offerings, unsullied by pretenses of human imagery. ...	333 views Rate it
Universal Thunder — Joann Rita Vega	Crying of fear. There comes the wind. Crying of anguish. There come the tears, And the desperation For not being able to change the order. Crying...	216 views Rate it
Ode to The Etheree Poetry Style — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Poetry of thought: Etheree, O Etheree! The art of writing… Ouroboros poetry… Revolving ‘round its center. Poetic wonder. Arkadelphia project. A...	211 views Rate it
Mother's Day — Randy West	God was busy making angels, and one stood out from the others. He saved up all His special parts and put them with my mother’s. He felt this job was...	204 views Rate it
Ode to a piano — Henry Louis White	Two hands in practiced grace, Glide skillfully across the piano's face. The fingers move as if they dance, Each in their own disciplined stance. The...	153 views Rate it
The Great Giraffe — Benson Chukwueke	A god has been born to us But we didn't know The wise men in the east saw the star But didn't know Didn’t the prophet foretell his coming Didn’t an...	152 views Rate it
A girl in the rain — Deep Bhattacharjee	Rain O' Rain Through all her eyes and in my pain, I still see the mist of joy in simmering clouds, All through your body and in your vein, You're...	133 views Rate it
Phases of you — Carissa Baker	Where do we draw the line? Where do we draw the line, between friends and lovers? I don't think of my friends in the ways in which I think of you. ...	118 views Rate it
Old Dog — Leslie Kay Lanham	Sweet old dog that I have found By this tree where you are bound Let me take a look around - Your chains I will unwind. Tell me, is it he or she? ...	115 views Rate it
Martina Hingis — kevin gallagher	She prowls the court on cat-like feet, this slender beauty, so petite, and all her measured steps exude a slinky, feline...	114 views Rate it
The Chair — Dee-Dee Carter	Abandoned, Abstract, Covered With Fine Particles of Yesteryear's Past Quiet Footsteps, Sterned Calloused Hands Arrives to Deliver It From A Torched...	110 views Rate it
A Date with New York — Natalia Carmona	Huge city enveloped by the night With myriad shiny twinkling eyes Your magic floods with joy my heart And I stretch my arms to give You A Hug of ...	107 views Rate it
An ode to Robert Frost — Royce I. Emley	One morning, I happened on a divided path in a yellow wood Then realized it was like the one where Robert Frost once stood I stopped and stared afar,...	106 views Rate it
My Favorite Things — Wayne Beverly	To smell the perfume That lingers nearby And every breath Remind me To feel the bond Of a golden ring And every touch Remind me To see the joy...	103 views Rate it
Silence of the Antecedent — Reil Exce Rosanjelix	If these for walls could talk then these could speak for ways to paint. These brush the colors off their sable bristles on to the face. Surfaces...	81 views Rate it
"Ode to our Veterans" — (Prof.) P J Gammarano, M.A., JD	"Ode to our Veterans" by Prof P J Gammarano, M.A., JD It does not have to be Veteran's Day or Memorial...	80 views Rate it
Lessons from the Ocean — Jennifer Walker	The waves are high, they crash along the shore I don’t dare go in – I’ve been there before But something draws me on, I head into the sea Until I come...	70 views Rate it
Praise the Lord — Ben Potapov	For everything, O Lord, I praise After my troubled day replete with weakness, You send me evening’s dawning rays The vastness of the far away and...	65 views Rate it