Welcome to Poems & Quotes

This website is dedicated to poetry. You will find here lots of poems and quotes about love, friendship, life and many other topics.

You are most welcome to submit your own original poetry as well as comment and rate poems written by others.

The winners of our weekly poetry contest

Tails (17) WIN
by Lebanese Phoenix ( F P C D )
at 2012-01-24

poems about life
rating: 5.0
votes: 9

Beyond the Rainbow (8) WIN
by Dixiedaisy ( F P C D )
at 2012-01-24

poems about life
rating: 5.0
votes: 4

Deer in the Woods (9) WIN
by Narphangu ( F P C D )
at 2012-01-22

misc. poems
rating: 4.5
votes: 4

All time favorite poems

Butterfly Kisses (146) WIN
by Gem ( F P C D )
at 2007-10-15

poems about life
rating: 4.7
votes: 218

Would you just listen? (103)
by Tara Kay ( F P C D )
at 2007-06-04

love poems
rating: 4.8
votes: 161

Lying To Forget (123)
by TinyDancer46 ( F P C D )
at 2006-06-25

love poems
rating: 4.8
votes: 231

You'll Find Someone Else (196)
by TinyDancer46 ( F P C D )
at 2005-10-17

love poems
rating: 4.9
votes: 430

Ending Her Cries (149)
by -Tyler- ( F C )
at 2004-08-11

love poems
rating: 4.8
votes: 396

Top rated recent poems

Anklet (11)
by Lebanese Phoenix ( F P C D )
at 2012-01-28

misc. poems
rating: 5.0
votes: 10

Mirrored Tears (Sedoka) (14)
by TJ BECKER Arizona Eagle ( F P C D )
at 2012-02-01

misc. poems
rating: 5.0
votes: 11

Scared of Too much power (9)
by Everlasting ( F P C D )
at 2012-02-01

poems about life
rating: 5.0
votes: 6

Not What You Think (13)
by Lioness ( F P C D )
at 2012-02-01

misc. poems
rating: 5.0
votes: 9

Just an Ordinary Day (6)
by Maple Tree ( F P C D )
at 2012-01-31

love poems
rating: 5.0
votes: 6

Recent articles about writing poetry

Copyright versus Plagiarism (3)
by Larry Chamberlin The Godfather ( F P C D )
Explains how the two differ and how copyright is protected. Also explains the fair use exception.

The difference between "telling" and "showing" (5)
by ABC ( C D )
It is one of the basic rules in writing poetry that the author must not "tell" what the speaker or the character feels in the poem but "show" it, but what does this actually mean? In this short article, I will *show* the distinctions of both and explain why one fails to connect with the reader while the other succeeds.

Articles have Reasons (the/a/an) (9)
by ZBrillant aka Ms sunShine ( F P C D )
I have decided to write this because lately most of the members over P&q consider articles (the/a/an) as fillers, but they are NOT. So here is (an) article that reminds you all of the role of these articles, because they do have reasons.

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