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

Water for Elephants (12) WIN
by Lebanese Phoenix ( F P C D )
at 2012-01-15

misc. poems
rating: 5.0
votes: 8

Ghosts are Empty Things (7) WIN
by sibyllene ( F P C D )
at 2012-01-18

poems about life
rating: 5.0
votes: 3

His Wooden Girl (11) WIN
by silvershoes ( F P C D )
at 2012-01-18

love poems
rating: 5.0
votes: 6

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? (102)
by Tara Kay ( F P C D )
at 2007-06-04

love poems
rating: 4.8
votes: 161

Lying To Forget (122)
by TinyDancer46 ( F P C D )
at 2006-06-25

love poems
rating: 4.8
votes: 229

You'll Find Someone Else (193)
by TinyDancer46 ( F P C D )
at 2005-10-17

love poems
rating: 4.9
votes: 425

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

love poems
rating: 4.8
votes: 395

Top rated recent poems

Runaway with Me (8)
by Maple Tree ( F P C D )
at 2012-01-21

love poems
rating: 5.0
votes: 8

Spring Cleaning (7)
by Dixiedaisy ( F P C D )
at 2012-01-26

misc. poems
rating: 5.0
votes: 6

Death unsettles me (5)
by ronel mccarthy ( F C D )
at 2012-01-26

sad poems
rating: 5.0
votes: 6

Behind those eyes (7)
by Karla ( F P C D )
at 2012-01-25

poems about life
rating: 5.0
votes: 6

God's Plans (8)
by The Poet Behind The Poems ( F P C D )
at 2012-01-25

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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