English Poems is the biggest section on The Poetic Land, with more than a hundred poems by new writers from around the world. So which ones do readers love most? We looked at the reader likes and views on every English poem on the site and picked ten of the poems readers have loved the most so far. They are short enough to read in a few minutes and honest enough to stay with you: a poem where every sense remembers someone, poems about family patterns and first love, the pressure of a paper degree, children living through war, the cost of being beautiful, the choice not to suffer, a joyful poem about food and a riddle you will want to solve. Several are by our Verified Writers, whose names link to their writer pages. If you are looking for modern English poems by fresh voices rather than the same old textbook classics, start here. Every title opens the full poem, free to read.
1In Every Sense
by Palak English Poem
Standing admist the meadow of blossom,
I crave for the fragrance lingering within your linen.
The most-liked English poem on The Poetic Land. Every sense, the scent of flowers, a beautiful view, a hymn of the forest, only reminds the poet of someone who is no longer there.
2The cycle of broken
by Theresa Alikor English Poem
What is it like
with a father that brings daddy issues
and a mother that has daddy issues?
An honest poem about family patterns and how they repeat themselves in the people we fall for. It does not look away.
3Parts of You
by T-Storm English Poem
I'm talkative,
But around him, I'm all about hearing him speak.
Falling for someone changes even small things: the talker becomes a listener, and the one who never liked hugs wants to stay. Sweet and very relatable.
4I Realized
by Simran Sharma English Poem
A boy appeared like an ocean before my eyes,
yet his words held a depth,
denser even than the highest crashing waves.
One moment that felt like a century, when love showed its path. A lyrical love poem with real depth.
5The curse of being beautiful
by Marie Claire Langlais English Poem
Every room I walk into
Aquires me more new enemies to ignore…
Everyone thinks beauty makes life easy. This poem shows the jealousy, judgement and loneliness that can come with it.
6Gift from Suffering
by Neha Jain English Poem
No one can cause me to suffer.
They can bring me harm, pain,
Pain happens to us, but suffering, the poet says, is a choice we make. A calm, wise poem that reads like a lesson in resilience.
7Court Adjourn
by Angel Baby English Poem
I have always wanted to be
To be more than a paper degree
Mom? please agree
A young person pleads their case before the toughest judge of all, Mom: I want to be more than a paper degree. Every student under pressure to choose a safe career will feel this.
8Dedicated to kids in war zones
by Amina Sekure English Poem
There’s a little girl across that bridge, her fists clenched tight.
A lone survivor of the cruelty of Earth.
The story of a little girl who lost her mama and baba to war. A short, painful poem that asks us simply to listen.
9My Appetite
by Molimau A.F. English Poem
When I'm hungry
I always say
Big man gots to eat
A funny, warm poem about loving food, fried chicken, buttery biscuits, mac and cheese, and maybe more than food. One of the most-read English poems on the site.
10The Unnamed
by Favour Ajinomoh English Poem
In droplet it falls but it isn’t rain
It is well known, but you don’t call it fame
A riddle poem: it falls in drops but is not rain, it is well known but is not fame. You will read it twice to name the thing.
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