Best John Steinbeck Poems
Below are the all-time best John Steinbeck poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of john steinbeck poems written by PoetrySoup members
Fully Booked 1We harvested the grapes in late autumn
when ripeness of love was at its best,
but deceit in the time of maturing
changed the passion to wrath and...
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Categories:
john steinbeck, betrayal, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
50 Words For Poe: Witch
"50 Words for Poe: Witch"
She liked driving fast
The number plate in the dust
Read DOT.OZ.LimaLimaBrava
Their destination was Wichita
Foot to the Floor
Off Route 66 Silver...
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Categories:
john steinbeck, adventure, mystery, romance,
Form:
Free verse
Kiss the Rain
We farmers are sliding deeper into the hole.
The drought has caused a devastating dust bowl.
Unlike the Joads who moved out the California,
this family wants to...
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Categories:
john steinbeck, family, rain,
Form:
Rhyme
Towards a New HomeOnce there was an end of the war in sight,
they built their John Steinbeck ship,
hoisted the Ayn Rand flag
and sailed to the promised land.
Upon the...
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Categories:
john steinbeck, allusion, immigration, journey, perspective,
Form:
Free verse
Bad Luck Pearl
I have found what I consider a great prize:
In an oyster was a pearl of enormous size.
The villagers have all flocked around me.
This great jewel...
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Categories:
john steinbeck, adventure, grief, wife,
Form:
Rhyme
I Wish Cesar Chavez Was HereI wish Cesar was here
now
Someone who know how important
farm workers are, giving them a strong
voice,
You got to see this empire
and how it has exploited...
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Categories:
john steinbeck, america, analogy, anniversary,
Form:
Choka
The Summer of My Enlightenment4 matches left
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Chickens; a roaring rooster
An old house filled with flys
and many bugs
Many Mexican neighbor
Friend
no...
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Categories:
john steinbeck, baptism,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Delusions of PoetryShe was half past metrical
quarter nonsensical theatrics,
bordered south of burbled oddities,
fashioned herself enigmatically stated
...
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Categories:
john steinbeck, crazy, hyperbole, identity, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Oh, the Tragedy! (For Dr. Ram's Contest)John Steinbeck won the Nobel and Pulitzer prize
For his stories about struggles of the common man
His novel “The Grapes of...
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Categories:
john steinbeck, on writing and words
Form:
Sonnet
'blood' Brothers Or 'Bloody' Brothers Under the Banner - Parts 1 and 2“A dying people tolerates the present, rejects the future, and finds its satisfactions in past greatness and half-remembered glory.”
“A strong man makes a weak people....
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Categories:
john steinbeck, political, brother, lost, people,
Form:
Quatrain
InfluencesIn youth I learned to jump
First off steps, then rooftops
Spirit of adventure
Nurtured in the heart of a child
Preschool acrobat twirling on my head
Grandma swatted my...
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Categories:
john steinbeck, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
The Trip To Walley World
Clark Griswold, what a dumb fool you are.
Who wants to drive across the country in a car?
California from Chicago is a bit too far.
You were...
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Categories:
john steinbeck, family, holiday, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
Charles PhillipsThe modern immortal -
man of open heart, singer of the stars.
Professor at the prestigious university.
Prose stylist as John Steinbeck.
In your poems,
...
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Categories:
john steinbeck, america,
Form:
Verse
Star Spangled BannerSince I was a small child and would try to sing,
when we rise and sing the praises of "Old Glory,"
it brings tears to my eyes....
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Categories:
john steinbeck, appreciation, emotions, freedom, winter,
Form:
Haibun
Spring Equinox Arrives March 20th, 2023 At 5:24 PmSpring equinox arrives March 20th, 2023 at 5:24 PM
Despite what outside temperature registers
(even absolute zero), the official arrival
of spring occurs, when thee eel hip tic
of...
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Categories:
john steinbeck, 12th grade, appreciation, beautiful,
Form:
Free verse