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Canker Poems - Poems about Canker

Canker Poems - Examples of all types of poems about canker to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for canker.
Never Really Gone
...That ulcer in his consciousness bleeding to be heard A canker of a muted past abscessing every word Cold sores of detention that fade but never cure A virus of his hopes and dre......Read the rest...
Categories: canker, sick,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Deadly Sin of Pride
...A virus-like vice infects us all, Tis the sin that made Lucifer fall. like a canker hidden from sight, It destroys the soul like a blight. When in others this sin we detect, Our hearts assume ......Read the rest...
Categories: canker, christian, evil, pride, religion,
Form: Rhyme
Your Love Is Like
...Your love is like a river peaceful and deep, like a secret I just can’t keep, like the shearing of a sheep, like taking a leap, like my hand falling asleep, your love is like the sand of the sea......Read the rest...
Categories: canker, crazy, husband,
Form: Rhyme
Rise and Fall
...Criminal waste, critical mass materialized warfare city dumps pile-up and fall burnt offerings amid clumps of Caesar salad. Roman Empires of crud that roam no more. Walmart still spills ov......Read the rest...
Categories: canker, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Straggler
..."For those who love with heart and soul, there is no such thing as separation" ~By Rumi Decked in floral wreaths and crown as I lay in state among family and friends with my sp......Read the rest...
Categories: canker, anxiety, death, journey,
Form: Free verse



No Anchor For Rancour
... Rancour is a canker That eats us from within Bitterness and anger* Are sure to cause chagrin Malice is a chalice From which we should not drink It will turn us callous With hea......Read the rest...
Categories: canker, anger, bible,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Truth
...Instructed we were, from childhood through youth, Whatever the cost, we must speak the truth. A lie is like ice, it makes the heart cold. The truth is like fire, which makes it like gold. But w......Read the rest...
Categories: canker, character, christian, culture, god,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member This Moment Alone Matters
..."Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need." Quote_ Mother Teresa Cry not on flowers wilted, Count not on b......Read the rest...
Categories: canker, inspiration, motivation, time,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Scoundrels of the Senate
...Again these men comes to mind, Paid to say yes and nay, Lame duck, Canker, ***** rapscallion minds Incorrigible, Political impostors detached from the humdrum of street cries Maggots in honor......Read the rest...
Categories: canker, africa, analogy, corruption, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Against Hegemony
...Steps on mud, a stalking thread, Red strings wind through dying groves Where life needs time, to find footing, Red strings halt hands in greed which hold The axe of ignorance, the axe which bleed......Read the rest...
Categories: canker, class, community, political, poverty,
Form: Free verse
Where's the Love, Honorable Canker
...WHERE'S THE LOVE, HONORABLE CANKER: Only 'cause men not ready to ponder, They speak literally and rhetorically at a yonder, Not regarding how to make this world better. Do you realise there're ......Read the rest...
Categories: canker, abuse, bullying, corruption,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Nuts To Me
...Once upon a time walnuts were my fave So tasty and terrific But canker sores galore Hey hazelnuts might taste lovely I thought So I put them in coffee And promptly stopped breathing Thank G......Read the rest...
Categories: canker, food,
Form: Kimo
Premium Member Mister Sunshine
...He’s a broken leg performer with a crooked second act. Went from Brooklyn to Las Vegas with his sarcasm intact. Does a Smith and Wesson stand-up, voice as sweet as antifreeze. Tells you how he los......Read the rest...
Categories: canker, allegory, sunshine,
Form: Lyric
Idleness
...He slept under the moon He basked under the sun He lived a life of going to-do And died with nothing done The spring well and root of all vice The canker of the mind An appendix to nobility ......Read the rest...
Categories: canker, absence, abuse, adventure, grief,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Writing Upon God's Love
...“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” Romans 5:5 of the King James Bible. I write upon the ......Read the rest...
Categories: canker, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Rhyme

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