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Scrape By Poems - Poems about Scrape By

Scrape By Poems - Examples of all types of poems about scrape by 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 scrape by.
Premium Member Poetic Podcast Episode 24 Bop
...Pictures of babies and license plates, are you asking a criminal to find you? The internet is NOT benevolent. It’s phony as hell, you better believe it; Keep your life out of reach and private. ......Read the rest...
Categories: scrape by, computer, corruption, emotions, humanity,
Form: Other



Premium Member WHERE ONCE WAS GREEN
...Is this progress we make as we play game that’s fake? Green space that once spread far we turn to urban scar. Bulldozers scrape away live soil down to dead clay. Hedges end up in skip then of......Read the rest...
Categories: scrape by, england, environment,
Form: Rhyme
dear poltergeist
...dear poltergeist as I compose this letter to you I am tired but you are not my enemies have come for blood they cheer for I will soon die my g......Read the rest...
Categories: scrape by, power,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Darla gets her nose pierced
...When Darla got a paper cut she went ballistic. Reacted the way others acted if their arm was gnawed off. If someone bumped her she complained for years and years. Every scrape, scratch, and poke w......Read the rest...
Categories: scrape by, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Let them bite and devour
...(do bed bugs eat beds) I can’t shut my eyes at night Delving deep in the darkness Slight splinters of light Revealing the shapes of my room But still my eyes seek deeper Let there be grotesqu......Read the rest...
Categories: scrape by, poems,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Wounded Sigh
... Written: March 28, 2024 For Edward Ibeh Contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is a myth that time cures any wound, It is merely what people say and sound. When ......Read the rest...
Categories: scrape by, appreciation, bereavement, voice,
Form: Rhyme
The Inmate
... There is a man, locked away. Shackled, chilled rusty bars, barb-wrapped fences apart from his fellow man. Shunned, unseen and unheard, stigmas of a world unknowing of repentance. Of reaw......Read the rest...
Categories: scrape by, courage,
Form: Free verse
Faintly, Smiling Faintly
...I tell the world of you, Your smile and your glow. The fondest embrace you gave Made a mask of lies fall off, And gave tears to a dry set of eyes. I say, “Nevermore, will I plead For a burgundy......Read the rest...
Categories: scrape by, for him, longing, love
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sidewalk Chemist
... I test the gum And the scum That came from So many feet Scrape the blood And the crud Between mud Smooshed on concrete I sample spit Ample birds*** All with a flick Of the wrist Coz I......Read the rest...
Categories: scrape by, city, fun, science,
Form: Rhyme
Malinche
...She was a rose Incomprehensible layers Of trauma and tenacity She was plucked away From her roots And passed from person To person As an object Handed as a gift In a stained glass vase ......Read the rest...
Categories: scrape by, dark, girl, history,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The City of God
...Cities are the pride of nations, Symbols of man’s innovations. Each one possesses unique traits, That feeds its pride and makes it great. The City of God has no peer, It exists in a unique sph......Read the rest...
Categories: scrape by, christian, city, future, god,
Form: Rhyme
The Middle Ground
...You have been walking on that ground since you were a child and you still have not examined the broken lines, you have been playing on that field since you start crawling on your knees and still you ......Read the rest...
Categories: scrape by, body, community, creation, endurance,
Form: Narrative
Not Now Please Not Now
...Have you ever reached into that bag of goodies that is your life and experienced that tummy-dropping sensation when you find it to be a tad empty a little short-handed not containing what yo......Read the rest...
Categories: scrape by, humorous,
Form: Prose Poetry
Covered in Ice
...The windshield was covered in ice And warming it wouldn’t suffice, So my husband and I, With the scrapers, did try To remove it, attacking it twice. With the engine turned on for some heat, W......Read the rest...
Categories: scrape by, car, winter,
Form: Limerick
stashsicles
.... Brerrrrr scraaape scrape scrape scraaaaape scrape scrape scrape ......Read the rest...
Categories: scrape by, beautiful, blessing, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse

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