Best A Okay(P) Poems
Below are the all-time best A Okay(P) poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of a okay(p) poems written by PoetrySoup members
Categories:
a okay(p), courage, freedom, growth, moving
Form:
Free verse
Her Masterpiece Is Her StoryHer paintbrush is a razor,
Her canvas, her wrists,
"I deserve the pain."
She shrugs and insists.
One day the brush will push down,
And it will cut so deep,
That...
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Categories:
a okay(p), abuse, addiction, anger, body,
Form:
Rhyme
Pretty Shoes and Cracked FeetOnce I'm gone
I'll only be remembered a small while
I'm a tiny tick on a large dial
The words I breathe will stretch about a mile
Even...
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Categories:
a okay(p), angst, body, conflict, freedom,
Form:
Rhyme
Once Upon a Purple SunriseOnce Upon a Purple Sunrise
Pretty as a Periwinkle,
in your frilly summer frock,
the one with purple polka dots
that matched the cool of early dawn.
Haloed in hazy...
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Categories:
a okay(p), memory, morning, summer,
Form:
Free verse
To the Dandelion In the ConcreteYou probably don't think much of me
save for the season of spring
when your lawn litters itself
with giant over-buttered popcorn
(birds that think they can sing,
supersonic sneezes?
those...
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Categories:
a okay(p), character, endurance, flower, humorous,
Form:
Personification
Categories:
a okay(p), appreciation, bird, introspection, society,
Form:
Shape
DaddyDaddy
Daddy, why did you go away?
Don't you know I wanted you to stay!
Daddy, when you left mom,
Don't you know you left me too?
Now all I...
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Categories:
a okay(p), blue, dad, depression, father
Form:
Free verse
Please~PLEASE~
Please pick me up!
Never mind I'm gonna fall, anyways
Please show me how to tie my shoes and sing a song!
Don't worry mommy,...
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Categories:
a okay(p), absence, abuse, anger, cousin,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Missionary and the BumThere once was a bum. He was the neighborhood drunk. He had an unkempt demeanor. His salt and pepper hair had not been washed in...
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Categories:
a okay(p), faith, friendship, love,
Form:
Prose
Gifts of ReflectionThe Angels have come
to take me away
The only hug I can give
are the words I write today
In my shaking hand
They've placed a golden pen
So I...
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Categories:
a okay(p), courage, giving,
Form:
Rhyme
SuperstarThe adoring crowd here at Red Rocks amphitheatre awaits. Tonight, like every night, I will go out there and give them my best. They will...
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Categories:
a okay(p), addiction, anxiety, celebrity,
Form:
Haibun
Heartbroken“I know my heart will never be the same
But I'm telling myself I'll be okay”
Sara Evans
My heart no longer
beats the same,
as I’ve wiped away
tainted...
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Categories:
a okay(p), angst, break up, destiny,
Form:
Free verse
Never Out of Season - a Short StoryI was wiping the dust off an old snow globe in the upstairs attic, when a mop of honey-blonde hair suddenly appeared through the wooden...
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Categories:
a okay(p), august, bereavement, blue, christmas,
Form:
Narrative
If Death Should Visit Me Today
IF DEATH SHOULD VISIT ME TODAY
Whether young or old and gray
As earthly life is swept away
Please do not mourn, do not be sad
Just think of...
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Categories:
a okay(p), death, heaven, inspirational,
Form:
Couplet
It's Great To Be AliveWrinkles and gray hair
get me in a rage
and I say to myself,
“Why don't you act your age!"
My poor aching feet
remind me to wear sensible shoes
but...
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Categories:
a okay(p), age, life,
Form:
Rhyme