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Best Acting(A) Poems

Below are the all-time best Acting(A) poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of acting(a) poems written by PoetrySoup members


Hahahahaha I Have No Idea What To Title This
help mrs. muse is gone and my mind is shooting blanks 
my friend called inspiration is trying to walk the plank 

motivation just married mr...

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Categories: acting(a), introspection, friend, friend, high
Form: Rhyme



Politics and Poetry - Is Hate Really the Answer
Politics and Poetry – is hate really the answer

Why write a poem of hate about Trump
He’s been there just over a week
Though Hilary Clinton the...

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Categories: acting(a), angst, political,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member He's Mr Know It All - Now a Collaboration
Old blabber mouth gets on my wick
His attitude makes me quite sick
He plays to the crowd 
Is brash and so loud 
My husband thinks he's...

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Categories: acting(a), humorous, voice,
Form: Limerick
The Tale of Poetry Soup Forest
There's a defender among us, a friend who never surrenders or concedes
No thief is he, who offers encouragement to people with his kind deeds

A rapscallion,...

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Categories: acting(a), environment, poets,
Form: Narrative
Star of the Show
Narrate you own life's story
and tell you own life's tale
Don't leave it up for grabs
or even up for sale!

Write down your own life's story
before the...

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Categories: acting(a), identity, life, people, perspective,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Child of the King
I wondered how that I could be a child of the King.
A long lost soul, I had no goal, but to maybe act and sing.
I...

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Categories: acting(a), blessing, christian, depression, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
Leonard Cohen Was Right
Standing before the microphone,
blank faces stare from cushioned chairs
Jewels sparkle, acting like they’re real,
while bow ties just seem sad…it happens

Marching to the beat of clicking...

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Categories: acting(a), poetry,
Form: Epic
Premium Member That Was a Human
Allow me to be disgusted at the jest
and your halfway happy surprise at the end result
of the missile timed precisely:

Did he just splatter?

And allow me...

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Categories: acting(a), abuse, angst, bereavement, corruption,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Kitten In the Barn
It’s always a good practice when living on a farm,
To have a family of cats living in the barn
They always keep the rats and mice...

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© John Posey  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: acting(a), cat, funny, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
This Crazy Heart of Mine
My heart        a sky of sunny spells
Of passing clouds and  falling tears

Sometimes it shines   ...

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Categories: acting(a), heart, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Dissolving Heart
“The Dissolving Heart” 

How many keys
played for seeds 
bleeding a life

read, received 
cast out 
in the left field 

planted in the heart
of karma to become
new...

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Categories: acting(a), muse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poetry and Me
“This poetry. I never know what I'm going to say.
I don't plan it.
When I'm outside the saying of it,
I get very quiet and rarely speak...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: acting(a), how i feel, poems,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sipping Coffee
Line of enquiry:
“God within me is the enjoyer of the aroma
As also this dopamine boosting flavour I taste
I surrender all pleasures to the dweller of...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: acting(a), angst, mental health, spiritual,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Lessons of Autumn
Lessons of Autumn

Summaries of schooling
   — lessons upon lessons guiding
Thoughts in class after class…as bells ring…
Volumes to consider about ways of interpreting…
As the...

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Categories: acting(a), autumn, change, color, death,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Wake Up Oh Africa
With the heavy load you suffer
a substance not needed
yet drags you
cushioning your efforts
and deterring your pace, forgetting that
the Train is already moving
with passengers determined
for this...

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Categories: acting(a), africa, dark,
Form: Epic

Book: Reflection on the Important Things