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Best Aids Poems

Below are the all-time best Aids poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of aids poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Daddy
Daddy

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: aids, blue, dad, depression, father
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Getting Old Is Getting Old
I've grown a bit slower, I've grown a bit fatter,
  my mission each hour: relieving my bladder.
When I was a youngster, I had no...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: aids, age, old,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Want
What men want
Pretty, dangerous things
Things that smell sweet
Things that bite
Things that quicken their hearts
They think that’s what they want 
Until they don’t
Until they lose what...

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Categories: aids, addiction, angst, desire,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Slang Footles for Male Names: Part 3
Always Prepared

Ready 
Freddy

The Untamed

Feral
Ferril

What’s in Frankie’s Pockets?

Frankie’s
hankies

Patriotic Guy

Yankee
Frankie

Of the highest Quality

Fraser’s
razors

Small Eater

Grazer
Frazer

The Warlock

Pagan
Fagin

The Brilliant One

Star Glow
Fargo

Something’s About to Happen to Him

Herald
Gerald

Poet

The bard
Gerard

The Mimic

Parrot
Garret

Who Needs Pudding...

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Categories: aids, boy,
Form: Footle
Premium Member My African Sister
I am a white, middle class, American male; raised in a white, middle class American home.  I would not say that my upbringing included...

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© Joe Flach  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: aids, familyfamily, class, class, family,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Daughter of Oak and Ash
For good, the Druid woods claimed this girl child for its own;
nymphs named the silk-skinned, raven-black of her, Fianna.
This night, she’s hurt hunting demons in...

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Categories: aids, caregiving, love, racism,
Form: Pantoum
Premium Member Kids: Funny, Poor, and Sweet-F
We loved the lollipops, cracker jacks, and Holloway candy sticks.               ...

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Categories: aids, beauty, candy, child, kid,
Form: Prose
Premium Member The Dark Side of You
I could not write poetry
till I was brain damaged
a life of shame, abuse
no good to anyone, oh yes and of no use
hiding behind the dark...

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Categories: aids, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Happy Mother's Day
This is for all the mothers,
Who grace this poetry site.
They bring beauty to the world,
With love, peace, and delight.

They have served many meals,
With their compassionate...

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Categories: aids, mother
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Precipitation
spring
showers
sings in her
mellifluous
voice on the roof tops
aids the new birth
with sunshine's
gentle
love

 © Harry J Horsman 2022...

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Categories: aids, rain, spring,
Form: Ninette
Keep Your Friends Your Friends
Gradually life became about survival 
suddenly my friends became my rivals
don’t see them now, think they’re my enemies?
That they'll never be, they’re treasured memories.

Would I...

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© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: aids, friendship, inspiration, inspirational, life,
Form: Rhyme
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Actions Speak Louder Than Words


Actions versus words
Actions speak louder
Louder is figurative
Louder is expressive
Figurative language is effective
Figurative does not truly speak
Effective is deeply important
Effective is walking...

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Categories: aids, student, teacher, words,
Form: List
A Better World
A vision of humanity, a world without brutality, a beautiful fantasy, not a reality.
A vision of a world where the truth isn’t ignored and everyone...

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© Wes Martin  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: aids, care, conflict, death, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
They Don'T Bite Like They Used To
He sat there in his fav'rite chair, a blanket 'cross his lap 
And covering his snow white hair was his old fishing cap. 
I knew...

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Categories: aids, father, nostalgia, social, dad,
Form: Rhyme
Mother Teresa and I
Mother Teresa
She is the mother of every poor people, injured people, ordinary people...

Always we remember the great news
'Mother Teresa will get the Nobel Peace Prize.'
It...

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Categories: aids, feelings, love, mother, tribute,
Form: Prose Poetry

Book: Reflection on the Important Things