Best As Usual Poems
Below are the all-time best As Usual poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of as usual poems written by PoetrySoup members
At the Footbridge - Limerick CollaborationAt the footbridge Sue was meeting her beau
(He was married to a woman called Flo)
Sue soon found out his deception
She dismembered his ********
For his love...
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Categories:
as usual, betrayal, body, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
The Casualness of Casualties
In the intimate interlace of chance and fate, in the ultimate interplay of time and place, and with the consummate checkmate of my human dignity,...
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Categories:
as usual, death, evil, family, fate,
Form:
Haibun
The Library of Trust and HopeThe Library of Trust and Hope
The Bank of Trust and Hope
(Cant decide on title, so feel free to pick or suggest one)
She was all but...
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Categories:
as usual, analogy, garden, growth, happiness,
Form:
Light 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:
as usual, faith, friendship, love,
Form:
Prose
Love Sleeps, Never DiesAn old man
A Grumpy bitter old man
Bitter face
Red nose
Wrinkled beady eyes
Scruffy clothes his best attire
Life has not been kind
So his bitter words bite those around
He...
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Categories:
as usual, angel, beauty, child, hope,
Form:
Light Verse
Categories:
as usual, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
To the Poet Who Broke My HeartYes, he broke my heart, but not the usual way
With tender words, he made my poor heart sway
Each chamber beamed with his adoring smile
That chased...
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Categories:
as usual, heartbroken,
Form:
Rhyme
The Train - POTD POTD 25 Nov 2020
Manage your Stress … a peeling faded poster boldly declares
I do get it about advertising campaigns.
Enough to know that,
‘strategically...
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Categories:
as usual, lost love,
Form:
Narrative
A Bird's Paradise - POTDWintry days were turning mild.
After the harsh stormy days.
Still not a sound could be heard
Except...
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Categories:
as usual, bird, spring,
Form:
Free verse
The DaddyIn the rundown little house where her family currently lives,
the fourteen-year old glances obediently at her glaring daddy,
nodding her head in quiet compliance
to his usual...
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Categories:
as usual, family, slavery, , cute,
Form:
Narrative
MisledNor thunder in the dark, nor flash, nor fire,
nor other pyrotechnics that, they say,
accompany all such events, nor dire
phantasmagorias, going astray
in the unconsciousness. I’m all...
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Categories:
as usual, death, nature,
Form:
Sonnet
Time MachineRide with me on my time machine to a different time and place
Return with me and let me see if I can put a smile...
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Categories:
as usual, nostalgiamom, me, night, candy,
Form:
Couplet
A Friendly GoodbyePoem 1: A Boy And His Painted Piano
he used lively greens
tender blues,
touches of plain mauve
and rainbow trout splatters
to paint music
on the gas fumes
that...
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Categories:
as usual, beauty,
Form:
Free verse
Naked SubjugationLast night I wandered past your total disregard
And walked forlorn
Stark insecurity amplified
Still I walked , my usual forebearance uncomplied
Upon furthermost the distance between us...
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Categories:
as usual, anxiety, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
The Lady In WhiteOne pitch black night I was driving home and was ready for my bed
My usual route was closed for repairs so I took the minor...
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Categories:
as usual, car, dark, humor, scary,
Form:
Rhyme