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Best Bailey Poems

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


Premium Member 101 Poets
101  POETS

I want to thank 101 poets, when words have no limit.
All 101 spots full of flowing imagery and spirit.
Nathan Dilts my #1~writing for...

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Categories: bailey, celebration, community, dedication, friend,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Footprint
I did a show in this tiny town called Longyearbyen. We went snowmobiling around Svalbard and saw Arctic foxes, snow bunting, polar bear footprints and...

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Categories: bailey, adventure, animal, bird,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Land of Mine
Mine is a land of golden rivers
And glowing sunsets that melt your heart 
A long history of native people in harmony 
With lush wildlife and...

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Categories: bailey, beautiful, nature, ocean, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Burka Woman
Such deep amber green eyes
Stare into me
Like arrows that so delicately pierce my heart
She is covered in a curtain of black woven cloth
Ah but her...

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Categories: bailey, angst, introspection, pain, passion,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member I Remember the Days
I remember the days
before technology
before computers
before cell phones
before smart tvs

In particular
I remember one summer day
when I heard on the radio
that the microwave oven
had been invented...

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Categories: bailey, computer, environment, nostalgia, planet,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Power of One
The Power of One

Computer age impasse...the strength of one;
the fear of stroke of midnight had begun.
One second only, how our lives would change;
our current ways...

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Categories: bailey, computer, history, horror, new
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Binary Love
for I am the one
within your finite zero
adding us to love



01100110 01101111 01110010 00100000 01001001 00100000 01100001 01101101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01101111 01101110...

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Categories: bailey, computer, love, science,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Futile Cause
clocks racing madly

to capture transient time

ever escaping



Sandra M. Haight

~1st Place~
Premiere Contest: Son of a Senryu
Sponsor: Brahn Bailey
Judged:09/13/2018

~1st Place~
Contest: Get Your Senryu On
Sponsor: Judy Konos
Judged: 04/111/2015
...

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Categories: bailey, time,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Tears From a Clown
Once again, he dresses himself
    with flour- powdered face, neck -ruffles,
    and over-sized shoes: all these for kids
 ...

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Categories: bailey, irony, loss,
Form: Free verse
The Coal-Est.Hot Item
(Inspired by the genius of Ms. Norey Bailey. Please check her out )

Soulful sista
Strolling in her full spirited stride
Just couldn't hide
From my heart's searching eye's
that...

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Categories: bailey, black african american, inspirational,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Cowboy Bill
Wild Bill Bailey loved his liquor
far too much for his own good-
Spent his days in smokey taverns
draining far more than he should.

Adeline had long suspected
as...

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Categories: bailey, appreciation, drink, food,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Zero One One Zero Zero Zero One
Zero One One Zero One Zero Zero One
One One Zero Zero One One Zero One
Zero Zero Zero Zero One One Zero Fun

My husband despised computer...

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Categories: bailey, computer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Country Tis of Thee
White stars, red and white stripes.
	Blue for loyalty.
Waving in the wind, instilling pride.
	Reminding us of pledge.
		Apple pie, Chevrolet, John Wayne.

Viet Nam, Gulf War, 
	Freedom of...

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Categories: bailey, patriotic, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Live Onstage--Amphetamine
A relay of moods dribbles on and on
when euphoric tunes kick in:
Jazz, R& B, slow funk, wild pop
igniting primal ecstasy, in the flesh...raw!

Live music leaves...

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Categories: bailey, music, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Miserable Dim Ones and Zeroes
Nocturnal nerds now Priests of Power
Crank out the code grim and dour
Grimace and groan, grind it like stone
O, you miserable dim ones and zeroes

Bite your...

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Categories: bailey, addiction, computer, depression,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs