Best Blues Poems
Below are the all-time best Blues poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of blues poems written by PoetrySoup members
Winter Blues - I Cry For ColorI shiver tears.
My joie de vivre;
summer esprit’s lemon zest,
lilac flirts and coral whispers
have escaped me ~
grievous gray
now flows through my veins.
I shiver melancholia,
entombed...
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Categories:
blues, depression, loneliness, longing, sad,
Form:
Free verse
Uncharted WatersAn ocean tumbles through dreams of you. In depths unknown,
I float above. Oh, how I long to dive beneath your surface,
yet I am...
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Categories:
blues, appreciation, longing, love, ocean,
Form:
Rhyme
A Girl Named Sue - POTWPOTW 1 Oct 2018
Gossip about her
swept the school yard through
“Hey if you’ve got what it takes
There’s this girl named Sue
For a pack of smokes
or...
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Categories:
blues, angst, fantasy, teen love,
Form:
Rhyme
A Poem For My Algebra TeacherI know I promised
no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another
‘Wipe your eye poem’
And for three years
I tried...
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Categories:
blues, 6th grade, abuse, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
Amberina BallerinaA born lioness my untamed heart? ha!
a mouse, this pulsing token ruled by unruly wants
at times given, traded or stolen - sometimes
thrown down on...
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Categories:
blues, destiny, emotions, inspiration, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Escape of the Bluesman's SongWithin the frame a sepia scene
a dusty porch a rickety chair
the fabric of your dusky face creased
with ceaseless sunbaked woes
your...
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Categories:
blues, africa, america, grief, racism,
Form:
Free verse
Summer LaceThe shadows fall like summer lace
Through palm trees fluttered in the sun
The soft caress of dawning breeze
...
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Categories:
blues, beauty, day, love, morning,
Form:
Rhyme
Crying RiverCrying River (The Untold Ballad)
Undercover waters of rain dash
Cold children, no smiling splash
Tragic sobs, epic force of the mountain rain
Beautiful as it may seem...
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Categories:
blues, beautiful, cry, deep, freedom,
Form:
Ballad
DoorsThere are so many doors
Which ones should I choose
Green, yellow, brown, purple
and many different blues
Some of them are rustic
Others modern and clean
Some lead to the...
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Categories:
blues, appreciation, beautiful, celebration, courage,
Form:
Quatrain
The Guise of Blue Jay Skies
F l y i n g
a sailing tailwind
in cerulean streams
through creamsicle colored beams -
are wings reflective of turquoise truth
and...
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Categories:
blues, autumn, bird, blue, conflict,
Form:
Free verse
PortraitPaint me blue like the sky
rainbow's smile; thunder's cry
clouded curtains rife with rain
till shroud is lanced and bluebirds fly again
Wistful...
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Categories:
blues, art, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
Indigo InkwellMy hands are tired, so I let my brush rest,
unable to paint Autumn's loneliness.
How much I miss you can never be stressed.
August has left behind...
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Categories:
blues, death, loss, love,
Form:
Sonnet
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:
blues, blue, dad, depression, father
Form:
Free verse
A Glimpse
guilty as charged
i stole it tall
every consonant
every vowel
every word
every sentence
plagiarized
the ocean
in its unique shades of blues and greens
combined and blended to create
its...
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Categories:
blues, beauty, celebration, character, creation,
Form:
Free verse
Liberty of Expression Is HereWhy I am here in Poetrysoup?
I like a seed carelessly thrown
upon dirty solid black, brown rocks,
I strive, thrived to grow
despite big rough blocks..
words......
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Categories:
blues, poems, poetess, poetry, write,
Form:
Free verse