Best Boastful Poems
Below are the all-time best Boastful poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of boastful poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Ember's Pride Made An Ash Out of HimThere he sat among the ashes, thinking he was, oh, so good,
Just a tiny glowing ember that was once a piece of wood,
And he thought...
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Categories:
boastful, pride,
Form:
Couplet
You and I and I and YouYou, who are so perfect in my eyes, so beautiful- adorable, and I, so flawed, ugly, damaged and crawling with defects; why do you enjoy...
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Categories:
boastful, anger, beautiful, corruption, crazy,
Form:
Free verse
A "hopeless" Diamond (In the Rough)French trader Tavernier in a greed-inspired way
Glared at an idol of a temple in Mandalay
Prying a gem from its eye socket, a curse prevailed
Tavernier died...
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Categories:
boastful, history, mysterylost, hope, lost,
Form:
Quatrain
The Price One Pays For GloryBased on the Scripture, 2 Timothy 3:3-13, which gives
warning to escape the snare of the birdcatcher.
On stage he struts in sequined costume
a plume of...
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Categories:
boastful, bible,
Form:
Free verse
Here In This Place TodayV
Indeed, it is so far, far, far back where last I
Stood in sight of all her unnerving ambiguities... ...
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Categories:
boastful, betrayal, myth,
Form:
Rhyme
Jubilee of RosesNeither puppy love nor lust, each insists
in its imperfect play. Their hearts resist
both by clinging in its barbaric way.
Youth forgiven. The wolf begs her to...
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Categories:
boastful, age, love,
Form:
Hybronnet
LucidityGood writing , like gold , combines lustrous lucidity with high density. What this means is good writing is packed with hints. ~ Eric Hoffer
And...
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Categories:
boastful, meaningful, poetry, words, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
And Still I Drive - Part OneStars fall under failing skies...stars fall...stars fall...
And sadly...i start to drive.
Through the unremarkable village with its tall
Georgian Bay window panes, lightless,
devoid of visages; outwardly...
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Categories:
boastful, heartbreak, places,
Form:
Rhyme
And Still I Drive - Part TwoStars fall under failing skies...stars fall...stars fall...
But stars do not cry.
Into Ochs valley, through the Vale of White Horse...prancing
besides a Dragons Hill;
It was here...
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Categories:
boastful, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
Wonderful Worthing Promenade Part 1Five miles of neatly spaced suckered palm planted
Bustling promenade,
Not withstanding a provincial cafe-culture
Of restaurants and exciting little bars,
Enhance upon regal elegance of the...
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Categories:
boastful, sea, , Lullaby,
Form:
Rhyme
Autumn ColorsAutumn Colors
Autumn’s rich brilliant palette,
showcasing a masterpiece
of fiercely blazing colors -
boastful foliage!
Leaves through a kaleidoscope,
pirouetting in wind-blown
gowns...
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Categories:
boastful, autumn, beautiful, color, nature,
Form:
Dodoitsu
How Wounded Thunder Earned His NameYou stand on "Wounded Thunder's” hallowed ground.
He boomed such...
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Categories:
boastful, humorous,
Form:
Quatrain
Categories:
boastful, life, loss,
Form:
Free verse
Vanity Thy Name Is Metro-ManOh Vanity Thy Name is Metro-Man
At the gym,
admiring his bulging biceps in a giant mirror,
he reaches for his ever-ready smart phone
and stops to make a...
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Categories:
boastful, men, vanity,
Form:
Free verse
Halloween NightHalloween Night
Good evening Boys & Ghouls, with anticipation and all your drools
Especially the ladies with fake jewels, tonight breaking all the rules
Why it is finally...
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Categories:
boastful, halloween,
Form:
Rhyme