Best Brother Poems
Below are the all-time best Brother poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of brother poems written by PoetrySoup members
My BrotherLivers
bleed
lungs
gasp for breath
vessels of poetry
read
pain disappears
tears recede
love floats above the sea
tides of sadness
recede
planted in marshlands
seeds
friendship bloomed
living for words
no longer matters
I embrace my brother
love his might
standing...
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Categories:
africa, arabic, art, brother,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
brother, candy, funny, halloween,
Form:
Free verse
Forgotten Heroes of the SommeOver the top lads, for old Blighty! Hold the colours high!
Say a little prayer for me, for this summer day we die.
My brothers from the...
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Categories:
brother, death, history, life,
Form:
Rhyme
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To My HangingA funny thing happened on the way to my hanging
Couldn't sleep the night before my head was banging
I was innocent of a crime that I...
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Categories:
brother, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
Watercolor AfternoonThe rain set me adrift inside a dream
My mind was on a painting miles upstream
An unforgotten "en plein" I once viewed
A light pastoral springtime interlude
Two...
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Categories:
brother, emotions, memory,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Forty TodayVisited you today
as the sun set in the horizon…
the orange tinged carnations
were a perfect complement
for the skies
and for you…
orange and blue
always remind...
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Categories:
brother, dedication, family, life,
Form:
Free verse
Shattering Rose Coloured GlassesUncomplicated me
I thought I was colour blind
free thinking and kind
with an evolved mind
Loving and accepting
of the ones I find
Yet my blindness
Is that of...
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Categories:
brother, betrayal, black african american,
Form:
Political Verse
The Littlest SnowmanHe scooped and he packed
He rolled me good and round,
When all was done, I stood there
Only three feet off the ground
I had wondered why...
Why did...
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Categories:
boy, brother, children, kid,
Form:
Rhyme
StandstillStrangely bent this journey extends
Surreal at times, yet so real at ends
Each end confronts with a hardship of choices
With an abrupt passing, or an eternity...
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Categories:
brother, death, friendship, loss,
Form:
Rhyme
Galaxies Came BetweenHe'd be typing away on his desk
with blueprints for the next big thing,
While I'd be staring off into the azure sky
appreciating the "insignificant" things
You really...
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Categories:
brother, confusion, dedication,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Winter Walking BluesGlazed, deep snow, virgin crunched under my aimless walk
as I idle rambled onward through a vacant, bare-treed park.
Sun was so high that its brightness flashed...
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Categories:
brother, childhood, dad, death,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
abuse, addiction, brother, family,
Form:
Verse
A Man and His TreeArmed with chainsaws in the field, two young men are shirtless guests
with shoulders bronzed by sun and sweat.
The timbre in the August sun has scattered...
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Categories:
bereavement, brother, goodbye, how
Form:
Free verse
Simply Time To Go, a Little Brother's LamentationToo hard for me to say goodbye
For all apparent reasons why
Even though we all know it must be
Each heart will someday stop the beat
When the...
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Categories:
brother, conflict, confusion, courage,
Form:
Rhyme
Remission (In Memory of William Watt).Birth begins the tragedy in us. Life's
First sound is a blank scream
Against sorrow's hidden portends of strifes
All we know are mirages and dream.
Mother took the...
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Categories:
brother, death, nostalgiaworld, time,
Form:
Elegy