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
- My Brother Stole My Halloween Candy -
...
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Categories:
brother, candy, funny, halloween,
Form:
Free verse
Brother Of The QuillBrother of the Quill
Join me in a dance
For mother sings nightly
And father sleeps within a trance
Deerskin feet
they'll never hear our steps
Through hemlock and the...
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Categories:
brother, father, me, mother,
Form:
Free verse
BrotherBrother
Brother, "Winter is coming"
they say.
Well, winter is here for months now
while they do not even notice
but I do
and I hope you do too.
I am sitting...
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Categories:
brother, friend, winter,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Thank God I Have A BrotherThank God I have a Brother!
He fixes up the truck,
I sometimes give him money,
Whenever he gets stuck.
(Not just for up and fixin’
The truck – not...
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Categories:
birthday, brother, cheer up,
Form:
Rhyme
BABY BROTHER TELLS ME SO
Baby brother, your naughty smile entices
A chuckle ringing through the night,
While those eyes blue wink like stars
That I'm pretty sure , we are alike...
If Aunt...
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Categories:
brother, child, fun,
Form:
Light 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
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
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
Shattering Rose Coloured GlassesUncomplicated me
I thought I was coloured 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
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
Winter Walking Blues
Glazed, 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
Football, Beer, His Car and Kid-The Same Old SongS-
That's all he ever talks about
~SKAT~...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, brother, family,
Form:
Verse
A Man and His TreeThe sound of chain-saws in the field
has scattered birds and stirred unrest
The men are young, these shirtless guests,
with bodies glazed in summer sweat.
...
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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
Since First I Saw YouSince first I saw you, it was your eyes,
mesmerizing, your gaze transporting
me to a realm, not of fantasy, real,
where young men go when cupid’s
arrow takes...
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Categories:
beautiful, beauty, brother, daughter,
Form:
Free verse
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
A Collage For DaleHere you are, only twelve, at our kitchen table.
Such a carrot top you were! Strangers used to think
you were our red-head mother’s natural son.
And here’s...
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Categories:
brother,
Form:
Free verse
An Empty StreetOne Texan day, a man close to his prime,
sat down on a curb beside a tree.
It was an empty street; there was no crime
nor danger...
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Categories:
brother, sad,
Form:
Quintain (English)
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
Home Of The Hang ManHome Of The Hang Man
The children are so full of doubt
No one is allowed to speak
No one is allowed to shout
Opinions are driven underground
Seems that...
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Categories:
brother, childhood, confusion, family,
Form:
Free verse
My Father Your Father Our Father
My Father Your Father Our Father
My guardian and protector from the evils of deception
I thrive in your presence by learning from your correction
The past...
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Categories:
brother, allah, appreciation, baptism, beautiful,
Form:
Monorhyme
Makeover - Repost
You say I need a makeover,
that I'm not the man I could be
You say I'm too rough around the edges,
a little smoothing out would polish...
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Categories:
brother, dedication, truth, wisdom,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
THE CANDY THIEFNow Bobby, don't try to look coy.
You mischievous naughty young boy!
You've guzzled my sweets
From 'tricking or treats'
I've seen through your devious ploy.
Oh Bobby, say have...
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Categories:
brother, candy,
Form:
Limerick