Best Built Poems
Built On Rock: His House By the Sea“And the rains descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not; for it was founded upon a rock.” Matt. 7: 27
One day along the beach I took a walk.
Before me, there appeared a church. It...
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Categories:
built, religion, house, house,
Form:
Sonnet
Not Built Strong EnoughErector sets and wooden blocks
Dominoes and house of cards
Built way up to be knocked down
Scattered all across the ground
Model cars and airplane kits
Making sure each piece will fit
Snapped together without glue
Just to fall apart on you
Puzzles without all the pieces
Will not work and it decreases
The...
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Categories:
built, love, relationship, sorrow,
Form:
Rhyme
A Love Built On TrustA love built on trust
Our love flutters on calypso breezes,
cruising on the tropic of Capricorn
All of our anxieties it eases,
as mango sun wakes us this August morn
Passionate dew glistens on sun kissed skin
as we gaze at skies of peaches and cream
your essence incites desires...
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Categories:
built, love, romantic, soulmate, together,
Form:
Sonnet
A Little Land That's Built On SandThere is a little land that's built on sand in the Middle East
To listen to the world complain, you'd think it was a beast
Yet it's more diverse, and dynamic, than the USA
100+ countries immigrants' flourish there today
As for democracy,...
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Categories:
built, america, immigration, international, islamic,
Form:
Rhyme
Skinny Willy Has Built a SnowmanThere are twenty four days
left to Christmas and already
small children dream of toys;
isn't there a better way
for them to forget the cold
and see some magic unfold?
Skinny Willy has built a snowman,
he's getting ready for a winter's tan;
his cheeks are turning red like strawberries,
but...
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Categories:
built, children, christmas, fun, music,
Form:
Rhyme
The Tarantula Built a WebThe tarantula built
a web in the upper-left corner of my patio;
she weaved it perfectly as Antonio
rose on his wobbling feet to reach it.
That boy didn't know that
spiders get vicious and suddenly bite
when someone tries to grab them for spite,
and Antonio tried...
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Categories:
built, child, funny, mom, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Vainly Built FiresVainly Built Fires
Was it best that we demanded far too much?
Quiet corner to count our blessed days
Or waste away long childish hours and such
like still winds whipping across open bays.
Finding time, the enemy we all feared
We raced along hoping it would not come
Children their bawling...
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Categories:
built, creation, death, humanity, introspection,
Form:
Sonnet
A Mansion Built For Me ( L L )On the hills of glory,
where my mansion stands,
lay the streets of gold, made
by God's Almighty hand.
The sparkling living waters
flow,and on it's banks,
the tree of life doth grow.
Over there, what a glorious site,
a golden throne arrayed in white,
No!, it's a robe glistening as snow,
and the...
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Categories:
built, adventure, hope, love
Form:
The House That God BuiltTHE HOUSE THAT GOD BUILT 2/22/03
My soul resides in the house that God built,
it was placed there with no shame, no worries, no guilt.
As long as I live there, I’ll be on easy street,
Any and everything I need and want for will be handed...
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Categories:
built, faithfather, house, god, father,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
I Was Built For This
They said my life is worthless, but my net worth is priceless.
I'm one of the nicest. I've been bless to express my life on this.
I was built for this, so they can miss me with that snuffed up "ish",
No need to curse on...
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Categories:
built, beauty, character, courage, identity,
Form:
Acrostic
Rome Wasn'T Built In a Day On CdShe wanted a great big brand new house, among brand new other things,
and just to marry and be my spouse, she wanted great big diamond rings,
So I knew what she was about, when she wanted so much bling,
it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure...
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Categories:
built, song-lyricold, work, old, work,
Form:
Lyric
No House Built On a Bridge, Part Three3.
Or down yet another city street,
This Way down that grand Hiway,
That Third Eye opened:
Random patches of dandelion manifest,
Climbing the overgrown commons by the road;
Disappearing out of sight -
By the cracked, sun-blanched sidewalk;
Golden and deep emerald green dandelion
Over the smog-choked horizon.
Humanity on the brink,
Sliding down that...
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Categories:
built, philosophy,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Unicycle Built For ThreeUnicycle Built for Three
Dr. James E. Martin
©January, 2014
A unicycle built for three,
Would be a sight to see.
Where would they sit?
Would they all fit?
From sitting they’d all be free!...
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Categories:
built, funny,
Form:
Limerick
No House Built On a Bridge, Part One1.
At a mosque at Fatahpur, India, --- what was the capital city of the
Mughal Empire, --- Akbar (r. 1556 - 1505), the third emperor of the Empire, had constructed the largest gateway in India. This imperial construct, Akbar's
Triumphal Arch, was meant to symbolize the...
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Categories:
built, philosophy, religion,
Form:
Prose Poetry
It Knocked, So I Built a DoorSomeone once said,
"If opportunity doesn't knock,
build a door."
...
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Categories:
built, adventure, career, confidence, devotion,
Form:
Rhyme