Best Clerk Poems
Below are the all-time best Clerk poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of clerk poems written by PoetrySoup members
Mary Rogers
*Had to bring this one back. Like my Poe poem, this one follows (haunts) me wherever I go. It is my favorite lyric that I've...
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Categories:
clerk, mental illness,
Form:
Lyric
My Slutty Aunt's WeddingI shook my head
Knew the day’d be messy
Some poor sap
Was marrying my Aunt Bessie
She’d slept with half of Brooklyn
Flaunting her exploits all through town
The mayor,...
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Categories:
clerk, satire, wedding, wedding,
Form:
Rhyme
Michael CollinsIt has often been said that empires come and go
And from the beginning of time that has been so
Empires ruled with terror and an iron...
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Categories:
clerk, england, ireland, soldier, war,
Form:
Narrative
The Shoe Store BanteringShe jiggled like pink jello into the store
with platinum blonde hair and red rouge on her face
the shoe clerk mumbled it must be 1950's day
watching...
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Categories:
clerk, funny love, silly,
Form:
Light Verse
So Many BooksThere were so many books at Barnes and Noble’s
That I wanted to buy but I wasn’t able
Up at the counter with my chin in my...
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Categories:
clerk, books, change,
Form:
Quatrain
But I Must StayMy wife may go, but I must stay
My unused ticket in my hand
Her flight is finally underway
The Nazis held my full dossier
The word had come...
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Categories:
clerk, sad,
Form:
Villanelle
The Old School DeskToday, meandering through the clutter of the local antique store,
I almost tripped and fell over an object partially hidden on the floor!
My hands came to...
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Categories:
clerk, nostalgia, school, school, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Letters From BatmanPlaying Batman and Robin is a lot different
When the Riddler is your Stepfather
And simultaneously an alcoholic and pedophile
When your secret mission is to keep him
From...
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Categories:
clerk, abuse, adventure, courage, death,
Form:
Free verse
World OrderFinanciers feel superior to farmers
and pundits have it over poets.
All to the good because if you think America's
doing just fine, don't skip to the poetry...
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Categories:
clerk, america, depression, money, passion,
Form:
Verse
Migration
She leads her army up and down,
two sides of Main Street, and is found
companioned by three basset hounds.
They follow, closely, at her heels
like foundlings gathered...
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Categories:
clerk, drug, people,
Form:
Free verse
The Old Man With One ShoeIt was a homeless old man near a shoe store who fell asleep
He was so tired that nap turned to a sleep that was...
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Categories:
clerk, christian, grandfather, inspirational, kid,
Form:
Rhyme
A Dog Named SexA Dog Named Sex
My pooch is not named Rover, Fluffy, Spot or Rex.
I wanted something different, so I named my puppy, Sex.
To renew my doggie’s...
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Categories:
clerk, animal, best friend,
Form:
Light Verse
How Sweet It IsOne year I spent Halloween in New York City.
O Henry was the name of my taxi driver. I told
him to Take 5 while I stopped...
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Categories:
clerk, candy,
Form:
Narrative
WitnessA party store robbery last weekend
deadly for patron and clerk
Suspect ran out, waving his gun
bandanna just covered his smirk
Eye-witnesses? Almost a dozen
not one of...
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Categories:
clerk, community, conflict, humanity, life,
Form:
Narrative
King Cyrus the GreatCYRUS II - THE GREAT
So; here comes the story of that, King Cyrus the Great
Whose history for some of us; is still well up...
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Categories:
clerk, history, leadership, literature, word
Form:
Epic