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Best Clownish Poems

Below are the all-time best Clownish poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of clownish poems written by PoetrySoup members


Justin Thyme
Staring in the mirror when I'm down with these scissors I found. 
With my wrists out and prescription lids littered around. 
I've scribbled out a...

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Categories: clownish, anger, best friend, brother,
Form: Rhyme



Mother Mother
Song:-  1990

Mother    Mother
   love me  love me 
   love me  love me
   I...

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Categories: clownish, angst, anxiety, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
Leaving Love Trash In the Past
I told myself to calm down-ish
Don't be annoyed by the clownish
Actions of your old ex
When he tried to show and flex
His muscles to other women
And...

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Categories: clownish, future, goodbye, heartbreak, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Life In Reverse
Life In Reverse

My journey’s ending where it first began,
a clownish act reversed in backward mode,
as brain cells scramble forth to read the code.  

Perhaps...

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© Cona Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: clownish, age,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Avalanche Preoccupied
I think I get it:
You want me to swallow your acidic avalanche.
Those billion frantic snow globes
of brilliant-clownish confusion.
You want me to rebuild your burned-out shrines....

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Categories: clownish, arabic, art, feelings, natural
Form: Rhyme



Photos
They stand before me in uniform columns

A mixture of snapshots and Polaroids 

As testimony to the time of us

Each is a witness to a moment...

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Categories: clownish, lost love, love, memory,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Life In Reverse
(A Madrigal)

My journey’s ending where it first began,
a clownish act reversed in backward mode,
as brain cells scramble forth to read the code.  

Perhaps I...

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© Cona Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: clownish, age, body,
Form: Rhyme
Angel In the Sky
An angel was elated
soared above the ground.
On a stifling populated
city he looked down.

Weightless in a blue sky
through a cloud he hustled.
On the southern side
knew well...

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Categories: clownish, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Of Asses and Burgers
A scarlet letter and a silent one
Transparent “A” on my forehead
Never seen, but you will know it’s there
Or see its effect, I can only fake...

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Categories: clownish, anxiety, conflict, social,
Form: Free verse
Behind the Stars
Behind the stars, love's promises dwell,
Enduring through the passing years,
In Christ who guides the flight of tomorrow,
In a realm of life untouched by fears.

Laughter echoes...

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Categories: clownish, christian,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Evil, Guns, Cowardice, Stupidity, and Fear
Evil, Guns, Cowardice, Stupidity, and Fear

is anybody out there?
does anyone really care?

seventeen innocent souls departed this earth
unexpectedly and tragically so whilst leaving
grieving loved ones, classmates,...

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Categories: clownish, death, evil, grief, heartbroken,
Form: Political Verse
Friendly Animals
Friendly Animals 

A flock of human like penguin stood on the icy shore, in the water 
sharks waited, but the birds had to catch food...

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Categories: clownish, humor,
Form: Pastoral
Living In the Carnival Beyond the Greatest Show On Earth
Reach for heavens gate with your heart in your hand

Unlock the door with your love command

Stop by and get a kiss at the booth

Envelope your...

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Categories: clownish, death,
Form: Rhyme
The Caresoul Carousel
The music chanting with no sound
The circles spinning round and round
Things are blurry from either end
Your vision lost in upper suspend

The horses flair with no...

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© Penn Kname  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: clownish, art, death, life, music,
Form: I do not know?
Sigh of Relief
Pushed up from stomach's abyssmal pit
Choked off cries, constraint deformed
Packed with panic's punches
Right here where words are formed
Throat cords tightly gripped
Resistance rules my holding back
While...

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Categories: clownish, anxiety, feelings,
Form: Alliteration

Book: Reflection on the Important Things