Best Community Poems
Below are the all-time best Community poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of community poems written by PoetrySoup members
Don't Bother MeDon't bother me with conformity
don't bother me today-
with things I should (or shouldn't) do
or what I shouldn't say!
Don't bother me with conformity
my house is not...
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Categories:
community, funny, how i
Form:
Rhyme
The Age of Poet Destroyer
A diamond in the Frost ... I am Emily, gazing through the years,
Like Poe from rancid taste and dark smoke shadows
Florescent waste escaping a...
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Categories:
community, pride, princess, strength,
Form:
Epic
Fifty-Three Shades Of Grey
in the uncoloured tint of another everyday
amongst the spit polished waxed apples
tightly packed in burlap bags
they walked like minded
in their own burly wrap
oblivious to the...
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Categories:
child, community, conflict, dad,
Form:
Free verse
A time for poetryThere is a time for poetry,
a time for petals as metaphors.
There is a time to sing,
a time for lovers to serenade.
There is a...
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Categories:
community, conflict, peace,
Form:
Free verse
Silent Friendwhen demons scream
fabricating falsehoods
i'll summon the angels
to help ease your mind
when you feel damaged
too broken to whisper
in dull blank darkness
i'll illuminate like stars
when dreams are...
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Categories:
community, emotions, friendship,
Form:
Free verse
White CaneHe walked down Goverment Road West
With a white cane, in shaking hand
Wearing Stevie wonder glasses
People called him the pop bottle man
With a white cane, in...
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Categories:
community, history, memory,
Form:
Pantoum
In MindIn depths of mind we despair
chilled within the barren dark
we look hard, inside out
for answers to unknown questions
but none are really there
it's us that makes...
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Categories:
community, courage, love,
Form:
Free verse
Winter's AntidoteWritten the week my niece's 29-year-old fiance died in
a terrible auto accident, 2 months shy of their wedding day.
O Winter, why this desolation? Trees,...
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Categories:
bereavement, community, death, grief,
Form:
Rhyme
A Love Letter to My Friends of IndiaWhen I think of India, I think of dark eyed beauties,
their foreheads painted with decorative red dots,
and I see them moving deliciously in beautiful bright...
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Categories:
community, friend,
Form:
Prose
A Gentle SlamSimply unaware....or perhaps I don't care
what others say or do
It's partially true
I'm through
Used to care what they think
of my words, of my ink
not anymore....
So much...
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Categories:
community, poetry, poets,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
I CAN'T BREATHEIn memory of---- all lives taken by unfair justice.
Solely in my room, I can't stomach the sound of my pulse
I sit here alone...
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Categories:
abuse, community, death, dedication,
Form:
Free verse
IF POETS RULED THE WORLDIF POETS RULED THE WORLD
If poets ruled the world
laws would be written with panache and...
oh yes, compassion;
civil liberty in fashion.
Carpetbaggers fold up your tents...
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Categories:
community, inspirational, leadership,
Form:
Rhyme
Other FaithsSome say you are lost
If you are not found
On their ground
Some think you are blind
If you do not find
What they find
I am an atheist who...
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Categories:
atheist, caregiving, community, how
Form:
Free verse
The New Poet~Life Support~
Welcome New Poet To Poetry Soup,
I offer you a warm smile, in hopes you come back another day.
From the moment I spot your...
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Categories:
addiction, beautiful, celebration, community,
Form:
Free verse
101 POETS101 POETS
I want to thank 101 poets, when words have no limit.
All 101 spots full of flowing imagery and spirit.
Nathan Dilts my #1~writing for...
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Categories:
celebration, community, dedication, friend,
Form:
Rhyme
The Generous Bard (The Merry Adventures of Robin Good)
Sherwood's Forest legendary, leading man
up, down, tricking eggs between branches
slender, slander, his voice is growing thinner
twisting, turning heads 50...
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Categories:
abuse, character, community, corruption,
Form:
Alliteration
Women's circleTaking the risk,
Baring the soul,
Seeking the wisdom
That shall make us whole.
Raising the arms,
Spreading the wings,
Hearing the music
That deep in us sings.
Stepping the dance,
Chanting the song,
Feeling...
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Categories:
community, sister, women,
Form:
Quatrain
Tit for Tat Poetryyou read out of obligation
a tit for tat consolation
a "thank you for your visit" affirmation
it's cool, this unspoken rule
I do it too, so what’s new?
It's...
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Categories:
community, poetess, poetry,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
A LITTLE KINDNESS NEVER HURTS
I’m at my happiest
When my heart overflows
With kindness and gentle compassion
And feel the energy of the universe
Radiating from my heart
I feel my best when I...
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Categories:
appreciation, community, encouraging, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
We Are OneWe Are One
Dear Ancient Sister
I hear your distant calls finding me on a gentle breeze
You have lived in my dreams for many seasons
My voice
Your...
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Categories:
blessing, celebration, community, courage,
Form:
Free verse
Complex
thick skin and thin walls~
...
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Categories:
abuse, community, sound,
Form:
Verse
Easter Eggs and SeashellsLike Easter eggs and seashells,
I collect them
scattered dubloons in gypsy gold
Brushstrokes of verse by hands more able
to decorate, and brighten
My barren table
Bountiful fruit from other...
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Categories:
appreciation, community, poems, poets,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
community, humanity, love, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Benedict DonaldThe White House harbors an orange traitor
Benedict Donald, science-hater
He never met a fact
He didn't try to whack
This prick puts the 'dick' in Dictator!
The obtuse ogre...
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Categories:
anti bullying, community, political,
Form:
Limerick
Better days Better days
Is all good
To hope for
The better...
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Categories:
community, africa, care, cheer up,
Form:
Epic