Best Counterculture Poems
Below are the all-time best Counterculture poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of counterculture poems written by PoetrySoup members
CountercultureWe are young and try to be, Independent and free.
Got the world beneath our feet, they took our innocence to keep.
These the men of old,...
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Categories:
counterculture, adventure, allegory, angst, childhood,
Form:
Lyric
Hello, I Love YouThe Doors of perception
maverick swinging carefree
to billboard hits in
rock’s american counterculture
face of the sixties
vocalist Jim Morrison
steering to the pulse of free love
in the heat of...
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Categories:
counterculture, celebrity, death, life, surreal,
Form:
Free verse
East Village FugueSome have passion and
Dreams in their hearts
That weave in and out
Beyond the edges
Of small places
Their dreams may be only words to some
But to them they...
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Categories:
counterculture, lifeold, old, , Lullaby,
Form:
Narrative
The All-Time Greatest Great BritainThis small island civilization,
its empire was the largest creation,
with the widest trade connection,
there are mixed views of our colonization.
Many modern countries exist because of the...
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Categories:
counterculture, england, freedom, history, humanity,
Form:
Rhyme
Wait a MinuteDid I hear that wrong?
On my way for another appointment
with the vampire bleeding Quest,
big stage conversations on the radio
travel way too fast
for me to stay...
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Categories:
counterculture, america, caregiving, culture, games,
Form:
Political Verse
Nobel Prize WinnerNOBEL PRIZE WINNER?
Nasal, sand paper gritty voice.
Why did he win the poetry Nobel?
“The answer my friend” may be
“blowin’ in the wind.”
What were the Swedes thinking
when...
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Categories:
counterculture, music, people,
Form:
Free verse
The Journey· ·
THE JOURNEY! By Paul David Powers! In the beginning was the question, what life was all about! Though we...
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Categories:
counterculture, abuse, addiction, allusion,
Form:
Ballad
Surviving In This WorldPoets embrace the septic of poetry,
and frighten those who are shameful and ashamed ...
People in...
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Categories:
counterculture, allegory, allusion, creation, extended
Form:
Free verse
Easter Keisterwipes Indoctrinated"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."
-- an unenlightened assw*pe medieval
* * *
...
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Categories:
counterculture, pain,
Form:
Rhyme
DreamcatcherDREAMCATCHER
the
new attention
in undercurrents
to emphasise
self
as
the focus
&
the inspiration
&influence
among
the present
day
counterculture
now
mainstream
alternatives
to the modern
outlook
of
self
consciousness
dreamcatcher
myths &
practices
mainstream
sensibilities
&
arguably
morality
of
the
orthodox
elitist
NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently...
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Categories:
counterculture, poetry,
Form:
Other
Dusk Dawns Noticeably Earlier Each Night In Schwenksville, Pennsylvania YupDusk dawns noticeably earlier each night in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania - yup
Which trend will continue some days before
winter solstice 2021 in Northern Hemisphere,
Tuesday, December 21 10:58...
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Categories:
counterculture, anniversary, appreciation, atheist, beauty,
Form:
Rhyme
Splendorconjure cumulus frost-bitten clouds
curious billows sporting fluffy shrouds
zeniths growing, burgeoning powers
forming glorious looming towers
hyperboles design brief distortions
comic sketches of monstrous proportions
cotton confections silvery...
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Categories:
counterculture, imagery, imagination, sky,
Form:
Rhyme
Cosmic Sketchesconsider cumulus frost-bitten clouds
curious billows sporting fluffy shrouds
zeniths growing, burgeoning powers
forming glorious looming towers
hyperboles design brief distortions
comic sketches of monstrous proportions
colliding cotton, silvery...
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Categories:
counterculture, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
VaporVAPOR! By Paul David Powers!
Life is but a vapor, flowers bloom and die!
But we have a destiny, a purpose, reason rhyme!
In the...
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Categories:
counterculture, allusion,
Form:
Free verse