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Best Coup Poems

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


Premium Member Coup
This country United 
one can clearly see 
only blind hide in truth 

Illegally a government seizes power 
against the vote with a clear strike 
Overthrowing...

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Categories: coup, anger, betrayal, conflict, earth,
Form: Ode



Premium Member Flight To Midnight
O albatross guide my loosed soul  
from the shipwreck seized by sandy shoal

persuasive Polar Star in quiet pull
a sailor’s tired eyes gone dark 
I...

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Categories: coup, angel, beauty, death, forgiveness,
Form: Verse
Premium Member I, the Clone
I, The Clone

     So that I would not live alone,
     My parents thought I should be a...

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Categories: coup, humorous, me, satire,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Little Boy Lost
Poor Little Boy Lost plays a game of peekaboo
Pretending everything in his world is well
Spoiled was his plan for organizing a coup
and now he hopes...

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Categories: coup, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Seduction's Abduction
I begin as a covet, dulcet demure
pure in play, unbound to a dogma or tablature, a luscious lure,
I find that nerve of passion's verve nestled...

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Categories: coup, desire, lust, passion, spiritual,
Form: Epic



The Classical Whisper
The tree is breezy you will come I know
The jasmine wind is waiting to greet you
The hands of the clock moving very slow
On the rose...

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Categories: coup, imagery, life, love,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Premium Member Purple Reign
There is no plum-colored ermine trimmed cloak to be worn, 
and no one's pen is a royal scepter which gems will adorn.
Poets are just ordinary...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: coup, how i feel,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member In a Vampish Way
In a vampish way, the moon erupts from the sea 
pirouetting across white cap and trough valley
through an impassioned performance of love set free
	in a...

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Categories: coup, environment, god, moon, night,
Form: Roundel
Premium Member An Ordinary Man
I want to be inspired to write
    a song people really want to sing;
I want to be inspired to compose
  ...

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© Joe Flach  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: coup, inspirational, on writing and
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Too Much Time Alone
If you come to find me 
Look no further than you must
For I will be burning effigies
A conspiracy is afoot
Some might say I spend too...

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Categories: coup, allusion, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mary Ann's Age-Old Excuse
Mary Ann had a boyfriend that she 
gave affection and great loyalty.
Since the age of sixteen
no one else had she seen
but she wanted more at...

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Categories: coup, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Hostile Head Takeover Part 2
A din ensued
my imaginary brood
with a good dose of misapprehension
hauled out their toys
and with a deafening noise
held band practice to demand my attention


My head resounded
I...

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Categories: coup, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Truth About Tomatoes
Tomatoes are amazing things, so tasty-good to eat,
they have a secret juice inside that really can't be beat.

Eating one will make you strong and help...

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Categories: coup, fruit, health, inspirational, truth,
Form: Rhyme
The Wonder of You
Beautifully tender and kindness untold
Awesome in splendor with courage bold 
Your love overtakes me.. it's without end
Sweet girl, to be your one and only..
Amazed in...

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© Lyric Man  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: coup, beautiful, best friend, love,
Form: Lyric
Beauty and the Beast
"Beauty & The Beast"....
Our different up bringing, the social status says hell no,
    the body chemistry, the man in me says yes...

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Categories: coup, boyfriend, love, relationship, surreal,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs