Best Cousin Poems
Below are the all-time best Cousin poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of cousin poems written by PoetrySoup members
Cousin TallieMy cousin Tallie
was a real-life
award winning
beauty queen
from age six to eighteen
The kind who seems
a cardboard cut-out
Southern stereotype
all big hair and hype
manicured nails and
well arranged...
assets
but in...
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Categories:
cousin, abuse, community, family, growing up, judgement,
Form:
Free verse
Cousin Time
Cousin Time
So happy is a home where cousins meet;
their smiles and laughter make us feel upbeat,
while aunts and uncles know that life's complete
to watch...
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Categories:
children, cousin, family, fun,
Form:
Monorhyme
My Cousin ChaosA cousin named Chaos have I (he’s not actually my cousin. He’s like my aunt’s stepson, but I guess I can still call him a...
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Categories:
cousin, writing,
Form:
Limerick
Who But GodWho but God could paint the evening sky
And use a brush that is a fiery torch?
Tonight, the garish sunset makes me high
In awe, I stand...
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Categories:
cousin, philosophy, religion,
Form:
Sonnet
PLEASE~PLEASE~
Please pick me up!
Never mind I'm gonna fall, anyways
Please show me how to tie my shoes and sing a song!
Don't worry mommy,...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, anger, cousin, me, slavery,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
hahahahaha i have no idea what to title thishelp mrs. muse is gone and my mind is shooting blanks
my friend called inspiration is trying to walk the plank
motivation just married mr...
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Categories:
cousin, introspection, friend, friend, high school,
Form:
Rhyme
My One RegretIf I weren't afraid, I'd...
Have pulled that red lipstick
Out of my purse
And with cover
Of sister and cousin
Surrounding your coffin
Replaced that drab pink coral
With your...
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Categories:
cousin, humor, mom, sorry,
Form:
Light Verse
Llama Drama
(Was on a pic of a llama with a thick lock of hair on his head, styled in quite human like fashion and it was...
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Categories:
cousin, animal, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
LOVE ANGER DEATH AND GUILTLOVE ANGER DEATH AND GUILT
Blog was A young girl who was
Still at school
Everyone loved Blog, she
Was nobody’s fool,
In fact her peers regarded as...
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Categories:
cousin, anger, love,
Form:
Rhyme
These We'll Yet DestroyTwo owls charmed me
moments before I embarked
on the hours of industry to come.
Their silhouettes were dark and secretive,
their voices wistful and low.
I had a moment...
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Categories:
cousin, environment,
Form:
Free verse
My Big Fat Cousin's WeddingMy favorite cousin named Marge
is almost as big as a barge.
So one would assume,
not knowing the groom,
the guy would most likely be large.
But he...
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Categories:
funny, dance, fire, dance, fire, cousin,
Form:
Limerick
Breast Cancer Awareness This is a short piece for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I lost a close friend very talented, very young to breast cancer. I also lost...
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Categories:
cousin, cancer,
Form:
Narrative
Massacred NationThe year 1890
December 29th
Wounded Knee, South Dakota
My tribe lost their lives
The USS 7th
On their orders so
To round up the Sioux
Railroad herd them and go
Us Lakota...
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Categories:
native american, war, cousin,
Form:
Rhyme
Sitting on the Fence at TwilightSitting on the Fence at Twilight
When the sun waved good-bye in the afternoon,
I’d say hello to the smiling Man in the Moon.
Perching on our...
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Categories:
cousin, childhood, memory,
Form:
Rhyme
Deepest Memories and ThoughtsDeepest Memories and Thoughts
A little child
with big wet tears
An early love
a crushed heart
Feelings of utter loneliness
other people’s cruelty
Jagged-broken glass
a big toe bleeding profusely
Crying in...
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Categories:
cousin, analogy, emotions, feelings, introspection, life, metaphor,
Form:
Lyric
The Meaning of Bread and Tortillas"Mi primo" means my cousin in Spanish.
He calls me his "primita"- little cousin.
This is the story of how mi primo
Taught me about the meaning of...
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Categories:
cousin, culture, friend, immigration, international, spanish,
Form:
Free verse
My Cousin's WeddingMy cousin shared her wishes and dreams,
On our star gazing night, she whispered them so sweet
As a shooting star glided down from the...
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Categories:
age, cousin, funny, happiness, love, old,
Form:
Narrative
A Unique JobIt was very hard for me growing up
As had to raise my two months old cousin.
Me! An adult at the age of six, yup.
After three...
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Categories:
cousin, life,
Form:
Sonnet
Being thereDiamonds are a dangerous commodity.
Topaz brickettes pave lost roads
for the unfortunate paths
of bewildered Dorothy's
(and misguided second-removed cousins).
The birthday cards
I send myself,
are never returned...
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Categories:
cousin, love, birthday,
Form:
Free verse
Going For Pinktober
Their murkiness has begun, an agony may follow,
Yet, you can see their faint smiles with their eyes losing their glow;
There’s a cap on their head...
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Categories:
cousin, dedication, health, october,
Form:
Rhyme
Our little HavenWhen I was just a little girl
With mind as always, in a whirl
Me and my cousin, we would roam
Far, far away from my sweet home
We'd...
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Categories:
cousin, fairy, fantasy, green, house, paradise,
Form:
Rhyme
Because Education Is ImportantThe last time I had seen this particular cousin of mine, I was still in college and he had a head full of hair. In...
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Categories:
cousin, family, humorous, life, metaphor, money, surreal,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Glimpse of Heaven How curious, remote, the pain seemed now
As a fly on the ceiling, she looked down
Her body below in a hospital gown
Incessant beeps emitted by machines
With...
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Categories:
cousin, faith, heaven,
Form:
Rhyme
My First Date Poets Dozenmy fourteenth summer. .
the son of a preacher man
showing me heaven
His teasing ways and his boyish grin.
How easily I was taken in!
I felt...
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Categories:
cousin, boyfriend, day, , cute,
Form:
Haiku
IF I RULED THE WORLD If I ruled the world,
I'd round up all the men.
Send them to Afghanistan,
...And nuke the place again,
and again.
I'd collect and burn,
All the world's monies
And make...
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Categories:
funny, cousin,
Form:
Rhyme