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Best Crooked Poems

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


Premium Member Crying River
Crying River (The Untold Ballad) 

Undercover waters of rain dash
Cold children, no smiling splash
Tragic sobs, epic force of the mountain rain
Beautiful as it may seem...

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© Skat A   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: crooked, beautiful, cry, deep, freedom,
Form: Ballad



Premium Member The Guise of Blue Jay Skies
F  l  y  i  n  g

a sailing tailwind
in cerulean streams
through creamsicle colored beams -
are wings reflective of turquoise truth 
and...

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Categories: crooked, autumn, bird, blue, conflict,
Form: Free verse
A Concrete Snowman
THE BLACK
                       ...

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Categories: crooked, children, fun, snow, winter,
Form: Concrete
Premium Member Diamond Cut
"A Broken Demo"

In a desperate cry for help
She hires every jeweler
A cheap sheep crying, Wolf!
Using old repeating politic
utilizing lies * manipulation 
To cover the Glass...

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Categories: crooked, abuse, evil, leadership, political,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member March 19 Memories
Mama….it’s today
The chalendar shouts it
Today
15 years ago..you breathed your last
and I still see you in dreams
and I still miss you, Mama

I’m sitting here
in front of...

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Categories: crooked, death, faith, mother,
Form: Free verse



The Butterfly
Enroling  you a worm (cumbersome and)
hairy, you- scimitar of leaves
Knows the pain ,writhing pupae
Abandoned and convicted
Constricted hanging straightjacket
Squirming like a jackrabbit
Gagged nocturnally - ...

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Categories: crooked, angel, beauty, butterfly,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member You Are God and I Have To Believe
YOU ARE GOD and I HAVE TO BELIEVE


My dear Father God above the heavens high
ever loving and ever faithful in loving me
even though, I am...

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Categories: crooked, christian, conflict, confusion, faith,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Tourist
Have I been one among the chain
of those who come to gawk, then strain
to point a finger, poke my nose
into places I don't own?
To claim...

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Categories: crooked, appreciation, feelings, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Half Man
He sees no evil
only good
his right hand
does not know
what the left hand does

And in his dreams
his left leg
runs in a different
direction
and makes him crash

He chases...

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Categories: crooked, friendship, friendship love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member No Blue Hair
No blue hair or curls for me.
I’ll grow old naturally.
Hanging breasts and flattened bum,
crooked teeth and graying gum.
Sagging knees and chicken skin,
sunny spots and double...

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Categories: crooked, age, beauty, funny, hair,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mission Accomplished
I was a skilled, dedicated CIA agent, helping to preserve national security,
By searching for and garnering information, as silvery rain ensures purity.

Days were spent perusing...

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Categories: crooked, confusion, fantasy, joy, prayer,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member My Butt Crack
My butt crack 
Is quite a split 
It supports the rest of me 
when I sit 
you thought I was gonna say something else didn't...

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© Eric Nolan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: crooked, funny, happiness, life, satire,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fool of Infiniti and Queen of Fate
Fool of Infiniti

A wanton bird pecks at the stars
A Jester peers through crystal bars
This prison of love with rainbow hue
Illusion parts to lets you through

On...

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Categories: crooked, dark, fantasy, feelings, horse,
Form: Lay
Premium Member The Old Dark House
The Old Dark House

This tale of “The Old Dark House” is one that’s replete with a
most horrid sense of pure evil and macabre, and is...

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Categories: crooked, dark, dream, evil, fantasy,
Form: Narrative
Shells of Alamein Lest We Forget War
Lest we forget

When the Shelling 
And the Din of gunfire
Finally stopped 

His mind was shot
A hollow broken shell
Stood

Crooked in the corner of some foreign land
Every...

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Categories: crooked, slam, war,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs