Best Dc Poems
Below are the all-time best Dc poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of dc poems written by PoetrySoup members
Something Strange Is Happening In DcThis morning I am glued to my TV,
for something has happened in DC!
I’m scratching my head.
Am I dreaming still in bed?
They are PRAISING the President...
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Categories:
dc, humor, political,
Form:
Rhyme
Bookish Menagerie: A Time Traveler's LibraryToddlers' Exploration:
Cardboard drum, a thunderous beast,
Playful roars in tiny fists and feasts.
Fleeting wings glide, dreams just out of reach,
Soaring through tales of barnyard Waddles...
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Categories:
dc, adventure, books, childhood, imagination,
Form:
Narrative
Infant DaybreakAmbling in the charm of Tidal Basin
We hold hands with a lilac morning
Long before it pleads with the sunrise
To sparkle the view of a purple...
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Categories:
dc, imagery, nature, romantic,
Form:
Free verse
Where Cheerful Robins DanceGleefully you and I smile from a scenic window on life
Enchanted by nightfall befriending quixotic autumn sky
Embossing crimson brushstrokes on vermilion arc
Akin to a painting...
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Categories:
dc, imagery, nature, travel,
Form:
Free verse
The Hero Code: DecodedEnthralled by each panel, a world in my grasp,
Comic books whisked me beyond time's clasp.
Starlight's soft shimmer, on planets unknown,
Myths spun with heroes, on quests...
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Categories:
dc, hero, imagination, literature, youth,
Form:
Narrative
Call Your MotherCall Your Mother
Pick up the phone...
do it now.
If you can.
Later if you must,
I trust that you,
know the difference.
She never put you...
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Categories:
dc, abuse, confidence, earth, encouraging,
Form:
Free verse
Santa the Grinch and the FBI'Twas the night before Christmas and it was heavily snowing
The windows in the house rattled with the wind that was blowing
Santa looked out through the...
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Categories:
dc, america, christmas, snow, weather,
Form:
Rhyme
The Last Good Days of InnocenceWe were a generation free of super-technology.
Yes, we had our records and tv
and the airlines for speedy travel. And yes,
there had been wars throughout...
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Categories:
dc, people,
Form:
Free verse
The Obiturary of the United StatesLower the flags to half mast,
America the Beautiful has been gutted,
Its word emptied of all meaning,
There is no jubilant throng singing,
“Glory, glory Hallelujah!”
Our nation’s heroes...
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Categories:
dc, eulogy, obituary, patriotic, political,
Form:
Free verse
Mad About Towns
When we set out on a road trip
We didn’t stick to the old script
And were gladly amazed
And rarely unfazed
Hitting strange towns though some were skipped
We...
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Categories:
dc, humorous, travel, word play,
Form:
Limerick
On Wings of SongI fly on wing of song.
Twenty-three miles out of Atlanta
soaring like an eagle traveling from DC
thirty-six thousand miles high
Fly, fly away
Through the blue hues of...
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Categories:
dc, universe,
Form:
Imagism
A Good News DayThe sun rose this morning
Hip-Hip-Hooray!
Things are going our way
Frost and drought
Did not destroy crops
There’s food for the world – Lick your chops
A truce finally came...
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Categories:
dc, happiness,
Form:
Rhyme
The ContestThe Contest
I would like to enter,
and sometimes I do.
Occasionally I even win,
to my surprise.
How cool!
The true rule,
to every fool,
or pirate...
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Categories:
dc, america, friendship, hero, homework,
Form:
Narrative
Sunset SpiritSunset Spirit
Close your eyes,
and stop thinking.
Take a moment...
breathe.
God is already beside you.
He has always been there.
It is you,
that must slow...
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Categories:
dc, angel, death, grief, heaven,
Form:
Free verse
Kilroy Was HereThere was an elusive little guy often espied during World War Two,
And who he was and whence he came no one ever really knew!
He was...
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Categories:
dc, funny, nostalgia, war, world,
Form:
Rhyme