Best Diamond In The Rough Poems
Below are the all-time best Diamond In The Rough poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of diamond in the rough poems written by PoetrySoup members
A "hopeless" Diamond (In the Rough)French trader Tavernier in a greed-inspired way
Glared at an idol of a temple in Mandalay
Prying a gem from its eye socket, a curse prevailed
Tavernier died...
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Categories:
diamond in the rough, history, mysterylost, hope, lost,
Form:
Quatrain
A Diamond In the RoughThe flower still stood in the midst of the storm;
its petals still fresh and divinely clasped together.
The winds and rains couldn't stop buds to blossom,
though...
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Categories:
diamond in the rough, art, faith, imagery, inspiration,
Form:
Rhyme
Black Diamond NightBlack Diamond Night (a coal miner’s cemetery)
Where the ebony, we call “NIGHT”,
Old black rocks sit under the twilight
Diamond shape eyes unclear and lonely,
Sinister...
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Categories:
diamond in the rough, body, death, history, lonely,
Form:
Epic
A Sense of DiamondsTo hear me would sound like a symphony of octaves –
played all at once with concrete fingers
on diamond in the rough strings.
To see me…O’, to...
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Categories:
diamond in the rough, natureme, me,
Form:
Personification
Politician PerditionPOLITICIAN PERDITION
Do you find yourself analytical
When it comes to things political
Corpulent men in suits and ties
Cheat with promises and lies
With true intent we go to...
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Categories:
diamond in the rough, america, political,
Form:
Rhyme
Muted BlueI'll hold this place for her loving faintly-
fragile, and tepid outer layer veils so thinly
a gorgeous core shining bright and quietly
Her eyes say...
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Categories:
diamond in the rough, love
Form:
Free verse
The Dilettante Diaries: Freshwater
The Dilettante Diaries: “Freshwater”
This is how it begins
Opposite side of the chequered board
Black and White, a game to win
The 50 Move Rule flirts consequences
of a...
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Categories:
diamond in the rough, adventure, imagery, journey, muse,
Form:
Romanticism
Pretty PattyPretty Patty was a penny pincher of the worst kind
She saved every single cent that she could find
She carefully cut out coupons ,counting every one
A...
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Categories:
diamond in the rough, care, feelings, inspirational,
Form:
Alliteration
UnfinishedOn the Potter's wheel
I am clay -
sticky, messy red clay,
being kneaded like bread,
'till pliable.
In firm but gentle hands
the Potter molds and shapes me into
a...
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Categories:
diamond in the rough, day, faith, introspection, life,
Form:
Free verse
AntagonistYou appear in my sleep like Freddy to dissolve my dreams
You pose as kryptonite to my Superman
If we were a movie you would be the...
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Categories:
diamond in the rough, betrayal, celebration, confidence, courage,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
I'M JustI'm just
_______________________
I'm just an arubix cube,
give me a little spin
see what info you shall gain
if I choose to let you in.
I'm a mix of puzzle...
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Categories:
diamond in the rough, emotions, feelings, friendship, identity,
Form:
Rhyme
Positively TrumpPOSITIVELY TRUMP
The Economy is booming
No catastrophe yet looming
After choosing Donald Trump
Where recession? where the slump?
But we’re nearing full employment
All who can, in max deployment
Black...
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Categories:
diamond in the rough, political,
Form:
Rhyme
JewelYou are a jewel in diguse
i am fortunate you have no other ties
you are truely a diamond in the rough
A beautiful girl from kansas who...
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Categories:
diamond in the rough, love
Form:
Rhyme
The Drawbacks of Being a WallflowerBarely seconds into something, already hooked.
Why question anything if you know your stuff?
You know best that it’s easy to be overlooked,
Especially when you’re a diamond...
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Categories:
diamond in the rough, anxiety, appreciation, bullying, encouraging,
Form:
Quatern
Intrinsical AbandonChimera of visual candy and sounds. I twirl my poetic skirt — the Magyar gypsy in me abandons time and space — the earth is...
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Categories:
diamond in the rough, death, imagination, life, poetry,
Form:
Haibun