Home » Poems » Best » Diner

Best Diner Poems

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

Separated By a Common Language

"England and America are two countries separated by a common language." 
                ...

Read more of this work...

Categories: diner, america, england, language, word
Form: Rhyme

Of Days Gone By

Sometimes I laugh
Sometimes I cry
Sometimes I dream
Of Days gone by

Life was hard, each day we learned
We never wanted what we hadn’t earned
A handshake at the...

Read more of this work...

Categories: diner, nostalgiaprayer, autumn,
Form: Rhyme

Pages - a Shape Poem

  THE NEWS 


____________________________________________________________
Life Defined by Moments Blindsided
written by The Broken Hearted

Read the news today. There is blues      ...

Read more of this work...

Categories: diner, suicide,
Form: Shape

Mac and Mac

To the diner Mac went for a meal
Where he ordered two helpings of veal.
All he had was one dime
Could not pay! What a crime!
Washing-up was...

Read more of this work...

Categories: diner, food,
Form: Limerick

Sign of the Times

Satellites in space keeping an eye on the human race
Independence in place a parental pacified pallid pace
Gods of war prepare for their cadaverous command
Narcissistic lair...

Read more of this work...

Categories: diner, conflict, destiny, humanity,
Form: Acrostic

The Jackson County Fair

In my travels late one night 
upon a country road
Across the fields and in the distance 
something surely glowed
Perhaps a fire over there? 
Though I...

Read more of this work...

Categories: diner, dark, scary, surreal,
Form: Ballad

Orange Crush Ii the Adventures of Soda Pop

Before reading this one read part one, the story will make more sense.

I felt safe amongst the colorful pages of the comic books wrapped around...

Read more of this work...

Categories: diner, adventure, childhood, crush, education,
Form: Personification

A Compilation of Fickle Foolish Footles

FOOTLES FOR THE BIRDS AND THE BEASTS - 

Bad-ass old bear:
    Grizzly
    Grizzly

Dachshund making critical life choices:
  ...

Read more of this work...

Categories: diner, funny,
Form: Footle

Scale

Weigh in

Weigh to go

Best weigh to do this

Weight to the midnight hour

Is there a better weigh

Weight just a moment

She was described this weigh

Weighter in a...

Read more of this work...

Categories: diner, funny,
Form: Light Verse

America Wasn'T So Bad Back Then

We have something in common, a fellow I talk to now and then. We’re about the same age and perhaps the only ones in the...

Read more of this work...

Categories: diner, america,
Form: Prose

Sounds of the Day

Morning sounds wake sleepy heads in beds.
A thud against the wall...daddy's home, drunk!
Mommy must have given him that mommy look!
Sis and I rush to help...

Read more of this work...

Categories: diner, abuse, childhood, mother, violence,
Form: Narrative

Breakfast For Two

In a little town
with a little street
and single traffic 
was a tiny diner
with just a few people
among them Robert
and his wife Francine
who for twenty years
order...

Read more of this work...

Categories: diner, heartbroken, longing, sympathy,
Form: Free verse

Edward Hopper: Automat

an automat whose orbs of light
reflect and touch the void of night

a refuge from the twenties’ roar
trapped in her thoughts without a door

a table, cup...

Read more of this work...

Categories: diner, art,
Form: Ekphrasis

Say You Love Me

Don't say you love me with a rose, your generic  lines of poetry reading off like a gift card from the dollar store, your...

Read more of this work...

Categories: diner, heartbroken, i love you,
Form: Free verse

Dreaming An Electric Reality

Late at night 
    hearts pounding 
heads in the stars
   Three young me 
head over to the local diner 
...

Read more of this work...

Categories: diner, teen, urban, youth,
Form: Free verse