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Best Dirt Poems

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


Premium Member Rape - trigger warning
October: I'm eighteen, shortcutting home
through an autumn-burnished churchyard -
copper-lustred leaves, moss-skinned stone -
a jaunty swing of skater skirt and arm,
college folder square-sturdy in my hand.
In...

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Categories: dirt, abuse, violence,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member A Tulip Grows Under An Evergreen - Inspired By the Poets At Poetrysoup
A
fine
Parrot Tulip
in vibrant intensities 
with unique undertones
of green acquirable only in a 
few forests. A ruby red swirls within 
its petals beckons awareness of those...

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Categories: dirt, beautiful, beauty, earth, light,
Form: Shape
Premium Member Real Men Wear Pink
I stand about five feet eight
I'll admit, I'm a tad overweight
Drive an old pick up truck
Not one to pass the buck
At the moment have a...

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Categories: dirt, character, funny, humor, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Want Your Seeds
**"And his name was Jack"**

No one perceives what abides above the clouds. 
A giant, a harp, maybe golden eggs. 
I demand to see and feel...

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Categories: dirt, adventure, funny, old, rain,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Silent Page
Silent Heart

Sad, as it maybe, I had to break my OWN heart, 
Too many nights, I sat there all torn apart
A dream girl, 
Sitting under...

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Categories: dirt, confusion, corruption, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Hidden Treasures

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Categories: dirt, art,
Form: Shape
Dear Men
Dear men,
Explain to me why I stand alone. 
Women are quick to uplift their father, sons, and brothers
Quick to maintain the home,
But when she needs...

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Categories: dirt, abuse, anger, discrimination, feelings,
Form: Free verse
One Green Leaf
One leaf fell from a tall, tall tree
and subtly kissed gnarled roots beneath;
a lover’s kiss below sunned-sheath 
of greenest leaves, a jubilee.  

One spiraling...

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Categories: dirt, color, green, holiday, imagery,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Texian Macabre Arena
The First Texian Macabre Arena Ballad (The extended free-fallen edition)
 
In another life, is where I first saw your face!
One summer afternoon, lying wounded next...

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Categories: dirt, pride, sin, sorrow, symbolism,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member We Are One
We Are One


Dear Ancient Sister
I hear your distant calls finding me on a gentle breeze
You have lived in my dreams for many seasons

My voice 
Your...

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Categories: dirt, blessing, celebration, community, courage,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Am Not Brave
How brave the amaryllis is
emerging naked from the soil,
an umber golden spear to pierce
the heresy of August air.

I am not brave like pilgrim bulbs,
though planted...

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Categories: dirt, color, flower, metaphor, nature,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member John F Kennedy - Martin Luther King Jr - Robert F Kennedy and Donald Duck
it was the sixties
we were young
we were going to change the world
spin it like a basketball on our finger
take the three point shot 
win the...

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Categories: dirt, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member To the Poet Who Broke My Heart
Yes, he broke my heart, but not the usual way
With tender words, he made my poor heart sway
Each chamber beamed with his adoring smile
That chased...

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Categories: dirt, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Toilers At the Trench
Plunging, lifting, plunging -as wind blew ashes all around -
the shovels' blades incised the cold and black encrusted ground.

Attached to shovel handles were the arms...

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Categories: dirt, history, sad,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Tangled Vines
I walk along the old familiar path in the wood of my childhood -
the place that I willingly abandoned  
for the lure of new...

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Categories: dirt, childhood, life,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs