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Best Do As I Say And Not As I Do Poems

Below are the all-time best Do As I Say And Not As I Do poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of do as i say and not as i do poems written by PoetrySoup members


Open Your Eyes Open Your Mind Say I'M Not Going To Take It Anymore
Do you see What I see?
Dr Fauci says to wear a mask and social distance, it will prevent the spread of the virus. Has it,...

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Categories: do as i say and not as i do, america, anxiety, goodbye, storm,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member When the Piano Bleeds Pain
It's 3 am,
her pillow soaked in regret.
Loss has left her spirit lonesome,
darkness a definition of insanity.

In the silence of the night,
vexatious voices vibrate inside
her somber...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: do as i say and not as i do, angst, lost love, love
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member My Interpretation of If By Rudyard Kipling
MY INTERPRETATION OF IF BY RUDYARD KIPLING -  

If you can keep calm when all around you,
Are frustrated, and angry with you,
Always believe in...

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Categories: do as i say and not as i do, poets,
Form: Rhyme
I Pretend
Yeah.. I pretend that I'm your man
And your hand's in mine forever
So clear.. love's eyes always see
Feelings that will extinguish never
So lets imagine.. you and...

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© Lyric Man  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: do as i say and not as i do, crush, destiny, dream, fantasy,
Form: Lyric
Asperger's Child
Some say you're not quite whole,
But I know better, Angel Child.
You live in a place all your own,
Free, unhinged, sometimes wild.

In precious moments you let...

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Categories: do as i say and not as i do, granddaughter, psychological,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Coma
I smile at you
From deep within the folds of consciousness
Where, they say, no recognition does exist
I feel your hands and hear your voice
And smile at...

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Categories: do as i say and not as i do, emotions, feelings, memory,
Form: Free verse
Don'T Let Go
If you take my hand and don't let go
There's a side of life I want to show
You've suffered a little, a lot, know
But I also...

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Categories: do as i say and not as i do, appreciation, depression, friendship, peace,
Form: Ballade
Premium Member A Lady In Red
Yesterdays love
Buries me in memories
I long for times
When a kiss was truly an exotic marvel
I hug the sorrows of treasured losses
I, a man weep, silently...

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Categories: do as i say and not as i do, beauty, heart, life, love,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Wounded
Come and gone like small twister
like the cloud of debris he’s left.
Echoes of Charlie Brown’s buddy Pigpen
blow through the cobwebs in memory.
Left over coffee cups...

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Categories: do as i say and not as i do, caregiving, childhood, depression, devotion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member You Say- I Say
You say things that are really mean
I say that I'm still pretty lean
You say I'm fat and that's unfounded
I say I'm not fat, just well...

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Categories: do as i say and not as i do, funny, me, halloween, me,
Form: Couplet
Not Beautiful
they say you're not good enough
you weren't raised the right way
they say you should just be alone
no one will miss you anyway
they say that you...

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Categories: do as i say and not as i do, beauty, bullying, moving on,
Form: Rhyme
Tiptoe
Tiptoe, tiptoe, what they say is not what they say it is . . . 

Cameras rolling, take one, action! 
“How stupid can you be?...

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Categories: do as i say and not as i do, political, power, presidents day,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Toquyen Title Compilation Poem
What "do you see"
"What are you looking for"
"Why"
Why "do you do what you want"
You know it causes Me pain
You could be "my everything"
"Are you determined"...

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Categories: do as i say and not as i do, dedication, god,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Scum of the Earth
There’s a sense in which all life is scum on this earth
(without God as creator), life here (more debris
that just floats on the surface of...

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Categories: do as i say and not as i do, faith, fun, philosophy, science,
Form: Rhyme
Never Thought I'D Fall In Love (With My Best Friend)
(Chorus): Never thought I’d fall in love with my best friend
Sit on the phone and talk for hours about anything
He knew everything about me
He was...

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Categories: do as i say and not as i do, love, music, song-teen, sad,
Form: Lyric

Book: Shattered Sighs