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Best Down At Heel Poems

Below are the all-time best Down At Heel poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of down at heel poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Blue October
Introducing: Leonora Galinta & Poet Destroyer

I was awoken by the effulgent smiles of sunlight 
Dancing on my window pane with great delight 
A jovial repartee...

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Categories: down at heel, adventure, beautiful, blue, celebration,
Form: Rhyme



Sea of True
All this while things will be better
That is what we heard from our forefathers
Exactly from our elders
In our turn, the same thing on the button
When...

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Categories: down at heel, abuse, allegory, anger, anxiety,
Form: Epic
Sands of Forgiveness
Deep within, settle our diamonds of hate;
Descending, slowly through our mind, heart and soul.
Hurts refined and ignored, forgotten in fate;
At first nothing but, a burning...

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Categories: down at heel, faith, fate, forgiveness, god,
Form: Rhyme
My Favourite Shoes
My Favourite Shoes


New shoes bought at great expense, soft and supple leather,
Sturdy heels with non slip soles, fit for any weather.
One may declare without a...

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Categories: down at heel, funnyold, old,
Form: Rhyme
Life's University
Strolling along the promenade on a bitterly cold winter’s day
Dressed head to toe in my warm winter coat, only my eyes and nose on display
A...

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Categories: down at heel, endurance, society, sympathy, winter,
Form: Rhyme



Wildlife 49
Wildlife 49 

An ageing yet droll cockatiel,
Had plumage a bit down at heel,
He performed a sad song,
And the flock sang along,
For they knew his rendition...

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© Tim Riding  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: down at heel, bird, funny,
Form: Limerick
My Love, Josefin Slab
My love, Josefin Slab
My first thought the time I wake up
My inspiration in moments I create art
My joy when we chat and laugh together
My strength...

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Categories: down at heel, emotions, heartbreak, imagery, love,
Form: Free verse
Corona's Shade
Reigned umbrage conceived life to a secluded delusion 
The situation festered into a round compact mass as the earth
Dark clouds float above the rival
Summery heads...

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Categories: down at heel, beauty, conflict, earth, moon,
Form: Free verse
The Vagrant
A wanderer, I stray.
To hills and valleys, far away.
Closed doors and gate, my fate.
No ID or certificate.
A vagrant is an unwanted guest.
To prison send the...

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Categories: down at heel, angst, food, hope, social,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Beautiful Button
I bought some vintage unused buttons that had clearly sat in a sewing box for someone's lifetime and will probably do the same in mine,...

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Categories: down at heel, art,
Form: Rondeau Redouble
The Adventurer
The Adventurer 

I don't know any famous people maybe I have met famous people who keep their fame hidden like Madonna who lives in Lisbon,...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: down at heel, absence, allusion, color, death,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Shattered Sighs