Best Downright Poems
Below are the all-time best Downright poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of downright poems written by PoetrySoup members
Separated By A Common Language
"England and America are two countries separated by a common language."
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Categories:
downright, america, england, language, word
Form:
Rhyme
I Had a Martini: Ok, Maybe Four
It'd been one of the most bizarre days; downright crazy
so I had a martini, maybe four, so things got kinda hazy
I fumbled in my wallet...
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Categories:
downright, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Who ARE You --- Not For ContestAs the hourglass gets filled with sand,
they take time to ask me who I am,
but who are YOU? to ask...
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Categories:
downright, addiction, character, cheer up,
Form:
Light Verse
She wore pineapple rings for glassesShe wore pineapple rings for glasses
and walked like jelly dances
I didn't rate her chances
She used to wee standing up
she cooked lemon a'la duck
won the lottery,...
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Categories:
downright, fantasy, food, funny, crazy,
Form:
Monorhyme
Beautiful
You consider yourself average on a good day,
somewhat pretty on a whimsical day,
and downright atrocious on a bad day.
Your hair can’t decide to be straight...
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Categories:
downright, abuse, beautiful, beauty, body,
Form:
Free verse
Please Hold“Thank you for calling….”
Is what’s trained to be said
But when they get irate and lewd
I feel like hanging up instead.
This person’s always right, that person’s...
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Categories:
downright, funny, jobs, work,
Form:
Sonnet
Wear Green--Or Else
There’s coming a time of great cheer
when folks will drink lots of green beer
tell tales of wee sprites
and magical sights.
St. Patrick’s Day soon will be...
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Categories:
downright, humor,
Form:
Limerick
Sabbath PlaygroundsSunday afternoons,
or Saturday afternoons,
look and feel richer,
dense relational liturgy of mundane ritual,
often more sabbath quiet.
Quiet neighborhood school playground
celebrates more solitary visits
seeking co-sensory silent selftalk,
muse swings...
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Categories:
downright, culture, heaven, humanity, light,
Form:
Free verse
The Devil Has no HornsIn Simple words
The devil has no horns
She wears smaug balm, Oh, Lord of the Rings
She sleeps in El Dorado Street, the Hotels of Svengali
She...
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Categories:
downright, analogy, , western,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Unnatural selectionLife started out pretty well, of that I won’t complain,
Somehow then I lost it, god knows I can’t explain.
Melancholy has taking over, Good times have...
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Categories:
downright, anxiety, death, depression, how
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Please Hold
"Thank you for calling….”
Is what’s trained to be said
But when they get irate and lewd
I feel like hanging up instead.
This person’s always right, that person’s...
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Categories:
downright, funny, work,
Form:
Sonnet
Uppity Darkie
Light minded people say I’m an uppity darkie
They color me bad,
with a black face, felt pen Sharpie
Vanilla voices downright don’t like
the audio sounds of...
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Categories:
downright, allusion, prejudice, racism, truth,
Form:
Bio
The King's English -- George W Bush, JrDid you tire of one President's lecturing and preaching?
Do you cringe at another's tweets, his lechery and "leechering?"
Then as George W Bush Jr's term fades...
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Categories:
downright, humorous, language, leadership, usa,
Form:
Rhyme
Canyon of Cold
And because iniquity shall abound,
the love of many shall wax cold
Matt. 24:12
In the depths of their heart
is a frozen soul
Mean spirited, cruel and hateful
They got...
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Categories:
downright, dark, heart, spiritual, truth,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Predictable Old Workday GrindOrgan grinder
Meat grinder
Bump-and-grind
The workday grind
Get up, get out of bed
Drag a comb across my head
Yeah, Yeah, Paul: You knew that was coming...
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Categories:
downright, work,
Form:
Free verse
I am a virgin slammerI am a virgin slammer,
Let me get that over with,
So if I stammer and speak like a bludgeoning hammer,
Let the record be clear: I’m just...
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Categories:
downright, slam, , cute,
Form:
Free verse
State Of The UnionI've been watching these two groups lately,
Left and right & all those between.
Where resolutions appear adrift or absent,
And legislation became downright mean.
The battling and the...
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Categories:
downright, 12th grade, conflict, political,
Form:
Rhyme
The Peace Sign (Poem is in the peace symbol, created in 1958 by designer Gerald Holtom, upward V and later chosen by Bertrand Russell....
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Categories:
downright, peace,
Form:
Concrete
Duke - A Soldier's TaleDanny pleaded with his daddy for a German shepherd puppy,
But papa instead, suggested a cuddly kitten or a harmless guppy.
Danny won the battle and they...
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Categories:
downright, animal, humorous, , memorial,
Form:
Rhyme
Spiritedly Distilling Social GracesPuberty set off affright
seeding decades long
terrestrial space flight
freighted existential blight,
wherefore from that
attempt to live airtight
many scores yesternight
ago, I barely (except
...
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Categories:
downright, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form:
Free verse
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ATMOSPHEREI am a party animal, my heritage is mixed
quite content to lounge about when conditions remain fixed.
Suppose that’s the nobility which Krypton must provide,
maintaining...
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Categories:
downright, education, humorous, metaphor, nature,
Form:
Couplet
Fallen heroes the finale
Cry me a river cry me a river
The change has arrived
Where are all the heroes
Heroes like jolting Joe D
Hit the ball to outer space
Running...
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Categories:
downright, culture, faith, hope, inspirational,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Punny Side Of Life
Was going to look for my missing watch
But just couldn't find the time
Simply no telling where my mind is going
This very strange mind of mine
Here's...
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Categories:
downright, funny,
Form:
Quatrain
Honey Bee Flying Around In WinterI have been reluctant to pen this verse
Because I don't understand what it was all about
I have been reluctant to pen this verse
Because I...
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Categories:
downright, angel, blessing, business, community,
Form:
Narrative
My Family TreeExplorin' the branches of the family tree can be rather dicey.
Some ancestors could be famous, humdrum er downright spicy!
With bated breath I decided to take...
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Categories:
downright, family, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme