Best Eric Poems
Below are the all-time best Eric poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of eric poems written by PoetrySoup members
I Can't BreatheIn memory of----
Solely in my room, I can't stomach the sound of my pulse
I sit here alone to forget the taste of air.
Overwhelm by the...
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Categories:
eric, abuse, bullying, color, discrimination,
Form:
Free verse
I CAN'T BREATHEIn memory of---- all lives taken by unfair justice.
Solely in my room, I can't stomach the sound of my pulse
I sit here alone...
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Categories:
eric, abuse, community, death, dedication,
Form:
Free verse
My butt crackMy butt crack
Is quite a split
It supports the rest of me
when I sit
you thought I was gonna say something else didn't...
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Categories:
eric, funny, happiness, life, satire,
Form:
Free verse
A Disney TaleYou say you're Cinderella,
Or would you like to be.
Does this mean that you've found,
Your Prince charming in me?
You also say you're Jasmine,
So,...
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Categories:
eric, adventure, devotion, children, happiness,
Form:
I do not know?
Tick TockTo all of us
Who have lost someone
To all of us who have lost something
A void, emptiness
A feeling of the no more
And nevermore
To those of us
Who...
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Categories:
eric, family, hope, life, peoplelost,
Form:
Free verse
My Pledge of Allegiance"My Pledge of Allegiance"
by: Eric L. Boddie
I Pledge Allegiance To The Word
Because there is no greater sound I've ever heard
I Pledge Allegiance To The...
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Categories:
eric, bible, devotion, faith, identity,
Form:
Couplet
Power over Adversity
“Power over Adversity”
by: Eric L. Boddie
Thank You for the victory that only You could conceive
Thank You for the air You allow each of us to...
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Categories:
eric, blessing, god, inspirational, jesus,
Form:
Rhyme
tribute five"Please Allow Me to Speak for Him"
by: Eric L. Boddie
Strength is boundless within his words
In the hearts of many, he should be heard
Lent me...
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Categories:
eric, appreciation, courage, dedication, encouraging,
Form:
Acrostic
L. I. F. E. (Living In Fear Everywhere)L iving
I n
F ear
E verywhere
Just as we live and just as we die
We laugh, kill and crucify
We are no more our brothers than...
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Categories:
eric, death, depression, education, life,
Form:
Free verse
P E T S People Enslaved to SocialismHave you ever had a pet?
Chances are pretty good I bet
You give them food, water, shelter and medical care
In return they give you loyalty and...
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Categories:
eric, culture, freedom, life, nonsense,
Form:
Rhyme
Seventeen Years"Seventeen Years"
by: Eric L. Boddie
In my younger years, satan had the tightest clinch upon my Soul
I was headed to destruction, but, then, my heart...
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Categories:
eric, character, christian, inspiration, jesus,
Form:
Couplet
Make It Countline count and word number are equal in this selection....
"Make It Count"
by: Eric L. Boddie
A
Man may
Come to play
But if you say
Oh no baby, not...
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Categories:
eric, art, education, encouraging, life,
Form:
Monorhyme
To those that say All Lives Matter when we say Black Lives MatterYou say all lives matter
Bringing up all these colors
Like red, white, orange, and blue
But when a black life is taken, where on Earth are...
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Categories:
black african american, life,
Form:
Rhyme
A View From A WindowThe dawn unfolds beyond my fractured windowpane
and breezes tease while drapes, like serpents, slip aside
exposing worlds that race and run aground, insane,
displaying scenes obscene that...
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Categories:
eric, society,
Form:
Rhyme
Identical Rhyme"Identical Rhyme"
by: Eric L. Boddie
In the country, hogs eat slop
In the city, women like to shop
And really, where do stereotypes stop
Where do the lie...
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Categories:
eric, encouraging, inspirational, passion, philosophy,
Form:
Triolet
EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ THISThere are so many people who will stand up
In the cause of speaking for others, but
What is the motivation for this act
I mean what do...
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Categories:
eric, abuse, baby, betrayal, birth,
Form:
Rhyme
BITES OF APPLE PIESA pple pies, that's what I want to bite.
B egging my mom: "Mommy please, please..", as I
C ome closer to her..
D ancing a little to...
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Categories:
eric, food, happy, humor,
Form:
Abecedarian
TRAGEDY IN BLACKby: Eric L. Boddie
"A History Of..."
As it has come to be
Foundations of slavery define my destiny
Relentless jealousy continues our oppression
Only the Black American is...
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Categories:
eric, abuse, anger, black african
Form:
Acrostic
Les Paul StringsThere are so many sounds
That are enjoyed by so many
But the sounds i love most
Are by plectrum or penny
Lindsey Buckingham playing "Go Your Own Way"
Even...
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Categories:
eric, inspirational, musictime,
Form:
Quatrain
Poetry Soup HerosPoetry Soup Hero's
Poets with golden ink and pens
You make us move forward with your inspiration
With kind an honest, encouragement and compliments
Small act...
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Categories:
eric, encouraging, inspirational, poets, ,
Form:
Free verse
British Invasion-1964There was talk about the nuclear bomb
There was a war going on in Vietnam
It was on the news, the drummers were drumming
Look out America, the...
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Categories:
eric, history, music, world, music,
Form:
Rhyme
Battle of the SexesBattle of the Sexes
A Collaboration Between: Pandita Sanchez and Eric L. Boddie
Written on September 30, 2015
As beautiful and smart as you are,
you...
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Categories:
eric, conflict, emotions, love, men,
Form:
Epic
The forgotten languageMystery symbols in our dreams
Are night's telegrams with strange themes
To grasp the message
Of what these scenes presage
The ancients knew decoding schemes
Author's note: Our inability and...
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Categories:
eric, dream, language,
Form:
Limerick
first tribute"Legilla 1"
by: Eric L. Boddie
Love for this girl has already set in
It is friendly, but I still have to grin
God Is...
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Categories:
eric, art, dedication, desire, girl,
Form:
Rhyme
### - ## - #### (Number 9) ### - ## - ####
There you go you have been identified
### - ## - ####
You have been marked
Branded, tracked, and electronically lo-jacked
Forever part...
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Categories:
eric, life, people, sadday,
Form:
Free verse