Best Failings Poems
Below are the all-time best Failings poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of failings poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Vanity of PleasureA transitory phenomenon, a grand adulation of opulent desire,
Seeking mirth of heaven on earth, passions ablaze ignite fire,
A destination sought after; pleasure is aim of...
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Categories:
failings, desire, happiness, vanity,
Form:
Rhyme
Pride and Joy of His FamilyHaving lived on earth for some time now
Impatiently he dwells, harboring self doubt.
In face of impediments he loses his mind
Acquiring dispositions like hate and lies,
Hosting...
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Categories:
failings, integrity, life, men, people,
Form:
Verse
In ShameIN SHAME
When I was a little girl father brutally beat me down with such severity, and humiliation, causing me to hang my head down low...
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Categories:
failings, abuse, angst, anti bullying,
Form:
Free verse
To My Oldest Daughter On Her BirthdayTo My Dearest Daughter, Sommer ...
When I was growing up love seemed a very elusive and capricious thing, and I spent more time just trying...
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Categories:
failings, child, father daughter, love,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Forever FaithfulMerciful and loving Father,
Thank You for forgiving my faults and flaws
and fortifying me with the favor of Your friendship.
I fervently vow to You, my...
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Categories:
failings, god, relationship,
Form:
Alliteration
The Scar - Written In Collaboration By Lynn Marie and Victor BuhagiarAre you happy with your work doctor?
Look at me when I talk to you.
I looked in the mirror you know.
Mirrors don't lie.
What you see is...
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Categories:
failings, angel, anger, angst, conflict,
Form:
Free verse
I Sought To Touch All the Burning FiresI Sought To Touch All The Burning Fires
This moment is not for being lazily idle
in the distance starting gunshot sounds
This racehorse needs...
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Categories:
failings, conflict, creation, deep, forgiveness,
Form:
Rhyme
My Angel ReneeEach night when I go to bed
I think of all the words I've said
And ponder on the things I've done
How your love I had...
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Categories:
failings, love, love, i love
Form:
Quatrain
Millennial WisdomI remember a lot of chemistries.
My memories, limbs and bones,
I value these the most.
I know the remedies.
I remember a lot of literacies.
My letters, numbers, and...
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Categories:
failings, devotion, first love, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
Of the Greeks, Olympus, Blindness of Modern ManOf The Greeks, Olympus, Blindness Of Modern Man
And the modern Gods laugh poisoning wells
While their blinded throngs hide under sad stones
From the deepest pits...
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Categories:
failings, art, creation, deep, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Inconstant BelovedAt eventide,
Under the roseate glow
Of the receding evening sun
I sauntered down the road
To where my beloved dwell
Not far-off from my own abode
Fast by his threshold...
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Categories:
failings, betrayal, break up, feelings,
Form:
Ballad
The Vampire Monk, Part II.
In the year sixteen hundred and thirty-five
I was a fool young man known as Ludwig,
back from the wars and flush with new money,
spent it on...
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Categories:
failings, change, dark, evil, faith,
Form:
Epic
I Never Danced the Tango“I Never Danced The Tango”
I have more than a few
Regrets in life…
I wish I’d loved my children…
Much more,
Much longer,
Much stronger.
I would wish to be
Much wiser,
Much...
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Categories:
failings, dance, life, loss,
Form:
Rhyme
You and IYou and I
I concede
You are virtuous
I am delinquent
You refrain from forbidden
I oftentimes give in
You pride on your piety
I accept my fallibility...
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Categories:
failings, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Light Verse
Categories:
failings, beauty, love,
Form:
Free verse