Best First World Poems
Below are the all-time best First World poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of first world poems written by PoetrySoup members
First World WarI envy the dust, the way it moves all free and careless,
released from it’s sleeping state the thunderous pounds
of late shelling, again endless.
Muffled...
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Categories:
first world, bereavement, soldier, veterans day,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Children of a Lesser GodI’m tired of knowing
That because of my race
Because of where I live
Because of my last name
I’m part of the band…
The children of a lesser God
I’m...
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Categories:
first world, god, uplifting,
Form:
Free verse
- Time For Truth -He spat with high contempt
and requires its place
One minute of silence ... not a second more
...
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Categories:
first world, emotions, goodbye, truth,
Form:
Free verse
August 4 1914It was the summer - August 4
When England joined the First World War
1914 the very year
Before wives and children shed their bitter tears
‘The war to...
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Categories:
first world, memorial day, poetry, remember,
Form:
I do not know?
For the Children of YemenWho'll speak for the children?
I see the images
emaciated bodies
skin on bones
hopeless eyes
ravaged souls
Who'll speak for the children?
while super powers play
the death toll speeds ahead
nobody speaks
third...
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Categories:
first world, war,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
For the Fallen In Flanders Field - OriginalFamished and flagging footsoldiers;
formerly fitters and farmers.
Facing fatigue, fitful fever,
faeces and foul, foetid fungi.
Fostering feelings, frustrated,
for this faraway, foreign field.
Forsaking fissures and furrows,
forced forwards with...
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Categories:
first world, conflict, death, history, memorial,
Form:
Alliteration
Categories:
first world, art, time,
Form:
Didactic
Color Coquelicot
Color Coquelicot
Blazing Coquelicot
paints famed Flanders Field Poppies
on battle-scarred land.
Honored too on coat lapels...
war symbol of remembrance.
Sandra M. Haight
~NA~
Premiere Contest: Kim's Color Splash
Sponsor: Kim Rodrigues
Judged:...
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Categories:
first world, flower, history, inspirational,
Form:
Tanka
Echoes of WarIn Memoriam of brave, lost souls during the First World War
Our insides churn, nostrils flare, with the pungent stench,
Order given to leave our sanctuary and...
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Categories:
first world, world war i,
Form:
Rhyme
Farewell To the AnzacsAll the Anzacs have faded back into the past
And the old men now rest with their mates
We can hope they play 2 up and still...
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Categories:
first world, memorial, soldier, tribute, war,
Form:
Ballad
When You'Ve Seen EnoughWhen you have seen your buddy get beaten beyond recognition, you've seen enough
When you seen your baby girl crying so hard she lost her voice,...
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Categories:
first world, anger, anti bullying, dedication,
Form:
I do not know?
You Want To and Can Write PoetryDear budding poet,
Regarding modern poetry this is a result of poets such as you redesigning forms of poetry written through the ages by different nationalities,...
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Categories:
first world, age, devotion, imagination, me,
Form:
Prose
A Picture of HimWe stood silent
in the cold wind,
snug in the wrapped warmth
of our grandmothers thick coat,
my sister and I,
staring into the mystery
of a freshly...
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Categories:
first world, grandfather, memory,
Form:
Free verse
New World OrderSpringing up, like a cactus sprout, after the First-World-War,
The concept of New-World-Order did not touch deeper core;
Like, water drop on lotus leaf, it stood touched...
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Categories:
first world, life, world,
Form:
Rhyme
French Toast
Egg
Milk
Some bread
Add butter
In a frying pan
Heat your frying pan modestly.
Beat the egg, add the milk, dip the bread in that mixture.
Each slice of dipped bread...
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Categories:
first world, food,
Form:
Fibonacci