Best Five Dollar Bill Poems
Below are the all-time best Five Dollar Bill poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of five dollar bill poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Lie I ToldI was walking toward a local shop,
when I felt a tug on my sleeve
What I saw made me stop
I knew I wouldn't get to leave.
A...
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Categories:
five dollar bill, child, giving, love, meaningful,
Form:
Rhyme
PreacherPREACHER
the preacher explains
as he travels tracks on his palm
he is on god’s path
helter-skelter tracks indeed!
the midnight express toots warning
reverend smith
with his superior air
mounts the podium
from...
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Categories:
five dollar bill, humorous,
Form:
Tanka
Categories:
five dollar bill, analogy, chicago, evil, heartbroken,
Form:
Narrative
Cleaning Out the CarToday my husband and I decided to clean out the car, together.
Only I thought I was doing it alone, until he came out.
Okay, I quit,...
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Categories:
five dollar bill, fun, funny, funny love,
Form:
Free verse
Getting Clean and SoberGetting clean and sober.
Tired of all the beatings and the hatred of the people for the poor and homeless
man
Working and justifying all eye am.
Working...
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Categories:
five dollar bill, forgiveness, happiness, hope, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
At the Hollywood Plaza With Eddie and DoloresAnti-Poem – “At The Hollywood Plaza With Eddie And Dolores”
(Poet’s Instruction – Kindly play “You Can’t Be True, Dear,” by Ken Griffin, 1946, while reading).
she...
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Categories:
five dollar bill, america, fantasy, imagination, romantic
Form:
Free verse
You Look Like a Soldier To MeThey drafted my body for South Vietnam,
I said take a look, Can’t you see what I am?
A gay and a Commie and I take LSD,
They...
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Categories:
five dollar bill, funnyme, home, home, me,
Form:
Verse
Categories:
five dollar bill, heaven, love, money, world,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Saving AbeWritten on 7/27/2021
By Gail R DeBole
Updated on 8/17/2021
My granddad’s five-dollar bill in hand
Was blown by a breeze through farmland.
Our dog, King, “saved the Abe”
Fetched...
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Categories:
five dollar bill, animal, dog, grandfather, grandparents,
Form:
Limerick
ChrissyI believe in synchronicity and the wonders therein contained…
I believe in angels and miracles and the mystery of the unexplained.
Chrissy was a friend of our...
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Categories:
five dollar bill, suicide,
Form:
Rhyme
A White Sealed EnvelopeA five dollar bill in my name.
A white sealed up envelope.
A white handkerchief of forgotten spring.
A gold ring.
Sparks that fly through the sky.
The forces of...
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Categories:
five dollar bill, inspirational, life, uplifting, visionary,
Form:
I do not know?
Mrs Kays Halloween HouseWe all avoided Miss Kay’s house; she was an old maid.
No one wanted to get moldy cookies or pink lemonade.
We ran past her stoop, not...
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Categories:
five dollar bill, halloween,
Form:
Rhyme
A Encounter To RememberI sat at the counter in the corner coffee shop sipping a latte. It was a dark dreary
rainy day. I...
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Categories:
five dollar bill, nostalgiame, heart, woman, hair,
Form:
Free verse
Hell Hath No Furyhell's present
don't you remember?
the game they played
as addictive as it was
Set this off
surrounded by demons here
playing the same game
did you forget something?
remember me?
your hell hath...
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Categories:
five dollar bill, angst, confusion, life
Form:
Free verse
She Raised BabyShe insisted on her own way.
Every holiday was at her house.
I am the matriarch, she said. I have the most children.
So I had thirteen, because...
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Categories:
five dollar bill, humorous,
Form:
Prose Poetry