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Best Flop Poems

Below are the all-time best Flop poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of flop poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Flip Flop
This is my black Christmas
I have nothing left to lose
I’m a bare footed white walker with no shoes
It’s okay burly guy don’t cry
I’ve found my...

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Categories: flop, angst, appreciation, christmas, courage,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Thanksgiving From Three Perspectives
A Child's Thanksgiving Prayer 

Lord, I thank thee as I sit to eat,
For mashed potatoes that I helped to make.
And thanks, dear Lord, we're having...

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Categories: flop, family, funnymom, prayer, thanksgiving,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member This Klutz For Hire
I’ve picked it up a hundred times
yet dropped it just once more
So I give up, the blasted thing
can lay there on the floor

And stepping out...

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Categories: flop, hilarious, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Kingkong
Our town had a monkey named Kong

who loved to croon and tweak a song.

   Though notes were a flop
    his...

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Categories: flop, humor, imagination, music,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member My Big Fat Cousin's Wedding
My favorite cousin named Marge
is almost as big as a barge.
So one would assume, 
not knowing the groom,
the guy would most likely be large.

But he...

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Categories: flop, funny, dance, fire, dance,
Form: Limerick



Popcorn Music
Pop (corn) Music


Introduction

It’s time to dance, time to tango
There’s a Canadian on the banjo
When he sees the guitar strings
Jack’s mirth grows soaring wings;
As he scans...

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Categories: flop,
Form: Rhyme
Cleaning Solution
Sticky smears on the table top.
on the couch spilled soda pop
one chewed up shoe and one flip-flop
I’m doomed to clean this mess non-stop
  ...

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Categories: flop, funny, life,
Form: Monorhyme
Turkey Chase
Turkey's on the table, both legs up
Everything was fine, 'til I made the first cut!

The turkey unleashed a "CACKLE!", then jumped onto the floor
All you...

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Categories: flop, giving, humor,
Form: Couplet
Give Me Spring
Take away my static hair,
My thick, wool toque, my glassy eyes.
Take away the chilly air,
The endless clouds, the covered skies.

Give me back my sun-streaked hair,
My...

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Categories: flop, seasons, me, me,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Invitation a Culinary Greek Destination
Let’s begin with
A strong fresh
Brewed Greek coffee
The aroma alone,
Will wake up 
Your senses, 
Allow you to
Let go, to keep 
An open mind to delight
And excite...

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Categories: flop, fun,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Reflecting On My Paintings
A mesmerizing purple and pink unicorn with an orange mane is staring at me.
I cannot feel uncomfortable. 
Because….
I created her.

I also drew and painted the...

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Categories: flop, art, nostalgia, self,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member With Feigned Apologies
I wrote what I thought was a 'poem' some years ago,
but it lacked rhythm, rhyme, and had no smooth flow.
Its imagery was blurry, and it...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: flop, anger, muse, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Position Impossible Ii - Collaboration With Jan Allison - Bawdy Warning
Aunt Ethel said to Uncle Fred,
Let’s attempt the starfish in bed,
Old Ethel insisted,
Till Fred’s back got twisted,
They best stick to sleeping instead!

Original poem by Jan...

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Categories: flop, humor,
Form: Limerick
Hades Siren


            Belladonnic poison seeps from your eyes, 
      ...

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Categories: flop, art,
Form: Ballad
You Can'T Hurt Me
Resounding echoes awaken the child
demons in the attic beckon unto him
stark fear grips his Vick's laden chest
shivers vibrate rusty springs of down

footsteps creak closer upon...

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© Bob Shank  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: flop, introspection, life, sad, education,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs