Best Fly In The Ointment Poems
Below are the all-time best Fly In The Ointment poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of fly in the ointment poems written by PoetrySoup members
Fly In the OintmentThere's a fly in the ointment...
This one is a ripper!
'Cause that darn fly,
Has got me caught up in his zipper......
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Categories:
fly in the ointment, funny, life, nature,
Form:
Burlesque
Fly In the OintmentDonald Trump is a flimflam man
You look where he points so he can
Give Russia an edge
The Ukraine the hedge
Whilst Kurds get the Turkey trepan!...
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Categories:
fly in the ointment, political,
Form:
Limerick
Waiter, There's a Fly In My Soup!!!Fly in the ointment,
I've heard said,
Flies will use you for
food, when you're dead
But a fly in the soup?
Which one of you??
How'd you get in somehow?
What...
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Categories:
fly in the ointment, confusion, food, funny, parody,
Form:
Burlesque
Poetic JusticeI look inside you
I step inside then
Well, well, look what I find here
Is this place Hell
Where my steps have led me
She calls me the...
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Categories:
fly in the ointment, slam, universe,
Form:
Concrete
Expectationspromise may be both a blessing and curse
sometimes turning into something far worse
potential the symbol for higher things
beyond the grasp of most human beings
entering such...
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Categories:
fly in the ointment, anxiety, confidence, perspective, self,
Form:
Sonnet
Programmer's Love Defined(Proving Once And For All Time That Love Is Not Binary)
Definition of Variables
X, PATH, JOHN, JOHNJOHN, MARSHA, MARSHAMARSHA, ALPHA, OMEGA
Initial Values
SET X=0, SET PATH...
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Categories:
fly in the ointment, love,
Form:
Blank verse
The Watcher WatchedLaborare Estorare in obscure ANON-ymity
Though to do as they must they'll know nothing but pain
In this richly owned world, self appointed divinity
The righteous still...
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Categories:
fly in the ointment, america, books, business, crazy,
Form:
Rhyme
Workingman's World1.
In an ahistorical fog:
all the Ways home,
all the signposts,
treacherously hidden
by greedy men and women:
all eyes off the ball:
mere contemptible bourgeois folly.
2.
The rain is unending,
the...
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Categories:
fly in the ointment, angst, freedom, political, symbolism,
Form:
Prose Poetry
MolesBrown spots dab my poor pale skin
Deeper and bigger than freckles
I'd play dot to dot, if I knew where to begin
If I were a hen;...
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Categories:
fly in the ointment, words,
Form:
Rhyme
Bad Boys-'Warning' Our UsaYes, it's about time someone sets this Worldly 'RECORD' straight...
you have risen to our 'Bad Boy List' done things to control others,
we're watching you on...
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Categories:
fly in the ointment, anti bullying,
Form:
Free verse
Why We Are Losing Battle With CovidI should imagine it is the same everywhere,
With gangs free to turn up anywhere,
As the exception to the lock down rule over here,
With police giving...
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Categories:
fly in the ointment, age, bereavement, betrayal, cancer,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
FrogWalking yourself
into the woods
Trees on either side
The scent of primroses
upon the ground
In the crisp cool air
my summer breeze
You sat...
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Categories:
fly in the ointment, longing, sad love,
Form:
Free verse
Literate Lettered LatitudinarianLiterate lettered latitudinarian
Presents the following slapdash
higglety-pigglety bupkis, whereby reader
experiences being mentally hogtied
perusing pseudo poetic perambulation
devoid of sense and sensibility
welcoming character assassination
concerning pride of yours truly,
who...
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Categories:
fly in the ointment, 12th grade, adventure, blessing,
Form:
Free verse
Solving the Parking ProblemThe smart business knows what to do,
To reduce the stress on you,
And get you in and out of view.
Customer turnaround,
Increases the dollar mound,
Proof of...
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Categories:
fly in the ointment, analogy, anxiety, blue, community,
Form:
Light Verse
One and the SameGods Rubik cube, twisted and turned
All combinations tried and failed
The wrong jigsaw piece that fits in no gap
The red number on a roulette wheel of...
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Categories:
fly in the ointment, poetry,
Form:
Free verse