Best Folk Poems
Below are the all-time best Folk poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of folk poems written by PoetrySoup members
Where the City Folk LiveWHERE THE CITY FOLK LIVE
At the confluence of the cultures
Where the politics ebb and flow
The tide of humanity crashes
Against their collective soul
The spires of...
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Categories:
folk, places,
Form:
Blank verse
Hard Times
When hard times come they sit a spell,
Like kin folk come to stay
A-packin' troubles, pets an' kids
That always get ‘n your way.
It's drought an' flood,...
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Categories:
folk, cowboy-western, family, funny, life,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Flawless Gems - LeiA rainbow took my breath away
Whilst on a train one summers day
Her vibrant arc I was in awe
Though folk beside me never saw
With heads bowed...
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Categories:
folk, appreciation, nature, rainbow, technology,
Form:
Lay
Held AloftWe'd laid old George to rest the week before,
at ninety-one he now rejoined his wife,
no heirs to his estate, so one thing more
to do, and...
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Categories:
folk, heartbreak,
Form:
Sonnet
Apt Name Limericks Collaboration -Nb Some Poems Will Be BawdyCOME ON SOUPER'S LETS HAVE SOME FUN AND MAKE FOLK SMILE DURING SUCH DIFFICULT TIMES FOR US ALL. THERE ARE LOTS MORE APT NAMES ...
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Categories:
folk, giggle, jobs,
Form:
Limerick
New Menu at Milton Creek's Aces Restaurant*** Notice to the residents of Milton Creek ***
Tom serves as mayor. never complaining, so he gets what he requests
No blood in his steak,...
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Categories:
folk, people, places,
Form:
Rhyme
A Father's LegacyYou grew up going from place to place.
Folk thought you wouldn't amount to a thing.
You were a wander til you heard love calling.
Your life changed...
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Categories:
folk, father daughter, love,
Form:
Free verse
Pun With EggsBenedict was tired, he’d been driving all day.
This was his last delivery, 2 tonnes of eggs delivered to Safeway.
The kid came...
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Categories:
folk, fun, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
My Addingham(The memories are simple, living the feeling significant)
After conquering Beamsley Beacon due Southwest,
Rombald’s moor stood, while for centuries
within the valley the minute dwellings
of grey stone,...
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Categories:
folk, nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
Christmas WhiteIt was a dry December month
There was no rain, there was no snow
And so his hopes were wearing thin
...
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Categories:
folk, christmas, fun, holiday, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
At Heaven's Gate - Parts 1 and 2PART 1: THE MEETING
Alone one night neath lantern light, I trudged a weary mile.
Forlorn, I went...
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Categories:
folk, fantasy,
Form:
Ballad
The Window CleanerWindow cleaning is my trade and I want to tell my story
Like the time I saw the Vicars wife in the bath in all her...
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Categories:
folk, funeral, funny, humor, nursery
Form:
Rhyme
Bit of Truth and Wisdom, Found In Old AgeBit Of Truth And Wisdom, Found In Old Age
At that age wisdom says life is a joke
consider blindness of other poor folk.
Stop to ponder why...
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Categories:
folk, encouraging, family, humanity, life,
Form:
Sonnet
Stepping Towards WeI had never felt a part of the we
Not sure how I was supposed to be
I stood on tiptoes trying to see
Wondering if there was...
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Categories:
folk, best friend,
Form:
Rhyme
The Preacher ManHis narrow eyes, misguided lies
Misguide his narrow plan,
To cleanse the world from demons, he
Was called The Preacher Man.
“I see no proof, I hear no truth!
Your...
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Categories:
folk, peoplechildren,
Form:
Rhyme