Best Forthrightness Poems
Obama Rhapsody - Potd
...His full given name is Barack Hussein Obama
The etymology of his first name, "Baraka," a Swahili word meaning "Blessed"
It's easy to see why he's my favorite POTUS...
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Categories:
forthrightness, appreciation, celebrity, perspective, political,
Form:
Ode
Tattered Photo's Beauty
...Sepia photo hides a face
With creased lines that could not retrace;
The details of Grandma’s allure
As tints cover those outlines pure--
Blemished by wartime, its grim tales
Dark ......
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Categories:
forthrightness, beauty, image, old,
Form:
Couplet
He
...Men cannot be trusted
emotionless and hardened,
They tend to be aggressive
Then thoughtlessly are pardoned.
Promiscuously driven
With ego swelling large,
They're loud, endowed and over prou......
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Categories:
forthrightness, for her, for him,
Form:
Rhyme
The Suffering and Death of Jesus
...Searching vainly, the dark enthralled with death,
Moral fervor and forthrightness deep breath.
In utter silence, stealth into its depths
Drawing breath, soon all His knowledge in bre......
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Categories:
forthrightness, abuse, angst, jesus,
Form:
Sonnet
Free Cee and They Did Not Listen To Jefferson Airplane At First Either
...OH HONEY, LOOK AT THE PRETTY PINK HOUSE ON THE ****ING CORNER
Is it all about two promises and two hearts set upon the same goal,
or is it more about two beings sharing the same soul?
Is it more......
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Categories:
forthrightness, angst, , cute,
Form:
Quatrain
Pride and Wonder
...I told the nun in charge
of Religious Education
If asked about sexual orientation
I will say
I'm gay.
I want to teach
deep listening learning
not how not to lie.
She wonders why
such for......
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Categories:
forthrightness, anti bullying, gospel, health,
Form:
Political Verse
Consonant Like a Vow El
...Consonant Like A Vow (el)
Now ma nada twirly (to early) twittering
condolences to the esprit de corps, qua
(just recently) late John McCain, and his
surviving family suddenly damning origina......
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Categories:
forthrightness, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form:
Free verse
A Pugilist and a Whistleblower
...A pugilist and a whistle-blower
I never thought much of boxing
but I liked Muhammad Ali`s forthrightness
steadfast stood against the storm of
hatred and vilification when he didn`t want
t......
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Categories:
forthrightness, butterfly, career, change, clothes,
Form:
Blank verse
Well There Goes the Neighborhood
...WELL THERE BLOWS THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Is it all about two promises and two hearts set upon the same goal?
Or is two about two beings becoming one, sharing the very same soul?
Or is it more about th......
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Categories:
forthrightness, recovery from...old, old, ,
Form:
Quintain (English)
Well There Goes the Neighborhood
...WELL THERE BLOWS THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Is it all about two promises and two hearts set upon the same goal?
Or is two about two beings becoming one, sharing the very same soul?
Or is it more about th......
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Categories:
forthrightness, recovery from...old, old, ,
Form:
Quintain (English)
Looking For Purple
...How does one interpret,
Everyday moments
We all want clarity and forthrightness,
So why the discombobulated torment
Of words that distort the facts,
Untruthful twisted personal attacks
Th......
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Categories:
forthrightness, political,
Form:
Rhyme
Well There Goes the Nighborhood
...WELL THERE BLOWS THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Is it all about two promises and two hearts set upon the same goal?
Or is two about two beings becoming one, sharing the very same soul?
Or is it more about the pl......
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Categories:
forthrightness, angst, old, old, ,
Form:
Quatrain
Celestial Symbiosis
...Two orbiting stars round a center of mass
that’s common to both in the scheme
is symbiotic in relationship class
or so goes the titular theme
for many descriptions of R Aquarii,
a twosome of s......
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Categories:
forthrightness, earth, nature, space, stars,
Form:
Verse
Birth of Life
...The Birth of life
I was born by a woman, this because I`m human
and not a horse, my mother had many faults as a housewife
but she instilled in our honesty and forthrightness
and not stay silen......
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Categories:
forthrightness, blessing, blue,
Form:
Blank verse
Childhood's Dream
...At every turn in time, I wish to live the best dream
The best wish everyone could have
That caress the precious grace per luck
Which colors achievement
And can be counted on as reinforcement cu......
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Categories:
forthrightness, age, art, dream, future,
Form:
Rhyme