Best Gratuitous Poems
Below are the all-time best Gratuitous poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of gratuitous poems written by PoetrySoup members
The PrecipiceIs it insane to want to watch your step,
to purposefully plant a foot?
Must one’s eyes always be downcast,
if not pierced or piercing are we...
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Categories:
gratuitous, art,
Form:
Free verse
Floccinaucinihilipilification and Very Little HeartFloccinaucinihilipilification And Very Little Heart
(Second of Three Poem Trilogy)
II
Winter blowing in fierce, bitter cold now lingers
soon the "old and useless" will...
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Categories:
gratuitous, appreciation, art, creation, poems,
Form:
Rhyme
The One Who Remains Silent Ii~The ONE who remains SILENT II~
Original Poem written: December 18, 2016
I've written it before, and I'll write it again...
~My own personal quote~
“The ONE who remains...
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Categories:
gratuitous, appreciation, silence,
Form:
Verse
The Spry MetropolisTower, buzz and scurry
Oh great resilient city
Ahoy!
Alive. Scramble bustle earth's
ethnicities
On lurid quests--
A pendulum of tantric turmoil and
Blessed harmony
Quixotic city--brash,
Sangfroid merotomized and
Chrematistic--metro nonpareil.
See a...
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Categories:
gratuitous, adventure,
Form:
Blank verse
Flammer Me Gimbels, Number 42Flammer Me Gimbels #42
(a Vogon Pirate poem)
Flammer me gimbels, me trimbels and dromies,
Whenceforth I caminal scrabbit thy foamies.
Jeerbo or Jabox, ex labbit. Ex findle
Will not...
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Categories:
gratuitous, confusion,
Form:
Vogon Poetry
The Final Danse Macabre* for maximum effect cue audio at stanza break
"For as they were in those days before the flood... so the presence of the Son of...
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Categories:
gratuitous, bible, judgement,
Form:
Haibun
A Meandering Cocophony of Thought That Evades FateA Meandering Cocophony of Thought that Evades Fate
Contractual obligations toward your future self
Non-Factual invocations that deprive you of your health
Actual comparisons between poverty and...
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Categories:
gratuitous, fate, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Twas the Night Before the WeddingTwas the night before my cousin's
wedding
He reluctantly gave in to the
bachelor party vetting
A burlesque, tawdry strip club was
the setting
Unbeknownst to him, the...
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Categories:
gratuitous, funnynight, night,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
gratuitous, anniversary, dedication
Form:
Haiku
This Is Feminist UsIt's peaceful here in my backyard.
The crows sound happy
with warm October sunlight.
I just read about a deadly gathering in Las Vegas.
Absence of sun-drenched peace.
Inconvenient this...
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Categories:
gratuitous, anger, fear, humor, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
Dance Monkey DanceDance, Monkey, Dance!
Commiserate with the dearly departed
The dead stay dead
Consummate your marriage with anarchy
Dance, monkey, dance!
The media plays you like a fiddle
This life's damned little...
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Categories:
gratuitous, community, corruption, political, racism,
Form:
Free verse
Between the Devil and the Sea ( Scylla and Charybdis )Between The Devil and The Sea
( Scylla and Charybdis )
Cosmetic the creature cover girl
is accessible only at night
a picture female in her temple
laying askew...
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Categories:
gratuitous, life, people, social, urban,
Form:
Free verse
Peace of MindYou hear about holidays that people hate
Rarely of exotic taste, finding the better fare,
Cheap enough for travel agents to promote
Such resorts which they advertise...
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Categories:
gratuitous, blessing, desire, destiny, health,
Form:
Pastoral
Lifeboat the EndPart 10
The Sun high above was swiftly given a shove
As the Moon appeared to swallow the night.
And with another miserable day......
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Categories:
gratuitous, adventure, allegory, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Africa, Refrain From PrejudiceThis is a spanking New Year,
A year to voyage with greed of peace and affinity.
Let not your mutable hate blind you from good
But be good...
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Categories:
gratuitous, violence, prejudice,
Form:
Free verse