Best Hard Poems
Below are the all-time best Hard poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of hard poems written by PoetrySoup members
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:
hard, cowboy-western, family, funny, life,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Wind From the SeaInspired by Andrew Wyeth Watercolor Painting -- Wind From the Sea, 1947
Standing in the old house
A strange mixture of feelings erupt within me
My roommates Depression,...
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Categories:
hard, conflict, depression, forgiveness, hope,
Form:
I do not know?
Unspoken WordsI often scribble in the sand
The words I find so hard to say
And hope the wind will come along
And blow them all your...
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Categories:
hard, words,
Form:
Quatrain
To Be With You -I love you,
that's not hard for me to say,
its not a prediction, or a reflection, it just is
a motion in my heart's ocean,
an ocean named...
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Categories:
hard, desire,
Form:
Ballad
Categories:
hard, courage, freedom, growth, moving
Form:
Free verse
I Think of You - An Alternative Universe - 6From childhood it was a world of two...you and I...
I leaned lightly, leisurely against your heart and you let me in.
We were five I use...
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Categories:
hard, best friend, cute love,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Be the Flame of CompassionBe the star that brightens someone’s dark sky,
Be the light that illuminates a gloomy night,
Be the flame of compassion to life gone awry,
Even if you...
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Categories:
hard, care, encouraging, inspiration, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
Courage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders FieldCourage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders Field
(A Tribute)
Tough as nails young man with a red right hand
red-fire and whiskey ran in his blood.
Courageous seed...
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Categories:
hard, conflict, death, fate, sorrow,
Form:
Sonnet
Real Men Wear PinkI stand about five feet eight
I'll admit, I'm a tad overweight
Drive an old pick up truck
Not one to pass the buck
At the moment have a...
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Categories:
hard, character, funny, humor, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
Her Masterpiece Is Her StoryHer paintbrush is a razor,
Her canvas, her wrists,
"I deserve the pain."
She shrugs and insists.
One day the brush will push down,
And it will cut so deep,
That...
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Categories:
hard, abuse, addiction, anger, body,
Form:
Rhyme
Thinking Out Loud
~writer's notes~
i think out loud
from my fingers to a keyboard
so forgive me if my speak
is somewhat long winded
if it has swirls and curls
this is...
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Categories:
hard, angel, beauty, love,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
A Girl Named Sue - POTWPOTW 1 Oct 2018
Gossip about her
swept the school yard through
“Hey if you’ve got what it takes
There’s this girl named Sue
For a pack of smokes
or...
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Categories:
hard, angst, fantasy, teen love,
Form:
Rhyme
Love In the Silence of the SoulAs a young boy
Sitting in a pew
The winter darkness pressing down
Candlelight waves from hidden drafts
Shadows danced on the walls
I heard the words destined to me
“Be...
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Categories:
hard, death, love, sorrow,
Form:
Narrative
John LennonOn the day
that John Lennon died,
people were just going
about their business
as they did every day.
Mark David Chapman
was reading
Catcher In The Rye
void of his holy self.
He...
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Categories:
hard, music,
Form:
Narrative
My Affair With a Frost Flower State of Affairs
There’s a beguiling danger in beauty…
seduced as I was by the fickle fingers of fate musingly stroking my hair,
I envisaged
this lusciously lavish landscape
of sun-raptured...
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Categories:
hard, betrayal, dark, emotions, heartbreak,
Form:
Free verse