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Best Hood Poems

Below are the all-time best Hood poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of hood poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Toilet Bowl Committee
Toilet Bowl Committee (aka: Uptown Hood)

A lavatory confinement
my$h!tdontstinkcomode.com
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If you want to moderate this place, pick up the pace
From the mouth down to the @$$
Your so...

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© Skat A   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hood, abuse, anger, angst, how
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Farmer and His Corn
The Farmer and his Corn


Snug and warm beneath the earth
The field awaits the coming birth
It holds the richness that they need
Provides the anchor for the...

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Categories: hood, introspection,
Form: Couplet
Politics and Poetry - Is Hate Really the Answer
Politics and Poetry – is hate really the answer

Why write a poem of hate about Trump
He’s been there just over a week
Though Hilary Clinton the...

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Categories: hood, angst, political,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Wonders of Winter
Look up!  Snowflakes appear in streetlights
   Hear children cheer as snow days are announced
Watch the powder fly during snowball fights
  ...

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Categories: hood, happiness, love, winter,
Form: Quintain (English)
The Tale of Poetry Soup Forest
There's a defender among us, a friend who never surrenders or concedes
No thief is he, who offers encouragement to people with his kind deeds

A rapscallion,...

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Categories: hood, environment, poets,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member You Never Know Till You Get To Know
One dark night a saucer crashed;
the military quickly cleaned up the trash.
In the distance, what they didn’t see;
a thin, white face between the trees.

Once all...

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Categories: hood, funny, humor, humorous, imagination,
Form: Light Verse
The Old Truck In the Master's Hand
The old truck hadn't been used in a while,
But it should be good for a few more miles.
Under the hood, the engine was rusty,
And the...

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Categories: hood, allegory, inspirational, lifeold, old,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Woodstock
~Woody Wood From the Hood~

Deep, inside yourself, you walk a sour way of life,
Carving my name, on every tree with a hunting knife
You log in,...

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© Skat A   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hood, abuse, animal, bird, character,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Stargazer
Under 65 degree starry, onyx blanket
Containment of quarter moon identity

A whimsically soothing song exuded
In muffled taps & Prohibition era lyric

In the distance,
Snow-capped mountains reflecting lunar...

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Categories: hood, confusion, feelings, life, night,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member A Totum Pole Ode
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Categories: hood, native american, people,
Form: Concrete
An Imagery of You
It’s like you’re
in a game of
love, a game I
can’t take part

I’d play the
role of Robin Hood
trying to steal
your heart

The game
you’re in it had
you trapped within...

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Categories: hood, light, love, romance, romantic,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Winds of Time
One day I was passing time
And wrote these words upon the lines,
I know not where they came you see
The Winds of Time were there for...

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Categories: hood, imagination, inspirational, visionary, me,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Gary's Yard Sale, the Story
Gary's Yard Sale, the story
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Categories: hood, nostalgia, people, timeage, age,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Both Sides For Me
The look of pity on the saleswoman's face said it all
my paint spattered clothing, however the jeans fit
just didn't have that panache, chic pizazz, tongue...

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Categories: hood, absence, adventure, dream, fun,
Form: Quatrain
Raindrop Butterflies
The snow slowly morphs into rain, a thousand cold cocoons that release raindrop butterflies into the frosty air. They glisten in the morning light, clinging...

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Categories: hood, new year,
Form: Haibun

Book: Reflection on the Important Things