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Best In Progress(P) Poems

Below are the all-time best In Progress(P) poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of in progress(p) poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member We Rulers of the Earth
We Rulers Of This Earth

Homo-Sapiens we call ourselves, rulers of this Earth,
   Intelligent and civilized, but what is all this worth?

We're working hard...

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Categories: in progress(p), angst, corruption, drug, earth,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member Please
~PLEASE~
 
Please pick me up!
Never mind I'm gonna fall, anyways
 
Please show me how to tie my shoes and sing a song! 
Don't worry mommy,...

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Categories: in progress(p), absence, abuse, anger, cousin,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member A Shout Into the Void
Upon the arc rises familiar visage of tenebrous dawn
As birdsongs protest, yet another day gone wrong,
In anguish of emptiness thrashing~ stygian, forlorn,
Screaming relentlessly of despondent,...

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Categories: in progress(p), anxiety, emotions, life, stress,
Form: Verse
And the Dog Laughed Too
He stood on the street corner
Having a much needed smoke
Somehow we got chatting
And he told me a joke 
And i started laughing
The way that you...

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Categories: in progress(p), dog, friendship, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Je Suis Charlie
Translation below (in progress)


Celui qui n'a pas de cœur
Ne doit jamais reposer en paix

He who has no heart
Will never rest in peace


J’étais Charlie

De ma tombe
Mon...

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Categories: in progress(p), allah, angel, angst, bereavement,
Form: I do not know?



Premium Member Dad's Workshop
A clutter of wood and dust and cobwebby corners,
And dappled sun shining through dirty windows;
On his work table a drawing; a project in progress,
And tin...

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Categories: in progress(p), father daughter,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Visitor - POTW- A Collaboration With July Morning
POTW 28 January 2018

Prologue:
A beautiful extra-terrestrial female researcher is sent down to a remote island to observe earth and beam her findings back to her...

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Categories: in progress(p), adventure, romance, science fiction,
Form: Narrative
You Are Not a Starfish
Keep making progress
Learn from your losses
Embrace new challenges you'll face
You will always have options
God gave you two legs
So you would'nt be stuck like a starfish...

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© John Conde  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: in progress(p), crazy, desire, faith, future,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Worry
Worry eats your energy and robs your peace of mind 
It brings about anxiety so you cannot unwind
It takes away your happiness, it steals away...

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Categories: in progress(p), anxiety, emotions, health, stress,
Form: Rhyme
Ghosts of the Sun Dance-Part 1
Ghosts of the Sun Dance

1. The Path

A quest dating back through our history
Surpassing the flesh, a spiritual path
Human endurance, road to mystery
Dark trail winding through...

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Categories: in progress(p), spiritual, sports, endurance, drug,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Where the City Folk Live
WHERE 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: in progress(p), places,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member High Bred Reality
Soul progress
     back field in motion
The guff
     Chose, chose, live grow leave!  GO!

Leapt from heaven's gold
Jump...

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Categories: in progress(p), childhood, faith, family, father,
Form: Verse
Premium Member To My High School Math Teacher
Thank you, Mr. Rogers (yes, his real name!) 
for rescuing me from teenage purgatory.

       Perplexed teenager, lacking social lumen
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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: in progress(p), 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Premium Member Walls Make Bad Neighbours
Walls Make Bad Neighbours

‘All in all we are just bricks in the wall’ deconstructed by Pink Floyd
        ...

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Categories: in progress(p), grief,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Yesterday's Joys
Where have they gone, the simple days of old?
Though filled with toil, their melody was sweet—
A blending of the common joys that hold
That special place...

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Categories: in progress(p), family, feelings, memory,
Form: Sonnet

Book: Reflection on the Important Things