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Best Inheritance Poems

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


Premium Member Ungrateful Child
I woke up that day with tears in my eyes,
after I heard about your father's demise.
Guess you've never understood,
the point of being his blood.

I remember...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: inheritance, anger, death, death of
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Abandoned
I'd married at 21 and moved overseas with my husband's work, so it had been many years since I had visited my gran at Rose...

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Categories: inheritance, growing up, house, memory,
Form: Haibun
Unbroken Reconciliation
18-12-1922.                    22-12-2018
A date of birth. ...

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Categories: inheritance, december, father daughter, how
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Boozer Not a Loser
A billionaire, he knew each wine by name

Todd Worthington of inheritance fame

      Blindfolded he taste-tested

     Fans...

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Categories: inheritance, funnywine,
Form: Limerick
Gold Fever
Gold Fever 

History will not record the bloated weight
Of this pious and bigoted race 
Or count the fat and flaccid wealth
Of religions idolatry

Those pages have...

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Categories: inheritance, faithfaith, political, perspective, ,
Form: Free verse



Movements of Beginnings
written on time’s page
                     ...

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Categories: inheritance, history, philosophy, political
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Fortunes of Fortunate Fate
Some lives seem predestined -

etched with stellar grandeur
upon the crystal cradle of the universe
where solar winds sigh but a lullaby
and infinity is but an inheritance
whilst...

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Categories: inheritance, fate, life, satire, society,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Secured Position of Mine
Since God already wrote my name in the Book of life permanently
I'm now granted precious inheritance absolutely

Receiving His blessings of great bounty
I must worship Him...

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Categories: inheritance, appreciation, christian, faith, god,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Glory Unto God
There is no money in the truth
No fame for all to know your name
Many selling goats and sheep
And the dove collecticeables
Still in these days to...

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Categories: inheritance, fate,
Form: Free verse
Know Your Worth
You are so much more than your hips or your thighs.
More than the stares and the glares, or some young man’s lies
BUT YOU HAVE TO...

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Categories: inheritance, devotion, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member An Unshakable Identity
hospitality, peace and mutual respect; we’ve chosen
because the key to our prosperity is love, unity and cooperation
settlers now on the cheat as our true identity...

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Categories: inheritance, abuse, africa, community, conflict,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Cutting the Ties
Why wouldn’t you cut me loose from the strings that bind us 
You had left me dangling from a marriage that once united us together
The...

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Categories: inheritance, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Under the Same Moon -In Afghanistan
Here in violence and in beauty, living under the same moon
The beauty is so ancient, but the present violence here consumes
On one hand Afghanistan is...

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Categories: inheritance, appreciation, conflict, culture, history,
Form: Rhyme
A Gift
I had an image of wrapping paper
and God showed me something amazing,
how a simple image can reveal so much
like explaining to a child God shown...

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Categories: inheritance, faith, forgiveness, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Silkworm's Birthday
"The Silkworm’s Birthday"





Mulberry leaves flutter in the breeze
Kookaburra brave Joker bluffs a sky blue breast 
Drops one feather for a quill, a song hidden in...

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Categories: inheritance, chicago, grandchild, imagery, love,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things