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Best Investigation Poems

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


Premium Member I walk in the shadow
I shore up my doubt, behind a loosely bound hope 
Which in turn is propped up without foundation
Cynical of a life, at the mercy of...

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Categories: investigation, how i feel, life,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Our World Changing, Not For the Better - Potd
It's not hard to see or tell this world of ours 
Isn't the same as it used to be. Granted, it has 
Never been perfect,...

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Categories: investigation, anger, emotions, life, political,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Poetry Police # 2
Many (con)-ARTIST are drinking more than the soup
A kidnapping of the mind
Confessions/conspiracy/rounded up in groups
Interrogation on a  prowler /who's words robbed us blind
Corrupting our...

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Categories: investigation, dedicationwords, me, poets,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Her Brittle Hands
Another layer of lavender scented lotion
Rubbed in vehement laughter

A quelling of sadness
Covered up in mascara insanity
Livid strokes of feathered paintbrushes

Hoping to see the big picture

She...

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Categories: investigation, character, corruption, lost,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Ballymurphy Massacre
Martin Luther King junior was the inspiration
For the Northern Ireland, Civil Rights association
Protests were held and they marched peacefully
The unionist majority tried to stop them...

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Categories: investigation, ireland, murder, soldier,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Jailbreak Courtesy of Soup Creek
The sheriff of Soup Creek has returned from Soup City once more,
after a run in with the judge, some bars and a concrete floor.
We cannot...

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Categories: investigation, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Felony Money
True definition of a hood love story,
They called him Felony.
Skin was as smooth as a shot of Hennessey.
He made a lot of other men envy.
His...

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Categories: investigation, imagination, love, poetry, romance,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member What Is Poetry
What is Poetry?

It is a theosophy of thought and commentary;  
transposed euphemisms of life’s temporal moments;
It is an attempt to fractalize single ideas and...

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Categories: investigation, allegory, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ode To Occupy Wall Street
The middle class here can't be saved
When 0.001% act so depraved
Their wealth without end
These royals* still pretend
Did not come from us—their 
enslaved**


*The Royals: CEOs, Banksters,...

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Categories: investigation, happiness, life, peace,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member The Two Brothers
For far too long the system failed 
    in the hearts of many Cree.
Where justice for their friends and family 
 ...

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Categories: investigation, anger, dark, love,
Form: Rhyme
Positively Trump
POSITIVELY TRUMP

The Economy is booming
No catastrophe yet looming
After choosing Donald Trump
Where recession? where the slump?

But we’re nearing full employment
All who can, in max deployment 
Black...

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Categories: investigation, political,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sign of the Times
Spiritual stagnation staggers senses
Insidious insanity of intermittent information 
Gruesome gorging of gossips
Nauseating nature of narcissistic news

Oppression of other opinions
Flouting false faithfulness freely

Transparent traitors of truth
Hypocritical...

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Categories: investigation, angst, conflict, confusion, imagery,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Farmer Fred Talks Politics Vol I
Farmer Fred was out in his field making inspection
When I snuck up on him without detection
I stated my greetings with great voice inflection
Which caused Fred...

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Categories: investigation, political,
Form: Narrative
Hidden Things
It is the glory of God
to conceal a thing:
but the honour of kings
is to search out a matter
Prov. 25:2


I search always
for the invisible things
Hidden things...

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Categories: investigation, spiritual, truth, visionary, wisdom,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Riding the Subway For Twenty-Five Days
To me, it was a revealing experience…
                That I could...

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Categories: investigation, daughter, life, strength,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things