Best Junk Poems
Below are the all-time best Junk poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of junk poems written by PoetrySoup members
Survivors GuiltIt's been ten long years now since that awful tragedy
When a stranger I didn't know, gave his life to save me
I was on the edge...
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Categories:
junk, death, grief, how i
Form:
Narrative
Food Inglorious FoodBe it known as convenience food, junk food or munchies;
whether spicy, melt-in-your-mouth soft, or crunchy,
food, inglorious food, seduces with ease
and ensnares with the emptiest of...
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Categories:
junk, food,
Form:
Couplet
Halloween On the Dark Side of TownIt's a nightmare down on Elm Street. Satan's waiting here at home.
Where's that little Freddy Krueger with his nails of sharpened chrome?
And that dearest Michael...
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Categories:
junk, holiday, satire,
Form:
Rhyme
Grading On the CurveI’ve been told, I deserve so much,
for the work I've done, for the lives I touch.
I would like to say, my dear friend,
what I deserve,...
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Categories:
junk, inspirational, jesus, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
junk, christmas, funny, humorous, satire,
Form:
Rhyme
Land of OpportunityI take my hat off for the flag
I stand up straight; let others sag
I get all weepy for Old Glory
thinking of...
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Categories:
junk, america, cry, grandfather, grandmother,
Form:
Couplet
DiamondsDiamonds
We all have so many diamonds that we own,
but we think of them as glass or bits of stone.
We often sell them as cheap pieces...
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Categories:
junk, age, allusion,
Form:
Rubaiyat
Categories:
junk, life, love, me, sexy,
Form:
Free verse
An Interview of Mike On His Absence and Dramatic Return- Conducted By HimselfM. So Mike I hear you've been gone?
MH. Why yes I have!
M. Why the absence?
MH. I just needed some time to clear my head.
M. That...
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Categories:
junk, funny, humor,
Form:
I do not know?
The Poet Is Drunk, the Pen Is NotWith this napkin as my canvas
A word picture I paint
While he drowns out his sorrows
Until he finally faints
The best works he weaves
Are when unconsciously drunk
While...
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Categories:
junk, on writing and words,
Form:
Rhyme
My Father's HandsI remember my father’s hands as a plumber’s hands—fiercely strong, calloused, rough, knuckle-battered, and dirty after a long-day’s work. Those hands shoveled; unclogged drains and...
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Categories:
junk, family, father, love,
Form:
Haibun
Division Of Neighbor
‘Hey stomach,’ says anus,
‘Would you cut the crap.’
“It’s not me,’ stomach says;
‘I won’t take the wrap.
It’s what they’re eating,
So blame teeth and mouth.
I’m innocent,’ says...
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Categories:
junk, analogy, betrayal, body,
Form:
Rhyme
Pink Pink PinkPink- Pink- Pink-
Every peak has its own attractions,
Like the mountains,
The mounts of a woman,
Have always remained,
Her pride possessions. 01
It has the charms,
More intoxicating than...
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Categories:
junk, child, health, life, pride,
Form:
Free verse
The Two FoodsHealth Food
natural, low-calorie
nourishing, strengthening, boring
kale, *kimchi, chips, chocolate
tantalizing, satisfying, fattening
salty, sweet
Junk Food
*Kimchi is the national health food of Korea, fermented vegetables, particularly cabbage. It's nasty-tasting...
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Categories:
junk, food,
Form:
Diamante
Renegades ForevaRenegades Foreva!
Renegade teenage rage babes
thinkin’ they all grown, all knowin’
when they seedlin’s barely sown
bleedin’ teenage angst with teenage crankst
always rhymin’ and mis-timin’ some...
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Categories:
junk, growing up, rap, slam,
Form:
Free verse