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Best Maitre Poems

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


The Cost of Water
Flight of stillness;
idle,
ditch-wise.

Ladders point up
but they say the ground is greater;
sunlight knitting to their brown feet green socks.
They crestfall and
buckle at the knee.

Hear guts clap...

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Categories: maitre, fantasy, imagination, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member My Best Vacation Ever
We set sail as Reggae music played out on the Lido.
Our first night was casual; no need for tuxedo.
We could eat a pizza by the...

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Categories: maitre, vacation,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mr Merlot's White Whine
Ammmazing how many blithering idiots
sip silently while from their
purpled tongue
horrors regurgitate...

a ripe bachus regurgitation
soured by the tilt
of goblet and the howling
incessant banter of
 bartender
 ...

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Categories: maitre, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Vagabond
C'est aussi simple qu'une phrase musicale.

He is driven by the music in his mind.
Images swirl and almost coalesce...
toujours guide par le son
insaisisable de cette musique...
I...

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Categories: maitre, allegory, fantasy, imagination, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fly In His Soup
Clyde found a fly floundering in his soup

   This discovery threw him for a loop

      He summoned the...

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Categories: maitre, funny,
Form: Limerick



The Tower of Babel
Today I woke up and smiled with Africa
     I rapped with Nazizi 
     I admired with Ali...

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Categories: maitre, internet, music, world,
Form: Free verse
Poetry Bread

There are so many talented poetesses and poets
waiting patiently in the long PSoup line
Each got an able, ready pen in their hand,
and some expressive, creative...

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Categories: maitre, friendship, metaphor, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Cruisin'
All aboard the Fantasy M/S of Carnival
for half a week’s vacation time of fun and falderal.
Hear greetings from your captain, his director and the crew.
Ready,...

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Categories: maitre, holidaytime, vacation,
Form: Rhyme
His Child Standing At, Time's Door
We couldn't see the turmoil past their swirling smoke
Something strange although ? Seeking for a gesture her children
Granted this clarity should not be given; at...

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Categories: maitre, baby, love,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Enjoy Life, We Only Get One Shot
We ascertain pleasure in reliving our past,
Though lurking matters often bankrupt our day;
For that portion of living in chronicles is cast,
This content can't change much...

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© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: maitre, life,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Gardens - After Dark
Gardens – After Dark

Buddha sits stoically observing his garden.
The Gnomes snore as the Fairies toss and turn
asleep on the soft petals of flowers.  The...

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Categories: maitre, fairy, garden, imagination,
Form: Free verse
One For the Road (Or, Redneck Piggly Wiggly
At precisely 6:45 each morning
the house, it starts to shake
I don't need a clock
Oh no, for godness sake...

Big Ol' Redneck Piggly Wiggly
goes roaring off to...

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© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: maitre, imagination, people, social,
Form: Burlesque
Premium Member Waitress Manifesto
the noose around my neck only a little colorful scarf on my last day as a slave

to the chefs always screaming their short comings as...

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Categories: maitre, celebrity, work, drug,
Form: Free verse
Haiku 24
maitre bee swoops down
snips pollen from stamen head
sips frothy nectar...

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Categories: maitre, flower
Form: Haiku
Familiar Stranger
You know him
This man you never met
You know him

You've seen that walk before,
the cool, confident stride
You've seen that smile before,
perfect white teeth
with a grin a...

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Categories: maitre, humor, humorous, memory, satire,
Form: Light Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things