Best Mason Poems
Below are the all-time best Mason poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of mason poems written by PoetrySoup members
Gettysburg HauntingsGettysburg Hauntings
When General Meade met General Lee
At Gettysburg in 1863
Sons of the South battled Northern brothers
And neither side has ever recovered
Fifty-one thousand lives lost in...
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Categories:
mason, history, mystery, visionarywar, war,
Form:
Couplet
Tattoo of a Broken HeartIt’s raining in the corner
Stripes upon the floor
Bloody knife in a barroom door
Drinking whiskey
From a hollowed out gourd
Full of wasps
That rage in my core
Old man...
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Categories:
mason, addiction, conflict, drink, lust,
Form:
Free verse
Sweet Purpose
I have come to the point of decision
And I have decided in favour of love
Wisdom is not solely measured by experience
But more by capacity for...
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Categories:
mason, inspirational, on work and
Form:
Narrative
JarsWe took mason jars
and poked small holes in their lids;
then went out into
those long hot summer nights as
childhood flickered around us.
We couldn’t hold youth
any more...
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Categories:
mason, life,
Form:
Tanka
I dreamt last night of you and me
I dreamt last night of you and me,
your lips so soft I kissed
We floated on a silken cloud,
drew rainbows on the mist
Then counted daisies in...
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Categories:
mason, beauty, dream, love, ,
Form:
Rhyme
Pocketful of Hardened SunsWhen I think of what to write
often the ocean comes to mind
Endless sea of pretty blue
and stretched out horizon lines,
impossibly flat
Yet when I actually arrive
it...
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Categories:
mason, appreciation, beach, beauty, happiness,
Form:
Free verse
Cruisin' the DragSipping cherry limeade, driving in the car parade,
we're cruising in the Lone Star state.
Didn't want a bucket seat; the thing it couldn't beat,
was...
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Categories:
mason, car, funny, growing up,
Form:
Rhyme
Big JohnLet me tell you a story from the old wild-west;
Of a terrible lawman with a star on his vest.
His title was “Ranger”; not bound to...
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Categories:
mason,
Form:
Metrical Tale
Lines of SeparationDuring the Civil War, the Mason Dixon Line
Divided North from South, separating families
In 1961 guard towers were erected
On the Berlin Wall, separation strategies
Although the...
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Categories:
mason, history, social
Form:
Rhyme
She Goes BackShe Goes Back
By Lillian J. Jeffrey
Whispers flow like a river
she will be sold
sold or rented like a cash crop
Born on a Maryland plantation
her mother works...
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Categories:
mason, anger, devotion, hope, passion,
Form:
Alliteration
Ode to a Gargoyle
I pass you several times a week
down at the Cheapside junction
your name defines the job you do
but you perform no function.
No drainage from the upper...
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Categories:
mason, friend,
Form:
Rhyme
ProspectiveA PROSPECTIVE.
A POSTAL EMPLOYEE IS LICKED.
A GROCERS IS FRESH.
A FIRE...
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Categories:
mason, allegory, silly,
Form:
I do not know?
Take Me with YouIf you go downtown early morning
You can see the shopkeepers setting
Old treasures on the sidewalk,
Writing their welcomes with chalk
On little standing blackboards,
Inviting you inside their...
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Categories:
mason, adventure, america, nostalgia, remember,
Form:
Verse
I Know You - collaboration with Chris GreenI see her, ecstatic under thundering skies, red flashed lightning
Long hair static, arms spread wide,
savoured downpour, dance.... exuberant
As if day becomes night, a crimson moon,...
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Categories:
mason, beautiful, dance, love,
Form:
Prose Poetry
TO BE YOUNG AGAINTo be young again,
with flowing, natural
chestnut brown hair,
to feel the walk of spring
without ache and pain,
to have the heart flutter
when dreaming about a
current love,
to...
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Categories:
mason, nostalgia,
Form:
Prose
They Be Descendants Of The Confederacy
They Be The Descendants Of The Confederacy
By Roy Merritt
Way down here in the land of cotton
A great many people are mean and rotten
A great many...
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Categories:
mason, character, history, political, prejudice,
Form:
Lyric
MindsetSmoke swirled and billowed from your lips
Like gossamer it extended itself like a ballerina arching in hopes of caressing mine
The crickets raised together their bows...
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Categories:
mason, birthday, sexy,
Form:
I do not know?
Master Handsbricks lay scattered,
cement piled up bad,
the mason was ill trained,
and was a new lad,
he knew nothing,
and could not begin anything,
came the master craftsmen,
and the bricks...
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Categories:
mason, inspirational, life, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
The Prairie FarmerSummer is over and the farmer now rests from his toil,
Having labored hard to wrest his crops from the fruitful soil.
Fall has arrived and all...
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Categories:
mason, farm, seasons,
Form:
Rhyme
All Is Well That Ends WellJack went up the hill to check his still,
but he drank too much and soon fell ill.
The Doc said it's too late,
all that shine sealed...
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Categories:
mason, humor,
Form:
Limerick
One Last Ode - Parody of a songA parody of “The Last Waltz” song written by: Barry Mason and Les Reed
One Last Ode
I wondered if I’d write ever again
Inklings of my heart...
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Categories:
mason, parody, sad love, song,
Form:
Lyric
The Old Rusty Gate
The Old Rusty Gate
Old rusty gate stands as guard without fear,
...
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Categories:
mason, 10th grade, 5th grade,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
I pray for you
I pray for you
To love and be loved
But not with just any love
I pray for you to love and be loved
With compassion and joy
Inspiration and...
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Categories:
mason, faith, happiness, hope, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Good NewsGood News
Every day I get up and pray,
Lord... please...
some good news for a change.
Something worth saying to my family,
to my friends,...
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Categories:
mason, abortion, abuse, allah, america,
Form:
Free verse
Canning Days Back HomeGerm-free Mason jars, hot from the pot of boiling water, gurgling on the cast iron wood stove, stood ready to receive the fruits and vegetables,...
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Categories:
mason, community, farm, food,
Form:
Narrative