Best Matchbook Poems
Below are the all-time best Matchbook poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of matchbook poems written by PoetrySoup members
MatchbookI had no lighter
So I lit my cig with a match
Held that book in my hands
Finally decided I'm tired of pain
I'm gonna burn your love...
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Categories:
matchbook, love, people, teen,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
matchbook, adventure, allegory, america, analogy,
Form:
Haiku
The BoxI keep a box of memories
it’s safely tucked away
but now and then and then again
I bring it out to play
a marble here a matchbook...
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Categories:
matchbook, pets
Form:
Rhyme
FracturedMy grandfather on my father’s side, was a pecker-toothed sidle who raped his
daughter when she was just ten. He threw down vodka from an...
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Categories:
matchbook, childhoodfather, father, grandfather, mother,
Form:
Narrative
Moonshine Shuffle - Moderate Country WaltzMoonshine, diesel fumes, and chicken wire.
Laundry hangin’ on the line.
Bible open to the Book of Job.
Backyard thick with prickly pine.
Jacket pocket full...
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Categories:
matchbook, allegory, marriage,
Form:
Lyric
MathI am a master of the Arts University of Only One.
If you having problems my words can solve them.
My voice can direct others, better yet...
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Categories:
matchbook, emotions, identity, wisdom,
Form:
Light Verse
Fortunes Re ToldFORTUNES READ the sign displayed
TRINKETS, CHARMS AND SPELLS
The store had not been here yesterday
shades of candles, books and bell
Drapes were hung from side to side
The...
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Categories:
matchbook, surreal,
Form:
Epic
Pj Sandwich
Pretty double dipping fingers,
smooth peanut butter skin quality
Jelly coated lies that lip lingers ...
has a heart so sticky and slippery
Welcoming the curious to come...
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Categories:
matchbook, allusion, betrayal, metaphor, word
Form:
Quatrain
Downside of a WriterThey say Im a lover but I know I can also be a fighter/
Im living in darkness today knowing tomorrow ain't going to get...
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Categories:
matchbook, on writing and words,
Form:
Alliteration
Paper GangsterI can't handle pretenders.
Something someone is not.
No 'spect for a paper gangster.
Living a fake life until caught.
A lawyer watching Son's of Anarchy.
Blue jeans with vest,...
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Categories:
matchbook, image, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Pointers Point: Jokes On MeI laughed with balls yesterday
I’m not sure why, or what it
was
That was, to cause convulsive
chuckles, I think my eyes
tear-ed
was *****, about toe nails I’m
Sure, but...
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Categories:
matchbook, funny, love,
Form:
I do not know?
To the Brim- For My Contest
'He fills his glass up to the brim'
She knows what happens when he drinks
He's in an ocean and cant swim
The more...
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Categories:
matchbook, lost, sad,
Form:
Quatern
Of the Same SoulFlushed and frothing in the late July heat
of a slow motion Texas afternoon,
I ventured a call home
and found you
there.
Still of the same soul
and still the...
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Categories:
matchbook, brother, family, friendship, life,
Form:
Free verse
No Hotter DanceIt’s hot and it’s fiery, it’s better shared by two
The Matchbook Mambo is the dance step for you
You ignite with your footsteps, so wild and...
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Categories:
matchbook, passion, peopledance, dance,
Form:
Rhyme
Fault Line BreakingToday marks a continuation of
my blazing accent of enlightenment.
With a tedious eye I vanquish
the demon taunting my peripheral
of lamentable memories and efforts
torn asunder before grateful...
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Categories:
matchbook, devotionme,
Form:
Free verse