Best Materialistic Poems
Below are the all-time best Materialistic poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of materialistic poems written by PoetrySoup members
MaterialisticGreed sparks
the ravenous cravings
of a secular mind.
With insatiable hunger
their spirits covet
desiring beyond need.
Insensitive humans
cannibalize their brothers
with no end in sight.
Where is compassion
when legalities...
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Categories:
materialistic, society,
Form:
I do not know?
Shackles of LoveShackles of cynicism have displaced your heart,
the love that once transcended time is no more.
No wordsmith can bring beauty to an invisible emotion,
lost in translation...
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Categories:
materialistic, analogy, love,
Form:
Free verse
Too Late For TearsOh, my brother..
I can see storms causing havoc in your eyes.
All you can do is stare,
seeking comfort from a tombstone.
Beautiful marble cannot reach out to...
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Categories:
materialistic, absence, angst, death, mum,
Form:
Free verse
Take Me To NirvanaFree me from servitude of constraining boundaries
Guiding life’s journey, questing meadows pristine,
Beyond void of nothingness, afar hills of misery,
Rescuing from oblivion, from doorways of abyss,
From...
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Categories:
materialistic, emotions, fantasy, peace,
Form:
Verse
Categories:
materialistic, deep, emotions, introspection, life,
Form:
Free verse
We Are All Strippers On a StageWe are all strippers on a stage
choreographed of broken dreams.
Our materialistic schemes
drown values in whiskey bottles.
We are all strippers on a stage
who put down our...
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Categories:
materialistic, introspection, life, philosophy
Form:
Quatern
Seraphic Embers
I've always
wandered in
venus' orbs,
searching for
the star-seed
of my spirit that
has forsaken
it spiritual
sanguinary and
caged every
fluorescent flicker
in a sculptured
sanctuary of...
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Categories:
materialistic, deep, destiny, emotions, life,
Form:
Free verse
Private ConversationFather it’s me again. It’s been too long between talks
Days, years: restless lost wasted years
Choices made based on greed, pride, arrogance and misbegotten dreams
It’s difficult...
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Categories:
materialistic, faith, introspectionlost, lost, me,
Form:
Free verse
The ForgottenOur lives are consumed
With vice and pleasure
Self-absorbed with blinders
And avarice for treasure
The majority indifferent
To the plight of our parents
Or the generation before them
With their...
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Categories:
materialistic, community, discrimination, education, feelings,
Form:
Rhyme
On the Love For GodWhat I'm about to write will make no sense to those who have a materialistic worldview: that only matter exists, no mind, no soul, no...
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Categories:
materialistic, allusion, appreciation, atheist, god,
Form:
Prose
Society's PompOften, people think themselves as objects
like remodeled decor hyped for exhibition...
they wear glittered masks and live
in the affirmation of others through false pride,
consumed by...
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Categories:
materialistic, society,
Form:
Free verse
The Devil Has No HornsIn Simple words
The devil has no horns
She wears smaug balm, Oh, Lord of the Rings
She sleeps in El Dorado Street, the Hotels of Svengali
She...
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Categories:
materialistic, analogy, , western,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Spiritual BiographyOnce addicted to carnality opium’s ecstasy
My flesh reigned with selfishness-excellency…
…But God, so merciful in His clemency
Transformed me to acknowledge His satisfaction-sufficiency.
Once exalted upon vain glory’s...
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Categories:
materialistic, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Material Things Can Not Replace LoveThere are certain things you see
That are bright and glittery
Shiny, fancy and enticing
But they are not free, the pricing
Of these items is to high
They are...
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Categories:
materialistic, addiction, desire, friendship love,
Form:
Rhyme
You Are the Painter Aswell As the CanvasDo you have any idea how much material your entire being holds?
I'm not talking about the materialistic (of the world) things many have their...
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Categories:
materialistic, art, beautiful, color, creation,
Form:
Personification