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Best Muck Poems

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


Premium Member A Small Bouquet of My Word Groupings
you were an infant
i would sing a song i created for you

'there's a baby in my arms
there's a baby in the mirror
but honey 
there's not...

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Categories: muck, appreciation, celebration, childhood, daughter,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Yesterday Love Was Such An Easy Game To Play
Yesterday,

I went home for lunch,

I never go home for lunch.

When I got to our apartment 
I don't know why but I didn't reach for my key. 

Francine...

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Categories: muck, betrayal, break up, heartbroken,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member A Good Cry
i wait at the river for the cry of the loon
                             ...

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Categories: muck, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Unstoppable
My hope/wish for mankind is that 
a small ember or flame would 
ignite causing a fire in our hearts
worldwide.

Causing a fire that can not be...

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© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: muck, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Feverish Fear - POTD - A Visual Video Poem - In Collaboration With Victor Buhagiar
POTD 13 March 2019

Welcome! - We are excited to release our very first Visual Video Poem. 

(I trust you will enjoy the complete production effects...

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Categories: muck, courage, evil, faith, fear,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Premium Member I Slipped On a Teardrop and Landed
I slipped on a teardrop and landed in muck.
No inkling had I of my future bad luck.

The tear I had cried started out, oh, so...

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Categories: muck, friendship, life,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member My Addingham
(The memories are simple, living the feeling significant)

After conquering Beamsley Beacon due Southwest,
Rombald’s moor stood, while for centuries
within the valley the minute dwellings
of grey stone,...

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Categories: muck, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Tale of Billy the Kid
William Bonny AKA Billy The Kid
A Tale Of Billy The Kid
By Robert Gorelick

“Quien esta?”

Bang!  It’s over, 
you’re a legend now, 
Billy.

Born in Hell’s Kitchen...

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Categories: muck, character, death,
Form: Metrical Tale
Premium Member Everyday Is Beautiful
Everyday is beautiful, son,
and no that's not being optimistic.
You're here - you're alive - with one more day on your plate.
That's just being realistic.

Tuesdays are...

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Categories: muck, appreciation, cheer up, children,
Form: Carpe Diem
Premium Member Just Saying My Piece
When Poetry Soup becomes infested with partisan rubbish, 
It will be difficult for liberal, creative poets, like me to flourish 
Who seek a safe place...

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Categories: muck, perspective, political,
Form: Political Verse
Lessons Learned From Trees
"A woodland path in the dappled sun, hushed and quiet "

              ...

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Categories: muck, allegory, introspection, sun, tree,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Make Do and Mend
Make Do and Mend,

Years ago we had jobs
We had fun and money in our pocket
Things were much better then
Once you could go out the door
And...

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© Peter Dome  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: muck, community,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Both Sides For Me
The look of pity on the saleswoman's face said it all
my paint spattered clothing, however the jeans fit
just didn't have that panache, chic pizazz, tongue...

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Categories: muck, absence, adventure, dream, fun,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Absolute Truth-Full Liar
A golden coin flipped into the sky
One side is absolute truth
the other side is stamped with lies
Hope it lands right/wrong side up
so you can partially...

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Categories: muck, perspective,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member The Dark Side of You
I could not write poetry
till I was brain damaged
a life of shame, abuse
no good to anyone, oh yes and of no use
hiding behind the dark...

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Categories: muck, emotions,
Form: Free verse

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