Best Neglect Poems
Below are the all-time best Neglect poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of neglect poems written by PoetrySoup members
Part Time PoetShe calls on me, intermittently
In fickle favor, in spotty dictionaries
My demure, distracted destiny
She is the unrequited lover, the absent mother
She is Santa, granting wishes
Upon orphan...
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Categories:
neglect, angst, conflict, inspiration, jealousy,
Form:
Rhyme
A Loving SonThey always said, “Please bother us no more”
when Tommy sang, and Mom would stick her head
inside his room. “We need to shut your door!”
And once...
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Categories:
neglect, sad,
Form:
Villanelle
The Poetic Glory of This Day PotdI do at dawn, reflect.
God made me, perfect.
Thus, my thoughts to...
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Categories:
neglect, appreciation, poets, prayer,
Form:
Rhyme
Now I Lay MeNow I lay me down to sleep
In my home that's really sweet
Had three large meals and a snack
There wasn't a hint of any lack
Comfortable shoes...
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Categories:
neglect, 7th grade, africa, angst,
Form:
Lyric
Words of Mass DestructionWords of Mass Destruction
Words like bullets do not have eyes, as they fly in our hearts and materialize
Deleterious breaths that we soon despise, words written...
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Categories:
neglect, abuse, hurt, words, ,
Form:
Rhyme
Hard of HearingI know that I’m not perfect, just go and ask me wife.
At times she’s kind of said - I’m the bane of her life,
but on...
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Categories:
neglect, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Rainbow Sherbet and Dying PoemsI never got why you always
Ate the red pink color out
The Sherbet ice cream
It was like excavation
How you removed all the cherry
Without even affecting...
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Categories:
neglect, bereavement, best friend, cancer,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Categories:
neglect, war,
Form:
Epic
Rain I am a metaphor for tears,
born from murky clouds,
pouring gracefully or rampantly,
in a choreography of liquid grace,
dancing to the sound of pitter patter,
upon rooftops...
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Categories:
neglect, earth,
Form:
Personification
Wake Up Oh AfricaWith the heavy load you suffer
a substance not needed
yet drags you
cushioning your efforts
and deterring your pace, forgetting that
the Train is already moving
with passengers determined
for this...
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Categories:
neglect, africa, dark,
Form:
Epic
Soul StonesWe swallow boulders:
(lead words, molasses covered prejudice, glass shards of promises long broken)
Mouths open wide and heads tipped back
like Hawaiian fire eaters.
Chipped teeth are bits...
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Categories:
neglect, hope, introspection, life, peace,
Form:
Free verse
From the Padded Cellin this your padded cell of silence
you torture me
in your straight jacket of neglect
I writhe
tormented
tried
from the observation window
you look in
cold hearted
indifferent
you take notes
of my descent
from...
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Categories:
neglect, abuse,
Form:
Free verse
Cop a Feel - Breast Cancer Awareness CampaginBreasts, boobies, knockers, **** – call them what you will
We are talking about breast cancer – and sadly it can kill
The key to success with...
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Categories:
neglect, cancer,
Form:
Couplet
Tale of a Former Black SheepFor years I wore
your shame as my own
and lived unknown
in terror of being seen
like a leper
self-quarantined
intrinsically unclean
Your neglect
became to me
my insignificance
undeserving of your glance
Your abuse
became...
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Categories:
neglect, abuse, hope, how i
Form:
Free verse
HeartbrokenFICTIONAL EMOTIVE WRITE
Since I was a tiny baby I was brought up by my grandparents and had a very happy childhood. I knew that they...
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Categories:
neglect, death, grave, grief, heartbreak,
Form:
Haibun