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Best No Thanks Poems

Below are the all-time best No Thanks poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of no thanks poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Be Grateful, My Dear
Give thanks if you're healthy
  And give thanks if you're not;
Make sure to appreciate
  Whatever it is that you've got.
Just be grateful, my...

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Categories: no thanks, inspirational, religious, thanks,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member A Thing of Beauty
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A thing of beauty on her wrist
was confiscated by a nurse
who looked for items soldiers missed
in places (and by means) much worse.

They branded her inside...

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Categories: no thanks, holocaust, thanks, war, world
Form: Quatern
Premium Member What Matters Most
What Matters Most

What matters most is obvious to me.
It’s hearth and home, kin and family.
Life is an hourglass and the sands
of your time keep drifting...

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Categories: no thanks, thanks,
Form: Etheree
Premium Member Gifts
For sunsets that can make me sigh;
for all your candy for the eye -
each mountain, forest, lake or shore.
I Praise you, God, for gifts galore.

For...

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Categories: no thanks, thanks,
Form: Kyrielle
The Glory Days of Now
I’m grateful for the sun
          which shone on younger days
The days of scurried heartbeats
  ...

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Categories: no thanks, appreciation, blessing, life, self,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member A Gift of a Lifetime - To End On Saturday March 20th 2077
I’ve received an incredible gift 
It has given my heart such a lift 
But the date that I see 
Is what now concerns me ...

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Categories: no thanks, appreciation, giving, humorous, poetry,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Queen Eileen Remembers
On day full of doom and gloom
With no strength to leave my room
With no hope to look towards light
With darkness closing in at night
I remember…..

When...

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Categories: no thanks, friendship, remember, thanks,
Form: Rhyme
Questions To Ponder
What flowers do we most cherish?

Ones with such aroma they consume our senses,
as sweet purfumed, honeysuckle clad fences,
or those of brilliant hues springing boldly from...

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Categories: no thanks, appreciation, beauty, thanks,
Form: Verse
Premium Member The Things We Gain
We overthink the things we lose
but overlook the things we gain
ever mourning fire and flood
never praising gentle rain

We sidestep blessings every day
to favor troubles with...

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Categories: no thanks, blessing, hope, life, thanks,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Time For Heroes
The child stands valorous before the door
    With nary a tinge of fear or dread.
Armed with a spatula and a pancake flipper...
...

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Categories: no thanks, appreciation, inspiration, thanks,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Blind Rage
Into blind rage he flew again
  His neck veins bulged, his fists he closed
His wife could not remember when
  She'd seen her man...

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Categories: no thanks, anger, husband, success, thanks,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Limerick On Poets
A LIMERICK ON NOTED SOUP POETS

Bob Hinshaw, Tom Cunningham, James Edward Lee, Sr., Russell Sivey, Gordon McConnell,  Greg Barden, Emile Pinet, Silent One, WingedWarrior,...

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Categories: no thanks, america, celebrity, dedication, encouraging,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Gratitude
We pass by homeless on the street
They make me grateful for the roof above my head

Metatarsalgia in my feet makes me wince
How lucky I am...

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Categories: no thanks, humor, thanks,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Made In China
"Made In China"

They can have my money
If it saves me money

The toys I played with when I was young,
Says I enjoyed their hands
The Labels read...

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© Skat A   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: no thanks, business, culture, dedication, funny,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Queen of Poop On Poetry Soup
I post my poems on poetry soup
About farting and guys with brewer’s droop
I’ve been given a crown
And I won’t let Flo down  
Be assured...

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Categories: no thanks, friendship, humorous, me, poetry,
Form: Limerick

Book: Reflection on the Important Things