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Best Not For Nothing But Poems

Below are the all-time best Not For Nothing But poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of not for nothing but poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Finally
Finally 

Doctor, it's been 7 months 
The MEDs aren't kicking in

My dreams are getting stronger, 
The blood remains to run code red
It's getting harder and...

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Categories: not for nothing but, dark, deep, evil, horror,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Premium Member Tell Me of Love
Think long and hard and tell me-what is love?
I’m thinking of the normal answers, and they appall me!
Tell me love is chocolate, flowers, and sex;make...

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Categories: not for nothing but, love,
Form: Free verse
I Will Not Be Late To Work This Morning
I will not be late to work today

I will get there on time
I will brush my teeth
Without singing songs
Without thinking about birthdays
About gymnasiums
About TAKS 
About...

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Categories: not for nothing but, education, introspection, life, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hat Power
HAT POWER

My Hat is a rush a power to my head
wear a hat every day or as often as you are lead
hat love and hat...

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Categories: not for nothing but, beautiful, character, confidence, culture,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Vanish Into Thin Air
A rabbit in a magic hat
The moons silvery sliver, slides behind the veil of dotted light, as the man on it, hides his face from...

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Categories: not for nothing but, allegory, change, courage, death,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Math Problems
The problem of PolyNomials,
equivalent or not?
with Not PolyNomials
hides a geometric bilateral 
not-no means yes 
polynomial assumption
that was profoundly channeled by ZeroCentric Bucky Fuller.

1 Polynomial v...

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Categories: not for nothing but, dark, humor, integrity, math,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
The Love We Had Seemed So Far Away
i look to stars and wishes flew through space never to be heard again
fun to friends hearts do meld and break facing until time ends
this...

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Categories: not for nothing but, analogy, beautiful, best friend,
Form: Rhyme
Freedom To Speak
To hold an opinion is not a crime 
but to be denied the right to converse is.!
Proclaim the truth ,don't be denied  your call...

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Categories: not for nothing but, appreciation, internet, metaphor, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
I'M Busy Doing Nothing
At breakfast my wife asked me
What I was doing today
“Nothing” I replied to her
“But you did nothing yesterday”
She informed me
“And now you’re doing it again...

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Categories: not for nothing but, funny
Form: I do not know?
My Mama Always Said
growing up my mama always said you will fall in love but it would'nt last.
my mom was right and now all is the past.
she would...

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Categories: not for nothing but, mothermom, mom,
Form: Lyric
Charade You Are
I feel the shadow of fear creeping down the dark hall         
slipping noticed into the room -...

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Categories: not for nothing but, anger, child abuse, dark,
Form: Bio
Babble
Apples anger Abby
 because baffled buffalo's
caught cool colored colds
down by Donald's dead
farm fed foreigners

Goats gathered goo going to
    hot houses harboring hornets...

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Categories: not for nothing but, funny
Form: Alliteration
Is It Real
Is it real or are you faking 
it? ;
Can you testify truly 
without a hit?
That it is as strong as it 
seems? ;

Even in the...

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Categories: not for nothing but, faith
Form: Pastoral
Premium Member No More Forgotten
No More Forgotten

A struggle with dementia

To Nancy
A reminder that your struggle is not for nothing.
There will come a day when precious memories are no more...

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Categories: not for nothing but, confusion, courage, heartbreak, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Coach
Pick me, pick me, you beg and plead
You think that you just what he need
Today, you in the game, yea!
Today you get to play and...

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Categories: not for nothing but, boyfriend, desire, emotions, football,
Form: Narrative

Book: Shattered Sighs