Best Notorious Poems

There once was a man who wrote poetry,
but his words caused bad notoriety.
Poems full of bad grammar,
Souper's thought he's a spammer!
But he was struggling with sobriety! 
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In a small gold rush town sipping on ale
Mark Twain once overheard a bartender
Made himself famous by penning this tale
A frog jump contest with a large wager
Decided outright when one frog didn't jump
The contest over before it could start
Obvious that the bullfrog seemed too plump
Buckshot...

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From beneath the dust bowl storm, from when st they came,
Blazing a trail across the pages of historical fame.
Accelerations desperadoes, with guns drawn, wild hearts
Beating as thunder, they are the restless and  free,
 Bandits of the youthful passion called rebellion.
Living and thriving by the...

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The quickest way to see your life
Go on a downward spiral
Is doing something stupid and
Discerning it’s gone viral.

A young man lured a local cat
And when it came close by,
He grabbed that feline, flinging it
Way up into the sky.

He laughed and so did all his pals
But...

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Notable, well-known--but
not for a good reason.
News sources broadcast the
names of the infamous
nighttime, daytime. Some can
never resist juicy
nuggets about these "stars."


April 29, 2017...

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Came from Baltimore by Pigtown
Where they like to lay the law down.
He rebelled against the ground rule.
Had to grow up in reform school.
Got acquainted with a curveball
Dealing pepper by the church hall;
Broke some windows, but he left the scouts impressed. 

He was an OG All...

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In divine school there is a boy who does blare
The horn of indiscipline all over the school bare
Met me very day when I furiously did glare;
Felt though sad and bad, moved a bit with prayer
I intended to sing for him to change without spare.
Kabir is...

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I am a mage in a rage with extreme power
     I escape from this cage looking to devour!
Determined to be victorious
     Poetry Soup has labeled me notorious!
Not commenting on my work just to discourage me?
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Eye that supports greed
It is not satisfied with little
Always asking for more
That it cannot even give

Tongue that destroys life
It speaks out evil freely
And hates to pronounce blessing
Take heed lest you become its victim

Hand that takes bribe
It enjoys ill-gotten gain
Never on good terms with honesty
Beware for...

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Once there was a notorious city
men looted, men killed and raped
from horizon
a notorious Mayor emerged
to make the notorious city
breath freshness of peace

All nights were to be women’s nights
no man to be in city 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM

Peeping through window 
was the only right for...

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denied mother-branch
perished
no one at its funeral...

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Notorious Nattering Nabobs of Negativism
(And Other Hopeless, Hysterical Hypochondriacs of History)

They pretend to love freedom but hate non-white votes
and poor's access to health care (both cost far too much
when supported by taxes where all pay debts owed.)
Wealth buys doctors' deferments when war gets announced
if dough's...

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Was sent to fetch water
on its back it, carried
more that its weight
reaching on mountain top
just before delivering
it staggered and dropped
that pot of water saying
“I cannot go any further
tired, hungry why bother”
The pot fell, broke into bits
and  water poured on slopes
dry land wore drought ever...

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Echoing whispers in the night
Silently ripple through the wind
A voice of melodic reassurance
Putting faith in every word you murmur

Elusive talk of what’s to come
Future dangling before our hearts
Hands reach up to capture its dust
Speckles of beauty sashay around us

Dancing in the glorious ecstasy
Soaring hearts take...

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Bigger than life, though petite in the flesh,
An outlet where coolness and intellect mesh,
A mind where ideas and decisions are fresh,
She’s as hip as a justice can be.

At 85 years, she’s still sharp as a tack,
With feistiness others before her did lack.
She opened the door...

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