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Best Obesity Poems

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


Obesity Ode
(Sing to the tune "American Pie.)

I long, long time ago, I can still remember when,
Junk food made me smile,
And I knew if I had a...

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Categories: obesity, addiction, food, nostalgia, song,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member To Dance With Mary Jane
I never got to dance with Mary Jane
although I heard she sure knows how to swing!
She has a twin, and he is masculine;
he doesn’t have...

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Categories: obesity, social,
Form: Blank verse
The New Seven Deadly Sins
I think it's time to do an update
Of The Seven Deadly Sins
Most people do not know them all
Sit down and let's begin
I'm not really religious
But,...

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Categories: obesity, religion, sin,
Form: Rhyme
Picky Eaters
This poem was inspired by Dr. Mehta's poem on Childhood Obesity.


Our Mom made us sit and sit
Until we’d eaten every bit
She said “there’s starving kids...

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Categories: obesity, childhood, family, health, mother,
Form: Rhyme
Why People Why
Why people why




About so many things I want to let fly,

Political correctness is like a stick in my eye.

Capitalism and greed over helping others, WHY...

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Categories: obesity, anger, society,
Form: Rhyme



Seaside
The see-saw backsides of obesity traverse across the promenade
  Led by bustling torpedo breasts thrusting through the hustling throng;
Past tarnished chromium espresso bars, burger...

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© Tony Bush  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: obesity, parody, people, places, sea,
Form: Verse
Death of a Romantic
The bees buzzed as they always did
and storms receded.
Silence hushed itself inside a shell.
Jackrabbits hopped away from hell
still intoxicated.

The village swarmed with threats.
Honest men could...

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Categories: obesity, love, sadme,
Form: I do not know?
The Definition of Innocence Part1
What is innocence
Is it a little boy 
that pulls his toy 
fire truck down the street
And it follows him on a string
As he dodges empty...

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Categories: obesity, life, sad, slam
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Definition of Innocence Part 2
(continued from part 1)

What is innocence
that little boy
whose pulling his toy 
with it’s broken wheel
Do you think he doesn’t know that the price of that...

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Categories: obesity, life, sad, slamtime, ,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member In the Land of Opportunity
In the Land of Opportunity
    Entitlement reared her pretty head
  Without a backstop to plain bad luck
    Social...

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Categories: obesity, career, education, money, usa,
Form: Rhyme
Doom
They don’t believe the Earth is dying
Slowly, painfully, day by day
They think that money can fix the problems
For the few they admit, they sit and...

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Categories: obesity, life, natural disasters, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Critterature: Big and Beautiful
…or Hey! Who you callin' fat?

There is no subterfuge
In the hippopotamus,
She's just naturally huge
From top to bottomus*.
She loves the rivers more than lands,
On stubby little...

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Categories: obesity, animal, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member A HUNGER UNFED
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I am a hungry soul starving for more—
I am an insatiable appetite craving something.
I am an emptiness, a void
with a permanent hunger for 
something intangible...

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Categories: obesity, inspirational,
Form: Personification
Premium Member High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure 
One of the nation’s leading health problems
25% adults are known to have high blood pressure
50 million are at risk of developing it
High...

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Categories: obesity, christian, food,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Poor Sense
P erception, direction intention, ( lets make spiritual ) earthly..' 
O wow..' saving their strength maybe? well maybe..'
O utlaw carriage rides, in N Y C,...

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Categories: obesity, america, animal, best friend,
Form: Acrostic

Book: Shattered Sighs