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Best On Equal Footing Poems

Below are the all-time best On Equal Footing poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of on equal footing poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Black and White
on equal footing we face our horizon. . . be it high tide or low


Written march 14, 2016 for PD's (monoku #9) write what you...

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Categories: on equal footing, ocean,
Form: Monoku



A Man's Lot
A man's lot is not for a woman to bear,
A man's lot is not for a woman to replace,
A man's lot is not for a...

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Categories: on equal footing, appreciation, beauty, best friend,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member Promises
In opposition they criticize all that is wrong
and all that is good, according to their agenda.
They put clogs in wheels, aided by defiant unions
and often...

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Categories: on equal footing, political, power,
Form: Free verse
What Is the Greatness of Man
Man,
The self proclaimed genius,
Figuring out the best way to build a campfire,
And then announcing to the stars
That he is on equal footing with the gods....

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Categories: on equal footing, allusion, angst, fire, men,
Form: Free verse
Red Wall
Red Wall 

Give they money and ask me to bring 
Some tools, tables, chairs or ladders 
Near to the red wall with fine pieces of...

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Categories: on equal footing, light,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member We Children of All Races
“Jesus loves the little children 
All the children of the world:
Red and yellow, black and white
They are precious in God’s sight…
Jesus loves the little children...

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Categories: on equal footing, appreciation, blessing, children, christian,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member The Candlemaker's Office
The Candlemaker’s Office 
     was sparsely filled. 

The worn brass door knob —
     a patina 
 ...

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Categories: on equal footing, boy, childhood, family, father,
Form: Free verse
Trust Your Instincts...
with no room for regret

this power yet to be met on 
equal footing?

these divine vibes hurled-
from dormant dream...

no time to be cautious...

surrender softly with relentless...

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Categories: on equal footing, passion
Form: Lyric
Out of the Portrait
I wish to wake up and see a new world,
I wish to wake up and see a new system, 
A world free from ills and...

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Categories: on equal footing, change,
Form: Free verse
It Was Her
She moved my pen and made it dance the tango
She spoke to my restrictions and whispered let go
Unknowingly she gracefully inspired me
Igniting a passion gently...

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Categories: on equal footing, caregiving, dedication, devotion, friendship,
Form: Free verse
New World, New System
A new world,
A new home for all,
Everyone on equal footing,
Even distribution of resources,
None needs necessities,
I’m not held by the pangs of hunger,
My brother doesn’t dwell...

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Categories: on equal footing, change, earth, humanity,
Form: Free verse
A World We Seek
“All minds and hearts connected with love and light of universal consciousness, in a flicker free continuum ~ what does life on such a planet...

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Categories: on equal footing, desire, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Women Flourish Now
Women have begun to flourish in the past forty years.
They are taking honors in directing, publishing, and writing.
They are fearless in showing their voices.

Women are...

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Categories: on equal footing, woman, women,
Form: Free verse
No Lurking Shadows
What is this strange place we find ourselves in,
Trapped in the open, we are free within,
Free from the troubles around,
Free from the troubles that beset,
We...

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Categories: on equal footing, change, peace,
Form: Free verse
Let's All Go Naked
when we are without our clothes
no one knows our rags nor riches
no one knows our highs nor lows
when we are without our stitches

when we are...

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Categories: on equal footing, life,
Form: Light Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs