Best On The Nose Poems
Below are the all-time best On The Nose poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of on the nose poems written by PoetrySoup members
Rape - trigger warningOctober: I'm eighteen, shortcutting home
through an autumn-burnished churchyard -
copper-lustred leaves, moss-skinned stone -
a jaunty swing of skater skirt and arm,
college folder square-sturdy in my hand.
In...
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Categories:
on the nose, abuse, violence,
Form:
Free verse
The Enchanted ForestThe woods were silent except for the shifting
soft sounds of his hooves as they fell upon
the forest floor. There he stood amid the...
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Categories:
on the nose, adventure, fairy, fantasy, horse,
Form:
Narrative
Boy Oh Boy and a GirlI wish to claim
My boyness
My yesterday sillyness
Innocent shyness
My crinkled nose grininess
That hide and seekiness
Spin the bottle
kind of geekiness
Getting caught
My hand in the...
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Categories:
on the nose, adventure, boy, childhood, courage,
Form:
Rhyme
Mind DanceMind Dance
I hear you calling me
I feel you on the wind
Playing with my hair
Grazing my cheek
With kiss’s shadow
Upon your distant shores
Perched on craggy rocks
Upon sunlit...
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Categories:
on the nose, appreciation, beauty, bird, blessing,
Form:
Free verse
The Angel InsideCoral life forms in copious swarms
feast in the Cambrian chyme,
dividing their cells and forming their shells
to end on the seafloor as lime.
Tectonic churning and magma...
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Categories:
on the nose, allegory, angel, art, beautiful,
Form:
Rhyme
Winter's Afterglowstars twinkled brilliantly
against majestic snow-capped mountains,
delicate pure white flakes danced;
swirling, twirling, rhythmically.
she stood, nose pressed tightly
against the window pane; gazing in awe
at the magic the...
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Categories:
on the nose, angst, death, introspection, loss,
Form:
Free verse
Suicide MasterpieceSuicide Masterpiece
Sweatdrop
On top
Trigger pop
Written note
All I got
Hang knot
Body rot
Suicide cop
I hope not
Cry out loud
I think not
Body's hot
I am too proud
I am loved a lot
Rooftop.
Suicide bride
Heavy...
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Categories:
on the nose, abuse, art, body, death,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
PortraitPaint me blue like the sky
rainbow's smile; thunder's cry
clouded curtains rife with rain
till shroud is lanced and bluebirds fly again
Wistful...
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Categories:
on the nose, art, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
Whispering MemoriesTraveling through the doorway in my heart
I emerge
Gently closing it
I place my palms on the worn hinges of time
I lay my ear near its surface
As...
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Categories:
on the nose, appreciation, emotions, green, heart,
Form:
Free verse
Dumb QuestionsI was changing a tire and the neighbor walked by
Stood and looked a while, then he said Hi
Got a flat? he asked and this made...
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Categories:
on the nose, funny, me, wife, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Love GiftI saw Love climb upon the wind
Heard the laughter in the breeze
Tasted lilacs, jasmine, and honeysuckle
With a turn and twist Love caressed my skin
The scent...
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Categories:
on the nose, dream, love,
Form:
I do not know?
Redneck SantaT'were the night after Christmas, 'n' the house was all dark.
Not much money for 'lectric in the ol' trailer park.
Ma waitin' tables at the club...
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Categories:
on the nose, christmas, parody,
Form:
Rhyme
Love Sleeps, Never DiesAn old man
A Grumpy bitter old man
Bitter face
Red nose
Wrinkled beady eyes
Scruffy clothes his best attire
Life has not been kind
So his bitter words bite those around
He...
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Categories:
on the nose, angel, beauty, child, hope,
Form:
Light Verse
Jan Allison Has a FanJAN HAS A FAN
Jan Has no Tan
I once saw a gal called Jan
So sexy she made me ran
Straight to the vicar
Said marry us quicker
Whilst she...
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Categories:
on the nose, beautiful, character, dedication, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
Each Little Drop of Rain I SeeEach little drop of rain I see
goes plink plink plink into the pond,
then disappears so easily
as if I’d waved a magic wand!
Inside the pond’s refreshment...
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Categories:
on the nose, rain,
Form:
Quatern