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Best Outlaw Poems

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


Premium Member Jailbreak At Milton Creek
There was a rumour that outlaw Kyle was to be sprung from jail
But Sheriff Koplin got wind of it and he'd make sure they'd fail...

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Categories: outlaw, america, humor, violence,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member The Generous Bard
(The Merry Adventures of Robin Good)

Sherwood's Forest legendary, leading man 
up, down, tricking eggs between branches
slender, slander, his voice is growing thinner
twisting, turning heads 50...

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Categories: outlaw, abuse, character, community, corruption,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Angels and Outlaws
Come and sit here by the fire
Watch the flickering firelight
Let me touch your lips with mine
Will you keep me warm tonight

I've been here reminiscing
Just feeling...

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Categories: outlaw, cowboy-western, life, love, me,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Twisted
oh, let me tell you a twisted tale . . . 

of robin hood and a merry band of followers
but my story does not take...

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Categories: outlaw, anti bullying, courage, hate,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member New Gold Dream
"New Gold Dream"




Fever bites 
manifestation burns
towards you

prowls on soft footed paw
takes its time -
it’s an Outlaw

automatic written

change gears
foot flat and hard 
to the floor

shift up
lanes...

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Categories: outlaw, adventure, freedom, sensual,
Form: Free verse



The Rabbit and the Fox 20 Line Ballad
~~ The  Rabbit and the Fox   ~~  20 line Ballad
The Rabbit and the Fox
The Rabbit and the Fox are here
go down...

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Categories: outlaw, adventure
Form: Ballad
A Cowboy Is
The unsung heroes of the open plains
The outlaw bandits like Jesse James 

Cut throat thieves and black jack hustlers 
Green horn Cowboys and long horn...

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Categories: outlaw, cowboy-western
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member How the West Was Won
When he emigrated to North Dakota
Daddy came to help fill needed quota
Of young, strong men of honest worth
For untamed land at its new birth.

He met...

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Categories: outlaw, social, work, dad, dad,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Country Isn'T Country Anymore
Country isn't country anymore
Every time I listen, I get a little sore
They forgot about the trains
Mama's eyes and summer rains
Daddy's hands and growing pains
Country isn't...

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Categories: outlaw, music,
Form: Couplet
Call Me Gonzo
For thoose of you who may not know.
Just call me gonzo I write the absurd for life is insane and sometimes 
it takes a madman...

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Categories: outlaw, adventure, funny, introspection, life,
Form: Narrative
G Grandfather Joe White
JOE WHITE

Back in 1880 you will find, Joe White he was about.
The Brumby runner master mind. Of this I'll leave no doubt.
He took from Mugan...

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Categories: outlaw, adventurehome, day, green, home,
Form: Rhyme
A Gunfighters Fate
Some folks feel like Jesse James got a raw deal,
just because he had an affinity and liked to rob and kill.
His ended up a tragic...

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Categories: outlaw, cowboy-western, death, history, life,
Form: I do not know?
My Poetic Gun
I’m a poetic gun;
Shells of great caliber.
I measure each poem,
With my trusty caliper.

I load my own rounds,
Thoughts are the primer.
The powder’s my inspiration;
I’m a quick...

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Categories: outlaw, imagination
Form: Quatrain
Easter Bunny
Easter Bunnies

Easter bunnys bellies burning ,
From the poison virus mate,
Aussie farmers want him murdered ,
For every blade of grass he takes,

Have you seen a mattry...

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Categories: outlaw, adventure,
Form: Rhyme
A Sinner's Prayer
Oh Lord, I am selfish but no fish I sell
A true believer I am though I’m an outlaw,
I’m your truant Christian;
Every day, I fear to...

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Categories: outlaw, anger, courage, prayer, sin,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs