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Best Overruled Poems

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


Free Cee Fooled and Overruled
FOOLED AND OVERRULED

I chose never to believe in nevermore
Forever I wanted to believe in forevermore
But seemingly forever had another plan
To leave me a lonely and...

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Categories: overruled, angst, may,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Yesterday's Mistake
Finding forgiveness for foolish fights,
my lonely heart overruled my head.
And although I should've known better,
I wanted to believe what you said.

You swear you'll never hurt...

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Categories: overruled, betrayal, boyfriend, emotions, forgiveness,
Form: Quatrain
Fugitive From Gossip
terza rima

Years of experience, a discovery -
I can speak without making use of my jaws.
Prudence and patience are rudimentary.

Some folks get their kicks using scuttlebutt...

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Categories: overruled, satire, silence, society, prejudice,
Form: Terza Rima
Premium Member Pressure
It’s May 18th, 2022. I’m poised, alone, heart pounding, in front of my laptop, waiting for courage, my finger hovering over the return key, like...

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Categories: overruled, fear, mom, motivation, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Power of Tongue
The world paid attention to this  muscle inside my skull.
              ...

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Categories: overruled, language, people, power, pride,
Form: Concrete



Premium Member Love Has No Reply
Love Has No Reply
Love has no reply it just waits- 
love has no reply - it just prays- 
Love understands- as it hopes 
that rage...

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Categories: overruled, absence, analogy, hope, metaphor,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member My Ancestry Surprise - Dk

One-hundred percent Italian descent:
   four grandparents crossed the ocean, went
through Ellis Island, from Italy sent;
   my Italian roots, one-hundred percent.

But ...

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Categories: overruled, family, history,
Form: Rhyme
Unveiling My Bride
The world await to see my bride
The wait is over 
To my family, friends, colleagues and the entire universe
I present to you… the mother of...

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Categories: overruled, bridal shower, i love
Form: Blank verse
Your Honor, I Object
Your Honor, I Object

By Elton Camp

Lawyer Louie caters to a special clientele 
Only those who are rich and guilty as hell
And, in exchange for his...

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© Elton Camp  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: overruled, funny
Form: Rhyme
Before I Knew You: Not a Personal Experience
Gone and flushed out my life not through the simplicity of adoption,
But through another type of passing, this was my only option,
With no financial stability...

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Categories: overruled, abuse, baby, death, deep,
Form: Elegy
The Voice of Silent Majority
Tell me why is it opinions
Differ Throughout all mankind?
Why is a general consensus
Never quite clearly defined?

Why do we need to put borders
To mark nationalities land?
If...

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© Roy May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: overruled, political
Form: I do not know?
My Mind Body and Soul
My Mind Heart and Soul 


I seem to laugh yet never entertained
My smile shine bright but my joy is detained 
Cold and sore my heart...

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Categories: overruled, abuse, anxiety, black african
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Itches On a Struggling World
The government and its people stay on antagonistic sides
but what stimulates the rulers’ infidelity to patriotism
can easily be bought by any, over the counter.
They are...

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Categories: overruled, africa, america, passion, patriotic,
Form: Chant Royal
The Boys First Love
The boys' puppy fell through the ice first                 ...

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Categories: overruled, childhood, boy,
Form: Free verse
Guru
GURU

So I sent an inviting email
To a bunch of Internet Women
Asking them to join me for lunch
Set my lonely heart to sail

My Yahoo Bell rang...

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Categories: overruled, hopeme, heart, writing, prayer,
Form: Lyric

Book: Shattered Sighs