Best Pay Poems
Below are the all-time best Pay poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of pay poems written by PoetrySoup members
Conversation With My SoulDwell not, O soul, on yesterday,
on sorrows past and gone -
the sketch you drew so long ago,
today may be...
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Categories:
pay, giving, love, wisdom,
Form:
Verse
Hard Times
When hard times come they sit a spell,
Like kin folk come to stay
A-packin' troubles, pets an' kids
That always get ‘n your way.
It's drought an' flood,...
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Categories:
pay, cowboy-western, family, funny, life,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Playing HumanIntroducing: Nate & Linda
The smile on my lips
is forced and coerced
I pretend to pay attention
give the best possible advice
everyone praises me
I'm so kind, polite and...
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Categories:
pay, humanity, humorous, life, pride,
Form:
Free verse
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To My HangingA funny thing happened on the way to my hanging
Couldn't sleep the night before my head was banging
I was innocent of a crime that I...
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Categories:
pay, brother, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
Escape of the Bluesman's SongWithin the frame a sepia scene
a dusty porch a rickety chair
the fabric of your dusky face creased
with ceaseless sunbaked woes
your...
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Categories:
pay, africa, america, grief, racism,
Form:
Free verse
Cocaine Is Her Name
COCAINE Is Her Name ( Addiction )
COCAINE is her name. They call her COKE for short.
She came into this Country, without a Passport.
Since then...
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Categories:
pay, addiction,
Form:
Free verse
The Black CloakIt's like a black cloak around our world bringing misery and death
Virologists are saying " you ain't seen nothing yet"
If only our leaders would...
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Categories:
pay, death, evil, goodbye, grief,
Form:
Rhyme
Once Upon A Time In Milton CreekThe sun was rising high in the east over the town of Milton creek
It was the eighteenth day of December, the start of Christmas week
All...
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Categories:
pay, america, anniversary, christmas, remember,
Form:
Narrative
We Rulers of the EarthWe Rulers Of This Earth
Homo-Sapiens we call ourselves, rulers of this Earth,
Intelligent and civilized, but what is all this worth?
We're working hard...
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Categories:
pay, angst, corruption, drug, earth,
Form:
Couplet
Love Has Its CostsTHIS IS A FICTIONAL WRITE THAT EXPLORES THE QUESTION OF WHAT LOVE IS. IT DOES SO IN A DRAMATIC WAY, AFTER ALL THAT IS MY...
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Categories:
pay, desire,
Form:
Narrative
A Desperate Housewife - In Limerick FormA desperate housewife I knew
had such mundane housework to do.
Being so tired of it,
she decided to quit.
Then off to Las Vegas she flew.
Having always been...
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Categories:
pay, adventure, wife,
Form:
Limerick
In Another Timethe waning moonlight thinly enveloped
the dusky canvas obscurely sprawling
across the way from the window I looked,
I knew a park was there with slides and...
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Categories:
pay, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Floccinaucinihilipilification and Very Little BreadFloccinaucinihilipilification And Very Little Bread
( First of Three Poem Trilogy )
I
I've no problem with bardolatry fans
their barmecide and...
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Categories:
pay, appreciation, art, character, meaningful,
Form:
Rhyme
SophieSophie Scholl was raised a Christian in a Lutheran family
Born in the town of Forchtenberg in south west Germany
For standing defiant against evil with her...
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Categories:
pay, death, girl, inspirational, rose,
Form:
Narrative
Once Upon A Time In Milton Creek The ConclusionIt was still quite dark in Milton Creek, and it had just gone four
When Tom arrived at the sheriff's office, and knocked on his door
The...
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Categories:
pay, america, death, western,
Form:
Narrative