Best Pays Poems
Below are the all-time best Pays poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of pays poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Price One Pays For GloryBased on the Scripture, 2 Timothy 3:3-13, which gives
warning to escape the snare of the birdcatcher.
On stage he struts in sequined costume
a plume of...
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Categories:
pays, bible,
Form:
Free verse
The Measure of LoveHow does one measure love in scope or scale?
For if such ledger ever was designed
Then logic would over the heart prevail.
So...
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Categories:
pays, love, true love,
Form:
Sonnet
Companion For LifeI arrive when life's first breath pays its toll
And stay after death till' visits are cold
I'm the deep well you draw from always full
You find...
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Categories:
pays, emotions, life,
Form:
Sonnet
Leonard Cohen Was RightStanding before the microphone,
blank faces stare from cushioned chairs
Jewels sparkle, acting like they’re real,
while bow ties just seem sad…it happens
Marching to the beat of clicking...
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Categories:
pays, poetry,
Form:
Epic
Wolfspiritwhile eagles soar high
over rugged mountains
of south carolina
through writings shared
WolfSpirit takes shape
my mind pictures the man
in all his wisdom
half human half spirit
i hear his...
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Categories:
pays, god, meaningful, nature, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
Poetrysoup HeroesThey read our poems, and more than that,
they leave a word or two.
It isn’t much, yet that’s a thing
some folks here NEVER do.
Some heroes never...
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Categories:
pays, friend, poets,
Form:
Quatrain
The Dog, the Pig and the Cat - RepostI thought I’d repost this because of the state of the world today and because
it might help someone see things a little differently or...
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Categories:
pays, friendship,
Form:
Rhyme
Benedict DonaldThe White House harbors an orange traitor
Benedict Donald, science-hater
He never met a fact
He didn't try to whack
This prick puts the 'dick' in Dictator!
The obtuse ogre...
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Categories:
pays, anti bullying, community, political,
Form:
Limerick
How Dare We Ever So Boldly Speak OutHow Dare We Ever So Boldly Speak Out
Let me write in obscure and chaotic words
stirring waters tepidly unknown
Yet my spirit refuses to admire such birds
or...
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Categories:
pays, slam,
Form:
Rhyme
The Last Slice
Who ate the last slice?
I don't hear no confession
Who scarfed the last slice down?
Everyone seems to have a finger pointing obsession
Don't know why we have...
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Categories:
pays, food, fun, humor, humorous,
Form:
Light Verse
The I Hate Mondays Shirt“I hate Mondays,” yes, I surely do,
I say aloud while folding up that shirt
which, with some other tops, I'm giving to
the Goodwill store along with...
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Categories:
pays, life,
Form:
Quatrain
Words From a RiverImpatient, the river, no time for submission
Taking no notice of one all alone
It continues to flow, to swirl, twist and turn
It pays no attention, thinks...
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Categories:
pays, introspection, nature,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Counting My Neighbor's BlessingsI was counting my neighbor's blessings,
And paying no mind to my own;
For it seemed to me the harder I worked,
The more my neighbor's had grown.
The...
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Categories:
pays, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
Love Above AllAnd if all I had
was a heart to give,
would that be enough?
and if all I had
in that heart were love
would love be enough?
for...
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Categories:
pays, heart, inspirational, love, romantic,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
pays, mystery, spiritual,
Form:
Jueju