Best Peasant Poems
Below are the all-time best Peasant poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of peasant poems written by PoetrySoup members
AN OLD STORYThe story never gets too old.
It never loses flavor,
About the sweet young peasant girl,
Who was the mother of our Savior;
And how He grew into a...
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Categories:
peasant, appreciation, faith,
Form:
Rhyme
Peasants With Pleasant RagsYou see us everywhere you go
Every corner of your street house our offspring
Every bridge in your city has become our refugee camp
We are the people...
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Categories:
peasant, morning, poverty, rain, storm,
Form:
Free verse
Joan of ArcThe Medieval era
was filled with wars and strife
between the French and English
at cost of limb and life.
The French became disheartened;
their victories were rare,
a humbling situation
which...
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Categories:
peasant, hero, war,
Form:
Quatrain
SandalwoodThey are playing that song again
The one that reminds me of you
It began to rewind as I turned up the dial
from a place long ago...
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Categories:
peasant, friend, longing, nostalgia, women,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
peasant, birth, class, race, racism,
Form:
Free verse
Joan of Arc, For God and CountryJoan of Arc – For God and Country
On the feast of the Three Kings was born,
a baby girl, in 1412, under the sign of Capricorn....
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Categories:
peasant, christian, courage, destiny, hero,
Form:
Rhyme
1996 Visit To Turkey
In Nineteen ninety-six, our son and wife, Majors
In US Army, moved to Izmir, their new base.
As usual, whatever place they were assigned,
We flew to...
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Categories:
peasant, travel, vacation, , western,
Form:
Blank verse
Queen and KingQUEEN
Queen
Wealthy
Knights delight
Off with the head
Public appearance
Ruler of her domain
Kingdom all in love with her
Joker enjoyment of her day
Crown comes with hope, more than expected
King...
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Categories:
peasant, body, dark, devotion, husband,
Form:
Etheree
Joan of ArcadiaJust a small village girl in such a big world
Feeding the animals in the quite fields
Smiling and singing, laughing too
Joan of Arcadia sang songs for...
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Categories:
peasant, adventure, history, spiritual,
Form:
Light Verse
Another Leader EmergesFrom sagging huts up in the hills,
We watched the tourists flash their bills.
They piled our harvest on their plates,
While soup and scraps...
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Categories:
peasant, history, people, social, people,
Form:
Rhyme
A Spring DayOnce the crimson eastern sky lost
That was the morning guiding star.
Lilac hobbit, Kismet Gem plains, and frost.
Cyan sea-painted eyes to rainbows dare.
Revived ecstasy and increased...
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Categories:
peasant, analogy, appreciation, beauty, day,
Form:
Ode
Everyone KnowsEVERYONE KNOWS
Everybody knew that the earth was flat
There were lots of bumps so not flat as all that
Though ships seemed to sink out of sight...
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Categories:
peasant, philosophy, political,
Form:
Rhyme
WordsLively words on tiptoes left,
Vanishing in the night.
In vain have I sought to find them,
Those precious prodigal words.
Did they slip away like mice
Through temples worn...
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Categories:
peasant, language, loss, memory, remember,
Form:
Free verse
Queen of My Heart Part 1The queen of my heart lies here in state today, and my heart throbs,
Breaking like the darkness of any day, when she rose from her...
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Categories:
peasant, deathheart, thanksgiving, heart, may,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Flightless Birds Trapped In a Gilded CageFlightless Birds Trapped In A Gilded Cage.
.
Fledgling innocents incarcerated in a gilded ornate cage
Budding pretty flowers
Within the blossoming of youth
Of tender sensitive age
.
Born...
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Categories:
peasant, childhood, sad,
Form:
Free verse