Best Penalized Poems
Below are the all-time best Penalized poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of penalized poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Tribute
Their mere weapon was their forbidden courage, hands barren with no armaments, no ammunitions, marching towards the proud valley of death, dedication born from...
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Categories:
penalized, appreciation, eulogy, faith, freedom,
Form:
Free verse
Ruled By a ClockWhen I was born, who would have thought
I’d grow up to be ruled by a clock.
Clocks mock dreams while hours gawk -
clicking off our...
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Categories:
penalized, anxiety, conflict, rude, simple,
Form:
Lyric
False AlarmYou Fall ...
the ground of your reality dissolves in this
stream of distraction, this inconvenient passion
the mawkish pop music you mock
is now singing your story, as
your...
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Categories:
penalized, love hurts, pain, recovery
Form:
Free verse
Colors and Shades Part OneWritten: August 21, 2023
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This planet is such a vast variegated palette.
All ethnicities, cultures, and hues have talent.
A canvas filled with many views and dreams.
So gorgeous,...
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Categories:
penalized, analogy, bereavement, discrimination,
Form:
Rhyme
The Game of HockeyThe Game of Hockey
By Government decree, lacrosse
Is Canada’s national sport,
But in the hearts and minds of Canadians,
Hockey rules supreme.
Hockey is a winter sport enjoyed...
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Categories:
penalized, hockey, sports,
Form:
Verse
Pussycat PaeanWhat due is this, O feline fierce,
for what affront thus penalized
with calibrated nips that pierce
for soft caress unauthorized?
T’was you with brazen move unasked
who burnished coat...
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Categories:
penalized, cat,
Form:
Rhyme
Snapshots From a Child's West LondonI remember my cherished Wolf Cub pack,
How I loved those Wednesday evenings,
The games, the pomp and seriousness of the camps,
The different coloured...
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Categories:
penalized, child, childhood, children, england,
Form:
Free verse
Embedded BallsEmbedded Balls
When I heard about embedded balls
It got my full attention
I always thought it personal
Something one doesn’t mention
Then I read you might be penalized
Should you...
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Categories:
penalized, education, golf,
Form:
Rhyme
When Up I Was GrowingWhen up I was growing, awed and confused,
sure was not I of which road to choose.
For binary my soul and dellusioned my mind,
I dallied at...
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Categories:
penalized, adventure,
Form:
I do not know?
Life the Game
Life,
The Game
Written: by Tom Wright
10/13/01
I did not choose the game,
The game chose me.
My only...
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Categories:
penalized, life,
Form:
Free verse
In Football ShapeJust like football I am penalized
My wife says for being off sides
I just wanna snuggle a little bit
But you know them football brides
She wears...
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Categories:
penalized, funnyfootball,
Form:
Rhyme
The SwarmIt's like a scene out of The Children of the Corn,
Sweaters torn when I head the SWARM,
Inside the inner city desert storm,
My spectacular vernacular,
and poetic...
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Categories:
penalized, hip hop, poetry, spoken
Form:
Rhyme
More Somewhat Twisted Thoughts of the DayI made a wish upon a star and really got burned
I made a wish upon a star and left Madonna breathless
I hitched my wagon to...
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Categories:
penalized, funny, philosophy, star, star,
Form:
Light Verse
DubiousI beheld your frame in my doubting eyes
there was no way for me to
explain this to by brain.
How could my trembling hands want to
follow...
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Categories:
penalized,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Ize Have ItThe "IZE" have it
We the people try to Rationalize
the choices we make with compromise
Let's be honest we tend to idolize
and we rarely do apologize
Are rights...
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Categories:
penalized, political,
Form:
Rhyme