Best People Poems
Below are the all-time best People poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of people poems written by PoetrySoup members
Broken PeopleI wish to be with the broken people
the get in your face challenge me people
The sometimes hidden
sitting in a dark corner kinda people
The don't you...
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Categories:
people,
Form:
Free verse
Don't Bother MeDon't bother me with conformity
don't bother me today-
with things I should (or shouldn't) do
or what I shouldn't say!
Don't bother me with conformity
my house is not...
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Categories:
people, community, funny, how i
Form:
Rhyme
Recording/Re-playing/Recording/Re-playingThe farm
and the porch light hums
the sound of another
orange dawn.
Burnt up – crisp
...
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Categories:
life, people, philosophy, time,
Form:
Free verse
Sun shines on the righteousIt’s only the good that die young.
I sadly have found it seems true.
While evil across earth is flung,
God’s purest of souls are too few.
I sadly...
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Categories:
irony, people,
Form:
Pantoum
The Joy Killing Poet**Back smile/smile Back **
With your heads way up your :]ssa[:
You will never accomplish the win
I got shots that will protect me from your rabid...
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Categories:
people, adventure, deep, hate, irony,
Form:
Epic
Pretty PoetWhere Have All The Pretty Poets Gone?
A real poet are you, charismatic over everything you serve
Showcasing, a rainbow that folds the perfect world wide...
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Categories:
people, angel, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
Kiss the RainI'm leaving now, but here is a reminder
'Twill bring to you the days we walked through rain
So when you wish to feel my hand in...
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Categories:
girl, people, rain, romantic,
Form:
Quatrain
What Only Angles HearDaddy never did understand.
That violence doesnt bring comfort.
A lost soul seeking acceptance from a unwelcome hand.
She was silent no one ever knew.
The secrets behind her...
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Categories:
people, angst, death, depression, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Pride and joy of his familyHaving lived on earth for some time now
Impatiently he dwells, harboring self doubt.
In face of impediments he loses his mind
Acquiring dispositions like hate and lies,
Hosting...
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Categories:
integrity, life, men, people,
Form:
Verse
Ode to the RedwoodI was once a little twig with dreams of being a mighty tree
So people would come from all around just to look at me
As the...
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Categories:
people, forgiveness, friendship, imagination, life,
Form:
Personification
This GirlThis girl, she's crying inside,
But all everyone sees is smiles,
This girl, she's hurting inside,
She's lived like this for quite a while,
Always holding her pain inside,...
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Categories:
life, people, sympathy, teen,
Form:
Free verse
ONE FOR ALL
God is all colours
And He is no colour,
For He lives in the black
And He lives in the white.
He lives in the mixed,red
Olive, brown and yellow,
For...
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Categories:
life, love, peace, people
Form:
Rhyme
A LullabyTo The LostLife and cigarettes burn to fast.
We waste are time.
So within the moment you bask.
A pretty face has to age.
Every story meets it's final page.
When...
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Categories:
angst, life, people, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
Ugly Gray Rock
An ugly gray rock, so I kicked it along,
Musing on memories, humming a song.
Jagged and rough, I gave it no...
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Categories:
people, beauty, humanity, metaphor, nature,
Form:
Couplet
Star of the ShowNarrate you own life's story
and tell you own life's tale
Don't leave it up for grabs
or even up for sale!
Write down your own life's story
before the...
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Categories:
identity, life, people, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
Me,Myself and IWhen me and myself
Are feeling sadness
I sit down to chat
With the both of them
Finding the reasons
For their troubled minds
We have time to chat
I would speak...
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Categories:
image, people,
Form:
Free verse
Lonely World
How populated this lonely world often feels
with so much warm flesh living cold and stony.
Some days, we ache for someone to hold us,
smile into our...
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Categories:
people, friendship, hurt, introspection, loneliness,
Form:
Free verse
A TRIBUTE
This is a well deserved tribute that I'd like to share
For those wonderful people working in our health care
Doctors, nurses, paramedics and admin staff too...
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Categories:
people, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
In The Shadows
"If only we choose to see"
the invisible people,
Who live...
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Categories:
lost, people, sad,
Form:
Free verse
Who Am II am the ring around Saturn
spinning words as particles of ice and dust
with the power to transcend
I am the original chosen to be right here...
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Categories:
people, black african american, faith,
Form:
Verse
Each Day Takes its TurnStanding firm
we live
we give
we take
we learn
we strive to make sure
each day enlightens us
and brightens us
even as light fades...
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Categories:
people, black african american, day,
Form:
Carpe Diem
THE WHEEL HAS COME FULL CIRCLEWhat goes up must come down.
No colors can define who you are.
You may own a cart or limousine.
We'll still reach the end...
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Categories:
people, faith, god, imagery, life,
Form:
Blank verse
Call Me InsensitiveYou call me insensitive,
But I don't believe that's true;
Because, you see,
It's all about me.
It's not about you.
You say your opinion doesn’t matter,
That I’ve no respect...
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Categories:
people, angst, culture, funny, giggle,
Form:
Rhyme
DEMOCRACY
Oh, Democracy,*
You, most desirable bride among
Political systems,
Your suitors many have been throughout
History
In every part of the world, you were...
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Categories:
people, philosophy, political,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
OnenessOneness
Authored by Chuck Keys
It had no...
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Categories:
people, black african american, dedication,
Form:
Free verse