Best Petroleum Poems
Below are the all-time best Petroleum poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of petroleum poems written by PoetrySoup members
Ode To PetroleumODE TO PETROLEUM
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In the past coal reigns without any challenges,
But now,the modern glory is petroleum-a toothful fact,
Found juxtapose with natural gas
Formed from dead remains of...
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Categories:
petroleum, science, universe,
Form:
Ode
The Homeless PoetA homeless poet
A few days ago, I was walking home with my dollar store notebook in my hand as I walked. I was deep in...
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Categories:
petroleum, for him, heartbroken, home,
Form:
Narrative
Striving For Political CorrectnessStriving for Political Correctness
By Elton Camp
It would just be the end
If by words we do offend.
There’s the devil to be paid
If we call a spade...
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Categories:
petroleum, funnypeople, people,
Form:
Rhyme
CrudPumping black blood
Sea life falls dead with a thud
Petroleum mud
By Robb A. Kopp
All Rights Reserved © MMX...
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Categories:
petroleum, animals, death, nature, sea,
Form:
Senryu
Hick PhonicsHick Phonics - is a language to be taught in all Southern schools.
Here are some excerpts from the Hick Phonics/English Dictionary.
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Heidi - Noun - A...
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Categories:
petroleum, funny,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
petroleum, beauty, winter,
Form:
Sijo
Feeling the SameWhatever has passed me by, it's winged shadow
Cast a chill that lingers in my eyes
And strangely feels like losing, dying or missing
Something...
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Categories:
petroleum, lost love, love,
Form:
Verse
Icebox DaysA seething summer morning in the oil boom trailer park
Oral Roberts on the radio with the gospel told by Mark
The reek of raw petroleum is...
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Categories:
petroleum, childhood, growing up, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Government Sales Tax GstGovernment Sales Tax GST
Since the introduction of GST, a sales tax newly introduced back in April 1st last year,
GST or Government Sales Tax has...
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Categories:
petroleum, anniversary, anxiety, betrayal, community,
Form:
Free verse
Fragrance of LifeFragrance of Life ©
Cool rain drums on blistering
asphalt, the scent streams into
the nostrils--hot, grassy smell of
summer, freshly cut-smoky
cedar lingers on...
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Categories:
petroleum, life, senses,
Form:
Free verse
Cartoon NetworkThese dudes funny like "Nickelodeon"
I see how these "Cartoons Network"
Come in "Dexters Laboratory " I'm Writing "Explosives"
Blues Clues "Cues" in my "Excerpts"
Mandark hating thinking...
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Categories:
petroleum, humorous, imagery, nursery rhyme,
Form:
Free verse
Life 2LIFE
Life is a gift
But we have never cared
Destruction of the rain forest
And no animal is spared
Arise great Pro-man
Now raise up your sword
Do not let...
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Categories:
petroleum, lifechildren,
Form:
Haiku
You Have Been CautionedCAUTION:
the contents of this coffee cup may be HOT
please be careful not to burn yourself or others
the contents may also be wet...
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Categories:
petroleum, satire, social, may,
Form:
Prose Poetry
OilworksThe US must generate jobs
And Petroleum Inc. wants mobs
Of workers to toil
Mining more gas and oil
But from the green future this robs
Is drilling the place...
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Categories:
petroleum, nature,
Form:
Limerick
The Alaskan Oil PipelineThe Alaskan Oil Pipeline
Nineteen sixty-eight confirmed the year
Of discovery by ‘Humble Oil’
To North America’s largest oil field,
On the North Slope of the Brooks Range;
A west...
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Categories:
petroleum, education, environment, history, technology,
Form:
Prose Poetry