Best Pickaxe Poems
Below are the all-time best Pickaxe poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of pickaxe poems written by PoetrySoup members
Categories:
pickaxe, analogy, identity, integrity, introspection,
Form:
Concrete
Just ClimbThough dormant, your strengths are still present...
within the silky staircase of God woven DNA.
Just peel away layers of perceived weakness
climb through the fiery muck and...
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Categories:
pickaxe, confidence, faith,
Form:
Free verse
Neon (9/11)When dulled down shock painfully became
a pickaxe ache behind shimmering eyes,
the bludgeoning screen hammered memory cells
repeatedly, over and over.
Tears exploded, soft rain dampened flame,
the grumbling...
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Categories:
pickaxe, death, history, people, uplifting,
Form:
Verse
Teaching Chimps Some WordsWe should teach the chimpanzees to read
the names of certain things. Objects like tools
for instance
then label the tools: hammer, saw, axe,
screwdriver etcetera, then screws...
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Categories:
pickaxe, poetry,
Form:
Blank verse
Rewards of LoveI seek not a robe of glittering pearls and rubies shinning bright
Give me a modest dress only not shorter than my height
A handcuff, a collar...
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Categories:
pickaxe, devotion, hope, life, lost
Form:
Ghazal
The Burial, Translation of Paul Verlaine's Sonnet: L'EnterrementThe Burial, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s sonnet : L’Enterrement
I know nothing as gay as a burial !
The grave-digger who sings with his pickaxe in bright...
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Categories:
pickaxe, funeral,
Form:
Sonnet
Miss AndryMiss Andry, you are truly a mystery.
You have Revealed yourself as Artemis and Lady of Ephesus to Many.
Miss Andry, you're mother nature that...
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Categories:
pickaxe, beauty, culture, freedom, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
Love MisconceptionIn all honesty
I believe Love is actually blind
That she lost her road
And headed straight
Into the mess, she lays in today
I hope we all find...
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Categories:
pickaxe, bible, first love, love,
Form:
Free verse
Marcus Mosiah GarveyMarcus Mosiah Garvey arose from a little town, yes my lord
A Leo lifting Harlem, kingdom bound, yes my lord
Resuscitated religion around the black man’s looks,...
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Categories:
pickaxe, dedication
Form:
Acrostic
Curtain Pulled Back12/26/21
Time I make a splash
Got to fulfill important tasks
Can't rely on hiding behind masks
It won't always be what you asked
Staying intact or full of bug...
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Categories:
pickaxe, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Sheer FallTop of the world, Ma —
See those little fingers down there?
Those tiny rivers runnin’ thru the valley —
You fall, you won’t be repaired
Gimme pickaxe,...
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Categories:
pickaxe, courage, future, mental illness,
Form:
Rhyme
Love EmbodiesWhat love embodies is set in stone
Only a pickaxe can break
What's truthfully there, damage prone
What the heart wants is stuck with a stake
Maybe I’m the...
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Categories:
pickaxe, first love, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
Reluctance Refineryi represent an
invisible wall to
you
everytime you walk
by
i wish i was a
magician only for
you
everytime you walk
by
i would create the
most amazing art for
you
everytime you walk
by
i would totally
erase...
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Categories:
pickaxe, conflict, fear,
Form:
Free verse
Other EarsAs if by other ears,
you hear the trees cracking,
a black ice splitting the sky,
a pickaxe laying bare
night’s white bones.
Sleepers arise
still dreaming of such things.
A cave,...
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Categories:
pickaxe, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Teaching Chimps WordsTeach them just enough words to know
a pickaxe from a pencil…just a few practical words
for practical applications, not too many,
The chimps could build dog kennels...
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Categories:
pickaxe, poetry,
Form:
Free verse