Best Plain And Simple Poems
Below are the all-time best Plain And Simple poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of plain and simple poems written by PoetrySoup members
Once Upon A Time In Milton Creek The ConclusionIt was still quite dark in Milton Creek, and it had just gone four
When Tom arrived at the sheriff's office, and knocked on his door
The...
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Categories:
plain and simple, america, death, western,
Form:
Narrative
Held AloftWe'd laid old George to rest the week before,
at ninety-one he now rejoined his wife,
no heirs to his estate, so one thing more
to do, and...
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Categories:
plain and simple, heartbreak,
Form:
Sonnet
Wishing Well
"Wishing Well"
Plain Jane blew her wishes
down a wishing well
Lit long white bless'ed candles
dipped in holy water
Brackish
Crocodile tears from Hell
Witches hold hands together
Stand...
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Categories:
plain and simple, muse,
Form:
Free verse
My WeaknessGOD
Wondrous of many blessings.
Smiling never a frown.
My prayers, Lord, are suddenly being ignored.
I've taken a tumble of fallen down
Lord, my life was plain...
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Categories:
plain and simple, absence, abuse, confusion, faith,
Form:
Free verse
Skin DeepIndigo, not black, nor brown
not one or tother, coffee ground
It’s plain and simple, the eye to see
like winter’s bark on maple tree
I’m indigo, in mood...
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Categories:
plain and simple, humanity, racism,
Form:
Verse
TruthIt was the end of the job
a big do for everyone concerned
they who were invited
We were the last standing on the site
today was...
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Categories:
plain and simple, anger, betrayal, sad, trust,
Form:
Narrative
To Eden Part IWhat pushes my pen in this whimsical notch of the world?
Something whispers to me like an elder dream....
...
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Categories:
plain and simple, beauty, god, metaphor, paradise,
Form:
Free verse
Life Is Full of PromisesMan’s promises are spoken, kept,
and broken every day
by sweethearts, friends and family,
by those at work and play.
They’re made by those who think ahead
and those who...
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Categories:
plain and simple, faith,
Form:
Quatrain
IndifferenceI heard this on television
One-line of a narration
One-line so plain and simple
It filled me with expectation
The words quoted
I wish I had wrote
A-line that resonated
Bringing understanding...
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Categories:
plain and simple, 10th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
When the Heart Is Not Rightwhen the heart has gone bad and there's no blood moving about
the main organ that sustains us which we can't live without
the heart is the...
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Categories:
plain and simple, hope, inspirational, love, passion,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Loves Me Like a PoliticianSung to the great single: "Loves Me Like A Rock." from There Goes Rhymin' Simon. (1975.)
(Half heard :)
The camera's got to be rolling, man. It's...
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Categories:
plain and simple, parody, song-lyricnight, people, me,
Form:
Lyric
Popcorn SillyPopcorn Silly
Popcorn salty, popcorn sweet
popcorn toffee, luxury treat
popcorn plain, popcorn simple
many sprouted me a pimple
Chew it slow, chew it safe
chew it fast, pull a...
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Categories:
plain and simple, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Chewing the FatNarratives or at least that's what I call them
Without doubt win hands down every time
I've deviated with limericks and couplets and stuff
But I'm back to...
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Categories:
plain and simple, friendship,
Form:
Rhyme
The Body Shame Gamethey body shame
they spew hate posts dipped
in virulent venom
vehemence for the voluptuous
crazy mad about the curves
mocking the well stocked
where do they get all the hate
wait!!!
they...
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Categories:
plain and simple, beauty, slam, society,
Form:
Free verse
More Pickles Than OneFor ten months now I’ve brooded over coming second place
in the pickle section deeming, it no less than a disgrace.
It was written plain and simple,...
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Categories:
plain and simple, humor,
Form:
Rhyme