Best Playpen Poems
PlaypenThey talk and talk
Running in circles
Trying to make sense
Of what they have, between the two of them.
They both have a lot of baggage, I suppose
Old wounds that haven’t entirely healed
Memories that tug at them when they indulge in reminiscence
Tears they have never shed, anger they...
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Categories:
playpen, angst, childhood, friendship, funny,
Form:
Free verse
Our Global PlaypenWoke up grinning like a silly old fool
Is there something I can take for that
Maybe a new pill that's just hit the market
A cure-all to save humanity and our cat
Household pets are worth saving too
In fact they are first to be given a pass
An average...
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Categories:
playpen, blessing,
Form:
Rhyme
A Man's PlaypenShe sits silently in contemplation,
immersed in quietude and solitude.
And yet, she's here to voice her frustration
with the church, portraying women as lewd.
God made woman subservient to man,
or so says church dogma espoused by men.
But she cannot believe it was God's plan
that she be a toy...
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Categories:
playpen, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Sonnet