Best Plight Poems
Below are the all-time best Plight poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of plight poems written by PoetrySoup members
Cry of the CityWe will walk then, you and I
When daylight shuts her weary eye;
Down the streets where beggars sleep
And drug crazed addicts spend their keep.
On streets that...
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Categories:
plight, life, prayer, time, drug,
Form:
Rhyme
Ancient WarriorI see the wrinkles in your suntanned brow,
You carried burdens then; you see them now.
You’ve heard the cries your people who in pain,
Have shed their...
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Categories:
plight, angst, culture, native american,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Star-Crossed - For Love of Day, For Love of Night(this is a form called Swap Quatrain, where first
line's phrases swap in the last line of each stanza)
In shadows’ veils, at end of night,
sweet Moon...
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Categories:
plight, may, moon,
Form:
Personification
Lift Somebody's DawnLearn from the eagle how to soar with winds
Spanning your wings to conquer tall peaks
Float hopes high reaching sapphire blue skies
Triumph with your smile...
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Categories:
plight, encouraging, inspiration, meaningful, youth,
Form:
Lyric
Gnarled ShadowsThrough shadowed trails, beneath the moon’s cold stare,
Its Amber gaze: a burden hard to bear.
This feathered prize found peace...
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Categories:
plight, conflict, dark, emotions, gothic,
Form:
Narrative
A Flower BloomsWhile traveling ‘cross such harsh terrain
left parched and barren from the sun
and weeks without a...
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Categories:
plight, beauty, flower, inspiration,
Form:
Quintain (English)
If Only My Wish Would Come TrueImages of children dwelling in developing world
In plight of poverty~~ some two billion strong,
Fly a flag of existence, waving distress unfurled,
Crooning mournful song: is this...
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Categories:
plight, children, hope, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
Fall of the Willow's LeafAh, weeping leaf I feel your grief
as Autumn hides the sun in clouds;
battalion’s shadow, like a thief,
disguised in dark-sky nimbus shrouds
have...
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Categories:
plight, angst, autumn, conflict, fate,
Form:
Rhyme
Specters of SlavesNature trail extends for miles
Surrounded by wetlands and lakes
Each step I take brings me closer
To an old plantation, where I climb the stiles
For it was...
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Categories:
plight, history,
Form:
Rhyme
The Vanity of PleasureA transitory phenomenon, a grand adulation of opulent desire,
Seeking mirth of heaven on earth, passions ablaze ignite fire,
A destination sought after; pleasure is aim of...
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Categories:
plight, desire, happiness, vanity,
Form:
Rhyme
In Praise of GodIn Praise of God
I look to you for love and grace,
Trusting belief in you I place.
Please keep us safe within your sight.
I feel your presence...
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Categories:
plight, devotion, god, prayer, spiritual,
Form:
Kyrielle
Wild LoveThe blackberry's love for the garden rose
Brought down the gardener's wrath.
The blackberry sensed the danger
As he wended the garden path.
" A love so true as...
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Categories:
plight, garden, love, rose, sweet,
Form:
Narrative
Yes Dear LolYES DEAR!
I have here an old solution
For conflict resolution
Not to mention domestic pollution
I say 'Yes Dear!'
When the situation is tense
With a subject like pounds...
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Categories:
plight, humor, marriage,
Form:
Rhyme
Fallen StarI tracked along a silver trail
carved out from Earthly dust
by rays persistent in the dark
and midnight wanderlust.
It led me to a bubbling fount
of sulfurous...
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Categories:
plight, earth, hate, heaven, life,
Form:
Quatrain
Voice of PoetryAdorable, enticing as beauteous glance,
Engaging, evocative as a ballet dance
Luring passions flaunting moody stance;
Poetry is music strumming from heart,
Lyrics of life emblazoned in poetic art.
It’s...
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Categories:
plight, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme