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Best Police Officer Poems

Below are the all-time best Police Officer poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of police officer poems written by PoetrySoup members


A Tribute To Police Officer
Each day is a new day for the Police 
Looking around protecting and serving the public
 With a smile and politeness
They guard us from deadly...

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Categories: police officer, patriotic, drug, integrity,
Form: Heroic Couplet



Premium Member Mother -- Come Home
Sitting with her now
       Watching 
How did she get so old?
       How did...

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Categories: police officer, car, fear, love, mother,
Form: I do not know?
Victim of Society
Sometimes I feel like I'm not supposed to be here
But I put on a brave face because they hope to see fear
Labels on my head...

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Categories: police officer, deep, desire, emotions, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Running For My Life
A teen when Mom died

Five young brothers and sisters

Dunn supported them

Pro football player with heart

Started running for his life


Written for Brian Strand’s Ekphrasis contest. ...

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Categories: police officer, uplifting
Form: Tanka
Childhood Beach Outing
Dug deep down inside
and pulled out the memory file
about being a child
with my family for
a rare outing at Jones Beach,
we were all there with
my Moms...

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Categories: police officer, beach, childhood,
Form: Light Verse



True Story
they said when they found her
she was frozen

my god-mother who was a police officer
told me 
they had to peel the ice laden sheets from
my mothers...

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Categories: police officer, death, life, loss, lost
Form: Free verse
Stop the Violent Protests
Stop! The violent protests and leave peaceful protesters out to make a difference strictly along.  Whether you are in law enforcement or the national...

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Categories: police officer, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative
Crossing Lines
Inspired by the TV show, "Chicago P.D.". Being a police officer is more challenging than ever in the world. As much as there are valid...

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Categories: police officer, encouraging, leadership, meaningful, motivation,
Form: Free verse
Terrorist Breakfast
British people asked for 30 minutes to eat their breakfast before being evacuated from Terrorist Threat.

When in Britain I like to sit down
To a full...

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Categories: police officer, violence,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member New York City
A llegiance to no other VICE except a NEW YORK CITY ATTITUDE
B oroughs Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten island, take your pick
C ity that...

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Categories: police officer, abuse, adventure, anxiety, basketball,
Form: Abecedarian
I Am
For some I am your neighbor, that lives down the street. For others I am the one, that you are so afraid to meet.

For some...

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Categories: police officer, america, black african american,
Form: Rhyme
The Chicago Haymarket Riot of 1886
It was in eighteen eighty-six in the streets of Chicago,
where the greatest miscarriage of justice people would know
transpired in an infamous labor-police rendezvous.
Albert Parsons led...

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Categories: police officer, history, death, men, work,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Tall Tale
I must say Peter, I've had the most extraordinary day. It all started when I woke up this morning. I was brushing my teeth with...

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Categories: police officer, fantasy, fishing,
Form: Prose
A Letter From Me
ME dear FATHER you already know,
But you need to be briefed,
On a tragedy I believe you must not know.
There’s a deadly dance with violence killing...

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Categories: police officer, black african american, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Reclusive Accountabilities
I am sick of excuses to avoid responsibility
and I am, today, sick with excuses to avoid responsibility
with "I'm just a mortal human. I make mistakes.
I...

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Categories: police officer, culture, health, humanity, humor,
Form: Prose Poetry

Book: Reflection on the Important Things