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Best Policing Poems

Below are the all-time best Policing poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of policing poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Policing, Post-Revolution
We called the police
  but no one came
We tried 9-1-1
  it wasn't the same

We placed a request
  for a social psychologist
Who showed...

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Categories: policing, bullying, change, death, hope,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member I Can'T Breathe
In memory of----

Solely in my room, I can't stomach the sound of my pulse
I sit here alone to forget the taste of air.
Overwhelm by the...

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Categories: policing, abuse, bullying, color, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Can'T Breathe
In memory of---- all lives taken by unfair justice.

 Solely in my room, I can't stomach the sound of my pulse
 I sit here alone...

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Categories: policing, abuse, community, death, dedication,
Form: Free verse
American Pride
Americans are proud people
bringing peace to every steeple
causing wars they will not do
destroying enemies for their due
eating fast foods they will 
forgetting all the thrill
God’s...

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Categories: policing, faith, god, native american,
Form: I do not know?
Fifty Shades of Black

What’s the color of forced migration pain?
Ask a black person in America,
and you’ll get fifty different slave answers

What’s the silent sound of invisible chains?
Fifty killahurts...

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Categories: policing, allusion, color, slavery, truth,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Why?
A man disappears where abouts unknown
Not at his work not at his home
Days pass as a passer by finds
His right leg in a country wind
...

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Categories: policing, death, husband, loss, sad
Form: Rhyme
Do You Get the Picture?
How can a day last for so long
and a year go by so fast?
I'm racing for the future
with my wheels spinning in the past.

If the...

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Categories: policing, introspection, life, people, philosophy,
Form: Heroic Couplet
A Planet of Pain Part 2
Is it any wonder why this world is falling asunder?
These days obesity is more common than hunger.
Humans abusing, society’s confusing,
Unfortunate drug addicts who can’t stop...

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© Wes Martin  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: policing, africa, heartbroken, humanity, hurt,
Form: Rhyme
A Girl Was Raped In a Bus That Night
A girl was raped in a bus that night 
By six men, all drunk, who had lost their minds	
Ambrosia was the elixir of gods, it...

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Categories: policing, angst, daughter, men, night,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Rugby Shows Tricia Who's Boss
A gift from a stranger, his name is Reefer;
we know right away that he's a keeper.

We re-name him Rugby so as not to confuse;
his condition...

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© Cona Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: policing, arabic, cat, dog, pets,
Form: Couplet
Out of the Box
The moment I am out of the box
Foxes and hyenas surround me
Needy greedy aggressive seekers
Those who even a second before
Lay hidden in hibernation
In the tightly...

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Categories: policing, conflict, culture, joy, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Longest War On Cancer
cancer is a crab we die from too
anarchy of criminal cells ineffective
policing of the immune force dwindle
we eat poison and drink fluoride
without our consent ...

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Categories: policing, education, , literature,
Form: I do not know?
Myth of Poverty
Poor black neighborhood,
Too much policing; All white
Neighborhoods are safe....

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Categories: policing, angst, black african american,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Berliner Divisions
At a glance (glimpse) 

To the average tourist
the wall is (was) the divide
between east and west
Checkpoint Charlie
the obvious choice
point of reference
almost irreverent
in its poignancy

To see...

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© Uwe Stroh  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: policing, angst, appreciation, art, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member No Erotica Or Sacrilege
no erotica or sacrilege


Who shall define these terms
and inflict it on all others
condemning to a barren life
Oedipus and his brothers

condescendingly control
what is deemed as holy
while...

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Categories: policing, writing,
Form: Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs