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Best Punching Poems

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


Punching Preachers
two bible-blabbering, prattling pastors

   from two denominational sectors

      ended up in stitches and bloody plasters;


those around said it...

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Categories: punching, introspection, people, social,
Form: Terza Rima



The Punching Bag - Through the Eyes of a Child
The Punching Bag - Through the Eyes of a Child

Each day the pattern was the same,
for all Dad’s shortcomings, my Mom got the blame. 
WHACK!...

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Categories: punching, abuse, hurt, violence,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Love Shouldn'T Hurt
At first you were understanding 
and patient,
so polite and gentle,
encouraging me to express my emotions.

But then you became obsessive and jealous.
Forcing me to shut up...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: punching, abuse, violence,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Oak Tree
the Oak  Tree

You were always someone special
In the midnight hours in my dream
I could really feel the tension
A tree, a limb, a friend
No matter...

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Categories: punching, imagination, lossday, tree, day,
Form: Ballad
Mgmt:Please Fix Me Some Soup
*(For Me, the soup tastes good, For others...not so much.)

INDEED, there may be something wrong with the Soup
if spices don't get right many people will...

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Categories: punching, change, community, corruption, courage,
Form: Rhyme



The Bigotry That Remains, Part Ii
...But there exists a much broader hate,
half the species, you see, do not rate.
I’m talking, of course, about the men,
how we’re seen as less next...

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Categories: punching, america, culture, discrimination, political,
Form: Rhyme
Normally My Mind's a Meadow
What does crazy look like


I was asked once, what was my biggest fear.

"To be left walking alone barefoot and homeless punching myself in the head"
I...

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Categories: punching, crazy, mental illness,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Its Not Just a Pen
A pen is more than just a pen;
more than just a recording device.
When I pick up a pen 
I take a journey
to another realm
and to...

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Categories: punching, animal, appreciation, fun, poems,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Haiku 16: Blood Pain
lightning punching down,
                     fast, blinding,...

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Categories: punching, abuse, storm, strength, women,
Form: Haiku
Fatherless Child
There once was a day I would watch every airplane.
Praying you was on it to come take me away.
As a child I wanted you around...

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Categories: punching, childhood, daughter, depression, faith,
Form: Light Verse
Devils Favorite Things
How can people want rights but they aren't right
While working in the daylight with souls bright as night
The creator shall judge the judges, The evil...

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Categories: punching, betrayal, evil, freedom, how
Form: Tail-rhyme
Premium Member The Hill
On a bright sunlit morning, washed brilliant with clover,
the day was alive with complacency, as color.
The day had no reason to quiver off course.
A cat...

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Categories: punching, angst, earth, natural disasters,
Form: Free verse
School Bully
She is slowly slipping away, 
She sees no point laying waiting to decay,
Tired of the names shes starting to beleive,
The thought of leaving for good...

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Categories: punching, abuse, anger, betrayal, bullying,
Form: Lyric
Poet Starts With P
Poets often pontificate
In their particular poems
By punching words into 
Pre-determined form

Plying on rhyming
Placing their phrases 
In perfect presentation
With proper punctuation

Perhaps to receive 
A few platitudes
Possibly...

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Categories: punching, poetry, poets,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Summer Matinee
I was only allowed to go, after much whining 
     begging, promises of unlikely saint-hood
     if my...

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Categories: punching, brother, me,
Form: Narrative

Book: Reflection on the Important Things