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Best Raleigh Poems

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

Really - Well Raleigh

REALLY?  WELL RALEIGH!

There once was a man from Raleigh
Who liked to share food with his collie
 On his knees one day,
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Categories: raleigh, funny
Form: Limerick

The Sun's a Liar-Children's Story Short Contest-

The Sun Is a Liar



It’s been quite some time since I've awoke early enough to meet the sun coming over the horizon. As I gazed...

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Categories: raleigh, childhood,
Form: Prose

Fickle-Foolish-Footles - Man's Best Friend

Overweight Terrier:
   Porky
   Yorkie
Un-cool Terrier:
   Dorky
   Yorkie

Spaniel dog breeder:
   Cocker
   Stocker
Parrot who mimics...

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Categories: raleigh, animal, dog, funny,
Form: Footle

Poem For Poem

Poem for poem, rhyme for rhyme
I'll continue to write, until it's time
Time being death, which I never see close to me
Sometimes I find placement in...

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Categories: raleigh, conflict, deep, feelings, how
Form: Rhyme

Old Melon

There once was a hunter named Frawley
Who lived in a shack, outside Raleigh.
His dog, funny but true,
Would only hunt honeydew.
The dog was a true melon...

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Categories: raleigh, animals, funny, people, pets,
Form: Limerick

The Soul Errand and Other Poems

The Soul Errand
To Sir Walter Raleigh Tomb.

Since my soul shall though go
Upon a thankless arrent too
I fear not to touch the best so
The truth shall...

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Categories: raleigh, africa, beautiful, beauty, child,
Form: Ballad

Reflections By Commodore John Barry

“He fought often and once bled in the cause of freedom, but his habits of War did not lessen in him the peaceful virtues which...

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Categories: raleigh, adventure, autumn, dedication, history,
Form: Epic

Kids Gotta Love Funny Doggie Footles

Dachshund headgear:
    Weenie
    Beenie

Frankfurter for a Dachshund:
    Weenie
    Weenie

Grouchy Dachshund:
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Categories: raleigh, dog, funny,
Form: Footle

Twentynet-70s

My childhood memories of the 1970s in England

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Categories: raleigh, nostalgia
Form: Verse

Shakespeare Versus the Spanish

I once knew a poet called William,
Of renown was this Stratford lad.
A writer of plays and sonnets was he
And his gags, they weren’t half bad.
Now...

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Categories: raleigh, adventure, england, history,
Form: Rhyme

Your Aura (A Collaboration With Elizabeth Shannon)

The energy around you felt amazing, encompassing my very soul.
You were like a drug I was craving, and I lost all self control!
So intense was...

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Categories: raleigh, girlfriend-boyfriend, love, passionlonging, drug,
Form: Free verse

Darker Days Pt1

Days of rain bring me great pain close to the Great Depression stuck inside looking out a window guessing if the rain will stop cause...

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Categories: raleigh, abuse, anger,
Form: Bio

If You Pull a Long Face - Part Xxxi

IF YOU PULL A LONG FACE : Part XXXI

IF you pull a long lagging-behind face
You deserve your copycat status in more than one way
Marco Polo...

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Categories: raleigh, anti bullying, cinco de
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Ever Since

Ever Since

Forever, I loved my mother and father
They never complained or tried to bother
But soon found out I was spoiled rotten
So they stuffed each ear...

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Categories: raleigh, humorous,
Form: Couplet

Karen Butler

“Our own Festival of Youth Sport reminds
us that the potential to achieving the highest
starts with home grown talent.” It's no jest. 
Karen works for the...

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Categories: raleigh, sports, strength,
Form: Tail-rhyme