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Best Residence Poems

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


Leonard Cohen Was Right
Standing before the microphone,
blank faces stare from cushioned chairs
Jewels sparkle, acting like they’re real,
while bow ties just seem sad…it happens

Marching to the beat of clicking...

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Categories: residence, poetry,
Form: Epic



Premium Member A Look Back At Eighteen Months Here-The Show Is Over
A Look Back at Eighteen Months Here-The Show is Over

When your poems reside in a shoe,
like mine,
pounding the pavement to nowhere.
The onset of blisters isn't...

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Categories: residence, change, sad, mental health,
Form: Free verse
A Matter of Convenience
A grove of magnolias perfumes the air
as they sit absorbed in one another's gaze,
she with her crochet and he with his collectibles
uneasy in their pleasure...

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Categories: residence, happiness, day, drug,
Form: Verse
I, a Red Skin Dog, As Some May Delight To Call Me,
I, a Red Skin dog, as some may delight to call me,
I have heard the tales of horror, from my dark skinned foes.
I have heard...

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Categories: residence, death, war, woman, red,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Og
Located in the country town of Ennis, in the Banner County of Clare
Is the ivy clad Old Ground Hotel, and to enter mice wouldn't dare
Because...

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Categories: residence, cat, humor, ireland,
Form: Rhyme



You Can'T Hurt Me
Resounding echoes awaken the child
demons in the attic beckon unto him
stark fear grips his Vick's laden chest
shivers vibrate rusty springs of down

footsteps creak closer upon...

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© Bob Shank  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: residence, introspection, life, sad, education,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Election Day
Today is voting day, I must make it a goal
            I'd rather take up...

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© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: residence, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Seat of Kings
A stone round standing fortress crowns forever beauty
The name translated to english Grianan means sunny spot or sun temple
The land bows down inspirational the view...

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Categories: residence, beautiful, green, inspirational, ireland,
Form: Free verse
The Uninvited Guest
2009 and the expenses scandal
Made Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister, lament
So John Bercow, was appointed new ‘Speaker’
To be ‘The Commons’ new broom, was his intent

But...

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Categories: residence, funny, political
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Wood Carving
Wood Carving


He sits there, not quite motionless, for
even the comfortable must alter their
perception occasionally, frozen stare
upon a craggy visage, tiny fox-like predator
eyes peering into your...

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Categories: residence, childhood, grandfather, nostalgia,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Translation of Wen Hairy Met Tarry
Somebody suggested I write the tale using the correctly spelled words because my story (below here in the Homophone contest) is simply too distracting to...

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Categories: residence, fantasy,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member - Green Diva -
In the absence of complication,
trials and tribulations become distant memories
Above sapphire skies delight sanguine eyes -
inspiring forthcoming musings of the mind

There the tall and proud...

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Categories: residence, beauty, blessing, myth, nature,
Form: Free verse
Thuglife
THUG LIFE
				cold heart and mind,
drugs are lunch and supper,
prostitutes are friend and wives,
smoking is the daily work,
wanna be Hitler is the dream, 
clotting blood is...

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Categories: residence, abuse, addiction, africa, child
Form: Free verse
The Cracked Glass Ball
Some things I thought would never change - 
it would always be "us three",
I try so hard to understand 
why that wasn't meant to be.
The...

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© Sara Gold  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: residence, best friend, betrayal, friendship,
Form: Couplet
North American Indian - Contest
Native American people had  a set rule of living
The men hunted and protected
The women, cook, child mind and made clothing
To maintain both was an...

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Categories: residence, history, , cute,
Form: Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs