Best Rodney Poems
Below are the all-time best Rodney poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of rodney poems written by PoetrySoup members
Why Can'T We All Just Get Along“Why can't we all just get along”
Rodney King once uttered these words
As current today as it was back then
Our “head in the sand” thinking, it...
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Categories:
rodney, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Why Are You So Loudthere comes a time when
people you once respected
reveal
or you discover
the real
person behind the mask
face facts
people who never wanted you
to do better
than them
are now wishing
that you...
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Categories:
rodney, anger, betrayal, black african
Form:
Free verse
Threesome - Now a Bawdy CollaborationOne evening Bob nervously said
I kinda like three in a bed
She said I’ve got friends
And each of them tends
To share the desires in your head
The...
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Categories:
rodney, desire, humorous, lust,
Form:
Limerick
The Dandelion's LamentIn some circles, I’m like that comedian
Rodney Dangerfield, whose catchphrase
was, “I don’t get no respect.”
I can’t say scorn doesn’t faze me.
I’ve always been terribly...
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Categories:
rodney, flower,
Form:
Rhyme
Now I Unleash With Rum RageYou see I had lots of respect
NOW you are begging for attention
and a reality check, so try me,
Try me like satan tried jesus,
Your trying...
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Categories:
rodney, education, self, hope, self,
Form:
Free verse
The Angry Soup of Racismain't it a shame
when hate lynches
a 14 year old Colored boy
in 1955 Mississippi
and blows away the dreams of
four innocent little ***** girls
in 1963...
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Categories:
rodney, angst, care, old, care,
Form:
Free verse
Trump In MotionTRUMP SMELLS B.O.
TRUMP SMELLS B.O.
BUST UP THE BEAT TO INTRODUCE IT'S TEMPO
GOT ME PLACES TO GO
SILENCE IS GOLDEN GOT BLOOD THAT"S UNFOLDING
SITS IN HIS IVORY...
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Categories:
rodney, anxiety, art, autumn,
Form:
Free verse
RastamanWalter Rodney
One evening leaving the bamboo hall
Stood me
Impaled with questions
Die me
To the dead colonial dreams
Wiped my tears of history
And showed me
Rastafari wading through the flood
Making...
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Categories:
rodney, religionsound, children, sound,
Form:
Free verse
Here Is My Take On BullyingRodney King said it best.
"Why can't we all just get along?"
Anger is an emotion when unleashed,
it causes harm.
Like firing a gun, you can't take the
bullet...
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Categories:
rodney, bullying,
Form:
Rhyme
Bazooka Joe Is Gum - 1000 Ways To DieDavid slings a rock
Cop holsters a glock, Lizzie Borden packs an axe
Mac he packs the knife, Billy battles with a club, Tommy’s gun is a...
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Categories:
rodney, conflict, courage, death, metaphor,
Form:
Shape
In Loving Memory of Someone ElseWe were all saddened to learn of the death this week of one of our hardest working citizens. SOMEONE ELSE. When SOMEONE ELSE died...
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Categories:
rodney, death of a friend,
Form:
Ode
RaageYOU SHOULD RAAGE...
Against your Civil rights being disregarded.
RAAGE...
Against children playing with toy guns blown away.
RAAGE...
Against seeing mother grieve over her dead teen.
RAAGE...
Against some deep protect...
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Categories:
rodney, conflict, corruption, discrimination,
Form:
Free verse
Comic ReliefThe Keystone Cops were funny,
Chaplain, Keaton, Lloyd, and Fields too.
Laurel and Hardy, and Will Rodgers,
Were just some of the names we knew.
Who can forget the...
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Categories:
rodney, dedication, funny, people, thank
Form:
Rhyme
The ComicsThe Keystone Cops were funny
Chaplin, Keaton, and Fields too.
Laurel & Hardy and Will Rogers
were some of the names we knew.
Who can forget the Stooges
or all...
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Categories:
rodney, dedication, funny, giggle, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Beautiful BlackI love black / I am black / I"m blacker than Rodney King when he got his ass beat
by the police/ i am blacker...
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Categories:
rodney, lovelove,
Form:
Free verse