Best Roll Call Poems
Below are the all-time best Roll Call poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of roll call poems written by PoetrySoup members
Roll CallWhen the forests are felled
By our swallowed words
Hungry ears will burn~
For an owl to say who
8/29/2019
Silence Poetry Contest
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Categories:
roll call, bird, environment, silence,
Form:
Free verse
The Last Roll CallGet ready,
it's here,
like a thief,
hidden so near.
Into our homes,
taking our dreams,
something is wrong.
Give, give, give,
what we don't have,
sure,
we're mad.
Taking for granted,
time heals all,
but in the...
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Categories:
roll call, confusion, life, people
Form:
Narrative
A Garden Mom
A myriad of enchanting flowers
at grandma's grandiose garden
that bloomed like perennial wildflowers
used to fascinate a multitude of people
who entered the porch
of our...
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Categories:
roll call, garden, mothers day,
Form:
Free verse
Soul Contract - Part 2
"Soul Contract (Part 2)"
If God created us? Who created God? And who created that God’s God?
This is like throwing a pebble in a Pond
the waves...
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Categories:
roll call, dark, destiny, freedom, god,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
roll call, angst, body, cancer, confusion,
Form:
Free verse
The Hardships of Honesty - Neither Will II often surprise many people in many ways
With the words I say…with the actions I make…
It’s extraordinary how many seek high praise
With the words they...
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Categories:
roll call, angst, conflict, emotions, endurance,
Form:
Free verse
Soldiers CalledSoldiers Called
© 2009 (Jim Sularz)
In a strange Land, in a far-off Sea, ships set sail to scar Man and Earth.
When diplomacy fails, shattering Hopes for...
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Categories:
roll call, veterans day, war,
Form:
Ballade
Lamb Among the Literary LionsLAMB AMONG THE LITERARY LIONS
Housewives, secretaries, the odd pro willing to stoop,
All came, delinquents, child prodigies, derelict old men
“All welcome” – the Chair of the...
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Categories:
roll call, abuse, anti bullying, people,
Form:
Sonnet
Going AwayI reckon time
By my children’s ages
My daughter is 30
My son is 25
No, this happened
A long time ago
Before I met their mother
How many years was...
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Categories:
roll call, life
Form:
Narrative
The GardenerWet skies
Grey dawn
Blankets the coast.
Black rocks
Sea foam
Triggers the most
Atlantic applause,
An encore to those
Just hearty enough
To make a life on The Rock.
And to answer...
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Categories:
roll call, death, garden, memorial day,
Form:
Free verse
A Victim of the WarA Victim of the war
*
Steve L. Siegel
December 2, 2014
Once there lived a fine young city boy,
once so...
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Categories:
roll call, death of a friend,
Form:
Prose
Halloween NightA Hallows Eve of trick or treating, elaborate costumes, candy eating,
Lantern’s dimming upon nightfall, locked doors marks next...
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Categories:
roll call, death, evil, fear, halloween,
Form:
Rhyme
Pity Me, Or On Second Thought, Pity ThemWhat can I do?
My brethren - Dank. We are
not fit to wipe the asses of
these sons of the star of David -
and yet, we crush...
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Categories:
roll call, bullying, heartbroken, jewish, patriotic,
Form:
Narrative
He Has a NameWhen the poets fall silent Man will not only lose his voice but also the notion of Life. ~Suzette Richards
Steeped in the pain of his...
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Categories:
roll call, grief,
Form:
Elegy
Empress of IrelandTHE EMPRESS OF IRELAND
Two mighty workhorses, colliding Titans,
Leviathans of the Saint Lawrence river.
Devastation’s maritime wrecking balls,
Slamming head on, even after the warnings
Sounding, had been...
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Categories:
roll call, boat, death, imagination, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse