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Best Runnin Poems

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


Premium Member Dysfunctional Dignity -
I can see us now Luv,
pettin ponies, musing in warm moon light,
free versin in satin style, a smile born from genuine form,

Two hearts too stubborn...

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Categories: runnin, inspirational love, love hurts,
Form: Epic



Premium Member One Year Later
(the sequel to A Christmas Story Told By The Dog)

Twas the night before Christmas just one year ago,
When we had that commotion outside in the...

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© Judy Ball  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: runnin, christmas, dog, funny,
Form: Quatrain
Ghetto Children
Gunshots be leavin 'em children alone
they gotta find a way all on they own
kids screamin out sets for hope 
then run around with a crew...

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Categories: runnin, black african american, sad,
Form: Lyric
To Us
Run run run frm ya demons run run run its duck season 
Run run run frm da wizard run run run frm da blizzard 
Da...

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Categories: runnin, rap,
Form: Rhyme
The Gift
I never had the chance to look into your eyes,
I guess you felt so much pain that you tried to hide,
All this love I was...

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Categories: runnin, black african american, loss,
Form: Lyric



Big Thicket Heat
It’s an old dog day
when the dragonflies play
and the pines smell sweet
in the Big Thicket heat.

A shallow creek a-runnin’
and the lazy turtles sunnin.’
Soft sand under...

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© James Byrd  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: runnin, natureold, old, , Lullaby,
Form: I do not know?
The Trucker
I was cruisen the back roads,in my ole semi truck,
Runnin against my log book,pressin my luck.
When way in the distance,I saw lights just a blinkin,
Couldnt...

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Categories: runnin, adventure, business, funny, on
Form: Rhyme
Passionate Shepherd Rap
Yo! Hang wit me and be my boo,
listen to the rap, ya know I’m true.
The streets and alleys’ full of deals,
lay back this ride’s rollin...

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Categories: runnin, parody, me, me, parody,
Form: Rhyme
Lost Souls
Lost souls deepen black holes…
Broken cries…muted forever lies back and forth on ya mind…
Tears of peroxide burns your polluted dilated eyes…
True hermit of life…no one...

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Categories: runnin, people, song-urban,
Form: Lyric
Force For Good
a force for good
(for john coltrane and ahmed obafemi
based on ‘trane’s treatment of ‘nature boy’)

“…I wanna be a force for good…”
		-John Coltrane
 
…there was a...

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Categories: runnin, appreciation, dedication, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
My Rap Poem
what is my purpose in this thing they call life

i have tried to commit suicide but it seem i didn't die

i'm on the edge of...

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© Sean Wight  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: runnin, life, teen, time, life,
Form: Sonnet
The Art of Storytelling
Facedown on the carpet I just knew that I would die, 
the red obscures my vision as the blood dripped in 
my eye,

I never saw...

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Categories: runnin, urbanme, life, me, mother,
Form: Rhyme
Cowgirl Up
Cowgirl Up

Well, I had a mean hoss like that 
Way back in twenty three
He had the surliest temper
You'd ever want to see

He'd snake them ears...

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Categories: runnin,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Prairie Turkey
Long time ago in the old wild west
A hunter raised his gun, he was a 
Round up cowboy, and shooting 
Was his fun

He saw a...

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Categories: runnin, environment,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Premium Member A Christmas Story Told By the Dog
It's the night before Christmas,
And I and the cat,
Patrol the house,
In search of that,

Which could cause harm,
To kith or kin,
Though the job is mine,
The cat...

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© Judy Ball  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: runnin, cat, christmas, fantasy, holiday,
Form: Quatrain

Book: Shattered Sighs