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Best Rushed Poems

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


Premium Member She Cannot Be Rushed
I stare at dusk-tinged mountains to the east,
anticipating joyously the rise
of an old friend not pressured in the least
 to meet my frantic schedule, I...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rushed, moon, nature,
Form: Iambic Pentameter



Grandpa
The old man sat with eyes closed, dozing in his chair
Until a little voice he heard say “Grandpa, are you there”.

He gazed upon a little...

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Categories: rushed, childhood, loss, sadold, child,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member John Lennon
On the day 
that John Lennon died, 
people were just going 
about their business 
as they did every day. 

Mark David Chapman 
was reading 
Catcher In The Rye 
void of his holy self.
 He...

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Categories: rushed, music,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Night the Grinch Stole Our Muses
'Twas the night before Christmas and their pages were bare
  Not one word could they write, not one verse to declare
  The Grinch...

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© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rushed, christmas, holiday,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Once Upon A Time In Milton Creek
The sun was rising high in the east over the town of Milton creek
It was the eighteenth day of December, the start of Christmas week
All...

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Categories: rushed, america, anniversary, christmas, remember,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Miracle On Ford Street
St Anthony's orphanage was founded some thirty years ago
For homeless and orphaned children, by a priest Father Angelo
Every child was made welcome; race and religion...

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Categories: rushed, care, children, christmas, prayer,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member He Touched Me
Do you know what it is like to be an untouchable?
To be so filthy and disgusting
That people shrink away from you
Do you know how it...

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Categories: rushed, miracle,
Form: Free verse
Depression (True Story)
My depression grows everyday,
It started as a come and go,
It decided to stay and create a black cloud,
All I can do,
Is sit and hope,
Wish and...

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Categories: rushed, depressionlove,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Know Yourself
For years before the narrow windows of my senses
                ...

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Categories: rushed, god, introspection, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
When She Dreams
When she dreams/ with Jennifer Noble

(It was a) different time...
a different world
Long ago she learned that..
trust can turn

(Everyone said) such a pretty girl...
Her porcelain skin...

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Categories: rushed, abuse, anxiety, dream, for
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Jailbreak At Milton Creek
There was a rumour that outlaw Kyle was to be sprung from jail
But Sheriff Koplin got wind of it and he'd make sure they'd fail...

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Categories: rushed, america, humor, violence,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Peace Between Moments
Even in a rushed day, I find peace between moments.
 
Moments when two feathers fill me with joy.

Moments when the last rays of the sun...

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Categories: rushed, memory, words, write, writing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Our Christmas Eve Dinner
'Twas our Christmas Eve dinner; we all had sat down
at the table to eat. Grandma couldn’t be found!
We children were fussing; Dad rose to his...

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Categories: rushed, dad, humorous, mom, prayer,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member - Au Revoir - Goodbye -
- 2016 -

- JANUARY -

A freezing cold evening

Where the stars shining bright

With frost blade flanks

From mouth and nose steam

In the clear silence

White untrodden snows

Nature's frozen...

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Categories: rushed, remember,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Last Call
He left his sneakers by the shore
A backpack too, was laid aside
to pick up when the sun had died

He claimed his other gear, instead
The thrill...

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Categories: rushed, bereavement, death, death of
Form: Free verse

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