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Best Sappy Poems

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


Premium Member Overlap
The overlapping of me and us three
Of who I was and who I turned out to be
I never ever felt I was good enough 
Or...

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Categories: sappy, abuse, angst, appreciation, care,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Galaxies Came Between
He'd be typing away on his desk
with blueprints for the next big thing,
While I'd be staring off into the azure sky
appreciating the "insignificant" things

You really...

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Categories: sappy, brother, confusion, dedication,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Words of Value
So many words l value
I will only mention a few
These are words l “try”to live by
Though not always easy to do

Life is an absolute blessing...

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© Deb M   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sappy, appreciation, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Scenes From the Countryside
I love to sit under a tree
And smile as songbird sings,
He cocks his head and stares at me
And drops white slimy things.

And now behold, the...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sappy, bird, love, nature,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member If Mama Ain't Happy
"If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy" One of my favorite quotes by a man named Ron Hall

If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
Tell that...

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Categories: sappy, mother,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member It Must Be Hard
It must be hard
To carry it around
That load of hate
Weighing on your heart
A powder keg
Waiting to explode

You pretend it isn’t there
But now and again it...

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Categories: sappy, hate, integrity,
Form: Free verse
Renegades Foreva
Renegades Foreva!

Renegade teenage rage babes 
thinkin’ they all grown, all knowin’ 
when they seedlin’s barely sown
bleedin’ teenage angst with teenage crankst
always rhymin’ and mis-timin’ some...

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Categories: sappy, growing up, rap, slam,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member It Must Be Hard
It must be hard
To carry it around
That load of hate
Weighing on your heart
A powder keg
Waiting to explode
Hurting others but
Killing your own soul

You pretend it isn’t...

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Categories: sappy, hate, integrity,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Born To Rhyme
With my words I love to play
rhyming everything I say
inside my head words squawk and rage
'til they're released upon the page.
It fills my heart with...

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Categories: sappy, on writing and wordswords,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Good Dogs Go To Heaven
She had four long legs and a curved tail
with a smile that made you happy
She had big ears and eyes full of care
and ways that...

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Categories: sappy, dog, heaven, love, pets,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Flora and the Fauna
Said the fauna to the flora, upon the forest floor
“Which tree is the tallest, is it the Sycamore?”
The Tulip tree was listening and answered “it...

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© Kitty Lou  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sappy, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Life Cycle
Come,
Let us chase the sun.

I know
It is better said than done,
To make life sappy and meaningful-
To keep time, word and money 
Is vital.

The steady sun...

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Categories: sappy, assonance, faith, fantasy, life,
Form: Free verse
The Reluctant Christmas Tree
I’m so nervous, it’s that time again
     Gotta get ready, go out there and shine, shine, shine!
And I don’t have much...

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Categories: sappy, christmas, fun, holiday, humorous,
Form: Personification
Limerick Collaboration-Join In-New Additions
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Ms. Rude is still writing her snide remarks
She sounds like a mad...

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Categories: sappy, humor,
Form: Limerick
Why Does It Have To Hurt So Bad
Why does it have?
To hurt so bad
When we all know
That in the end
We’re nothing but sad
Falling in love
You think you’d be happy
Like nothing else matters
We...

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Categories: sappy, absence, anger, hurt, pain,
Form: Free verse

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