Best Second Hand Poems
Below are the all-time best Second Hand poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of second hand poems written by PoetrySoup members
Old ManSilently he sat in darkness, flinching at the sight of light.
Which created a glow reflecting on his balding head.
His cold glare did not help my...
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Categories:
second hand, angst, dark, life,
Form:
Prose
Shackles of LoveShackles of cynicism have displaced your heart,
the love that once transcended time is no more.
No wordsmith can bring beauty to an invisible emotion,
lost in translation...
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Categories:
second hand, analogy, love,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
second hand, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Oh JerusalemRemember
Israel of three thousand years
expulsed at times
enslaved by the Romans
gassed by Europe
persecuted by Saudi-Arabia
murdered by Iran and Iraq
shackled by Egypt
attacked by Jordan
robbed by Syria
sold out...
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Categories:
second hand, allah, bible, god, gospel,
Form:
Free verse
Train of ThoughtAm I dreaming
or have I dreamt myself awake
I can’t seem to discern
between real and fake
What’s right
What’s wrong
which direction
should I take
Am I...
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Categories:
second hand, allusion, anxiety, child, imagery,
Form:
Free verse
This Buds For You-This buds for you!-
-It takes one to know one!-
-I know you are, but what am I?-
A second hand, on my stopwatch, going nowhere!
You are a...
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Categories:
second hand, abuse, addiction, anger, conflict,
Form:
Free verse
I Got a Letter From the Devil(Hello, my sweet friend!)
Speaks in unknown tongues
Nevertheless it will consume
Ask for food,
A sweet drink
The hunger and thirst are real
It's pitchfork aims at...
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Categories:
second hand, anger, anxiety, character, dark,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Life's Fading Light-Part 1-Heroic Crown of SonnetsYouth
When orchids bloom in beauty life's aglow
to hold emotions locked in deep repose
in young desire and love warm thoughts will show.
Affection holds its ardor as...
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Categories:
second hand, age, death, love,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
PoetsSo you fancy that you know the poet?
I for one, wouldn’t dare make that claim!
Poets have ventured where few men have been,
And the poet is...
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Categories:
second hand, how i feel, poets,
Form:
Verse
Make Do and MendMake Do and Mend,
Years ago we had jobs
We had fun and money in our pocket
Things were much better then
Once you could go out the door
And...
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Categories:
second hand, community,
Form:
Verse
A Little House of MemoriesIt was a lovely little house.
Built of white painted timber,
with a gabled roof clad in green tin,
it had never been a rich person's house.
It was...
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Categories:
second hand, memory,
Form:
Free verse
A Pair of Brown Eyesit comes in rapid progression
parting reality with subtle lisps. brown eyes
a forest floor of fern
ever changing with the seasons
...
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Categories:
second hand, love, passion, time
Form:
Free verse
Powder Blue Boxthe injustice of
the powder blue box
standing proudly
on the corner of
fifty-seventh and fifth
A symbol of division
extending the partition
between wealth and
everyone else
back around the way
the old shabby
half...
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Categories:
second hand, life,
Form:
Free verse
The Computer ScreenOf the items in the store,
All were second hand
An old computer did I buy,
With a broken stand
One side was badly scratched
Two knobs were missing too
But...
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Categories:
second hand, computer, conflict, dark, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
Punctuated In TimeCant lift my eyes beyond half past seven anymore
Nay! I do not wish to see...
Past hyphens and inverted commas
Lies and more catastrophe
Ambidextrous clock with appalling...
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Categories:
second hand, abuse, art, humanity, imagery,
Form:
Dramatic Verse