Best Second Rate Poems
I Only Speak Second Rate SpanishI ONLY SPEAK SECOND-RATE SPANISH
I didn’t say it then, but I can say it now -
I can say many things in many languages, and how!
English, Russian, French and the lovely Spanish tongue.
First one I...
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Categories:
second rate, funny
Form:
Couplet
Second Rate ValentineI thought we had a love that was great.
Valentine, we broke up as of late.
I did realize
you are not a prize.
In reality, you’re second rate....
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Categories:
second rate, holiday, lost love,
Form:
Limerick
Second RateIt's what they always do
It's what they've always done
It's what they always say
It's what they've always said
No matter what I do
No matter what I say
No matter what I've done
No matter what I've said
They judge me by themselves, they judge themselves by me
Whatever words I...
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Categories:
second rate, betrayal, boy, bullying, childhood,
Form:
Free verse
Second Rate Beauty QueenWhen you look at her you wonder,
How can she think like that?
But when she looks at herself in the mirror,
All she sees is the fat.
She claims that she's too busy,
With friends, work, and school.
To sit down for a family meal,
But in reality she simply longs...
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Categories:
second rate, daughter, death, depression, life,
Form:
Narrative
blind date is second ratein my current manic state
I do not hesitate
to throw away my fate
walking off is my date
not a potential mate
identify source of hate
to silliness I equate
that guy was second rate
pretty sure you can commiserate
for your last blind date
was not totally great
book writers collaborate
publisher may have to...
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Categories:
second rate, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Monorhyme