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Best Set The Record Straight Poems

Below are the all-time best Set The Record Straight poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of set the record straight poems written by PoetrySoup members


Why I Gamble
The reason why I gamble,
I ought to tell the truth.
Those squalid tales I spun before…
Well, don’t go seeking proof.

The one about the heart op
And my...

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Categories: set the record straight, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme



Its Not About You
It’s Not About You

I got something to say to you
And I hope you Understand
I hope to get the message through
To interrupt your plan
You walk around...

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Categories: set the record straight, inspirational, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Waste Not Want Not
Waste not want not.

 Oh the rabbit went and died. 
You should have seen us all. 
The news was  like a car, 
smashed into...

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Categories: set the record straight, funny
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Fruit Cakes
Puzzled are the recipients of a fruit cake from Santa Claus this year!
Seems that Yuletide ain't complete 'less you git one to bring you cheer!

Fruit...

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Categories: set the record straight, food, humorous,
Form: Couplet
8 Mile Road
8 mile Road

Date: Mon, Dec 21 2015 at 1:50 AM

I hear the train coming
An I'm chasing the train humming
I see the smoke puffing
I see the...

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Categories: set the record straight, heaven, riddle, spoken word,
Form: Free verse



The Day the Sun Explodes
One day this old earth shall pass,
When the cosmic gods unleash their last damning curse.
Everything will be digested, into the bellies of a billion skies,
The...

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Categories: set the record straight, destiny, earth, firework, goodbye,
Form: Rhyme
What's In a Name
WHAT’S IN A NAME

My Name? 
I'll set the record straight, right now for what it's worth
Wordancer was not the name my mother gave me at...

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Categories: set the record straight, confusion, friendship, imagination, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Mystery of Humpty Dumpty - the Cover Up
I heard the tale of Humpty Dumpty who sat on a wall,
and how he managed  to have a terrible and fatal fall.

But let me...

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© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: set the record straight, murder, mystery, myth,
Form: Couplet
Said and Done
Lonely & hurt 
Broken I remain
Can't shake the guilt
Living in shame
Put on fake smile
I slowly fade away
The nightmare of your death 
We live with every...

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© Diana Vee  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: set the record straight, death, emotions, hate,
Form: Rhyme
An Ode To the Fullness of My Belly
sweet decadent belly
how ever will you forgive me
i didn’t know
couldn’t know 
how to love you

i didn’t see that you were more than a belly
you were...

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Categories: set the record straight, health, loss, society,
Form: Free verse
Shell Shocked
Humpty Dumpty had no yolk
As oft implied to younger folk.
This hatched idea in oviform
Should never have become the norm.
And so, before it is too late
I...

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Categories: set the record straight, perspective,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member If I Were An Elephant
If I were an elephant:

I would set the record straight 
And squash that big fat lie. I'm 
not scared of an little ole mouse.
It's fleas...

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© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: set the record straight, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member 1. "quien Es?" "who Is It?"
"He was a brave, resourceful and honest boy. He would have been a successful man under 
other circumstances. I loved the youngster in the old...

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Categories: set the record straight, cowboy-western, historymen,
Form: Rhyme
As My Life Goes On
 As My Life Goes On

The past is gaining on me 
There's nowhere else to go
I'm tired of running
Ready or not it's time to face...

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Categories: set the record straight, deep, endurance, hip hop,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Today's Racist
Today's racist is not your hate racist of the past.
Today's racist are just ignorant people, both good and bad.
Most see humanity,
as akin to the feline...

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Categories: set the record straight, race,
Form: Rhyme

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