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Best Shirked Poems

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

A Mountain From a Pile

How far do the ripples spread, when eventually we die 
Probably stay in the locality, level off, no major outcry
But let’s say we’re famous, suffering...

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Categories: shirked, allusion, corruption, prejudice, truth,
Form: Rhyme

Three Roses - a Parable

Three men each grew a precious rose
They all had different thoughts
Of how to raise and nurture them
Of the outcomes that they sought.

The first man shirked...

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Categories: shirked, analogy, children, devotion, love,
Form: Rhyme

Bad Poem

One day I delivered a poem
one that seemed to be premature
so I swaddled her up
and set her aside
to grow 'til I felt reassured

How she yowled...

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Categories: shirked, humor, humorous, silly, word
Form: Rhyme

It Has To Be

Embrace this torso decaying in the wardrobe I wake up those skeletons laying in the warzone 
I make up the rules as I go along...

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Categories: shirked, rap,
Form: Rhyme

The Red Bucket

The red bucket in my bathroom 
suddenly one day broke. 
Day by day it deteriorated 
till it was revoked. 
I needed some plastic 
to melt...

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Categories: shirked, abuse, angst, sad,
Form: Rhyme

The Nanny, the Shadow

It was an ordinary day,
when time she came our way.
So young and shy, with a lovely smile
I thought she’d stay for just awhile.

But ever since...

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Categories: shirked, caregiving, growing up, tribute,
Form: Rhyme

My Life As I See It

My life as I see it wasn’t easy, but I didn’t have it that rough,

I got my share of breaks, but it was virtually an...

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Categories: shirked, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse

The Good Old Days

Our
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Categories: shirked, change, nostalgia,
Form: Etheree

True Life

Guilty of life once lived in sections,
drastically making changes.
Concessions to new obsessions,
suffering identity exchanges.
Revision life's only pattern,
inborn self considered a sin.
Wherever did the facade end,
and...

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Categories: shirked, emotions, encouraging, forgiveness, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme

State of the Art Iii

State of the Art (III)

These are my "ars poetica" poems: the ones about the art and craft of writing poetry in a modern world that...

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Categories: shirked, art, muse, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

Good Son

That summer your dad died 
and we brought your mom
to stay a few weeks 
‘til she moved to the nursing home 

we drove east to...

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Categories: shirked, lifehome, home,
Form: Narrative

A Solitude of Praise

Waves and winds comfort me
 As I toss in fitful dreams.

 The universe covers my head,
 Sand gives my bones a humble bed

 Oh, how...

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Categories: shirked, blessing, day, earth, god,
Form: Rhyme

Farewell Brother

#FAREWELL, BROTHER
by
Hannah Rain

Lowering him down upon his curved back,
On silky blue sheets, all pleated and tacked,
A pillow they stuffed beneath his cold head,
And combed his...

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Categories: shirked, brother, farewell, friend, funeral,
Form: Ode

A Cranked Risk

The naked dancer was irked
Because the dark scar would sneak
From under her tutu but she shirked
Not her dance rountine, Kirk

The car she drove was a...

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Categories: shirked, animals, funny, imaginationcar,
Form: Rhyme

With Apologies To Joyce Kilmer

?I thought that I would never see
Another macho man like me.
Ex-green Beret and Airborne Ranger,
Who never shirked in face of danger.	
But that ancient myth was...

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Categories: shirked, clothes, humor, parody,
Form: Rhyme