Best Shock Poems
Below are the all-time best Shock poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of shock poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Male Menopause - Please Feel Free To Join In the CollaborationTed’s libido has now gone astray
He refused a quick roll in the hay
So what could be the cause -
It’s the male menopause...
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Categories:
shock, age, body, humorous, men,
Form:
Limerick
The Library of Trust and HopeThe Library of Trust and Hope
The Bank of Trust and Hope
(Cant decide on title, so feel free to pick or suggest one)
She was all but...
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Categories:
shock, analogy, garden, growth, happiness,
Form:
Light Verse
Survivors GuiltIt's been ten long years now since that awful tragedy
When a stranger I didn't know, gave his life to save me
I was on the edge...
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Categories:
shock, death, grief, how i
Form:
Narrative
The HomecomingIt was in late October in the year nineteen seventy three
That the war in South Vietnam was finally over for me
I boarded the seven o...
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Categories:
shock, america, father, home, mother,
Form:
Narrative
This Was Meit began so innocently
we exchanged ideas on poetry
his art, the suffering he endured
he preyed upon my compassion
as he meticulously bided his time...
i felt safe as...
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Categories:
shock, angst, confusion, introspection, life,
Form:
Narrative
Miracle On Ford StreetSt Anthony's orphanage was founded some thirty years ago
For homeless and orphaned children, by a priest Father Angelo
Every child was made welcome; race and religion...
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Categories:
shock, care, children, christmas, prayer,
Form:
Narrative
Gothic Love GrindI find you alone
in your favorite room of sorrow and suspense,
the woman I cherish more than victory or divine sense,
long untouched, you stare into a...
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Categories:
shock, gothic, love, passion,
Form:
Epic
To Hunt the BugabooWith the morning crisp and frosty
and the Earth yearning for autumn's heat.
Darkness gave way to a fractured dawn
...
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Categories:
shock, funny, humor, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Porcelain DollPorcelain doll, with a face so pretty
a country gal, ran away to the city
Worked in a bar, dancing on tables
beat shovelling sh-it,...
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Categories:
shock, age, allusion, girl, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
She - Epitome of Erotic LoveAn Ode to Femininity and Romance -
The background music of this delicate poetic arrangement is intended to be played softly as you sit back and...
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Categories:
shock, love, romantic, sensual, sexy,
Form:
Rhyme
A Drunk Drivers GuiltI drove home from a party one winters night
I'd had quite a few drinks but I felt alright
It was pouring rain as I approached our...
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Categories:
shock, car, death, drink, family,
Form:
Narrative
Olena and PavloOlena Rudenko met Pavlo Lavinski whilst at Kyiv University
Pavlo told all his friends that she's definitely the girl for me
They got on well then...
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Categories:
shock, death, love, soldier, violence,
Form:
Narrative
Shipwrecked HeartI always hated water,
being in the middle of nowhere,
but it was the only way to be with you..
Now,
I'm helpless, my fingers trembling,
lips quivering, eyes full...
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Categories:
shock, lost love,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Thunder
I am the unseen titan of all elements,
heard beyond the darkest clouds.
I rumble in rhythms of 'heavy metal' rage,
sending shock waves across the...
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Categories:
shock, weather,
Form:
Personification
Grading On the CurveI’ve been told, I deserve so much,
for the work I've done, for the lives I touch.
I would like to say, my dear friend,
what I deserve,...
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Categories:
shock, inspirational, jesus, life,
Form:
Rhyme