Best Side(A) Poems
Below are the all-time best Side(A) poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of side(a) poems written by PoetrySoup members
The RoseThis is not a poem about a rose
Nor a poem about diligence and beauty
Today, I sit and stare at the walls
Walls that...
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Categories:
side(a), absence, allusion, death, depression,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Alice Sweet Alice~Alice Sweet Alice~
*Like Sisters*
Everyday -- Holding Hands
Sunday Dress -- Pink Ribbons
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Categories:
side(a), abuse, addiction, anger, art,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Rape - trigger warningOctober: I'm eighteen, shortcutting home
through an autumn-burnished churchyard -
copper-lustred leaves, moss-skinned stone -
a jaunty swing of skater skirt and arm,
college folder square-sturdy in my hand.
In...
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Categories:
side(a), abuse, violence,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
side(a), health, heart,
Form:
Concrete
Touch Me"In Touch With Myself"
I can't seem to find her
The reminder of yesterday
I shut my eyes for a few seconds
Only there, can I reach to bear...
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Categories:
side(a), absence, confusion, imagination, mirror,
Form:
Free verse
Real Men Wear PinkI stand about five feet eight
I'll admit, I'm a tad overweight
Drive an old pick up truck
Not one to pass the buck
At the moment have a...
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Categories:
side(a), character, funny, humor, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
King Arthur - a Collaboration With Darren WhiteHe is the king of words and poets alike
Assay as you may, this man you won’t smite
His armour sparkles in night or day
Defending those too...
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Categories:
side(a), art, friend, friendship,
Form:
Couplet
Within Reason- Maurice Yvonne and Seren RobertsWithin reason
lies a house full of ordinary
a chest of bland memories.
...
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Categories:
side(a), life,
Form:
Verse
A Vanilla DoveCypress trees like evergreen steeples
rise above rows of gravestone woes,
their shadows lie side by side like railroad ties
across writhing paths banded like snakes;
the gravel...
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Categories:
side(a), bird, death, grief, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Letting Go"Letting Go!"
Behind that garden rail
Where worms squirm and roam,
They dig into every bad part of my day
I feel them crawling, making my hide their home
They...
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Categories:
side(a), depression, emotions, hate, immigration,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Best Poem Ever~The best poem ever~
Without saying a word I’m going to go where no one has gone before.
A twilight zone, only God and I know of....
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Categories:
side(a), death, words, heart, heart,
Form:
Epic
Words - the Heart of ImaginationThis seasoned evening
sported a full faced
Orange Kool-Aid moon.
Fully aware it was a marvel
it shot me an arrogant wink.
Not once but twice.
I think i heard it laugh.
It...
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Categories:
side(a), nature,
Form:
Free verse
A Poem For My Algebra TeacherI know I promised
no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another
‘Wipe your eye poem’
And for three years
I tried...
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Categories:
side(a), 6th grade, abuse, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
A Gift of LoveAround my mom, I always felt my guilt
My conscience seem to always take her side
Some years ago, I gave her a new quilt
I still recall...
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Categories:
side(a), love, mother,
Form:
Sonnet
My Winter's WishesIn the May-time of my life
time bloomed each day a prickly boll –
but I, like the softest cotton within such a sharp seed
swaddled...
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Categories:
side(a), age, god, hope, introspection,
Form:
Free verse