Best Slam Poems
Below are the all-time best Slam poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of slam poems written by PoetrySoup members
Like A GirlLike A Girl
I play like a girl, I hit like a girl
You say I throw like a girl,
And when I run --...
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Categories:
slam, beautiful, girl, identity, rights,
Form:
Free verse
To all the heart breakers -a ZOMBIE's valentine Wouldn't you rather~
Wouldn't you rather be dead?
Maybe shoot yourself in the head?
Over my dead heart, I'd never want to be a zombie like you.
The sight...
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Categories:
slam, anger, death, horror, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
I Wore Your Skin~I wore your skin~
Brother, I wore your skin last night
Nothing but friction, blood -dry ink
Announcing a crush "Silence by the Sky!"
Integrity denied, endangered enemy
Brother, I...
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Categories:
slam, anger, bullying, dark, deep,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
PINK LACE**Every pace change --is the voices of poets sharing his/her Ribbon**
"PINK LADIES"
The phone rings,
The clock dings,
I scream, scream, and...
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Categories:
slam, anger, bullying, cancer, death
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Playing HumanIntroducing: Nate & Linda
The smile on my lips
is forced and coerced
I pretend to pay attention
give the best possible advice
everyone praises me
I'm so kind, polite and...
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Categories:
slam, humanity, humorous, life, pride,
Form:
Free verse
Ungrateful childI woke up that day with tears in my eyes,
after I heard about your father's demise.
Guess you've never understood,
the point of being his blood.
I remember...
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Categories:
slam, anger, death, death of
Form:
Rhyme
Across The Border"La Voz"
La Noche sin agua --- I spill my loving lips
Dancing, laughing, and celebrating life
I am his queen, aka' dulce Nina
A night he must...
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Categories:
slam, anger, corruption, how i
Form:
Free verse
Diamond Cut"A Broken Demo"
In a desperate cry for help
She hires every jeweler
A cheap sheep crying, Wolf!
Using old repeating politic
utilizing lies * manipulation
To cover the Glass...
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Categories:
slam, abuse, evil, leadership, political,
Form:
Free verse
Floccinaucinihilipilification And Very Little BreadFloccinaucinihilipilification And Very Little Bread
( First of Three Poem Trilogy )
I
I've no problem with bardolatry fans
their barmecide and...
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Categories:
slam, appreciation, art, character, meaningful,
Form:
Rhyme
Pretty PoetWhere Have All The Pretty Poets Gone?
A real poet are you, charismatic over everything you serve
Showcasing, a rainbow that folds the perfect world wide...
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Categories:
slam, angel, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
my only hopeI fell asleep one dreary day
I lost my will, I lost my way
I ran from all I ever knew
And feared the call I was supposed...
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Categories:
faith, life, rap, slam,
Form:
Rhyme
AnxietyThis is what it feels like to have your heart racing
and not knowing when or if it will ever slow down.
Your fatigued body can...
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Categories:
anxiety, slam,
Form:
Free verse
Poet -This Poem is About You-Dear, Mr & Mrs Poet-
Do you ever question where it comes from?
This poem's about you, sit down and get a load off
Tranquilize your...
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Categories:
slam, dedication, deep, inspirational, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
Toilet Bowl CommitteeToilet Bowl Committee (aka: Uptown Hood)
A lavatory confinement
my$h!tdontstinkcomode.com
---
If you want to moderate this place, pick up the pace
From the mouth down to the @$$
Your so...
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Categories:
slam, abuse, anger, angst, how
Form:
Free verse
A Legend In His Own MindWho was that masked man?!?
Brian Williams, rides again.
He was in Amilia Earhart's plane;
even rode with the Dalton Gang.
The day the Titanic went down;
In the rescue...
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Categories:
silly, slam, drug,
Form:
Rhyme
Who Am II am the ring around Saturn
spinning words as particles of ice and dust
with the power to transcend
I am the original chosen to be right here...
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Categories:
slam, black african american, faith,
Form:
Verse
The Unknown-"x+2 = 4"-
Enigmas of the soul
Do you know how it feels?
Never tasted before
Invisible Sun
PD...
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Categories:
slam, adventure, beautiful, celebration, irony,
Form:
Verse
This Buds For You-This buds for you!-
-It takes one to know one!-
-I know you are, but what am I?-
A second hand, on my stopwatch, going nowhere!
You are a...
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Categories:
slam, abuse, addiction, anger, conflict,
Form:
Free verse
BLEEDING LOVE - COLLABORATION WITH POET DESTROYER APierced by shards of shattered glass
Deeper and deeper you stab me
With lies and venomous words
Dissecting my heart piece by piece
Crushed like...
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Categories:
dark, slam,
Form:
Free verse
In the bed they makeAnd when will the tides turn against confident indifference?!
When will humanity cease
To throw cats against curiosity’s silver coated dagger
Another played out song
Another dramatic lyric
Shifting embellished...
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Categories:
life, psychological, slam,
Form:
Free verse
Mental Hospital Billsdadgum doctors, heads up their butts
poking, prodding, pricking skin
neurologist a psychopath
gets pleasure as electric volts pass through my body
family doctor showed little concern
made me paranoid...
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Categories:
education, sad, slam, me,
Form:
Free verse
Shells of Alamein lest we forget War Lest we forget
When the Shelling
And the Din of gunfire
Finally stopped
His mind was shot
A hollow broken shell
Stood
Crooked in the corner of some foreign land
Every...
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Categories:
slam, war,
Form:
Free verse
Batter Up, no longer From outfield judging eyes await your plight,
though sweat and stupor feign to your ruin.
Now pull up your trousers, cinch your belt tight...
glaring down from...
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Categories:
slam, allegory, crush, endurance, passion,
Form:
Sonnet
Guess Who's Back, Offence And Pain Aint Two Of The SameWho'd have thought words make them react like this,
failing to see my wit, just the unattractiveness.
An eye for crudeness that'll overpower the humorous.
I'm sure within...
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Categories:
slam, words,
Form:
Rhyme
This is meYou wake up in the morning to look in the mirror,
To say "This is me".
To Compare yourself to what you think you should be.
"I'm fat.",
"I'm...
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Categories:
slam, beauty, change, happiness, inspirational,
Form:
Verse