Best Smog Poems
Below are the all-time best Smog poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of smog poems written by PoetrySoup members
Never Enough
Why does the voiceless canary stare so bleakly?
Why do the sullen grey clouds desert a sombre sky?
As the ugly black smog blots out the valiant...
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Categories:
smog, environment, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
I Belong To the Lake I wander far from the coal-tar smog
and buzzing sounds of the city
to a place where I can smell
fresh-cut hay in a tepid breeze.
I stroll...
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Categories:
smog, beautiful, mountains,
Form:
Free verse
Love's Last HeartbeatIn the moorlands of desires,
I've forever sung choruses of
fertile faith, amidst the flock
of bleeding birds, sprinkling
heartbeats on lush olive herbs,
In the dream...
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Categories:
smog, angst, metaphor, sad love,
Form:
Free verse
The WeaverT’was flair from the cobbles that drove the loom
with forced hardy sweat they laboured till eve
a family tradition from the womb
with threaded shuttle and reed...
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Categories:
smog, nostalgia,
Form:
Sonnet
Graceful"These woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before...
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Categories:
smog, death, deep, emotions, meaningful,
Form:
Free verse
If I Ruled the WorldIf I ruled the whole wide world there's so much that I would change
I wouldn't be Mr Popular and they'd think me somewhat strange
First thing...
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Categories:
smog, conflict, environment, hate, international,
Form:
Narrative
Scars Left BehindRemembering the days of yesteryear
when family ties were held most dear,
gas lamps flickered in the back street
while most of us danced a different beat.
Tragic alleyways...
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Categories:
smog, life, nostalgia, school,
Form:
Rhyme
Such Does ExistI ran out of breath on the road to Mumbai ...
Not for sake of dust or smog or even health. I...
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Categories:
smog, appreciation, beauty, imagery, travel,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Pronouncing the DeadHow can you look someone in the eyes and tell them it's the end?
How can you possibly do that without shedding tears?
Or even blinking?
Do you...
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Categories:
smog, dark, death, deep, fear,
Form:
Free verse
Life With DepressionLife with Depression
Life can be confusing
Sometimes good, never amusing
it can turn you upside down
but never let it keep you down
Sometimes life is but a test
as...
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Categories:
smog, depression, happy, life,
Form:
Rhyme
A Crooked HouseWe lived in a crooked house.
Built on a muddy mound of hope with the corpse of yesterday half buried beneath
Sad eyes and smiley faces. A...
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Categories:
smog, childhood, home, memory, sad,
Form:
Free verse
Angels~ANGELS~
Within the abusive abyssal air, I greet you with a prayer
Within weathered winded wear, I defend in your despair
Thru calamitous city crumble I find you...
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Categories:
smog, angel, beauty,
Form:
Rhyme
I Hear VoicesI hear voices
high in the trees,
trilling from the shrubs
and on the breeze.
I hear voices
high in the sky,
that grow and fade
and finally die.
A non-conducted chorus,
yet oh...
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Categories:
smog, nature,
Form:
Prose
Riding Away To ColorI’ll ride away from city life,
from the dingy brown of smog
and the mixing in of gray
with the white of tule fog.
Escaping black of pavement,
to New...
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Categories:
smog, adventure, horse, nature, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
Forlorn HopeThe Face of Hope
The face of hope never masquerades in forlorn visages
Towering above spiraling pits in the dark midnight of essence
Breaks disingenuous chains of nightmare’s...
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Categories:
smog, hope,
Form:
Free verse