Best Straight Up Poems
Below are the all-time best Straight Up poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of straight up poems written by PoetrySoup members
Touch"TOUCH"
I want to touch your life
and leave a mark ...
... a deep impression ...
So you will think of me
and of my smile ...
... my sweet...
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Categories:
straight up, love, me,
Form:
Rhyme
A Small Bouquet of My Word Groupingsyou were an infant
i would sing a song i created for you
'there's a baby in my arms
there's a baby in the mirror
but honey
there's not...
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Categories:
straight up, appreciation, celebration, childhood, daughter,
Form:
Free verse
Cocaine Is Her Name
COCAINE Is Her Name ( Addiction )
COCAINE is her name. They call her COKE for short.
She came into this Country, without a Passport.
Since then...
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Categories:
straight up, addiction,
Form:
Free verse
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:
straight up, age, body, humorous, men,
Form:
Limerick
Yellow Shoes In the DarknessWalking through the land of shadows
wearing my yellow shoes
With each and every step
I created color and hues
The shadows started retreating
As color permeated the ground
Out...
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Categories:
straight up, me, metaphor, places, yellow,
Form:
Quatrain
An Epic Love For WomenI know you're not here
but you are in my heart
so
you are always with me
i'll just slip into you
with these words.
I know
there...
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Categories:
straight up, beauty, celebration, dream, heart,
Form:
Epic
Hot and Cold Comes the NightLIST POETRY - A FUTURISTIC INTERPRETATION
You
must know
I cried yesterday
and I think I broke the world
so I braided some words into twine
planted some sweet...
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Categories:
straight up, depression, heart, introspection, love,
Form:
Free verse
Sweet JesusOn the day our eyes open to the prism of the sun
On that day, Winter solitude would be gone
The avalanche of differences melts into...
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Categories:
straight up, blessing, easter, forgiveness, jesus,
Form:
Free verse
TRUE KINDNESSI was taught the true meaning of kindness
From the very best
That kindness comes in all shapes and forms
Has substance pure and honest
Kindness is a blessing
Both...
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Categories:
straight up, blessing, character, feelings, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
The Joy Killing Poet**Back smile/smile Back **
With your heads way up your :]ssa[:
You will never accomplish the win
I got shots that will protect me from your rabid...
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Categories:
straight up, adventure, deep, hate, irony,
Form:
Epic
Redneck SantaT'were the night after Christmas, 'n' the house was all dark.
Not much money for 'lectric in the ol' trailer park.
Ma waitin' tables at the club...
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Categories:
straight up, christmas, parody,
Form:
Rhyme
PrejudiceI hate
your brownness
your whiteness,
your blackness
your freeness
I don’t care about niceness
I’m more partial to meanness
I’m all the things bad
ugly and cruel
my...
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Categories:
straight up, character, prejudice,
Form:
Personification
We the PeopleWe the People
Will disagree
On taxation and prosperity
On liberty and duty
We the People
Are every color of Christianity
Every Jewish prayer, every song of Islam
The puritans, the atheists...
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Categories:
straight up, discrimination, freedom, history, society,
Form:
Political Verse
Jan Allison Has a FanJAN HAS A FAN
Jan Has no Tan
I once saw a gal called Jan
So sexy she made me ran
Straight to the vicar
Said marry us quicker
Whilst she...
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Categories:
straight up, beautiful, character, dedication, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
Always Mothers DayI have borrowed the first line of this piece from the"unknown scribe" , which I
read many years ago.... The rest is for ALL...
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Categories:
straight up, funny, mother, thank you,
Form:
Rhyme