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Best Straighter Poems

Below are the all-time best Straighter poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of straighter poems written by PoetrySoup members


Walter
He stood and aimlessly watched the parade of patrons and volunteers that wandered daily past his kennel.  All so familiar, so ordinary.  Just...

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Categories: straighter, animal, care, dog, friendship,
Form: Narrative



Poucha Dass Meditation
I close my eyes 
locked in a millisecond
the moment before the bow 
touches the strings 
where silence has a tremor
and wraps me in darkness 
until...

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Categories: straighter, introspection, life, music, nature,
Form: Free verse
My Last Stand
I climbed the mountains, I've trodden the plains
I walked in the scorching sun and also the rains
I reached far ends and may be crossed the...

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Categories: straighter, beauty, passion,
Form: Rhyme Royal
Premium Member Set You Free
After many late nights, prayers and some beers
Our great day is finally here
Showed up early so we wouldn't miss the sights
Around our song being honored...

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Categories: straighter, blessing, family,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member An Argument Ends
an argument ends
the clear marble shoots straighter
than the aggie...

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Categories: straighter, children,
Form: Haiku



7 Minute Reply, Battle Rap With Brenda Chiri
Battle Rap With Brenda Chiri

Brenda Chiri don't try me

It's not old and told, 
same gun, bullets roll,
pull it hole 
strolling rhymes, 
quick time, 
literally laying...

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© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: straighter, funny, giggle, hip hop,
Form: Rhyme
Black Snow Storm
*** Black Snow Storm ***

I’m blacker and madder and more than Hell I be bringin’ ya,
I’m a ****ed up assailant,
Mental-case mercenary hell bent,  
Simultaneous...

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Categories: straighter, rap,
Form: Lyric
Universal Soldier Reality Creed
THIS is my Reality, There are many like it, but this one is 
mine,
My Perceptions of it are my best friends and "enemies",
For this is...

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Categories: straighter, adventure, dedication, devotion, faith,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Our Shining Star
Impatiently we stand in line, tickets in our hand
At last we are ushered inside, hoping for seats up front
But people push ahead,...so we wiggle into...

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Categories: straighter, familystars,
Form: Narrative
It Is To Dance
To dance one must feel the beat
Light works like Einstein said
And like Plank said
And like Tommie Young said
All one has to do is go with...

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Categories: straighter, imaginationdance, light, dance, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member People
They start out in youth as marionettes,
often as their own puppeteers,
clasping unseen crossed sticks
with unseen wires attached,
sometimes getting twisted in their own strands.

Once people get...

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Categories: straighter, life, people,
Form: Free verse
Flashback
Was a romance for the books. Didn't care about the looks. Maybe a little old school but yea my heart she did be took. By...

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Categories: straighter, break up, confusion, farewell,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Our Shining Star
Impatiently, we stand in line,
Then, at last the doors open wide.
With tickets in our hand,
We are ushered inside, one at a time.

We had hoped for...

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Categories: straighter, childhood, family, lovestars,
Form: Free verse
Wilst Thou Marry Me
Fairest of the fair wilst thou be as wife
For thy breathe though lips elixir kisses 
Our future can allow me true immortal life

I see mine...

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Categories: straighter, marriage, wedding, love, me,
Form: Romanticism
On Playing Poor Cricket
I bowl balls too wide
Or leap forward a little, and
They call it ‘No!’
Then if I bowl a straighter
The dull players love it, lifting to the...

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© Fayaz Bhat  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: straighter, funny,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs