Best Street Poems
Below are the all-time best Street poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of street poems written by PoetrySoup members
Categories:
street, autumn, family, house, life,
Form:
Narrative
Military Tunic~Homeless~
A lost guardian angel, sitting on the edge of everything
I push my shopping cart along the cracks of destiny
My house sits on...
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Categories:
street, memorial day,
Form:
Free verse
Escape of the Bluesman's SongWithin the frame a sepia scene
a dusty porch a rickety chair
the fabric of your dusky face creased
with ceaseless sunbaked woes
your...
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Categories:
street, africa, america, grief, racism,
Form:
Free verse
So Soft Is the Sonnet of WillowsThis is a very long poem and I will understand if you choose not to spend the time reading it.
It is something I wrote...
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Categories:
street, life, longing, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Starry, Starry NightSTARRY, STARRY NIGHT
I often look up towards the sky at night,
And wonder who or what is there,
I shout out loud, if you see or hear...
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Categories:
street, night, stars, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Dear MenDear men,
Explain to me why I stand alone.
Women are quick to uplift their father, sons, and brothers
Quick to maintain the home,
But when she needs...
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Categories:
street, abuse, anger, discrimination, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
Halloween's Mask of ComfortIn a house beside the forest lives a woman and her son
He is scarred by burns and fire – hidden kept from everyone
There is land...
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Categories:
street, desire, halloween,
Form:
Rhyme
These Eyes Have Often Been Solaced These eyes have often been solaced
by twilight's cotton candy pllows moving silently
towards a sky's velveteen blanket
and angels'silver gowns
By gazing over hills
to where old country...
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Categories:
street, age, love, romantic,
Form:
Free verse
That Potent Urge -Gotta Go, Gotta Go Right NowI think no stimulus could be
as potent as the one to pee.
A feeling frequent and innate
is this - the urge to urinate.
It comes each day...
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Categories:
street, home,
Form:
Rhyme
The Black CloakIt's like a black cloak around our world bringing misery and death
Virologists are saying " you ain't seen nothing yet"
If only our leaders would...
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Categories:
street, death, evil, goodbye, grief,
Form:
Rhyme
When a Man CriesNo one ever told me that your heart could bleed without a drop that anyone could see. I didn't know your soul could lose weight...
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Categories:
street, depression,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
If I Were a FlowerA blossom I’ll be on the wreaths for peace
An offering to deity to feed world’s hungry
I’ll be the garden on every troubled street
Preening as gleefully...
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Categories:
street, flower, friendship, love,
Form:
Personification
Walk TallI was born and raised in a little town by the name of Calder
That was just twenty miles south of the Canadian border
As a boy I...
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Categories:
street, america, death, drink, drug,
Form:
Narrative
Nameless
“I cannot give a name to pain I’ve never known.” - by poet
What do I know of sadness
when it’s grief that is profound?
The misery of...
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Categories:
street, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
Once Upon A Time In Milton CreekThe sun was rising high in the east over the town of Milton creek
It was the eighteenth day of December, the start of Christmas week
All...
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Categories:
street, america, anniversary, christmas, remember,
Form:
Narrative