Best Striped Poems
Below are the all-time best Striped poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of striped poems written by PoetrySoup members
September 1945red rooftops appear to glow in rainy-day haze
lost in memories of pre-war bliss
she looks up to watch them bleed
pain is...
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Categories:
striped, longing, war,
Form:
Free verse
Stars and Those With Stripes"America First",
is the worst.
Should not thinking of others,
be your thirst?
Those who are selfish,
end up being cursed!
Soon they'll be last,
instead of first.
Who among you,
prefers guns and...
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Categories:
striped, black african american, class,
Form:
Political Verse
The BillabongThere’s an old river course with beginning and end,
now the river runs straight without this river bend,
where the water is still and the reeds do...
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Categories:
striped, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
The Littlest SnowmanHe scooped and he packed
He rolled me good and round,
When all was done, I stood there
Only three feet off the ground
I had wondered why...
Why did...
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Categories:
striped, boy, brother, children, kid,
Form:
Rhyme
Light a CandleN ever again will the Tribes of Israel be the sacrificial lamb of man.
A nnealed in furnaces not in Olam HaEmet by the Almighty "the...
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Categories:
striped, faith, history,
Form:
Verse
Die Another Day“Die Another Day”
“Your mission, should you so deem it,
Is to infiltrate ALL Fluff Clusters in K.A.O.S. Headquarters
And bloody well steam it!”
“The Place is a hazardous...
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Categories:
striped, fantasy, fun, imagery, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
Psycho EvaluationPsycho Evaluation
Physically unable to deal with all this stress
a clinical Psychiatrist said that...
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Categories:
striped, corruption, irony, psychological, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
Luscious Mangoluscious fruit of the tropics
sphere-shaped, tapered, oval-faced
beneath the sun dripping yellow;
tangy as cocktail's zest for happy hour- kisses
on lips that crave for its moist
sweet...
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Categories:
striped, fruit,
Form:
Light Verse
The Travelling CircusThe travelling circus arrived in town
I bought some tickets for my family
We got there early for the matinee
At the entrance was a scary sad clown.
...
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Categories:
striped, dream, family, fear,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Animal CourtI relate this story from my room in the Quiet Vale Giggling Academy
A reader might find my story hard to believe
BUT!
At one time in my...
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Categories:
striped, animals, funnytiger,
Form:
I do not know?
Categories:
striped, family, happinesseaster,
Form:
Narrative
A Kaleidoscope of ButterfliesI saw them in the sunlight hovering
above the fragrant bushes on our street.
So many different hues of them! It was inspiring.
Beautiful bright ballerinas drawn to...
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Categories:
striped, butterfly,
Form:
Quintain (English)
Poolside RelaxationOn a striped deckchair
she reclines, cold drink in hand,
soaking up the sun.
Her tanned skin glistens.
Teasingly, her tongue explores
her full lower lip.
Dark blue sunglasses
subtly separate pretence
from...
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Categories:
striped, imagery, sun,
Form:
Choka
With You In MindWalking in sailor fields amongst the nettles picking blackberries,
the brambles cut deep savage the mind. Yet the bowl to be filled
the jam to be boiled...
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Categories:
striped, memory,
Form:
Haibun
The Right Eye Removed
"The Right Eye Removed"
intuition guides a feline mind
to feel vain glorious
in the poetry of dreams
stretching limits of awareness
velvet pawed
a burnt orange
bittersweet marmalade...
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Categories:
striped, love,
Form:
Epic