Best Substandard Poems
Below are the all-time best Substandard poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of substandard poems written by PoetrySoup members
Paying a High PriceRussia's losses have been greater with their Ukrainian invasion
Compared to nine years in Afghanistan, another miscalculation
Many towns and cities in Ukraine are now being taken...
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Categories:
substandard, conflict, murder, prison, war,
Form:
Rhyme
The Dark Side of CanadaI do not have to go far away
but just look within canada to see
there is starvation ...
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Categories:
substandard, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
Nation's Damnable BlightNation’s Damnable Blight
Black slender man, bent twig on the branch of a slave’s family tree,
Planted in white culture during infamous time of our...
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Categories:
substandard, abuse, america, angst, corruption,
Form:
Didactic
On Writing Mediocre PoemsThe most gifted poets who ever wrote
Occasionally penned gibberish and tripe
Even Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Keats
Sometimes were at a loss for words
In exchange for a royal...
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Categories:
substandard, poems, poets, sorry, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Breaking My Heart
chinese food dripping sauce
spicy beef and noodles
steaming vegetable rice
eggrolls and plum dip
spareribs and garlic
delightful
food
oh so delicious- most of us have all...
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Categories:
substandard, death, food, history,
Form:
Free verse
Six Hundred BoysSix Hundred Boys
Six hundred boys were singing in the hall
Six hundred boys were singing in the hall
Six hundred boys were singing there
Singing out a secret...
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Categories:
substandard, psychological, rights, satire, school,
Form:
Rhyme
Dear AmericaEveryone is searching for answers in the midst of current tragedies
Two unarmed black men and five white cops gunned down mercilessly
Black in Americans...
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Categories:
substandard, america, black african american,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Madison's TearsVirginia, June 8, 1789
James Madison penned the constitution
And on December 15, 1791
It became America’s resolution
The first amendment clearly states
No abridging of the freedom to speak
We...
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Categories:
substandard, introspection, life, people, social,
Form:
Rhyme
Berth WriteBerth Write/limerick
There was a young wordsmith from Perth
who when writing would question the worth
of words from the thesaurus
he so hoped would awe us
though placed in...
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Categories:
substandard, words, writing,
Form:
Limerick
FailedHow dare you walk around all cocky and self righteous
Nailing your ASS is going to be my final gift
U know what u did covering it...
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Categories:
substandard, abuse, loss,
Form:
Rhyme
I Will Be There For YouI will be there for you
Past night I saw a dream.
Nobody else but me and you.
Far from I was eyeing you,
numb;
secret admirer I was.
I hate...
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Categories:
substandard, fantasy,
Form:
Romanticism
A Poem On Not Shaving For MonthsHow Unkempt and awful I look when
I forget to shave for weeks
Often have I to put off shaving for months
Once I went unshaved for a...
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Categories:
substandard, adventure, funny, inspirational, me,
Form:
Free verse
Sonic SonnetSonorous, saporous symphonies: strong;
soothingly spirited, sublime sweet songs.
Satisfied sigh, sees salubrious springs;
sharp, sizzling sunburn scream: saltwater stings.
Searing sharp satirists, snarkily snide;
subtle smart sophists show soft,...
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Categories:
substandard, sound,
Form:
Rhyme
Rest My Body In the Know of MineI want a plain substandard coffin,
Wide enough to contain my wishes of more livelier offing
A much more humbled prospect; a faultless unadulterated vision!
I want a...
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Categories:
substandard, death, dream,
Form:
I do not know?
Inspection Took Place February 17th, 2023Inspection took place February 17th, 2023...
At 1330 hours (indicated
courtesy notification slipped under door
less than twenty four hours)
hence foretold ill fate
by property (crooks and quade) management
the...
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Categories:
substandard, adventure, america, anger, anniversary,
Form:
Free verse