Best Swop Poems
Below are the all-time best Swop poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of swop poems written by PoetrySoup members
Amuse Pursuits 3One by one
They come and go;
Bus-stop blues
On the way out,
Smile as you go;
Embrace forgetfulness
Surge of passion
No need to feel;
Go with the flow
Bedtime stories
We swop tales;
Laugh...
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Categories:
swop, conflict,
Form:
Haiku
Santa Is a Yorkshire ManTo stop the myth going around that Santa is a Scotsman, a huge hit on the radio here. So fo those that believe this is...
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Categories:
swop, funny, christmas, christmas, eve,
Form:
Rhyme
If I Could Change the WorldSometimes I don't switch on TV, the radio stays dumb
and finishing a newspaper can leave me feeling numb.
What is it with this world of ours,...
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Categories:
swop, environment, humor, world,
Form:
Rhyme
Get Back UpAssimilate your view
To match the status quo,
Consensus starts to skew
Hypocrisy on show,
Now you seem the clown
The eager willing pup,
It’s not the beating down
But how you...
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Categories:
swop, inspirational, drug,
Form:
Rhyme
Black PoisonDestroyer ~ Poet
Contest Name 5TH POEM ON THE SOUP..
POISON! 1st first.
I was coming up from Tamworth, riding on a tired horse.
Past Barraba we wandered north,...
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Categories:
swop, adventure, cowboy-western, horse, river,
Form:
Ballad
Seventeen and Willy's WingsA Son ~ far away ~ too far
South Dakota ~ now his Wedding Anniversary, "Seventeen"
here in Nebraska, the Midwest
time evolves ~ into space!
Miles and miles...
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Categories:
swop, parody, pets, son,
Form:
Monorhyme
Books a Resource Part 1Book is the only stop
Where all halt from top
For knowledge or whop
Of all sort and thoughts slop.
Though it clear drains prop
For teacher or for carhop.
They...
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Categories:
swop, books,
Form:
Monorhyme
WanderlustI travel to quench my thirst
To break away from everything I know
In an attempt to meet a different sun
And to finally feel the snow
I travel...
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Categories:
swop, appreciation, earth, freedom, how
Form:
Rhyme
Sanmati My InspirationSanmati, my messenger, is no more a milksop.
Ardent though is she never will yawp.
Nagging sometimes though in some shop.
Merrily walks in crowd alone till atop.
Amends...
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Categories:
swop, daughter,
Form:
Monorhyme
Lost Her MumLost her mum at thirteen
Worse news there’s never been.
Her youth alone
No mum to phone.
Dad tried his best
Once mum was put to rest.
It’s not the same
She...
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Categories:
swop, death, loss, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
GovernmentsIf I was God
I would be angry with the Government
you fight and you bicker
and you get nothing done
Look at England
trying to get out of...
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Categories:
swop, inspiration, international,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
swop, birth,
Form:
Free verse
An African TaleI am Urundi, the daughter of a king,
I want to tell you a story about my destiny.
...
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Categories:
swop, africa, betrayal, conflict, confusion,
Form:
Rhyme
The Rest Of The Story Part TwoOne often tries to set things back,
to fix and sort without the knack,
HUMPTY DUMPTY comes to mind,
don’t be silly, rash or blind,
but looking round as...
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Categories:
swop, care, character, courage, deep,
Form:
Rhyme
EntitledI can't believe your audacity
Well actually!
Your so consumed with rapcisty
The bling life has blinded you
You can't even see what's Infront of you
Who even are you?...
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Categories:
swop, august, corruption, integrity, money,
Form:
Rhyme