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Below are the all-time best That Sucks poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of that sucks poems written by PoetrySoup members


The Sacred Art of Dying
darkness come caress me now
and as I die I weep
my body lies here limp and 
cold 
I prepare myself for eternal 
sleep
a million miles of...

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Categories: that sucks, deathme, me,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Thirty-Eight, Cancer Poem: For Sharon
Thirty Eight ( Corny Cancer Poem) For Sharon

Hallmark has a million cards in their catalog
And not one of them says,
Life Sucks
American greetings had nothing that...

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Categories: that sucks, absence, best friend, cancer,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Remarks of a Prig
I'm hearing rumors that are easy to believe
but none of them give me reason to grieve
You've been telling people their poetry sucks
Words from your mouth...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: that sucks, dedication,
Form: Rhyme
Forbidden Fruit
Forbidden fruit is sweetest, or that’s what they all say
So I thought I’d give it a try and went for some today
I didn’t know just...

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Categories: that sucks, funny, fruit, me,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Where Did the Years Go
Remember years ago, when you were fit
Now you can't stand too long, before you have to sit
And all the times that you ran to catch...

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Categories: that sucks, age, old, retirement,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Ode To Poetry Critics (Co-Written With James Fraser)
Wipe that silly grin from your face, boy
I am a woman, but certainly not a wimp
Watch me roll with the punches, tough guy
It'll take more...

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Categories: that sucks, on writing and words,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member She's Abusive and That's Conclusive
There was a fussy bovine named Flossy
who was snooty and always so bossy
her udders would droop
when she took a poop
She bellowed until her eyes got...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: that sucks, introspection,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Elements - Collaboration With White Wolf
Speak now for the sea, ancient bard that guides me.
Be the voice of its wisdom, washing away my tears.
Raise me and lower me, like an...

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Categories: that sucks, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rain
I am summer rain for whose arrival you eagerly await.
Sitting on your porch, you watch my descent.
As I mix and mingle the elements, kneading pulverized...

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Categories: that sucks, nature, rain, summer,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Love Hate
I Love Hate


I love hate; it's plain to see
It fills the hearts of my enemies 
It sucks out the life and joy from their souls
And...

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Categories: that sucks, emotions, hate, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member For Shame
The inky black water sucks her in further
As she descends into the black depths of the abyss
Cloying dark swirls cover her head as soundlessly it...

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Categories: that sucks, betrayal, environment, natural disasters,
Form: Free verse
Porcelain Mask
It sits back and waits, it lives in your soul.
It slams you and breaks you when you finally feel whole.
It’s been so long since you’ve...

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Categories: that sucks, addiction, depression, drink, drug,
Form: Free verse
Obese
Now, I am not a huge man

I'm not large by any means

In fact it is surprising

I still wear normal jeans

My pants don't have elastics

I still...

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Categories: that sucks, age, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Truth To Truth
TRUE ...

You know not those dark
Places, mine, the dull, black
Chasms that hold a mind
When it's bare - stark and

Keen and cold ... when it's
Left with...

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Categories: that sucks, conflict, devotion, heartbreak, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Renegades Foreva
Renegades Foreva!

Renegade teenage rage babes 
thinkin’ they all grown, all knowin’ 
when they seedlin’s barely sown
bleedin’ teenage angst with teenage crankst
always rhymin’ and mis-timin’ some...

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Categories: that sucks, growing up, rap, slam,
Form: Free verse
Book: Reflection on the Important Things