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Best Traffic Jam Poems

Below are the all-time best Traffic Jam poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of traffic jam poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Traffic Jam Slam
Traffic Jam Slam


Who dresses them up and puts them in cars
gives them their keys as they leave the bars
these drivers who sit at the red...

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Categories: traffic jam, slam,
Form: Free verse



Traffic Jam
Sitting on the soft cushion seat
Start of turtle movement
The advert on the bus
Is the only catchy appeal
The drumming of the engine
The grunting of the taxi
Dusk...

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Categories: traffic jam, character, community, emotions, funny,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member That Potent Urge -Gotta Go, Gotta Go Right Now
I 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: traffic jam, home,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Suicide Masterpiece
Suicide Masterpiece

Sweatdrop
On top
Trigger pop
Written note
All I got
Hang knot
Body rot
Suicide cop

I hope not
Cry out loud
I think not
Body's hot
I am too proud
I am loved a lot
Rooftop.
Suicide bride

Heavy...

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Categories: traffic jam, abuse, art, body, death,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member City Haikus
This garden city
Concrete skyscrapers loom;
Greenery punctuate


Tree-lined avenues
Bourgainvillea clusters;
Traffic jam companions


Waltzing slowly
Overhead bridge;
Ant-people below


Old neighbourhood
Heartland community;
Ageing populace


Feeble old lady
Speeds on wheels;
Electric commotion


Playground
For small kids and big;
Noisy...

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Categories: traffic jam, identity,
Form: Haiku



What's In the Boot of the Car
Being stuck in a traffic jam
I was shocked to see
A sticker in the window 
of a car in front of me:
It held a lurid message
Of...

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Categories: traffic jam, funny, husband, mysterycar,
Form: Verse
Premium Member How Time Stole My Body
I am old. Old I am.
And frankly I don't give a damn.
I take bright pills for all my ills
And little rugrats call me gram.

Teeth are...

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Categories: traffic jam, age, funny, old, silly,
Form: Light Verse
Rose Petals On My Table
early morning dream
a butterfly on my eyes
tiny fingers' touch

an innocent face
eagerly waits with closed eyes
daily breakfast kiss

rush hour traffic jam
flower girl at the window
dew drops...

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© Kash Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: traffic jam, life, time,
Form: Senryu
Wild Orchid; Is She the One
filling the radio with words of availability
lot lizards selling their souls to diesel driving “Joe-s”
in and out of truck cabs under a weeping moon’s protection
Jane,...

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© Abe Lopez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: traffic jam, daughter, death, lossnight, night,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member "toronto Classic"
For: Scavenger Hunt
In Honor of: ~Constance~Rambling Poet

Rambling around in a traffic jam,
Poetess naked and on the lam.
  Constance’s very neat trick,
  Behind a...

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Categories: traffic jam, funny
Form: Limerick
Cruise Control
It's like my life is set on cruise control
Push the button and watch it go
Trying my best to keep a steady flow
In this traffic pattern...

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Categories: traffic jam, life,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Foodbank
traffic jam grape jam
strawberry pastries meat bread
walk by faith be fed...

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Categories: traffic jam, appreciation, blessing, faith, food,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member A Short Story From A Friend
"Remember when you were a careless eight-year-old kid riding a bike with your friends, racing each other around the neighborhood? Remember that feeling of absolute...

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Categories: traffic jam, appreciation, child, confidence, encouraging,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Tropical Getaway
Carpooling in the Monday traffic jam,             
Wondering what we are and who I...

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Categories: traffic jam, age, angst, holiday, life,
Form: Lyric
Daily Routine
Kids off to school. Going to work. Pick up the laundry. Stop at the store.
Don't miss the meeting, and back again. over and over. Will...

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Categories: traffic jam, family, life, work
Form: List

Book: Reflection on the Important Things