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Best Trait Poems

Below are the all-time best Trait poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of trait poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Toilet Bowl Committee
Toilet Bowl Committee (aka: Uptown Hood)

A lavatory confinement
my$h!tdontstinkcomode.com
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If you want to moderate this place, pick up the pace
From the mouth down to the @$$
Your so...

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© Skat A   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: trait, abuse, anger, angst, how
Form: Free verse



I Am But a Grain of Sand
"Happiness and sorrow ebb and flow like waves upon a beach, 
and I am but a grain of sand."
      ...

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Categories: trait, character, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Quirks
Some people frankly write about their quirks.
If I had any, I would tell you so.
Though no outlandish trait within me lurks,
some folks think I’m a...

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Categories: trait, relationship, repetition,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Can Resist You
Don’t even try to woo me
I can resist you
My mind is fortified
Reason screams reasons to be careful
Caution goes off in flares
My mind is alert
Aware
I can...

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Categories: trait, desire,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Mirror of a Son's Eyes
He 
has certainly 
perfected the art 
of being a smart a** -
a trait that swims like a tadpole 
in his father’s gene pool
and nurtured by...

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Categories: trait, art, feelings, imagination, life,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member 'resilience'
Like a knockout blow 
In the final round

The challenges comes 
All at once 
How you cope will depend on how you see them 
It's not...

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Categories: trait, character, life,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member What Where Who
What, Where, Who

If I where asked the what, where, who
That drives me to write poetry
I’d say that if I only knew
I’d leave right now this...

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Categories: trait, write, words, write, betrayal,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Pessimist Or Optimist
When young I heard the glass was either ½ empty or ½ full
But with time I learned… to believe either one makes you a fool

My...

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Categories: trait, encouraging, growth, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Message To the Lover of the Poet
To be in love with a poet
Is not an easy thing
Try as you might, you will never
Live up to his dream

For the poet isn’t content
With...

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Categories: trait, passion, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Politician Perdition
POLITICIAN PERDITION

Do you find yourself analytical
When it comes to things political
Corpulent men in suits and ties
Cheat with promises and lies

With true intent we go to...

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Categories: trait, america, political,
Form: Rhyme
Not All Poets Are Kindred Souls
Not all poets are kindred souls
That theory is full of holes
For a few, poetry extols
Different goals    Different goals

Words guided by what's in...

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Categories: trait, humorous, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Trodden Paths Not In Vain
"Paint in silence”
“The Weight of Temp”
Colour your canvas and spill your Art
shake and awaken many a heart
Untether your soul
from your whole
escape mundane and time
and let...

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Categories: trait, dedication, deep, devotion, endurance,
Form: Ekphrasis
The Hamburger
For thirty years I’ve been a truckie who has driven far and wide,
Carting goods through day and night all across the countryside…
But hours spent upon...

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Categories: trait, food, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Leadership
Leadership is an in-born trait? Oh, I'm not so sure of that.
Though many leaders have the genes, when they were pressed fell flat!
Many are the...

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Categories: trait, on work and workingpeople,
Form: Rhyme
Just As Sweet
A single red Rose sits on the corner

 of the yellow linen draped table

in the open air cobblestone courtyard.

Under the star filled moonlit midnight sky

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© Tim Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: trait, love,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs