Best Truant Poems
Below are the all-time best Truant poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of truant poems written by PoetrySoup members
Butterfly Dance
I saw truant clouds wading through late evening sky.
With sunset, they got dyed in varying shades,
Forming into configurations of differing shape and size!...
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Categories:
truant, appreciation, beauty, moon, stars,
Form:
Free verse
October BlissI ride freely in respite with what this blissful month serves
Like truant in yoga, forgetting all wonga and being wonk
That I may enjoy a long...
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Categories:
truant, october,
Form:
Sijo
Think of Me Come NightfallThink of me as the eyes of late nightfall
crawling through a wafting sill
where lone moon cuddles dimmed glow
before she quietly slowly lays
herself on a cradle...
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Categories:
truant, devotion, night, , Lullaby,
Form:
Free verse
Revenge Is Not Always SweetPeople in my school have names for someone like me.
Freak, crazy, weirdo, a spawn by the devil's decree.
...
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Categories:
truant, dark, death,
Form:
Rhyme
At the End of Dr Ram S WordsYesterday I caught the drift of a word
Almost at the end of Dr. Ram?s words
That I had it all, three in one, with music and...
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Categories:
truant, life, thank youme, heart,
Form:
Narrative
A Sinner's PrayerOh Lord, I am selfish but no fish I sell
A true believer I am though I’m an outlaw,
I’m your truant Christian;
Every day, I fear to...
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Categories:
truant, anger, courage, prayer, sin,
Form:
Free verse
What Happened To 'Jordan'In the wee hours of a cool autumn night,
They were roused from sleep by a loud knock.
They feared it would be some bandits,
Trying to get...
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Categories:
truant, anxiety, character, missing, visionary,
Form:
Rhyme
Two Sides of a CoinShe stands there in knickers,
A cap on her head,
Looking tomboyish, truant and tough
And a cigarette dangles
From unsmiling lips
To warn all she’s not taking their guff.
It’s...
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Categories:
truant, grandmother, image,
Form:
Rhyme
Mysterious MuseA cartridge filled with a horde of shackled emotions, am I,
Trifle feelings loiter within me, until she elicits them out,
Wizened by time, she knows that...
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Categories:
truant, appreciation, muse,
Form:
Free verse
A Hydrangea's LamentHer comely cheeks - a blush of pink,
where yesterday, there bloomed a rose -
demure though proud, the morning light
reprised the births each day...
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Categories:
truant, life,
Form:
Free verse
The Discipline of a StudentOh Lord, I know you know I have been thanking you a lot lately
But today I want to pray
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
Almighty Lord
You know me and you know...
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Categories:
truant, on work and workingme,
Form:
Narrative
Twas the Night Before the WeddingTwas the night before my cousin's
wedding
He reluctantly gave in to the
bachelor party vetting
A burlesque, tawdry strip club was
the setting
Unbeknownst to him, the...
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Categories:
truant, funnynight, night,
Form:
Rhyme
School Day HellThey called it school
I called it hell
From the huge imposing prison like doors
To the doom like toll of the bell
Everyday the same
Running for the...
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Categories:
truant, angst, education, funny, hockey,
Form:
Free verse
A Fishy TaleHow could the weather forecast not tantalize me
To play truant on the eve of Miss Gaybird’s test?
The river would be an invitation the next day
To...
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Categories:
truant, fishing,
Form:
Free verse
Two LensesWhen I was young I hated school;
in playing truant saw no harm.
How could I throw away the fun
which I enjoyed on grandpa’s farm?
My mum was...
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Categories:
truant, education, school, teacher,
Form:
Quatrain