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Best Uncle Poems

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

Separated By a Common Language

"England and America are two countries separated by a common language." 
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Categories: uncle, america, england, language, word
Form: Rhyme

The Turnip and the Cabbage

A Turnip and a Cabbage
    are walking down the street.
This may seem a might peculiar 
    as they hadn't...

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Categories: uncle, adventure, funny,
Form: Rhyme

Love Sleeps, Never Dies

An old man
A Grumpy bitter old man
Bitter face
Red nose
Wrinkled beady eyes
Scruffy clothes his best attire

Life has not been kind
So his bitter words bite those around
He...

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Categories: uncle, angel, beauty, child, hope,
Form: Light Verse

The Mustard Seed

The mustard seed 

a wild mustard seed took flight 
carried aloft in gathering light 
over thistle'd sage and poppies  
in countless colorful copies

as brash...

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Categories: uncle, children, earth, flower, nursery
Form: Couplet

Alpha To Omega

ALPHA TO OMEGA 

A is for Arturo and Alexis two great Poets,
Who make us all cry and laugh
B is for Besma a great philosopher
And soul...

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Categories: uncle, friendship,
Form: Free verse

To Hunt the Bugaboo

With the morning crisp and frosty
    and the Earth yearning for autumn's heat.
Darkness gave way to a fractured dawn
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Categories: uncle, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

A Legend In His Own Mind

Who was that masked man?!?
Brian Williams, rides again.

He was in Amilia Earhart's plane;
even rode with the Dalton Gang.

The day the Titanic went down;
In the rescue...

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Categories: uncle, silly, slam, drug,
Form: Rhyme

The Verdict

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Categories: uncle, society, war,
Form: Ballad

Hahahahaha I Have No Idea What To Title This

help mrs. muse is gone and my mind is shooting blanks 
my friend called inspiration is trying to walk the plank 

motivation just married mr...

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Categories: uncle, introspection, friend, friend, high
Form: Rhyme

Characterization

Our two party system isn’t working
Plastic figures, disaster lurking
Conservative or liberal isn’t the call
It’s the ultra rich against us all
For the people is what it’s...

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Categories: uncle, political
Form: Couplet

Whisper of Death

My life spirals ever downward...
The grave taunts me with its laugh.
Death's bony fingers are affixed my throat
As the jester of my unmerited epitaph.

My angst at...

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Categories: uncle, angst, confusion, death,
Form: Rhyme

Land of Opportunity

I take my hat off for the flag
  I stand up straight; let others sag
I get all weepy for Old Glory
  thinking of...

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Categories: uncle, america, cry, grandfather, grandmother,
Form: Couplet

A Voice In the Wilderness

Suitcase in hand, a face polarized against
the frosted window pane, searching verily
for continuity of a life that knew no restraint.
Someone’s Grandfather a considerate Uncle,
life’s situation...

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Categories: uncle, age, old,
Form: Free verse

Thanksgiving Dinner Gone Awry

It was my first Thanksgiving dinner as his wife
so I wanted the meal to be perfect in every way
But...trembling in fear, I cut my finger...

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Categories: uncle, humor,
Form: Rhyme

Ethan the Cat

Ethan lies upon my lap
      in sweet and tender slumber.
This happens all throughout the day,
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Categories: uncle, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme