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Best Unlikely Poems

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


The Unlikely Alliance
The unlikely alliance

for me you need not be clothed
I understand your fragility
of which the edges are like krill
To you I disclose my being,
for only you...

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Categories: unlikely, beauty, destiny, for her,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Little Owl and the Wolf
A snowy owl sat on her nest
   while tending to her brood;
her mate flew out upon a quest 
   to gather...

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Categories: unlikely, friendship,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Peacocks and Predators
The raptor and the peacock hence,
Sit pensive on a rambling fence.
The first, inclined to be the host,
Jumped down to claim the nearest post.
The pea averse...

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Categories: unlikely, animal, identity,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member During Sex I'M Often Naked
You can't make someone love you all you can do 
is be someone who can be loved.The rest is up to them.

No matter how much...

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Categories: unlikely, philosophy,
Form: Didactic
Life Lessons From 'The Notebook'
Try not to be too shy to tell someone how you really feel, 
      be adventurous and always try new...

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Categories: unlikely, inspirational, life, love,
Form: Rhyme



The Poetry Soup Convention 2011
My name is Gary Fields
And I am at the Poetry Convention
Their are a myriad of Poet's
They are all in contention
There are so many that I...

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Categories: unlikely, anniversary, on writing and
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Winter's Slumber
In the smiting chill of a dreadful wintry night
When through every fiber n’ nerve, was the cold bite,
I was sitting cocooned beside my hearth,
Sipping a...

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Categories: unlikely, nature, snow, winter,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Poet and the Jester (On Embracing Duality)
It is the conversation
between the poet and the jester.
The poet- with solemn introspection;
the jester- with careless regard,
each captivating the other.

It is the ultimate irony
of this...

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Categories: unlikely, allegory
Form: Cinquain
The Tiger and the Dove
The tiger, majestic and proud
Fearless, strong and solitary
A predator by nature
Domineering yet wary

The dove, gentle and harmonious
Passive and apprehensive
A free spirit by nature
But always on...

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Categories: unlikely, devotion, friendship, love, tiger,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My How Time Flies
Since the elders often proclaim, my how time flies, 
You then naturally look up into the skies.
To study the heavens for at least one small...

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Categories: unlikely, flying, philosophy, time,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Premium Member For Straight White Boys Only
Have you seen a Rockwell 1950's Lemonade Wars?
Two girls, both white of course,
dressed for YoungRepublican success
scowling at each other on a pristine deserted street
of the...

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Categories: unlikely, culture, health, humanity, humor,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Uninvited Guest
2009 and the expenses scandal
Made Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister, lament
So John Bercow, was appointed new ‘Speaker’
To be ‘The Commons’ new broom, was his intent

But...

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Categories: unlikely, funny, political
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Poverty and Power
Do you know a child
That will get up to play?
What if they died before tonight?
In the third world children are piled,
Thousands of them die every...

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Categories: unlikely, africa, care, change, children,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Of True Friends - and Frank
True friends are kindred spirits.
You know they are true friends
When the barriers come down. . .
when nothing that you say to them 
could make them...

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Categories: unlikely, friendship, me,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member The Stud From the Spud State and the Red Dragon Damsel
Marry Your Best Friend To Get the Best of Both Worlds

Not many can claim they met their spouse in a battle of wits
much less the...

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Categories: unlikely, adventure, beauty, blessing, devotion,
Form: Narrative

Book: Reflection on the Important Things