Best Upsets Poems
by any other name
...Henceforth, I shall not choose the rose
Its wafting scent upsets my nose
Nor will I write for no one knows
The difference ‘twixt a poem and prose
As roses are the bud of choice
For lovers with......
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Categories:
upsets, rose,
Form:
Sonnet
My Puppy
...My puppy sure loves to lick me
He thinks I’m a lollypop.
Every time I get home he attacks me
Then kisses me nonstop.
You’d think I was gone forever
When I just left the house for the mail,
He......
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Categories:
upsets, animal, children, dog, fun,
Form:
Rhyme
Love Off-Sprung
...futures cavort below the horizon
an expectant dawn glows, duly announcing the first born arrival
tomorrow then forward smiles, feeling good
half planned momentous moment, ordering fate, shap......
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Categories:
upsets, children, family, love, tribute,
Form:
Verse
Hot Pants
...can you imagine my disappointment...I believed her
...she might of been the one...that one woman
that has eluded me my whole lifetime...but...
...she...she was...
she was just blowing ......
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Categories:
upsets, cry,
Form:
Free verse
Reflect
...At this moment I sit and reflect,
so much water has flowed under the bridge,
so much life has been lived,
triumphs, successes, vitories, wins,
pain, frustrations, upsets and defeats,
I am here a......
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Categories:
upsets, black african american,
Form:
Free verse
Old Age
...Dawn seeps soundlessly in to scatter the darkness.
Around is silence and quiet and calm.
From my lofty balcony, I can admire the serenity
Of the vast immensity of the ocean, all smell of balm.
......
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Categories:
upsets, age, old,
Form:
Rhyme
Mother Land
...Yes I will die for her
Yes I will cry for her
But I will not turn my head and look the other way
I will not stand silent while others make a mockery of liberty
I will not stand silent while other......
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Categories:
upsets, political, social,
Form:
Free verse
Every Day Life
...i sit in my deckchair
lisning to the birds and bees
i love the way the tweet and get hunny for me
i love all animales from the fox to the wosp
thear is nothing than upsets me
when im out ......
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Categories:
upsets, adventurelove, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Knowing You
...Do you feel hollow?
Void in the marrow...
Do you feel mellow?
Poise beyond swallow...
Do you feel crazy?
Strange brew not lazy...
Do you feel sorrow?
Guilt tinged with hollow...
......
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Categories:
upsets, blessing,
Form:
Couplet
Happiness
...Happiness is a state of mind
See a horse nuzzling its foal
They for the moment are surrounded by it.
Or a sunbeam shining over a flower
Making it sparkle and seem to dance with joy
Its the mas......
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Categories:
upsets, happiness, joy, peace,
Form:
Free verse
Dear Future Self
...
I am sending you this letter ...
for as you know my journey has been happy and bitter
and though my heart has been shattered I am a fighter
I want you to know that I will always be......
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Categories:
upsets, future, introspection,
Form:
Rhyme
Common Cold
...Achooo!
It begins, almost always, with a sneeze,
Which, in some cultures,
Invites blessings,
But, in some others, a curse,
As it’s held to be ominous!
Blessing or curse, soon the frequency
......
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Categories:
upsets, funny, irony, philosophy, psychological,
Form:
Free verse
I Cannot Single Handedly Manage
...I cannot single handedly manage...
primary idiopathic palmar/
palmoplantar hyperhidrosis
Aforementioned physiological malady
unwanted and unwonted figurative
(metaphorical) beast of burden
li......
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Categories:
upsets, angst, birth, dad, fate,
Form:
Free verse
Open Closed
...Open Closed
Open letter addressed by me to myself as
as though I am in any way complicit in my
third time failure; entering what is becoming
......
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Categories:
upsets, introspection, me, me, red,
Form:
Blank verse
Loud Rock 'N Roll Music
...At one time loud rock and roll music
Would drive me up the wall
Guess I must have really mellowed out
It no longer upsets me at all
Either that or I'm losing my hearing
That co......
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Categories:
upsets, age, anxiety,
Form:
Narrative