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Best Whoops Poems

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


Whoops, I Forgot To Comment
Whoops, I forgot to comment
Upon that nice poem you wrote
Please don't take it personally
My reasons are many, take note

It's too long, I'm easily bored
It's not...

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Categories: whoops, on writing and words,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member A Lighthearted Peek At The Apocalyptic World Of Poetry Contests
This contest style’s description is one I’ve never heard
I’m unfamiliar with that particular word 
An internet search comes up empty 
However, others seem to have...

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Categories: whoops, fun, humor, satire, word
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member When Doves Cry
Cooling off in falling months, approaching dusk.
Coordinated chill and quilting of snow, brusque.
Cooking lots of soup, beating down dough,
as the wind whoops on a weeping...

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Categories: whoops, death, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member School's Out
Trying to recapture the joy of those winter days is difficult. School cancelled: sun shining through the sheer, white, curtains into an all too girlie...

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Categories: whoops, kiss, snow,
Form: Haibun
War Paint Mixture
Haudenosaunee ...
translation: They made the house
But who painted it
the colors we now see ---
Red, white and blue
Let's go back in time shall we,
and observe who...

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Categories: whoops, allegory, history, truth, war,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Premium Member Restoring Balance
Mend,
my friend…
Please, transcend.

Begin to bend…
with courage, defend
soul’s ache for Love to spend.

Free your heart; let arms extend
around this earth and back again!

Profits portend Divine dividend!


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Categories: whoops, humanity, love, word play,
Form: Nonet
Premium Member Lil Nova
As quasar mixes the starry dust,
a newly formed planet en route’s a must;
new universes revealed beyond black holes
captivating stories are yet to be told.

Tiny newborn...

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Categories: whoops, appreciation, poems, poetry, space,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Preparing For the Holidays
Christmas eaves’ drop - red and green leaves of pre-December.
The snow-white clouds, the beard of Santa Claus’ pre-remember.
The elves are surely hammering
whilst Mrs. Claus is...

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Categories: whoops, christmas, humor, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Saving 7 Items From My Burning Home
Oh goodness the house is on fire, 
And so is the one across the street,
And the one next door, I’m scared, 
And frantic and overpowered...

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Categories: whoops, fire, scary,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Wonderous Joy
Early morning. I head toward the walking trails near my home. The air moves around me in blossoming brilliant arcs within the sun rays of...

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Categories: whoops, children, joy, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Good Manners
When dinning out in a restaurant there are things you should not do!
            ...

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Categories: whoops, food, funny, hilarious, humorous,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Exam Results Day
We will sit at the tables in the entrance hall
Waiting patiently for the sea of white faces to arrive
Anxious, nerves are frayed  – and...

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Categories: whoops, education, emotions, future,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Old Chris Kringle Halloween Jingle
OLD CHRIS CRINGLE HALLOWEEN JINGLE

Did you know that Santa always had a secret desire,
To explore and experience the holiday known as Halloween!
This jolly spirit whom...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: whoops, adventure, christmas, halloween, holiday,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Cowboy Hoedown
The dancing pardners, dressed in dungarees,
With checkered shirts, and Stetsons, boots and spurs,
Are at a wedding. Joy the bride now asks
The band to play a...

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Categories: whoops, fun, boy,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The Amazon of the East
Dihing, adjoining borderline with Arunachal,  on the foothills of mighty Patkai, 
In the encircling mesas of terrestrial plains of high...

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Categories: whoops, earth, education, environment, nature,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things