Best Working Class Poems
Below are the all-time best Working Class poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of working class poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Casualness of Casualties
In the intimate interlace of chance and fate, in the ultimate interplay of time and place, and with the consummate checkmate of my human dignity,...
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Categories:
working class, death, evil, family, fate,
Form:
Haibun
The True Knight -POTDPOTD 9th April 2018
Synopsis -
A story of selflessness without jealousy or rancor that is often evident through the ages in all walks of life, even...
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Categories:
working class, love, romance, sensual,
Form:
Romanticism
From the Newspaper StandAlong this foggy daybreak stroll,
I tread along the intersection
between Mabini Street and EDSA boulevard,
crossing number 25 Ortigas Road.
I breathe in the same grain
of...
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Categories:
working class, introspection, life,
Form:
Free verse
Wondering WolfTwo decades old,
Soft skin light toned,
Bushy brown hair,
skinny slim built,
Eyes blue as the sky,
Emotions and mind,
All so very shy.
Born a Capricorn,
Raised in a working class,
Ball...
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Categories:
working class, deep, desire, emotions, feelings,
Form:
Name
SorrowSorrow
My sorrow can swim my sorrow can fly
I’ve tried to put it to bed but my sorrow wont lye
It’s not only well hidden...
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Categories:
working class, analogy, culture, depression, grief,
Form:
I do not know?
They Be Descendants of the ConfederacyThey Be The Descendants Of The Confederacy
By Roy Merritt
Way down here in the land of cotton
A great many people are mean and rotten
A great many...
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Categories:
working class, character, history, political, prejudice,
Form:
Lyric
The Fine Art of LifeChampagne and wine
Elixirs of the elite's delight
beverages of the upper classes
as they rendezvous and converse
amid soirées decked in elegance
mingling among their
latest art acquisitions
envied, even...
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Categories:
working class, appreciation, art, imagery, integrity,
Form:
Free verse
The Evoultion of Learning (Part Two)As long as various people run various nations
There will forever be war
What the world needs is one leader
A common man who believes in the working...
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Categories:
working class, death, health, history, life,
Form:
Free verse
In Defence of Donald TrumpIn Defence of Donal Trump
He is a crude person, not one I would
like the share a coke with, but he has galvanised
the working class (middle...
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Categories:
working class, bullying, character, creation,
Form:
Blank verse
Heartbreaking Headlines"U.S Attacked: Hijacked Jets Destroy Twin Towers And Hit Pentagon In Day Of Terror," The New York Times
even if it works like clockwork, it can...
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Categories:
working class, 7th grade, depression,
Form:
Free verse
Out of My LeagueShe’s so out of my league.
She’s just so out of my league.
So many guys want her-
Who’d consider any other?
Seems no one can have her.
She’s just...
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Categories:
working class, anxiety, beautiful, confidence, crush,
Form:
Lyric
City of GoldIt is not through his hand
Nor his imagination
That we view the City of Gold
It is through the experiences of the Artist
George Siejka.
I remember George
Only...
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Categories:
working class, artcity,
Form:
Narrative
The Awakening Spirit>>1111>>THE AWAKENING SPIRIT<<1111<<
My analyzing subconscious telling me I have minor confidence in our people,
Full of resistance as high as church steeples,
Heads in the sand uneducated...
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Categories:
working class, allegory, people, slavery, society,
Form:
Epic
What Is LoveWhat Is Love
by Edmund Siejka
My parents argued frequently
So love was an elusive something
Usually found in someone’s else’s home
In high school...
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Categories:
working class, love,
Form:
Narrative
A Little Night MusicWe had a good time
Guys from Woodside, Sunnyside
Greenpoint and Astoria
Leaning on each other
Weaving through the crowds
Towards the exits
Leaving the club
Squeaking out just before closing...
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Categories:
working class, lifenight, night,
Form:
Narrative