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Cornered Poems - Poems about Cornered

Cornered Poems - Examples of all types of poems about cornered to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for cornered.
playground scars
...Little Girl swings in the air, legs pumping, wind in hair the closest to flight she’ll ever be. freedom and fairytales whisper in her ears, telling her with each swing, she’ll be closer to the cl......Read the rest...
Categories: cornered, abuse, anger, angst, child
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Buffalo
...No one’s exactly sure how this buffalo in the 1960s Found its way to live in the heart of the city How it separated from a sky stampede How the great beast dropped its guard and refused to riot W......Read the rest...
Categories: cornered, animal, city, earth, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Barbarossa III
...A new command would counter their attack to stay the storm that harkens at your door. ‘Twould be a feat that stunned the iron pack for nothing dared defy the wolves before. And though his pack c......Read the rest...
Categories: cornered, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Such is Life
...I saw you sitting there acting as if you don’t care, I saw you sitting there staring at them with strange eyes, and rehearsing a strange thought in your head wishing that the table would turn, and ev......Read the rest...
Categories: cornered, beach, birth, break up,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A Key to Understanding the Selves We Left Behind
...To soothe the cornered inferno Consuming a sanctuary abandoned Spider's silk like snow kissed ground Walls caressed by a nurturing moss, A mausoleum of birth The detached ruins we carry A firef......Read the rest...
Categories: cornered, change, education, introspection, memory,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Bitter Lemon Woman
...Bitter Lemon Woman In sarcastic egos, you’ve cornered the market. A self-important peasant, a show off bourgeoisie Without compassion, a bitter lemon woman. A twisted tongue, a controlling sn......Read the rest...
Categories: cornered, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Walls ana wails
...WALLS AND WAILS I am confined within these four walls For far too long and pray a wall falls And the guns jam with wardens asleep As I take a walk of freedom, a leap To a new world without gun......Read the rest...
Categories: cornered, 12th grade, depression, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Insects' buzzing
...Gazing at the transgressive, monotonous (yet awake) mundane- burning cheeks, bottles empty of holy blood accompanied by slurred atonement lost in soft wind persevered; untainted discovery by fooli......Read the rest...
Categories: cornered, angst, drink,
Form: Free verse
It is always better when the lights are out
...It is always better when the lights are out I close my eyes and listen to better bards Over great instrumentation to wind me down I have no fear they will call my name And ask me to be kind ......Read the rest...
Categories: cornered, angst, anxiety, future, happiness,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Battle for the Atlantic II
...With lone intent, all freedom it will wrest if obstinance you let these wolves deny. As tonnage sinks beneath the torrid crest your struggles for survival magnify. Each flailing ship that ferries......Read the rest...
Categories: cornered, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Premium Member Rum n Raisin 14 Pt 1 - The Flight Before Christmas Pt 1
...There’s an old village green where a marquee was seen I don’t do ‘Bah humbug’, don’t want to be mean A little fake snow ain’t a Christmassy scene But the reindeer and Santa Claus might well have b......Read the rest...
Categories: cornered, cat, christmas, dog,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Chet The Educated Idiot
...Chet wore his plaid pants up to his pencil protector People ran from the cafeteria when they saw him He was an incessant talker Never let anyone else speak We have all been cornered by him His......Read the rest...
Categories: cornered, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member choosing what to do next
...this way of feeling scattered from a glance I am the edge ~ cornered speaking eyes express disappointment all motivation drains I will lay here to for......Read the rest...
Categories: cornered, angst,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Songs of Nature COS No 1: ABAB
...A sun encounters a probing of it, course a bargain at a remote lea. Jilt Thistles yields to breeze that never quit, brush forces the stately Yellow Daisies dressed, and clips wispy tall grass the......Read the rest...
Categories: cornered, beautiful, meaningful, motivation, nature,
Form: Sonnet
THOUGHTS WHILE LAYING ON AN ICY LAKE
...laying on an icy lake praying that it stays cloudy and cold a smile on my face speaks volumes i think of all i am ThankFull for and Rejoice though there are spurts of melancholy, the beauty over......Read the rest...
Categories: cornered, god, growing up, growth,
Form: Free verse

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