Flip Poems | Examples

Premium Member The Triple-Axel Flip

It is true that I happened to slip
on a banana peel like a drip,
and yet I invented
the trick I presented -
the very first triple-axel flip.

Mr Flip-Flop

Going barefoot feels fine at the time
and wearing shoes do too
but sometimes I need something light
something not quite so tight only sandals will do
going barefoot feels fine now and then
and donning boots do too
but sometimes I want something loose
something I can put to good use only sandals come through
sandals always do the trick
and of the pack I had my pick
but wish I knew what makes them tick
and get a handle on these my brand new sandals
they didn't cost a lot of money
but when I walk my feet sound funny
flip-flop flip-flop
my right goes flip my left goes flop
flip-flop flip-flop all day long until I stop
tho' they're really no good for running
I'm footloose and fancy-free
and if you hear a flip-flop coming
hey that'll be me
flip-flop flip-flop flip-flop flip-flop


Premium Member A Flip of Lips Turns Frown to Smile

a frown is a smile
with naughty corners of mouth
dragged down, to half-mast.
stop wallowing in the mire ~
flip your lips to all ends up

Flip The Bill

Flip The Bill 
Waiting for the check in the mail 
Flip the bill 
We’re all under paid 
Need a raise 
Under appreciated 
Work hard to earn a paycheck 
Life is hard 
So many obstacles 
One after the other 
Need to work more hours 
What about food? 
Knowing the rent is due 
Never enough to retire 
Always under fire 
Just work yourself to death 
I’ve had enough 
Money grows on trees 
Rich people are greedy 
Food on the table 
Make it through tomorrow 
Don’t feel sorry for yourself 
Get up off your lazy ass and work

Flip or Flop

if you see me sitting around
with my head tilted down
face wrinkled in a frown
hands shielding my face

just trying to figure out
if I can survive in this place
if I can finish this race

I know. I got it
change will come
and change will go

for better or worse
we won’t know 
until we’ll either
suffer through hell 
or find Heaven’s grace 

if we’re to be celebrated 
as conquering heroes
or banned in disgrace

The true story
will not be told
until those very last
words unfold
and in the end
they are rejected
or embraced


Premium Member a fickle flip scares the butterfly

Oh the power of the narcissistic 
would be king enthroned,
crowned not with wisdom, 
but with arrogance, 
delusion and nihilism.

The crowd waits on his every word
which has the power 
to flip the world order
from boom to flop
from soar to bust
to tip the seesaw
to flip-flop panic.

Why should one person,
posting his own thoughts social
in the middle of the night
have the power to scare
the butterfly, making it
flap its wings, 
triggering the accord 
to tip off the cliff
Into chaos.

Premium Member A FLIP-FLOPPING ANALOGY

Escaping their bowls,

Poor fish flipping and flopping;

Dying free at last:-

Let us flip-flop injustice,

As we live lives free at last.

Premium Member Flip-Flops

Plain droplets plink downward risk-free.
Rain, that bristles on panes, weighty.
Rip-roaring, soaring, not boring,
as wind assists an outpouring.
Angled and claustrophobic dance.
Can’t see the light; cars take a stance.
Sky, a blue-gray, wiper flip-flops.
Shy, the soft pelts of ho-hum drops.

Premium Member FLIP-FLOPPING TO DEATH

A FLIP-FLOPPING DEATH

Seeking its freedom,
A fish leaps from its fishbowl;
Flip-flopping to death:-

Premium Member Always on the flip side

Oh my, why am I always on the flip side?
Fleeing from hope, slipping down the slide.
In moonshine glow, seldom in sunshine bright.
Always in the consequence of negativity's plight.

My joy and laughter are often subdued.
My tears and sobs are wrongly construed.
My feelings are torn to tatters and shreds.
By doubts and uncertainty, slipped threads.

But why am I here, when the solution is free?
It's only a flip-flop coin toss away!
I just need to re-flip immediately with glee,
To get back on the hit-side where I'll stay.

The Autumn Statement

Fresh football fixtures, fill our Saturdays
kids all get haircuts and new shoes for school
white summer dresses are folded away
north winds caress us as evenings turn cool

Summer's end harvest, berries and chestnuts
broken branches, the scattering of leaves
shaken dog walkers with their shell shocked mutts
low hanging sunshine, a Cox apple breeze

Weather becomes our preoccupation
ends talk of rioters, waiting for cells
and pauses all of our speculation
on flip-phone Fuhrers, in fancy hotels

Storm Lilian found, it's way down our street
the Autumn statement, arrived at our feet.

Premium Member Flip-flopping

 In the unfairness that ever is life, since
 Cinderella will never be wife, to 'her prince'

     She settles for average, ordinary shmoes
     Ditch the glass slippers ~ flip-flops, gnarly toes

Too Soon to Flip

March should start tomorrow
But it’s leap year, so it won’t.
For anyone who wants to flip
The calendar, please don’t.

To women who are pregnant,
If your labor starts tonight,
You have ‘til midnight to give birth
Or face your child’s plight…

Since a birthday you can’t celebrate
Each year must be the worst,
Though I’m sure some celebrations
Could be switched to March the first.

Flip-Top Accsess

The top flips easily back
flip-top access to a phlegm-filled hack
blackened teeth and rancid breath
the smoker’s path to a breathless death.

Premium Member The Flip Side

Love and Hate,
    Two sides of the same coin.
        Separated by a sliver of passion;
Hard to maintain.

Yet when the coin is flipped,
    Guessing heads or tails -
        The balancing boundaries mix,
Among joy & pain.


Often, this currency
    Exchange happens quickly,
        Sometimes seemingly at the
Speed of light.

Where momentum can
    Carry the fuel intensely,
        Burning all around or
Within sight.


This nature is 
    Rooted deeply, buried
        Before friend or foe and
Predator or prey.

Lying somewhere between 
    The visceral and emotional ...
        With a spring eternal,
Everyday.

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