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Hair Poems | Examples of Poems about Hair of All Types

Hair Poems. examples of poetry about all types of hair, including short, curly, straight, weave, red, black, afros, and more. Share and read poetry about long flowing locks, wild hair, or a lack thereof. This list of hair poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of hair poetry. 
Growing my hair down below my knees
Growing my hair down below my knees... stimulated courtesy follicles, where Coconut, Olive, Grapeseed, Jojoba, Amla and Vitamin E oils allowed, enabled, and provided head start germinating peach fuzz into brown strands after Flaxseeds, Pumpkin seeds and Fenugreek being sprinkled on my scalp yielded...Read the rest...
Categories: hair, addiction, america, april, body,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member San Fransisco
They do not wear flowers in their hair They’re not allowed to smoke out in the streets San-Fransisco, I am not prepared Some gentle people aren’t the ones you meet To be a one more begging refugee To watch...Read the rest...
Categories: freedom, hair, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member AB Ominable
Our ex-Pres is now laying it all bare At Joe Biden, he wants to spit and swear Pot’s calling the kettle black Barack, take...Read the rest...
Categories: hair, health, humor, leadership,
Form: Limerick
Cat Walk
. Some in the audience shook their heads in ...Read the rest...
Categories: hair, humor, identity, journey,
Form: Light Verse
Hair Today
I’m no longer lissom And I'm no longer thin I can see the growth Of my second chin But i check the mirror every morning Hoping to avoid the despair Of discovering my head has started Growing through my hair....Read the rest...
Categories: age, hair, humor,
Form: Rhyme



Poetic Fury
Don't pull your hair in such a rage and play havoc with my meadows where I adore to sow poems. I don't care about your fury; I'm afraid you'd crush the words I had designed only for you;...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, cute, hair, metaphor,
Form: Other
On Whimberry Hill
It's where we found our thrill, up there on Whimberry Hill, though I complained, that it might rain, and said there was a chill. You said that it was fine, the sun would surely shine, wind in your hair, but you didn't care, the...Read the rest...
Categories: hair, nature, rain, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Thought I Saw One Hair Up There
One perfect hair on a head quite bare may seem unorthodox Yet it surely was for Dr. Suess never a paradox...Read the rest...
Categories: hair, humor, literature, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Beardacious
There was a man who was quite weird With a chunk sticking from his beard So I helped myself And pulled out an elf Which wasn’t as bad as I feared But when we thought that his strange beard Was in...Read the rest...
Categories: fantasy, fun, hair,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member A rose by another name-1288
Warm chair Hot seat Phosphorus on a stick Match maker Rocking chair on wheels Rock n roller Stretch musicians Elastic band Scissors cutting edge Encore Repeat performance Oil painting Slippery brushstrokes Damaged incarseration Jail break Thumbs up Digital direction Tangled hair Pain to bear Wax creator Candle maker Pepper spread Sneeze ahead Beautiful parrot Pretty poly Man creating...Read the rest...
Categories: hair,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member fUnNy-HaTs
He rode a horse he got thrown off Onto the ground his head hit first In a pile of manure horses pie On top of his head he lie Looked like a derby hat yah! Getty-ap Laddie look like a hat...Read the rest...
Categories: hair, adventure, allusion, anxiety, fate,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hercules Got This Dance
Hercules peered out on the dance floor spotted beautiful Delilah holding court Scanned the room for Samson but saw a chair...Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, hair, parody, strength,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rockabye Grandma
Rockabye grandma In the condo When the wind blows Her wig starts to go When the hair flies Grandma does too Our gal was last spotted Hovering over the zoo ...Read the rest...
Categories: age, grandmother, grandparents, hair,
Form: Rhyme
I can tell
Boy, one thing I know fa sho, we can tell a lot in life. I can tell you mad I can tell that ain’t gon fit I can tell he be cheating Girl, I can tell you ain’t...Read the rest...
Categories: cry, funny, hair, how
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Has Anyone Seen Sam's Toupee
Poor Sam is sans his beloved toupee It was snatched from his scalp one windy day 'Twas last seen sailing o'er town ...Read the rest...
Categories: hair, humorous,
Form: Limerick

Specific Types of Hair Poems

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