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Last Straw Poems - Poems about Last Straw

Last Straw Poems - Examples of all types of poems about last straw 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 last straw.
Premium Member Last Walk
...I am running the last mile in my life, The age and tired feet have made my run to a limping walk, still, I walk and walk to the beacon of hope, Never let the pessimism take over the last straw ......Read the rest...
Categories: last straw, life,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Pony
...Hi how you doing I’m doing fine, how about you I’m okay, well I’m not really Go on tell me about it, that’s what us ex’s are for. It’s Joe. Joe, that’ll be my replacement. He doesn’t seem to wa......Read the rest...
Categories: last straw, humor, woman,
Form: Free verse
Had a Big Heine Horn Haiku
...when brain is tiny he always was whiny had a big heine when on a campus at times was a sourpuss saw grass from the pampas when saw grass we saw which they had cut with a saw shall be se......Read the rest...
Categories: last straw, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member No Anchor For Rancour
...Unmet expectations damage the dormant psyche, unkept promises smother the rays of fading hope, unkind words tear the lattice of the mangled mind, life then turns into an urn of fabricated resentm......Read the rest...
Categories: last straw, august, introspection, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Bones Ache Yet Heart Sings
...I am running the last mile in my life, The age and tired feet have made my run to a limping walk, still, I walk and walk to the beacon of hope, Never let the pessimism take over the last straw of ......Read the rest...
Categories: last straw, inspiration, spiritual,
Form: Free verse



What Is Teamwork To You
...This ones for you. John Cheers to the last straw! You drew it and smashed it. You broke it and slashed it. This is the end to your lies and your manipulation. This is the final goodbye to th......Read the rest...
Categories: last straw, absence, abuse, childhood, family,
Form: Free verse
Then
...If boxers worked at farms making bales Then we would call them haymakers If hammers are made to hit nails Then they could be finger breakers If boxers ate hay everyday for lunch Then bale maki......Read the rest...
Categories: last straw, funny, humor,
Form: Quatrain
Game Over
...Things do fall apart Believe me it’s yet to start I peeked when you uncovered your mask Your true colors beyond my grasp Your attitude is sweet as cake Which also rhymes with "fake" Your firs......Read the rest...
Categories: last straw, absence, anger, anxiety, break
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rooted In Nostalgia
...Such happy tears rooted in nostalgia locked in the past you can’t see the future; Mistakingly think you drew your last straw, such happy tears rooted in nostalgia; There’s never an end to luck o......Read the rest...
Categories: last straw, emotions, feelings, future, humanity,
Form: Triolet
Drop-In Centre
...There’s Scottie in his chair Tongue firmly in his cheek Trying to wind up Old Noel, The highlight of his week. Noel, over eighty, Veteran Of the Korean War Gives as good as he gets And dishes......Read the rest...
Categories: last straw, caregiving, loss, memory, military,
Form: Rhyme
With a Single Slap
...With a single slap It started with a single slap Back then during courtship And I vowed I was going to leave him He begged so much it became embarrassing “Baby I am sorry,” he pleaded......Read the rest...
Categories: last straw, abuse,
Form: Free verse
Lost
...I often think back on life, the memories I've tried to erase When the pain became too much, I'd do anything to help me escape Everyones judgments speak loudly, they say that the choice is mine ......Read the rest...
Categories: last straw, addiction, grief, loss, lost,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Adieu
...Adieu Last I met you last night at last. Painful humble hearts wished to greet each other saying ‘we will meet again, our love will ever last.’ ......Read the rest...
Categories: last straw, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Too Eager To Ride Fireflies
...Yesterday, the Undines had a boring day; their last, they insist. The things happening to the world, are terrifying, to say the least; when water sprites become bored with their aquatic home......Read the rest...
Categories: last straw, fairy, fantasy, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse
In the End Zone
...I'm in the end zone Looking down below Before I draw the last straw Cause I'm a stone rolling over moss I was set to motion by my drive My desire to go and get it I didn't sit to think that ......Read the rest...
Categories: last straw, angst, fate, humanity, psychological,
Form: Free verse

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