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Mississippi Poems - Poems about Mississippi

Mississippi Poems - Examples of all types of poems about mississippi 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 mississippi.
Premium Member Delta 747 Airplane Crash
...if you thought the Delta 747 plane crash of 1984 was harrowing you should have been there to see the Mississippi bridge burning We had no idea how many cars were on it when the plane hit the rails ......Read the rest...
Categories: mississippi, imagery,
Form: Prose Poetry



Premium Member A Mississippi Mystery
... How many grave sites should be prepared for me? Just one. For Robert Johnson, there were three, all in the Mississippi Delta: Morgan City, Quito, and (near) Greenwood. Which is right? Do we KNOW......Read the rest...
Categories: mississippi, mystery,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member what two rives are the longest in the world
...When I asked the fifth grade students to guess What two rivers are the longest in the world I was not surprised with Missouri and Mississippi. Many are not global thinkers. Most had not heard of ......Read the rest...
Categories: mississippi, river,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Cajun Queen, New Orleans
... Riverboat on the Mississippi Folks dining on scrimp, grits, and cornbread Drinking booze and gambling like crazy Going to Bourbon Street just ahead Down in that Cajun Queen, New Orleans Th......Read the rest...
Categories: mississippi, city, river, sin, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member What Is
... Fresh out of college, the opportunities were there. The choice was made to remain with a caring ministry. Two years later, doors began to close, but new ones were there to open. Which way from......Read the rest...
Categories: mississippi, career, christian, destiny,
Form: Prose Poetry



Family Reunion
...It’s that time again Time for all of us to gather Come from all parts, new starts Bring lot of pics and stories Hugs and kisses, brand new shirt It’s family reunion It came in mail our time ......Read the rest...
Categories: mississippi, family, friendship, giving,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Thanks, Dad
... You had passed on 4 years before. It seemed to have been so long ago. I finished high school, moved far away, And was hoping to find a better way. Still, I wondered if I could thrive like y......Read the rest...
Categories: mississippi, father,
Form: Prose Poetry
I Wish I Was Raindrop
...Once there was a little girl tall and full of pain. The little girl was as bright as the sun but all she wanted was to fall like the rain. Pitter patter, drip drop. She wished to reach the sky and tr......Read the rest...
Categories: mississippi, angst, childhood,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Unto His likeness
...In that day, when seeking Gods word. For, purpose in this life not expecting much. Growing up in church following along. Mom, would say you need to go church to be good. Great grandma saying shhh......Read the rest...
Categories: mississippi, faith,
Form: Free verse
You Will Be Given Nothing But the Sign of Jonah
... Repent America, for your 7 great abominations. Like Ancient Nineveh, you have also shed innocent blood, you adulterous and ungrateful drunkards. You have forsaken God for another. Your Apat......Read the rest...
Categories: mississippi, art,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hobo Tales
...There once was a hobo that lived by the tracks Never ate a full meal, just ate lots of snacks He rode in a boxcar most everywhere he went And traveled for free, didn’t spend a cent He had a nam......Read the rest...
Categories: mississippi, adventure, corruption, magic, people,
Form: Rhyme
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Categories: mississippi, extended metaphor, film, hip
Form: Bio
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...Suppose I threw it in your faces Please don't anybody asked of me to decided anything, I am not in the mood to explain: I do not know if Mr. Trump is running or not, or if he is too old, that h......Read the rest...
Categories: mississippi, absence, abuse, addiction, allegory,
Form: Free verse
The Real Black History
...Written By: D. Collins 2/26/24 When I hear "a country of immigrants" I wince in pain. Because one ethnic group traveled here in chains. ......Read the rest...
Categories: mississippi, slavery,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Leaving a book incompletely read tantamount to being sacrilegious
...Preface: On February 4, 1861, the seven states that had seceded by this point convened and created the Confederate States of America under the leadership of Jefferson Davis. Just under two m......Read the rest...
Categories: mississippi, absence, america, anxiety, baptism,
Form: Free verse

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