Norms Poems | Examples


Skating upon Saturns rings,poem for a contest

What’s to love about skating?
Maybe it’s the feeling of being as free as having wings?
Escaping the world that held’s the blades of ancient kings 
The norm that causes the destruction of art
And the deterioration of mankind’s heart
What’s so wrong with skating upon Saturns rings?
Wishing for something without the feeling of being tied to strings
There’s so much tyranny and irony in the world
So much people fighting for rights and to be heard 
There’s so much greed
So what’s so wrong to want to skate upon Saturns rings?

Who Are the Countrified

Who are the countrified?
The too-soon petrified 
Who wooden gods deified,
With them identified;
Their ways not modified…

I see The Countrified 
In “Norms can’t be defied!”
Who had gin edified,
With kernels satisfied…

Their cherished game slapstick, 
After meals fingers lick:
Those who meet the sodden,
When much damp the wooden;
Dew-soaked their monthly shoes,
For which the police ask ‘‘Whose?”


On “Who are countrified”
Please, in me you confide…


Premium Member Reality Show Caricature Norms

some may remember the
long past remainders of old
early twentieth century years

wars and depressions wracked
cultures to the ground and people
shared with poor hungry strangers

most workers were of a manual education
with poor language and academic skills that
reflected a whole society stressed for decades

now times are different rules and regulations
to preserve profitable new consumer social norms
and also the illusion that the early days are over.....

well - stress is still with us - so

canada's one dollar coin -loon symbol- brands it as the 'loonie' andt
the two dollar coin has morphed its name to be the 'twoonie' thus
walking into a store or paying a bill can be seen a loonie toon-ed adventure


stan sand

Norms of Homes

On the lap of the foundation of love the smile sits like a wall and peace sets up as the roof of nature’s perfect structure called children where there is no love,smile and peace let not to sit there children as by all passed norms it isn’t coming under a home.

Premium Member In Defiance of the Changing Norms

I can't wait for the leaves to go
release their grip and slowly blow
I hope the wind blows really hard
so the leaves land in my neighbor's yard

I am prepared for the coming storms
in defiance of the changing norms
I'll build a SNOW MAN, make SNOW BALLS
fill his pipe each time he calls

For he's allowed to smoke the "weed"
legal now, it feeds his need
his eyes as deep and dark as COAL
in his pocket a tin of SKOAL

He'll stand there handsome, tall and proud
distanced from the milling masses
holding up a sign that reads
BEWARE, FOR EVERY SEASON PASSES

John G. Lawless
9/9/2020


Rules and Norms

Q-uietly
U-se
A-dministration's
R-ules
A-nd
N-orms
T-o
I-ntentionally
N-egate
E-nemy

Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Premium Member New Norms

Why fear corona?
Practice social distancing,
Stay locked in, wash hands

18.4.2020

New Norms

There will come a time 
When thinking of this year’s Covid 19 rhyme
Will  we wonder if we did the right thing
Following the rules and what they bring

The social distancing we have practiced
With washing hands and being less interactive
How will it end after society being stopped
To start it all again and see the virus dropped

The Spanish ‘Flu came in three waves spread
Increasing each time the numbers of the dead
Will we be left with a similar problem for us
Returning to normal times without a fuss

The lessons learnt should make us better
Being ultra clean to the letter
And social distancing being society’s new norm
So no shaking hands and 1.5 metres apart without scorn.

© Paul Warren Poetry

Premium Member Nascent Norms

Oh throw off now the virus swarms
This too shall pass like a wild storm
Different ways of lifestyle forms
In oneness humans will conform
Look for emerging novel norms
Hopefully help experts perform
Kindness touches all that adorns

Premium Member Searching For Norms

The human heart bears the scars of lies,
cause deceit is intrinsic to Man.
And should the bonds of trust unravel,
Reality copes the best it can.

Betrayal is all too familiar;
feeling trapped, with no way to retreat.
For when life's non-receptive to dreams,
you get trolled by failure and defeat.

Wanting to find a pathway to love;
Hope persuades your heart to take a chance.
But when lies overshadow the truth,
dreams collapse as if pierced by a lance.

Struggling in desperation's grip;
teardrops fuel emotional storms.
And fighting feelings of depression,
you're mired in self-doubt, searching for norms.

A wave of confusing emotions
can weigh down a heart drowning in tears.
And tides of regret rise as you sleep;
stirring nightmares and dredging up fears.

With Danny At Norms

I met Danny at Norms on the weekends
it's a cheap coffee shop that serves
decent apple pie and good steaks
sometimes there is a long wait for a table
other times we hustle right in

Danny was waiting for me at a table tonight
he waved when I came in, ten minutes late
anyways, there was a lot of traffic but
that's no excuse, I got on the road late
busy playing around on the computer

Danny talked about playing poker
he had a lucky day at the table the other day
and today everything went bad
I wanted to tell him to check his astrology
but I just sat and listened

Danny always orders the porterhouse and then
takes the bone home for his dog Jake

I always get the New York Steak with a Caesar's salad
and a baked potato.

Danny and I are the best of friends
he was a big drinker back in the day
those days are over and now he just
complains about smoking too many cigars


it's always nice to see him.

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