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Rough Around The Edges Poems - Poems about Rough Around The Edges

Rough Around The Edges Poems - Examples of all types of poems about rough around the edges 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 rough around the edges.
You can’t please people
...My words might sound to some strange, or my rhymes maybe rough around the edges I only write what I can arrange, I don’t need to stand on any bridges sometimes I am not in my right state of m......Read the rest...
Categories: rough around the edges, encouraging, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme

Jim
...He'd wake up sorta rough around the edges then he’d pull in his teeth from out of the glass Yawn then rub his eyes with the back of his hands scratch his belly for a while and then his ass Aft......Read the rest...
Categories: rough around the edges, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Tale Told By Trees
... A tale told by trees, rooted in the things that yearn far from sight and light of day deep within the earth… Wisdom, cautious, heeds - woe befalls one who disturbs a tale told by tree......Read the rest...
Categories: rough around the edges, assonance, corruption, creation,
Form: Other
The Ceiling and the Wall
...In one dark corner they met It was a meeting they both will never regret  For the ceiling a little rough around the edges was a shelter for the wall And the wall was the support for the ceiling......Read the rest...
Categories: rough around the edges, allegory, cute love, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Shape of Things To Come
...shape up said the circle to the square you’re a bit rough around the edges far too closed in for comfort and joy I can’t help it I’m all full of angles right ones and wrong perspectives......Read the rest...
Categories: rough around the edges, community,
Form: Free verse

My Muse
...In a stupor of alcohol and bitterness, each day dragging out through the dense lens of alcoholic fury. The days ran from days to months to eons, time travel on a toast. With no pen available and......Read the rest...
Categories: rough around the edges, addiction, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Makeover - Repost
... You say I need a makeover, that I'm not the man I could be You say I'm too rough around the edges, a little smoothing out would polish me To you, I'm too straight ghetto; I got the righ......Read the rest...
Categories: rough around the edges, brother, dedication, truth, wisdom,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
I Walk Barefoot Across the Gravel and I Feel No Pain
...I walked barefoot across the gravel and I feel no pain Souls have grown hard on tough terrain Give me one more day and I will get you what you need I don't fall victim to pride, lust or greed ......Read the rest...
Categories: rough around the edges, anger, divorce, heartbroken, how
Form: Lyric
Monet
...Art like Monet It is like an alternate reality Soft, vivid full of pureness Unlike harsh reality Raw and rough around the edges Hustling for the next desire Monet simply lies there In its pur......Read the rest...
Categories: rough around the edges, art,
Form: Dramatic Verse
To My Husband
...To my husband, Our life is far from being normal. Our days do not require us being formal. When we met, we were just words upon a screen. Today, I am your fallen and tattered queen. You are ......Read the rest...
Categories: rough around the edges, life, love, marriage,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Burlap and Satin
...Loud, rowdy, coarse, a bit rough around the edges, more likely to say “Shut Up!” than “Quiet Please.” Jeans, well worn, faded by harsh winds, and searing sun. face to match. The “gods?” ......Read the rest...
Categories: rough around the edges, allusion, confusion, identity,
Form: Free verse
Lo, How a Rose E'Er Blooming
...With every rose there are thorns: fear, pain, jealousy, anxiety, sadness, and grief It takes time, love, and patience to grow a beautiful rose bush But it's time well-spent in order to see the ......Read the rest...
Categories: rough around the edges, abuse, depression, fear, hope,
Form: Free verse
Losing Grip
...It’s hard to decide, when I ended up this way. How I let everything slip through my grasp. How I became dependent on anything to keep me high. How I ignored the world around me, for my online pers......Read the rest...
Categories: rough around the edges, addiction, anxiety, dark, depression,
Form: Free verse
Old Pawn Shop Guitar
...In a window down on Main St. Sits an old pawn shop guitar Its strings are like a slinky And its finish has been marred But when a dreamer has a vision They keep shooting for the stars It's no......Read the rest...
Categories: rough around the edges, appreciation, dream, guitar, memory,
Form: Lyric
First Date
...I drank you in Whiskey no chaser Rough around the edges Smooth enough to keep me wanting more I was drunk on your smile Kisses tipping me in to no mans land Everything was hazy but you I don't......Read the rest...
Categories: rough around the edges, change, drink, good night,
Form: Free verse

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