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Skid Row Poems - Poems about Skid Row

Premium Member Cantina Tina
...Cantina Tina never met one meaner Though she sure looked pretty as the night grew long; And so did I, in the mirror of the john. Bottom of the bottle is where the grass is greener. A Skid Row g......

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Categories: skid row, addiction, conflict, drink,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member voyeur
... cold rain to slow-streak the glass I watch you through - you and your christ ... the ginger bread man, sugar daddy savior, all that I was not, (and less) ... choices of compromise, to prov......

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Categories: skid row, analogy, break up, poverty,
Form: Free verse



No Brave New World
... In the meta-versed binaural wish song beats, skid row streets of the bottomless pits of Metropolis/ Thebes, you are quardoned off and printed in a likeness wronged-vaped, winged to the w......

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Categories: skid row, art,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Gum
...If my taste starts to fade, stick around I'm in style Evergreen, Peppermint, did I just see you smile? Chew my wad, blow a bubble Be minty fresh on the double I am gum, chew on that for a while ......

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Categories: skid row, humor,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Buzzword and Slang Footles
...Coal face disgrace Bad vibes from tribes Dark art at heart Big deal surreal Uptight yeah right Sky high my eye Who knew boohoo My god that’s odd not half a ......

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Categories: skid row, age, anxiety, art, character,
Form: Footle



Premium Member Skid Row
...Horrific attributes Calamities all around Skid row broken dreams Roughest atmosphere A distorted ambiance Hear the jeers of morbid souls......

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Categories: skid row, character, dark, dream,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member To Be Captivated
...Sometimes, it's cloud formations. At other times, a line of Fall trees. Less often, a rising sun, but Frequently, it's a setting sun. Sometimes, it's simply being awe-struck by green grass; Or......

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Categories: skid row, giving, love,
Form: Verse
Premium Member I Wandered Lonely As a Puppet Thru Reno
..."I wandered lonely as a cloud" William Wordsworth. I wandered lonely as a puppet thru Reno Like a weathered kite without it's tail My feet take in a casino As I followed tha......

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Categories: skid row, lonely, poverty,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Shamed City
...Our mayor and city council know what to do The county supervisors and talk show hosts too Budget measure HHH we Angelinos passed Costing billions, homelessness would end at last There were 57......

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Categories: skid row, political, poverty,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member From Rags To Riches
...A pauper begs at the town gate and sets, each day, a date with fate. He harbours dreams where riches flow but morning finds him on skid row. ------------------------------------------ ......

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Categories: skid row, desire, poverty,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Rowdy Prevail
...I'm wide awake, listening to the roar. My musings become a glowing rainbow. I lie pique designing vile dreams offshore.  I dream of an ominous sky shadow Away from the ad nauseam......

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Categories: skid row, anti bullying, confusion, freedom,
Form: Dizain
Premium Member Street Crows
...Mr. Seagull, Have you seen Mr. and Mrs. Crow? Oh my, I'm worried about them, Where did they go? The Ravens' answer, "They didn’t say, we don't know. Eviction dispelled them far away, and ......

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Categories: skid row, august, dedication, environment, heartbreak,
Form: Personification
Buy Or Smell
... An idol thought ... A pair of worn gym shoes was sold for $1.47 million Those appraised, prized puppies were formerly Space toe Jam possessed by a famous athlete Bet cha’ that w......

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Categories: skid row, allusion, humorous, money, wisdom,
Form: Light Verse
The Ending Story of My Life
...I share a tent with three people I just met a day ago skid row I know my family wonders where I'm at How I could just pick up everything and leave like that I just felt that I've put them through......

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Categories: skid row, addiction,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Shiny City
...All the good old things replaced by the shiny new, But when does shiny new become a has been? Things of depth and things of worth trashed because you can. It all looks so good now and you look so ......

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Categories: skid row, city, places, social, society,
Form: Free verse

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