Soper Poems

Where Do I Come From

...From my mother's womb I yelled into the room,
mattress on the living room floor,
my bro I replaced as the youngest, his face
as he screamed and ran out through the door.
I tell you (no fooling) m...

Categories: soper, humor, life,
Form: Rhyme

Earth Is My Home

...I am from planet Earth.

Surrounded by an atmosphere
Shared within this house;
We are all together...

I live with you.

When times pass, people look away.
Eyes hide from other e...

Categories: soper, beautiful, happiness, world,
Form: Verse

I Come From a Land

...I come from a land of distant diluted dreams
Healing hearts and stagnant separative streams
I come from a land where the midnight glows
Rivers rendered red, rituals of the relentless rose

I com...

Categories: soper, analogy, confusion, humanity,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Here and There

...HERE AND THERE

                                      Born and spent childhood in suburb
                                           of West Bengal, India.
                                    Rath...

Categories: soper, appreciation, home, how i
Form: Verse

Where I Come From

...I was born on Altair, a star in the constellation of Aquila
and the twelfth brightest star in your night sky.
After my family and I decided to move here to Earth,
we quickly learned...

Categories: soper, fun, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

Sports

Categories: soper, sports,
Form: Etheree

Judo

...Bow to the mat’s ritual space
The dance begins
Bare feet skip
Fingers grip sleeves
Legs sweep
Fight to keep 
balance strange tango
Now –
A flash of white, thud, shout,
Ippon!
The referee’s ...

Categories: soper, sports,
Form: Free verse

Flog Is An Apt Anagram of Golf

...I’d watched the ‘Open’ and the 'Masters'
And thought that l’d give golf a try
I hired some clubs and little white balls
From the tee I hoped my ball would sail high

I lined up perfe...

Categories: soper, golf, humorous, me, sports,
Form: Rhyme

Super Sports

...In 2016, the Golden State Warriors returned from the brink of defeat.                                                                              Down by Oklahoma three games to one, they achieved a...

Categories: soper, baseball, basketball, confidence, football,
Form: Couplet

Ode To My Birth Place

...I have heard it said that home is where your story begins.
Within her four walls of white concrete blocks, my story began.

In a little delta town off US highway 49 in Northern Mississippi,
where...

Categories: soper, birth, family, home, house,
Form: Ode

Pulse of Manila

...This sunset of peach crowns the bay, aglow
While Manila lies in tropical bliss 
This region bustling with tunes as nights flow  
Along street cafes  where friends reminisce.

The jam of guit...

Categories: soper, beautiful, character, places,
Form: Rhyme

My Waltz With Life

...
I was born, Bronx, New York, in the year 'Thirty-Nine',
   the first child with a brother who followed in time.
Ten years later, moved North, Hudson Valley, same State
   where I've settled,...

Categories: soper,
Form: Verse

Muscatine, Ia

...Mark Twain recalled my town for its extraordinary sunsets.
Under rainbows too, I’ve seen its rows of corn stalks glow.
Summertime brings big scrumptious melons famous for being...

Categories: soper, city,
Form: Acrostic