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Straw Poems - Poems about Straw

Straw Poems - Examples of all types of poems about straw 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 straw.
Premium Member Our Daily Bread
...Our Daily Bread Flour, yeast,and milk,a bit of butter too, and giving it a little time to rise, into a loaf, it grew.. From this mass of sticky flour will come warm, pillow soft bread. ......Read the rest...
Categories: straw, culture, dream, flying, gender,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Rainy Days, and the Old Red Barn
...“Allen saw it first Charlie then later Allen chased the black raven Charlie lived his dreams”. Steady rain had been falling for two straight days In dimming, muted light. Striding out from......Read the rest...
Categories: straw, adventure, bird, dream, horror,
Form: Free verse
Behind The Eight Ball
...His chapstick soft lips Distracted me From the perverse taste Of stale cigarettes He inhaled Between every other word But it didn’t Make my sagacious heart Uneasy He was winso......Read the rest...
Categories: straw, deep, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member POINT
...I have included the original poem “Pointless,” below. I felt this poem had more to say. POINT point here…there…every here…less for the birds the short stra ......Read the rest...
Categories: straw, angst, voice,
Form: Concrete
Premium Member pointless
...pointless here…there…everywhere for the birds the short straw of the scarecrow b r a i n l e s s...Read the rest...
Categories: straw, angst,
Form: Concrete



Advice to a Young Poet
...Read Ted Kooser. Save your egg cartons until you have a fitted stack tall enough to be mistaken for an art project. Melt them down in a bucket of water. See how the float at first, then slowly succum......Read the rest...
Categories: straw, writing,
Form: Prose Poetry
a hot day and a smelter
...A hot day and a smelter Is it in Qatar, or in Dubai a friendly aluminum  smelter for sale, the one in the picture on a TV add looks ok Now that my wife is on holiday with her aunt I cruse on t......Read the rest...
Categories: straw, color, creation, extended metaphor,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Last Walk
...I am running the last mile in my life, The age and tired feet have made my run to a limping walk, still, I walk and walk to the beacon of hope, Never let the pessimism take over the last straw ......Read the rest...
Categories: straw, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member No Protest No War!
...No War No Protest! Colors of red, green, black, and white spread on the east side of one campus On the other a wave of white, and blue stars A flock has gathered The atmosphere seems peaceful......Read the rest...
Categories: straw, courage, hope, war, world,
Form: Free verse
Fukuda Chiyo-ni haiku translations 1
...Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) was a celebrated Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo. Because morning glories held my well-bucket hostage......Read the rest...
Categories: straw, animal, fire, nature, night,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member spaceboy tries strawberry margarita
...miniature spaceboy was not as young as he looked he found a drink on the table and it looked well cooked he had a tiny taste out of a straw that was sitting alone strawberry margarita packed a wal......Read the rest...
Categories: straw, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member An Unanswered Letter
...The letter that was never read Though with it came an invitation Any reply would have been momentous Enough to move mountains Instead there came no response Those dice were thrown Producing nau......Read the rest...
Categories: straw, loss, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member - Confidence -
... - Know your value. Confidence breeds success. Act like the person you want to become, and people will start seeing you as that person. - Q......Read the rest...
Categories: straw, care, meaningful, power, success,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Flower Seller
...The Flower Seller Amelia wares un- cuticled painted nails, She hop scotches a pirate on one leg, Tip-toeing long sun cast morning shadows, beneath billowing hand stitched, salty sails; ......Read the rest...
Categories: straw, africa,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mus Musculus
...Amidst summer’s day Post middle school finale In the concrete valley A vanguard viking lay We gathered as a ragtag crew Peeled his corpse off the floor Carrying him, despite the gore. To the......Read the rest...
Categories: straw, boat, childhood, death, memory,
Form: Rhyme

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