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Down The Drain Poems - Poems about Down The Drain

Down The Drain Poems - Examples of all types of poems about down the drain 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 down the drain.
Premium Member America, Safe and Secure
... To the East, to the West bordered by seas America seemed safe and secure... Twin Towers up in flames Her southern border down the drain ~ America's imperiled where before i......Read the rest...
Categories: down the drain, america, confidence, fear, sea,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Breaking News
...Every time you turn the television on these days there's breaking news I can remember the days when a big news story was a fireman rescuing a cat from a tree was something we viewed What has happen......Read the rest...
Categories: down the drain, life, planet,
Form: Rhyme
The Cycle of Misery
...killed it it is dead its over just stop it now it is the very end its enough over i said...over! "please...." and it is back. all that, undoing gone down the drain bye... "I......Read the rest...
Categories: down the drain, anxiety, best friend, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member leaf
...rushing clear, wild, and free I am a tumbling mountain stream this perpetual motion I'm addicted to from now on, I'm warning you whatever I reach for to hold onto I'll honor, I'll cherish, then ......Read the rest...
Categories: down the drain, adventure, life, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Kerckhoff in the Rain
...Do mem’ries of the Inverted Fountain Well past midnight with Irene still remain? Do you recall the way from the bus stop To the Kerckhoff Coffee House in the rain? “From the bus s......Read the rest...
Categories: down the drain, memory, rain, school,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member The Mice Are Out Tonight
...THE MICE ARE OUT TONIGHT The mice are out, it is a wonderful night The waxing moon is in a laid back mood Mice pass through the grass out of sight About “em, there's a mysterious attitude Th......Read the rest...
Categories: down the drain, imagination, uplifting,
Form: Light Verse
Bathtime Blues
...He fell asleep in the bath When he was drunk Slept so long His body shrunk To such a small Miniscule size He couldnt be seen By human eyes. When he awoke It was far too late For him to ......Read the rest...
Categories: down the drain, drink, fantasy, fun, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Squirm the Germ
...Squirm the Germ Vs.1 There’s a germ, his name is Squirm, he lives inside our head, and when we cough or sneeze or wheeze, he jumps right out instead! So….. (Point to your head, then use both ha......Read the rest...
Categories: down the drain, caregiving, child, education, health,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member View From The Cup
... I drank my coffee Then jumped in the cup To see the cool views From inside, looking up I imagined rowed teeth Flanking a tongue Pink and juicy like Gooey bubblegum And fronted by lips ......Read the rest...
Categories: down the drain, fantasy, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Fanciful Visions
... A thought flew by I tried to snatch it But from the air I just could not grab it Next floats an image along the banks of my brain Yet when I try to ......Read the rest...
Categories: down the drain, adventure, fantasy, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Time
... I am Time, I do not know Where I’ve come from Nor do I know whither I am going I only know that I started in the past And am going to the future I can’t stop myself even If poets mi......Read the rest...
Categories: down the drain, birth, death, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Wet and Wild
...The shower is where we go to get dirty A domain of filthy activity & debauchery Together, we defile the sanctity of a shared space An exercise for the well versed Maneuvers that would make an......Read the rest...
Categories: down the drain, analogy, conflict, romance, romantic,
Form: Free verse
Evolving Doors
...He was dealt a bad hand, so of course he flushed it down the drain The house of cards collapsed on faulty grounds so he built again on new terrain He set his sights on new foundations with the in......Read the rest...
Categories: down the drain, inspirational, introspection, perspective, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Voyage of a Sailor
... Voyage of a Sailor I am a storm-stricken sailor In search of a tiny......Read the rest...
Categories: down the drain, extended metaphor, god, humanity,
Form: Kyrielle
On The Need For Success, Part I
...You hear to many people now look at success like it’s a crime, that anyone who’s achieved it only got it through acts malign. That everyone who’s made it big somehow must be an ‘oppressor,’ tha......Read the rest...
Categories: down the drain, how i feel, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme

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