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Folly Poems - Poems about Folly

Folly Poems - Examples of all types of poems about folly 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 folly.
THE CHOICE WE MADE
...We stood at a crossroads With a choice that could define us To rise and prosper together Or to pursue wealth in isolation. We were handed guns But also tools— hoes and ploughs Intelligence, s......Read the rest...
Categories: folly, africa,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member A Must-Read
...What is logical May not be biblical. What is biblical May not be logical. Reveal man's folly! Shame their wise! His manifold wisdom- Hidden in a must-read. For in it, He says, “I will ......Read the rest...
Categories: folly, bible, christian, faith, god,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Cave canem
...the steady light of a white votive candle reflected and amplified in highly polished brass symbolises devotion talents never to be hidden under a bushel but the secular world isn’t privy to ......Read the rest...
Categories: folly, fear,
Form: Suzette Prime
Premium Member Platonic Feelings
...There's no doubt you found out the many affairs I hid in a slick way... they are exposed and can't be ignored they surely hurt! Ah! Platonic feelings do much harm, they don't wake us up wit......Read the rest...
Categories: folly, addiction, betrayal, feelings, happiness,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Final Words of a Bereft Poet
...If I could no longer write poetry, I'd have no need of hands, nor eyes weary from weeping, a heart that lies broken, and a soul dead from mourning. ~ by poet I heard the fai......Read the rest...
Categories: folly, bereavement, poetry,
Form: Elegy



Premium Member Give A Drop Of Reason For Peace
...The wild clouds Are traveling In the firmament. The missiles and projectiles Are bursting the profile Of many innocent people. The children Are crying on the benches, And their moms Are ......Read the rest...
Categories: folly, children, crazy, death, heaven,
Form: Free verse
Bloody Nest
...I can't believe I thought that. In the shadows of my soul the whispers lingered. It murmured and elegantly sat massaging my last ego in the stool of regrets. My being was lied to, stomped at, shot w......Read the rest...
Categories: folly, abuse, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Folly of Gods
...What grand overture preceeds death When the past is prologue to life What omnipotent power's breath Gives life to our struggle and strife Ask who will come to our defense As we battl......Read the rest...
Categories: folly, death, life,
Form: Rhyme
Kessi Awendo, Certain Affairs Fay, Charms street Affair
...A breeze of super heated love the ancients called it At the forth angle trumped up charges bemoan you Twas a case of of an eagle eating a chic..... cry folly Cry folly for Roy was as is his usual ......Read the rest...
Categories: folly, child abuse, conflict, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Marietta DeVille
...To Be sung to Cruella DeVille song Marietta DeVil, cut snip Marietta DeVil, Marietta DeVil She wants nibble of meat, pregnant pulse vile to fill Just an itty bitty bite to kill Marietta, ......Read the rest...
Categories: folly, betrayal, character, confidence, dance,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Silence is Golden
...Witness the folly of the yammering crowd Those that speak smugly and those that speak loud Spitting out syllables the live long day With nothing to show and nothing to say A chorus line o......Read the rest...
Categories: folly, language,
Form: Rhyme
intellectual folly
... Colors and notes of the nature Are ever lively and sweet The rivers, oceans, mountains, sprin......Read the rest...
Categories: folly, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Such a Time as This
...[The Lord] "Why do you throw up your hands at Me? Turn around and take what I give you!" [The Defeated] "These people stubbornly refuse your grace. Their brazen-faces threaten violence. They ......Read the rest...
Categories: folly, bible, christian, conflict, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The folly of a young man Lost opportunities, lost mom
...The folly of a young man Lost opportunities, lost moments I have such a Beautiful Daughter, her name is Gail. As her father, I was not there, miserably I did fail. At ten, I left her in the c......Read the rest...
Categories: folly, death,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Surreality Of Girlish Dreams
...The girl and her smile straddle the rainbow neon hair the fluid cascades of northern lights seafoam cloak the ripples outgrown by the shore she adores the breeze adorned with gems emeralds fly fr......Read the rest...
Categories: folly, dream, fantasy, fun, imagery,
Form: Free verse

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