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People Poems | Examples of People Poetry

People Poems - Examples of all types of people poetry to share and read. This list of people poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of people poetry. This list of works about people is an excellent resource for examples on how to write people poems.
Premium Member Comedy
Entertainment by people who make an audience laugh -i enjoy meeting new comedians at our local coffee shop...Read the rest...
Categories: people,
Form: Monoku



Premium Member Differences
As Space knows no true vacuum – (in a vast sense always exhibiting abundance of space) -- so near Nature, fills with infinite mystery, delights in difference though rudiments may compare no two blossoms exactly alike a slight, odd, curl in a...Read the rest...
Categories: people, corruption, humanity, inspirational love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member It's Not the Money
Wanton decay daily displayed In cities all across the USA Parks abide in these urban scenes Taunting insults at concrete memes Asphalt is the ghetto's grass Decorated with the indolent's trash Why men choose to live in squalor Has no connection with...Read the rest...
Categories: people,
Form: Rhyme
Family Reunion
Breast beat for her I doubt you fathom crude Understand thus gravitas of thy actions true This must entrust you knot the thread bear Bang thy drum roll knees follow you we share Needless pain inflicted as I stroked...Read the rest...
Categories: people, crazy, dark, daughter, death,
Form: Prose
Unreciprocated Help
Help people for those Who cannot help you back then Joy is yours await....Read the rest...
Categories: character, joy, people, perspective,
Form: Haiku



I can't read minds
I don't read between the lines and I can't read minds I was unsuccessful on my last three tries you asked for my opinion but what you're seeking is agreement so I toss what I was thinking in...Read the rest...
Categories: people, analogy, confusion, journey, money,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member luv his beard
you probably will think i'm totally weird but-- i like Fr. Kolbe's long gray beard :)...Read the rest...
Categories: men, people, perspective,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member where are the people
stars gaze down on earth looking for all it's people hiding in their beds...Read the rest...
Categories: people,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member He Has Only Just Begun
It started thousands of ages ago, when He had only just begun. His creativetly was beyond all thought, it was just divine. If one looks over the many years, we can see His handy work around every corner. Today, technology is...Read the rest...
Categories: earth, people, time, world,
Form: Free verse
People's Power
People hire leaders Force comes if there's travesty People fire leaders....Read the rest...
Categories: history, people, political, power,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member keeping up with the Jones
live your life your way don't keep up with the Joneses rich Smith's new next door...Read the rest...
Categories: people, appreciation, change, culture, humor,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member HEART
The invitation was sent The moment the agreement was made I awaited response To the open arms I gave Within the hour of celebration I accepted, no friends would come I sent many to assure them All is forgiven for what they...Read the rest...
Categories: love, people, wedding, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
Big Mind And Heart
"Many people suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don't suffer anymore." ~Thich Nhat Hanh. people should enlarge their minds and hearts to be free knowledge...Read the rest...
Categories: heart, people,
Form: Haibun
Checkmate You Lose
Do you tremble, as the monstrous cadence, of the rhinoceros' stride reverberates, like the buffalo's onslaught? Vipers at the water's edge, darting hither and thither, not above but beneath the surface, their sinuous silhouettes fabric of nightmares, tearing sinew from skeleton, swifter than...Read the rest...
Categories: people, adventure, animal, change, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member If Only You Knew
If only you knew the struggles I have had, many were very sad. My kind and loving dad, knew I was never bad. I should have kept a notepad, about the people that made me mad. If only I had not...Read the rest...
Categories: dad, daughter, love, people,
Form: Rhyme

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Definition | What is People in Poetry?


Book: Reflection on the Important Things