Best Boy Poems
Below are the all-time best Boy poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of boy poems written by PoetrySoup members
Boy Oh Boy and a GirlI wish to claim
My boyness
My yesterday sillyness
Innocent shyness
My crinkled nose grininess
That hide and seekiness
Spin the bottle
kind of geekiness
Getting caught
My hand in the...
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Categories:
adventure, boy, childhood, courage,
Form:
Rhyme
My Little Soldier BoyGary, you are my little soldier boy,
who died on Veteran's Day. ('83)
My sunny, golden-haired soldier boy,
that I still miss in every way.
You had just turned...
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Categories:
child, death, remember, boy,
Form:
Rhyme
This Beautiful Brown Eyed BoyHe was skipping along, swinging his arms and laughing
At what I don't know.
His grandmother, lagging a few steps behind, was laughing at him I suppose.
And...
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Categories:
black african american, boy,
Form:
Narrative
Dream BoyMy favorite verse from THE soft rock song of my youth
Hit song of 1969 by the Carpenters:
(They Long To Be) Close To You
...
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Categories:
boy, for him, hair, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Burger BoyBurger boy hangs out
at the A&W
Spare change for burgers
he sometimes has two
He chats up the girls
imagines he is cool
Making up tall tales
but girls...
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Categories:
childhood, devotion, loneliness, boy,
Form:
Quatrain
Categories:
boy, dance, memory, remember,
Form:
Free verse
The Littlest SnowmanHe scooped and he packed
He rolled me good and round,
When all was done, I stood there
Only three feet off the ground
I had wondered why...
Why did...
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Categories:
boy, brother, children, kid,
Form:
Rhyme
Things ChangeA quote from "90 North" by Randall Jarrell:
"I see at last that all the knowledge
I wrung from darkness -- that the darkness flung me --
is...
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Categories:
age, best friend, boy,
Form:
Narrative
This Song, It Is For YouThis song, it is for you
Because my heart is singing
All that I feel is true
The happiness you’re bringing
Because my heart is singing
The sun is burning...
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Categories:
boy, boyfriend, joy, love,
Form:
Pantoum
Slang Footles for Male Names: Part 3
Always Prepared
Ready
Freddy
The Untamed
Feral
Ferril
What’s in Frankie’s Pockets?
Frankie’s
hankies
Patriotic Guy
Yankee
Frankie
Of the highest Quality
Fraser’s
razors
Small Eater
Grazer
Frazer
The Warlock
Pagan
Fagin
The Brilliant One
Star Glow
Fargo
Something’s About to Happen to Him
Herald
Gerald
Poet
The bard
Gerard
The Mimic
Parrot
Garret
Who Needs Pudding...
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Categories:
boy,
Form:
Footle
Rap GodSteps up to the mic and loses his cool
acts like a fool, way too cool for school
flunked out twice
wasn't raised to be nice
but...
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Categories:
addiction, boy, confidence, rap,
Form:
Lyric
Missing My Little BoysMy babies have all gone,
They've grown and left the nest,
Spreading out their wings to fly,
Upon life's thrilling quest.
The years flew by so quickly.
Babies turned into...
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Categories:
boy, love, nostalgia, son,
Form:
Quatrain
BrodyBrody
I bought two new books for you today my sweet boy.
The Wizard of Oz and the Jungle book should bring joy.
I'm very proud of how...
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Categories:
2nd grade, books, boy,
Form:
Couplet
Little Toy SoldiersLittle Toy Soldiers going off to war
None will ever live to see age twenty four
None of them even know what they're fighting for
Little...
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Categories:
boy, goodbye, peace, soldier,
Form:
Rhyme
Show Me What Life IsI move my hurtful head and stare forlorn
Over my non-existing boundary,
Where past is seen and future laughs decayed.
Here language is an unwelcome guest,
In stillness awkward,...
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Categories:
abuse, boy, child, child
Form:
Dramatic Monologue