Best Character Poems
Real Men Wear PinkI stand about five feet eight
I'll admit, I'm a tad overweight
Drive an old pick up truck
Not one to pass the buck
At the moment have a dog for a mate
Dropped out of school at eighteen
Got married in a pair of old jeans
A father of four
When I...
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Categories:
character, funny, humor, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
Midnight PoetWhisper's of October
Whispers in this soup bowl
20 minutes after its muse explodes,
Daylight remains nothing more than a dream
Warding off the howling sound in mid-September's stream
Casting a line about a ginger light,
found in the depths of everything
Engaging from the sitting twilight,...
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Categories:
addiction, character, devotion, identity,
Form:
Free verse
Playing HumanThe smile on my lips
is forced and coerced
I pretend to pay attention
give the best possible advice
everyone praises me
I'm so kind, polite and nice
It's all just automation
I rarely actually listen
certainly don't care
all I'm doing
is playing human
blending in
fitting in
I'm so perfectly hidden
you'll never even
see a curtain,
from...
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Categories:
beauty, character, humanity, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Dear LuciferI cannot compete with something as painstakingly glorious as you
Envy is but a humbling tumble down a steep, rocky hill
I am crushed in your fits of glory—your screaming for passion
My approaches are absolutely wrong
Therefore my communication is a weak, ransomed victim
Your poison arrow frog skin...
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Categories:
absence, analogy, character, corruption,
Form:
Epic
To the Dandelion In the ConcreteYou probably don't think much of me
save for the season of spring
when your lawn litters itself
with giant over-buttered popcorn
(birds that think they can sing,
supersonic sneezes?
those kinds of things)
And yet here I am,
standing out like a stamp on a letter
(a marble in a field? even better)
I...
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Categories:
character, endurance, flower, humorous,
Form:
Personification
Trim Trimmer Chicken Dinner WinnerI don’t know tic tac toe
so I rhyme this with flow,
showing Nick Nac knows
how to serve the perfect dose.
Measuring the rhymes
like I’m pleasuring the lines,
leisure for the minds
like I’m lemon and I’m lime,
1st and 2nd personalities
pushed to share realities,
combining combat and comebacks...
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Categories:
character, confidence, cool, freedom,
Form:
Rhyme
The Narwhal Song~The Narwhal Beckons Before Dawn~
If I could sing a song,
It wouldn't be just any song.
I would sing a song about a fish
A fish who is not a fish, but a whale
...
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Categories:
abuse, character, dance, deep,
Form:
Alliteration
A Glimpse
guilty as charged
i stole it tall
every consonant
every vowel
every word
every sentence
plagiarized
the ocean
in its unique shades of blues and greens
combined and blended to create
its very own colour
a tint i call ocean brave
covered in water
topped off in water
surrounded by water
immersed in water
stunning
the ocean
plagiarized
the...
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Categories:
beauty, celebration, character, creation,
Form:
Free verse
The Real MeI was put on the road of life without my consent.
I was not conscious of who I was or of what I had to do, and
What direction I should go.
I was just asked to follow in the footsteps of my predecessors who:
Dressed me the...
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Categories:
character, introspection, life,
Form:
Free verse
Floccinaucinihilipilification and Very Little BreadFloccinaucinihilipilification And Very Little Bread
( First of Three Poem Trilogy )
I
I've no problem with bardolatry fans
their barmecide and oft humorous rants.
Give me golden words not found in empty cans,
not bawbee's from those with sad, empty pants.
Truly I enjoy,...
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Categories:
appreciation, art, character, meaningful,
Form:
Rhyme
TRUE KINDNESS - POTDI was taught the true meaning of kindness
From the very best
That kindness comes in all shapes and forms
Has substance pure and honest
Kindness is a blessing
Both to those who give and those who receive
It comes straight from an open heart
Without conditions or deceit...
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Categories:
blessing, character, feelings, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
PrejudiceI hate
your brownness
your whiteness,
your blackness
your freeness
I don’t care about niceness
I’m more partial to meanness
I’m all the things bad
ugly and cruel
my venom pure evil
I’m partial to a fool
No one is safe
no not Christian or Jew
If you’re Buddhist or Muslim
I...
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Categories:
character, prejudice,
Form:
Personification
Jan Allison Has a FanJAN HAS A FAN
Jan Has no Tan
I once saw a gal called Jan
So sexy she made me ran
Straight to the vicar
Said marry us quicker
Whilst she drank her tea on the can
She is as White as pure Sand
I once met a gal in white dress
I fell...
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Categories:
beautiful, character, dedication, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
Poetic NotionsGrounded by the gravity of our earth
Our body and spirit are often pulled
In opposite opposing directions in
Contention between visceral emotions
And logical, intellectual, left brain thought.
Too...
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Categories:
character, emotions, feelings, poetry,
Form:
Verse
Unknown But Never ForgottenI want you to know I am not forgotten and those that knew me, make me known in their hearts and minds.
I believed in a cause to protect my fellow brothers and sisters, to risk my life
and to gladly serve. To protect this great...
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Categories:
appreciation, character, courage, death,
Form:
Narrative