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Boarding House Poems - Poems about Boarding House

Boarding House Poems - Examples of all types of poems about boarding house 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 boarding house.
Penang
...There was a beach in Penang once, it is there now, but for us, only in this moment and no other. You and I walk along a golden ray of sunset. I think the small boarding house has gone somewher......Read the rest...
Categories: boarding house, poetry,
Form: Free verse
A Tribute To My Mother
...Some instances Her beautiful face is covered With a governing growl as a mask over us, our sickness or defeat makes her heart melts and tears roll down her face before ours, Love, care, trust......Read the rest...
Categories: boarding house, mother,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member The Real Truth With Texas Idioms
... The Real Truth With Texas Idioms Miracle Man October 22, 2023 Saturday nights in Haskell was always a battle, some thought Ruff might be “all hat and no Cattle”. He oft searched f......Read the rest...
Categories: boarding house, bullying, humor, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Showdown At Soup Creek
...It was now growing dark as the sun was going down When a stranger rode into Soup Creek, a frontier town No one could see his face, he was all dressed in black An old boy was heard to say "I th......Read the rest...
Categories: boarding house, america, humor, sun,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Saver
...Let me tell you a story Many years ago I bought a puppy Displayed at the street corner for sale Caged alone under the sun, hungry and frail. When the street vendor handed him to me He ......Read the rest...
Categories: boarding house, dog,
Form: Narrative

Premium Member Pride Be Hubris Run Amok
...41. Resist I Must Pride is hubris run amok To rot the soul within. It rises from the depths of hell... The deadliest of sins. It is the snake that slithers so To pervert both bold ......Read the rest...
Categories: boarding house, anxiety, endurance, pride,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bull of the Woods
...Takes a gallon of coffee to wake him, But it’s sweet when his axe hits the spot, While the mist slips away from the mountain, And the day hardens dusty and hot. He contends with the bothersome th......Read the rest...
Categories: boarding house, allegory, desire, loneliness,
Form: Lyric
Whitechapel, London 1888
...Wanton women of Whitechapel Desperate and destitute Weakened from want Shrunken stomachs barren of bread Dying from disease in dingy dosshouses Selling themselves on the streets for shillings t......Read the rest...
Categories: boarding house, death, england, history, london,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member More Texas Idioms
... More Texas Idioms (that have been around) “since Heck was a pup” Composed: by Tom 1/11/2021 Heck was “fat as a boarding house cat” and that’s no bunk, some thought that he, was “t......Read the rest...
Categories: boarding house, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Rennie's Outlaw, Part Iii
...III. She settled into life the best she could, wanted for nothing, but found her life boring. Thankfully her pa wasn’t much around, when he wasn’t at work, he was whoring. Not many folks spoke......Read the rest...
Categories: boarding house, angst, fear, heartbreak, history,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Premium Member Tom Sharing Aphorisms
... Tom Sharing Aphorisms (old adages) Composed: by Miracle Man 11-9-2019 I’ve been told, when younger, ”I could start a fight in an empty House.” Because often “I would cloud up and ra......Read the rest...
Categories: boarding house, humor, satire,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Man Working- Sitting Under the Autumn Sun
...Man WORKING- Sitting Under the Autumn Sun Envision concrete steps; 3 @ 8”inches each; A man at home, alone; Dog lying down to the left of him; Alone; These two, enjoying the autumn vi......Read the rest...
Categories: boarding house, analogy, assonance, jobs, work,
Form: Free verse
The Thief
...She remained silent amidst the squeaks of the bats Sleeping on the hostel bed, she dreamt of winging like a dove. Her tears were blended with the blood of her chopped childhood. Her mother's lap......Read the rest...
Categories: boarding house, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Odd Couple
... I hear that woman crying in her room each night. Why is she doing that? It gives me a fright. Her husband calms her down to silence. What they do each night does not make sense. This i......Read the rest...
Categories: boarding house, mystery, science fiction,
Form: Rhyme
The Song of Billy Sing
...In 1914 Billy Sing heard the rallying bugle's call Our last man and shilling it will be our country's all They needed more recruits and wanted them all true blue But he had a Chinese father's blo......Read the rest...
Categories: boarding house, remember, world war i,
Form: Ballad

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