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Haggard Poems - Poems about Haggard


Premium Member John Michael Osbourne
John Michael Osbourne looks so tired and worn when asked to respond he could only say something no one could understand ...

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Categories: haggard, humorous,
Form: Clerihew
Security Misfit
For a security slot, A Sluggard, For a praised company, rather haggard: From long unemployment a drunkard, Full tankard draining after full tankard. Also, a listener at nights to Bard And could Security suspend for Card, Still, hopefully, he seeks to be her guard: In many circles this fulfilling dream bared, Most likely to collapse, if he is barred… But a company won’t...

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Categories: haggard, absence, addiction, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme



Haggard Future Feigned
bruised zeal bled crumbling callous crest hoisted hanker smote cranky curves clothe hanky panky puked vying voluptuous views porous pen peered pulpy paranormal reared felon feasting fear sassy syllables etched in punctured pest whooshing pasts wet haggard future feigned dark drips craved. '20:03:10:16:22 Note: William Wadsworth...

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Categories: haggard, hero,
Form: Sonnet
Haggard Hemispheres Hankering
dusty drips drooling inky lits lurching felon fits fostering callous contractions cupping Haggard how hankering oily oceans assembling nocturnal nature nimbling fiery feelings seducing airy allotment amputating bounty pulses puncturing severed seals smirking damp dark dancing multifarious means metamorphosing all transcending tottering. 20:01:19:09:18...

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Categories: haggard, dark,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The Ragged Haggard Man
Demonic voices Drenched in acid rain Despicable noises Depressing pain Hand me the gun Free your soul Break the mold The sun was shunned Thorns twisting around Crushing your bones Corrupting your senses A guise for dementia Follow the buzzers To a land barren and empty Once so lush and vibrant A broken nightstand memory Masquerade misery as freedom A land with dreams Is now a dilapidated wasteland Of antiquated ideas Fracture bridges To finalized the...

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Categories: haggard, america, corruption, philosophy, political,
Form: Free verse



A Tribute To Merle Haggard 1937-2016
The first thing I remember hearing Was a car radio with a country song playing A man singing while my mom was steering A song about heartache and pain That’s the day the good boy in me died When you sang “Mama tried” Country singers come and go Old songs hang the airwaves and are hardly played But you put on...

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Categories: haggard, appreciation, career, death, dedication,
Form: Rhyme
Haggard Delusions
Save me your lies, just spare me the time Beginnings and endings now hard to define Greying and hazy, the edges have blurred A hollow abyss but I'll never learn No places to hide or discard this regret No matter how dirty I'm willing to get Haggard delusions of honeymoon bliss Rasping last breaths through lifeless blue lips Calloused,controlled, bloodied and bruised I've a...

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Categories: haggard, angst, depression, girlfriend-boyfriend, lost
Form: Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things