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Why Poems - Poems about Why

Why Poems - Examples of all types of poems about why 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 why.
Premium Member Animal Identities
...A is an ape who wishes he were a man - why? B is a butterfly who dreamed he was a man - why not? C is the cat who wants to sit in my chair, when he knows I want to sit there. D is the dignified du......Read the rest...
Categories: why, animal, identity,
Form: Abecedarian



Premium Member What's the matter
...The long-awaited rain had fallen Drops are glowing on the leaves What’s the matter, why this sullen Shade appears, while the breeze Blows so gently and refreshing Dries the watercolour skies Gr......Read the rest...
Categories: why, blessing, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sacrifice, freedom and justice
...My mind has been spinning, since toxin contamination I have been caught in a web of deception and corruption Searching the landscape, for words to describe this nightmare The toxins sickened my he......Read the rest...
Categories: why, america, angst, corruption, courage,
Form: Free verse
Curtains
...Who is this envious backdrop with tears of joy? With blushing tableau, if you only knew curtains can talk. ......Read the rest...
Categories: why, allusion, betrayal, humor,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Barren Shadows
... Written: May 26 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dark, drizzling recesses that pulse and flow. A nebulous haze of nothingness, a sad show. With rasping......Read the rest...
Categories: why, adventure, seasons,
Form: Rhyme



Blow bubbles in the juice with the straw
...Having a neighbourhood is not the best to be honest. I read the book of brotherhood of the rose on the bench. My eyes were itching, Falling close, often times. I haven't slept days. My bag was f......Read the rest...
Categories: why, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
What if I have said
...We sat like a circle around the table. Our math teacher forced us to sit like that. No one of us really talked, we all just did our thing. ,,adna is already starting to learn" W e l l ......Read the rest...
Categories: why, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
WAR HERO
...WAR HERO My hero never walked in a Memorial Day parade No doubt he was the bravest of the brave And that is what I call a hero No, what I meant he is my superhero His military pension is low ......Read the rest...
Categories: why, america, courage, depression, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Why would she bring her darlings here
...The neighbor brought her weirdo kids in today. Why would she? We have nothing kid-like to do or play. They ran right over to my Christmas tree and said look at this. One was holding my treasured t......Read the rest...
Categories: why, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member do not question santa
...Santa told the reindeer to whoa in middle of field of corn. Two helper elves were confused, what were they doing this morn? He hopped out of his sleigh and pulled out a decorating kit. We don’t ha......Read the rest...
Categories: why, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Delusions of Grandeur
...Why does the mouse disguise itself as a rat? Because it has delusions of grandeur. The mouse thinks it must win in life, And to win in life is to be intimidating; To make a name for yourself. Ra......Read the rest...
Categories: why, allusion, animal, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
JUST A SILLY CRUSH
...Every time I sat down to write you a poem Don't know why but my lines couldn't catch its rhythm, All these years I have been sharing my feelings through my words, But when it comes to you I don't ......Read the rest...
Categories: why, crush, cute love, fate,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sins
...‘Tis through God’s grace we struggle to withstand inane commissions of the human mind. We question why but never understand then search for answers that we’ll never find. We scan our thoughts w......Read the rest...
Categories: why, holocaust, irony, philosophy, prejudice,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Broken Promises
...Are you a person who keeps your promises or breaks them all the time Take the ones most people at New Years make to themselves after that last bottle of wine The old saying I am a man of my word ,w......Read the rest...
Categories: why, life,
Form: Rhyme
A heart asks
... A heart asks, why he is in pain, why he is bloody He doesn’t understand it, this life is cruel to him His situation is incomprehensible; bad nothing He feels like a despised beaten man; suffer......Read the rest...
Categories: why, life, pain,
Form: Rhyme

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