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Best Absurdism Poems

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Absurdism
It's absurd to think we're surrounded by love
Children shed tears, malnourished and maltreated,
Men go to war, fight, and die without justice,
Women are dejected by society,...

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© Lala Merx  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: absurdism, conflict, confusion, corruption,
Form: Blank verse



Corso, French Absurdism, Expatriates, Neruda and Picasso To Name a Few
the title
is the poem...

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Categories: absurdism, muse,
Form: I do not know?
Escapism
Taste remorse bleeding from my lips,
Feel the pain of my dreams unleashed.
Shooting stars struggle to eclipse
One last flash of a perfect wish.

Make the way with...

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Categories: absurdism, depression, introspection, life, sad,
Form: Lyric
My Perspectives Are As Fluid As Nietzsche
Existence precedes essence,
or so I've been told. 
And living in the Aesthetic 
one can choose to question, or not choose at all
and float effervescently oblivious...

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Categories: absurdism, philosophy
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Monkey Pants
Are you wearing monkey pants?
So am I! So am I!
We should all wear monkey pants
Till we die. Till we die....

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Categories: absurdism, animal, clothes, pets, riddle,
Form: Quatrain



Netherworld Unearthed Within This Mind
Psyche soaking wet with devout atheism,
this lifetime skeptic now tenuously
linkedin with Unitarianism
attests, said upbringing proffered,
mine credo, gestalt,

leitmotif, sans abstractionism
eludes elucidation, delineation, clarification...
some readers might
dismiss as...

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Categories: absurdism, america, appreciation, environment, fate,
Form: Political Verse
W,World
Somewhat outstandingly
 millennial absurdism
 Is Seen’d slowly 
 Drownin’ towns;

 & townes’ there’ness,
 May’be
 Forever’ly mere’d,
—-

 hungry Frenetic wild dogs roam-
 ING;

 Thirst, unquenchable.

 &...

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Categories: absurdism, anger, angst, appreciation, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Faun
Oh! - Answered he, who is the sculptor of the forest's soul,
-	I've lived in the songs and myths,  in the hair
Of maidens who romanced...

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Categories: absurdism, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ham
Some people say a man is made out of ham
I say he's made out of mussel and clam
Mussel and clam, oyster and crab,
Spread like a...

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Categories: absurdism, animal, death, food, parody,
Form: Lyric
Do Not Read This Poem
There is no point in reading this
Unless you’re willing to read it again.
Looking over your own two shoulders,
Pointing out the good words.
Shaking your head above...

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Categories: absurdism, allegory,
Form: Burlesque
Premium Member My Head Is a Bowl
I have a bowl for a head
I have a bowl for a head
Hollowed out for flowers
You'd think I'd be dead 

I hold my soul in...

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Categories: absurdism, crazy, flower, humor, insect,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Storm
Rider on the storm
Rider on the storm
I want to eat a worm
I want to eat a worm
I want to be the germ
Infecting your epiderm
Rider on...

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Categories: absurdism, animal, crazy, fantasy, fun,
Form: Lyric
Instagram User
look at my photos, look at my photos, do you like what you see?

i’ve spent hours posing and editing, just to get the perfect shot...

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Categories: absurdism, anxiety, confusion, depression, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Recursa Absurda
Straight lines, sepia

The suppression of unwanted thoughts

Like time spent in sensory deprivation
Time spent in a droning room
Under sterile light hums, practically drooling

The vacuum of most...

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Categories: absurdism, absence, depression, loss, memory,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs