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Best Brunt Poems

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Premium Member The Veil I Wear
A fire blazes behind the veil 
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This veil I wear
is not made of cloth
for no fabric could withstand
the incendiary passion
I command

It's self-imposed
not forced
no man's hand
would...

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Categories: brunt, analogy, identity,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Premium Member That Was a Human
Allow me to be disgusted at the jest
and your halfway happy surprise at the end result
of the missile timed precisely:

Did he just splatter?

And allow me...

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Categories: brunt, abuse, angst, bereavement, corruption,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Slava Ukraini
A year ago, the Russian state launched an unprovoked attack
Seizing land from Ukraine but they've bravely fighting back 
If Russia can't have it, they operate...

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Categories: brunt, death, evil, horror, war,
Form: Rhyme
Choice
It takes two to make a baby
But the women bear the brunt
Yet for reasons that confound me,
It’s the men who most confront.

They just plant a...

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Categories: brunt, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Gut Punch
Bearing the brunt of betrayal, 
his long-time lady lover leaves him 
for another flame. Surprisingly saying 
"I'm so sorry, Sam, we should start
seeing other people"

Broken...

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Categories: brunt, betrayal, friendship, love, relationship,
Form: Alliteration



Premium Member Dear Heart
My Dear Heart,

I owe you the gift of love and gratitude 
for each beat you take to keep me alive,
and for all the times you've...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: brunt, heart, pain,
Form: Free verse
Don'T Ask Me About My Education
From time to time, people ask me
About my education.
Only then, I remember
I have no degrees or diplomas.
I attended no university either.
I hated textbooks and exams.
I...

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Categories: brunt, angel, anger, angst, anniversary,
Form: Narrative
Dirt Roads
Dirt Roads

Hello ole friend, I’ve visited you before.
What can you tell me, what news is in store?
You read like a book, imprinted and deep.
I know...

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Categories: brunt, introspection, life, nostalgia, day,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Soup
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
Cliche' you say....oh yes. It seems to be the way
the way to get "poets" to read what you...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: brunt, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Alas, Poor Linda
ALAS, POOR LINDA

Alas, poor Linda!  I knew her as PD,
a poet of infinite interest,
of most excellent insight.
She has borne the brunt of conflict
a thousand...

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Categories: brunt, eulogy,
Form: Verse
Donald Trump Re Ducks I Goose
Axe the old Don, a trump peter n piper
   of incredulous hellish crud - be gone
ha air brushed pompous ****
   Sunkist...

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Categories: brunt, 12th grade, abuse, anger,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member Stray Dog Roaming
Oh, where did you come from? The sad sight of you 
     breaks my heart in two. I see that you're...

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Categories: brunt, animal, dog, encouraging, imagery,
Form: Tristich
Premium Member Love, the Hard Conqueror
These darts of love fly from our eyes
Adrip with passion's poisons clear and sweet,
Our aim that of another heart's defeat,
Its mute enslavement to our sighs.

Love...

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Categories: brunt, devotion, love, passion, perspective,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Mama Mia!
Ill at ease
Bacardi and coke,sipping,
Ripping a pal
She smokes a cigar
Feels out of sorts
Full of retorts.
But under the front]
She bears the brunt
She wants to be home.

Her...

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© Alison Dey  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: brunt, lifelife,
Form: I do not know?
When Everything Is Lost
My pen, as though wounded, bleeds,
Who on earth, its blood-flooding sound, heeds?
Tabula rasa papers turn pregnant,
Messages of peace-brim-filling excitement;
Midst clanging of shiny swords,
Who witnesses the...

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Categories: brunt, life, peace, war,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things