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Best Close Ranks Poems

Below are the all-time best Close Ranks poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of close ranks poems written by PoetrySoup members

Premium Member Death Of A Lancer
My one true love with eyes of sparkling blue
Our hearts as one it was our destiny
Heaven sent you for me and me for you
It would...

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Categories: close ranks, death, horse, love, soldier,
Form: Sonnet

Premium Member Rondelet: Panic Stations
Panic stations
Uneasy the herds where packs rode
Panic stations
Packs close ranks when lone wolf notions
Disrupt the pecking order mode
It's the lone voice that bears the load
Panic...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: close ranks, philosophy,
Form: Imagism
1861
1861

Dust rises from the rutted road.  Cannon laden caissons rumble slowly forward.  A red sun competing with the campfires glow. Weary troops break...

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Categories: close ranks, historydeath, men, war, death,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member COPLA TRES: This Bad Guy World
COPLA TRES (THREE):  This Bad Guy World

Bad guys signal to each other
In cryptic lingo and hand signs
Close ranks bind ties

Egg-white eyes of the murderer
Encroach...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: close ranks, philosophy,
Form: Didactic
MOTHER'S DAY
MOTHER’S DAY                       ...

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Categories: close ranks, dedication
Form: Free verse

Usins and Themins
USINS & THEMINS

Usins had a funeral, for a boy who’d seen enough
He hung himself on Wednesday, up in Ballyduff
Themins had a funeral, for a girl...

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Categories: close ranks, political,
Form: Rhyme