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Best Compliant Poems

Below are the all-time best Compliant poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of compliant poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Edger All Poe
Our dark founding father, of American literature,
A sinister beacon of darkness, lighting the way
Into the darkened abyss of mankind’s soul.
Within the galleria of madness, he...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: compliant, character, dark, history, imagination,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member She Never Made Waves
The spiders were crawling into her eye sockets but she was okay with it 

Like she had been okay with the mouse biting her big...

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Categories: compliant, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Bloodless - Tale of a Hero and the People He Died For
You knew you were going to die. 1
And yet you came, thinking no matter how insane,
the man on the seat of power would never want...

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© Kp Nunez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: compliant, change, corruption, hero, history,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Surprise Factor
(Why I'm Still Breathing)

When the cow was dry, she was compliant.
When she calved, she turned vicious
and no fence could hold her,
but she gave milk in...

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© Cona Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: compliant, animal, childhood, family, farm,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A Lament For Humanity
Where to go, when your heart is torn in two?
When the sky is dark and very far from blue...
When fear runs all nations totally blind.
By...

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Categories: compliant, corruption, dark, history, humanity,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Premium Member Poets Are Us
"Poets are Us" 

The blood dripped 
off each piranha's 
sharpened fang

acquiescing 
compliant
with tragic complacency

keep it neat and clean
within the margins
no detours 

stick like Teflon
to the...

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Categories: compliant, dark, humor, poets,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Tie-Dyed Sky
Ebony silhouettes
inked by a dying sun,
depict two lovers in
a synergy of hope.

Inseparable dreams
have now morphed into one;
subservient to the
whims of compliant hearts.

And azure pools reflect
a...

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Categories: compliant, beauty, imagery, love, romantic,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member For What Its Worth
Mindfull of a parallel sequence
we seem to function light between
thought and hurt hoping for
easy advancement up the channel steps--
pecarious invoking with someone who
knows--- and not...

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Categories: compliant, husband, marriage, stress, wife,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Freed From My Shackles - Translation From Tagore
This is a poem (Original Title “Mukti” in Bengali, which means “Freedom”) by India's Nobel-laureate poet, Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) - a poet, writer,...

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Categories: compliant, freedom, women,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Oblivion
To see and yet not see, the world around,
As time passes unattained, unadmired, silent.
A ghost in a realm that seemed to confound.
To which dereliction a...

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Categories: compliant, poetry,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Going All Bruce Lee
"Going All Bruce Lee" 

It’s like holding water
in your hands. 
they say, be like water
as if on the drop, 
the turn of H20 on tap,...

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Categories: compliant, dark, imagery, muse,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member What I Miss
What I miss:

The scents of fancy foods and good intent
The hugs of friends at church and sinners' lament
Foods we share on celebration Sunday, rest in...

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Categories: compliant, age, introspection, people, places,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Trump Shields the Us From Becoming a Carcass Filled With Ants
Trump Shields The US From Becoming A Carcass Full With Ants 

Trumps draws a line in the sand
He's shaken all the trees in the land
Call...

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Categories: compliant, perspective, political,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Old Warrior
“The Old Warrior”

They look at me and shake their heads
That non-compliant taking up this bed
They whisper in a tone that says it all
And hurry to...

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© Deb Kelly  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: compliant, age, courage, independence day,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Our Souls Embrace
Sweet kisses find compliant lips,
fueling hope with tempting sips.
But when happiness is at stake,
you're not so sure if love will take.

Life holds a core of...

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Categories: compliant, beautiful, desire, emotions, feelings,
Form: Rhyme

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