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Best Constrained(P) Poems

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Constrained
Constrained-
By the construction of our youth;  

Making the same mistakes, in order to 
discover the truth.  

And we fight till the death of us,  
In...

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Categories: constrained(p), lust
Form: Prose Poetry



Premium Member Of Infinity
In the land of finite, measurable calculus of existence,
You are a silhouette of mystique, esoteric obscurity,
A symbol ambiguous, living among realm of precision, 
Unreachable to...

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Categories: constrained(p), perspective,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Palette of Picturesque Pigment
Her persona is like 
a portrait 
   of picturesque perfection,
embalmed in 
  bittersweet lavender, 
unseen within depths 
of tributaries of elixir.
If only...

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Categories: constrained(p), dark, deep, devotion, i
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Scum of the Earth
There’s a sense in which all life is scum on this earth
(without God as creator), life here (more debris
that just floats on the surface of...

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Categories: constrained(p), faith, fun, philosophy, science,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dante's Divina Commedia Translation
The difficult translation of first Canto of Divina Commedia is here completed
In the part published before, Dante imagined to find himself in a dark forest...

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Categories: constrained(p), fantasy,
Form: Terza Rima



For the Girl With the Brand New Toothbrush
The Girl with the Brand New Toothbrush

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    For the girl with the brand new toothbrush
   ...

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© Dan Short  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: constrained(p), appreciation, rap, sexy, sin,
Form: Lyric
Your Perfect Rhyme
I do not like your perfect rhyme,
I find it boring all the time.
It wasn't good in Shakespeare's hands,
No rhyming poet understands,
No Keats or Shelly, Byron,...

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© Jeff Green  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: constrained(p), me, universe,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Anglo-Norman Arising
the wealth of norman England is poised to grow
  towns enlarge, markets exchange, a fresh fertilising sprinkled culture
  kingdoms extend with numbers reducing
...

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© Ian Love  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: constrained(p), england, history, identity, immigration,
Form: Narrative
Poem For Certain Critics - They Know Who They Are, I Think
Ears listening to only their lies,

And their lies speaking only to them,

Trying to be quiet yet still screaming,

Drowning in rants never heard,

So concise but not...

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Categories: constrained(p), poetry, wisdom,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Jewelry Box
I tried to put my Jesus in a jewelry box
So I could carry him around
Take him out when I had the time
Marvel at my image...

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Categories: constrained(p), faith, god,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ukraine
~ A tyrant hides behind a vengeful vail
forever cloaking liberty in fear.
He stands aware that gains of war may pale
beneath the balance due to persevere.
...

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Categories: constrained(p), anger, angst, anxiety, war,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Exit Ramp
The exit ramp looms large just up ahead,
though still an unknown distance ‘round the bend,
a terminus of sorts.
Perhaps a point from which to send
us out...

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© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: constrained(p), death, time,
Form: Other
Lies Awake Scheming
Pretense blinks unthinkingly
prominent neon sign
Promoting delicious wishes
heady aspirations primed

Porous ears absorb spiel
Charmed python entrancing rises
Web weaving traitor traps
victim with outlandish surprises

Silkily wrapped casualty constrained
unsuspecting pawn...

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Categories: constrained(p), corruption, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Colors Fade
Sad to say,
 it appears some days
 the colors fade.
The bold and brave
 red, white and blue caves
 to lives given over to a multitude...

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© Dm Babbit  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: constrained(p), color, freedom, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Humility Is the Brightest Love
Love, I get love is more than a game the young play,
It is life one commits, not caged bird ‘shopped’ to mine
In the hope lives...

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Categories: constrained(p), faith, friendship, love,
Form: Rhyme

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