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Best Contrariwise Poems

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South of the United States Border
South Of The (United States) Border...
(Reigns A Welter Of Disorder)

Caravans comprising multitudinous
     peoples plodded a steady course
analogous to iron filings drawn...

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Categories: contrariwise, abuse, america, break up,
Form: Ballad



Premium Member From Ashes Beauty Is Formed
She wakes in a half dream, 
In ash-green and crimson 
Flower etch print gown. 
A natural olive cream tint 
To her complexion. 
Flawless is her...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: contrariwise, god, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Unquotable Quotes: Janitor, Gardienne, Portero, Sereno, Hausgast -Xxxii Part Two
Unquotable quotes: The Janitor, Gardienne, Landlady, Housekeeper, Portero, Sereno and the Hausgast –XXXii Part Two

The duties of the Housekeeper in the U.K. par rapport au...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: contrariwise, dedication, destiny, devotion, good
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Unquotable Quotes: Fashion Modeling With An Eye On Footballers - Xxvii
Unquotable quotes: Fashion modeling with an eye on footballers – XXVII

Isn’t “haute couture” like “cordon bleu cuisine”? Both equally edible? You still have to pull...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: contrariwise, allegory, beautiful, fashion, football,
Form: Epigram
Come Back To Me - a Lover's Complaint
I don’t know how I should speak of you.	
Love of my life, my soul’s companion soul, 
A breath and heartbeat indispensable as mine,
Yin to my...

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Categories: contrariwise, absence, desire, devotion, feelings,
Form: Lyric



Antimatter Chitter-Chatter
Why are we matter and not antimatter, or are we the latter and think that we're not?
Brought into contact the one with the other the...

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Categories: contrariwise, allegory, allusion, animal, science,
Form: Verse
Premium Member The Thiruk-Kural On Not Offending the Great: Canto 90, K899 and K900
THIRUK-KURAL on not offending the Great*: Periyaaraip Pilaiyaamai - Canto 90, K899 and K900

[* The "Great" here are indifferently the King or other learned and...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: contrariwise, political, power, tamil, ,
Form: Epigram
Premium Member K375 and K376 of Canto Xxxviii of the Thirukkural With Commentary
K375 and K376 of Canto XXXVIII of the THIRUKKURAL Translated with Commentary

(Biographical details of an author, especially of someone having thrived in a land given...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: contrariwise, fate, life, nature, people,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Unquotable Quotes: Xlv - Tongue-Teasing Epigrams
UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: XLV - Tongue teasing epigrams

A stitch in time can save an arranged marriage and stave off a family feud, not to mention everlasting...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: contrariwise, humor, judgement, satire, word
Form: Epigram
Premium Member Thiruk-Kural On Not Offending the Great: Canto 90, K895 and K897
THIRUK-KURAL on not offending the Great*: Periyaaraip Pilaiyaamai - Canto 90 K895 and K897

[* The "Great" here are indifferently the King or other learned and...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: contrariwise, leadership, political, power, tamil,
Form: Epigram
Premium Member Amergin- Paradox
I am unique : yet still humane
I am different : and yet the same
I am male : yet, my tears hide
I am old : yet...

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Categories: contrariwise, people
Form: Kyrielle
I Have Home It
At home, I have witness them all,
 Witness the process of germinating
 From precious seed sown amongst thorn and tares,
 To taken root, even when...

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Categories: contrariwise, mystery
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Wordsmith's Veneration
Wordsmith's Veneration...

Aye willy nilly understate (trying 2)
tantalize, hypnotize, galvanize...
with "FAKE" trumpeting
spellbinding, rambling, quivering...
intoxicating, hallucinating, gyrating,
stop to take a breather...

English Language vocabulary, a
fascination, intoxication, provocation...
upon me...

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Categories: contrariwise, angel, appreciation, crush, education,
Form: Free verse
Cat's Embassy - Fragments of the Too Long Thing
I’ve died many times
And not been reborn.
Nine lives were mine; 
Now two.  Or three.  
Or one; 
This one, the last.
I am the cat,
But...

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Categories: contrariwise, cat, journey, mythology, time,
Form: Free verse
Wordsmith's Veneration
Wordsmith's Veneration...

Methinks, I post literary endeavors inxs
but tis with blood, sweat and tears
in case ye did not guess,
who struggles to craft reasonable rhyme
ideally read by...

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Categories: contrariwise, 12th grade, america, books,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs