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Best Countered Poems

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


Pda: the Next Slam
Never again will you send my friend a frown
you will be shot down and you won't wear the crown
I as a doctor myself am ashamed...

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Categories: countered, slamslam, slam,
Form: Couplet



Wally and the Angels
...inspired by a Dylan Thomas short story.



A breezy day, and two boys biking down the lane, 
past meadows green with envy, soft as spring. 
Picnic-packed...

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Categories: countered, childhood, cancer,
Form: Verse
Etruscan Smile
my soul is the shape of a bloodstain
poured there by Nadine Maraschino
my right eye sits
in the ruby voodoo goblet
that she wears upon her head
Nadine was...

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Categories: countered, humanity, slam,
Form: Free verse
Diagram Semiotics
the serene people whose ease of manner
once made him yearn and confabulate
are laughable cartoonish and piteous now
could have been much worse he said
as his last...

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Categories: countered, how i feel, slam,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Echoes of a Shady Past
An icy chill descends on 13 Beaver Veil Cottage as sisters Ester and Ellie walk gingerly up the steps on this wet and windy night.
This...

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Categories: countered, art, birth, character, courage,
Form: Prose



Premium Member A Chance Conversation At Osmers Hill 1999 Part 1
On a typical English day late June Joe travelled the above country road, his buisness was in the construction field, and this day he was...

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Categories: countered, appreciation,
Form: Narrative
The Revitalization of Detroit, Michigan
Abstrusely they spoke about things unknown.
They figured she understood because she responded within knowledge given by the Lord.

Never could she state what was meant.
She countered...

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Categories: countered, anger, angst, conflict, confusion,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member All Is Is All Yours
Watch me wail, wag, and whimper,
as I lag, lumber and limber, 
my adult algebraic ass umption of 
love lorn lustful, 
pussy prison promise
fake, Falk, filters
when...

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Categories: countered, absence, family, happiness, missing,
Form: Free verse
A Tale of Backsliding
Down I go.
On the paths of sheol again.
The rewards of death; my hands regain.
The wheels of the plow of righteousness; i forgot to maintain.

Being led...

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Categories: countered, angel, birth, christian, corruption,
Form: Couplet
Batten the Hatch
Buzzing rail buggies 
spinning paddled tires beating
out a gritty wake feather
on sand dune
deliberation over alcohol burning
engines being better than gas
everyone with lit cigarette in hand
aroma...

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Categories: countered, appreciation, beach, family,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Big Change of Plans -- Text Version - Also Posted As An Audio
FYI:  I'll be posting a bunch of my AUDIO files over the next few months, most from my 4 new AUDIO-CDs, along with many...

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Categories: countered, marriage,
Form: Rhyme
One Friday Evening
Becoming an on-air personality has always been
my dream
So I studied Mass Com in the University of
Kareem
I worked for a radio station, TREASURE fm
Where I anchored...

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© Onah Edwin  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: countered, betrayal,
Form: Lyric
Mind Game
heavy confused dreams
filled my night with restlessness
subconsciously awake

endlessly the mind wonders
every thought held as captive
unrelenting fear

the mind takes over
grandmaster of illusion
and I the pawn of...

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Categories: countered, confusion, fantasy, war,
Form: Senryu
The Necklace
We heard her before we saw her not because she was loud but because she was close,  

she anchored herself making her presence felt;...

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© Peter Dorr  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: countered, political,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Chapter 36 -- Damian Delilah Mallory and Polly
Molly had just awoke from a
Nap when Damian rang her bell
Carrying Damian Junior. "Hey
Damian." She had to be calm for 
The Baby's sake. He placed
DJ...

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Categories: countered, angst, confidence, deep, future,
Form: Alliteration

Book: Shattered Sighs