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Best Defeating Poems

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


Premium Member Devils Deadly Dime
Devils deadly dime

The sign said no grown-up at the playground.
Tripping on a penny, like a mime!
My hand is in my pocket with the dime I...

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Categories: defeating, abuse, day, irony, judgement,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Premium Member This Buds For You
-This buds for you!-
-It takes one to know one!-
-I know you are, but what am I?-

A second hand, on my stopwatch, going nowhere!
You are a...

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© Skat A   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: defeating, abuse, addiction, anger, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member December Rain
Unexpectedly the timid sun made an appearance,
an orb of flames, silent amidst the peaceful horizon.

Wistfully, the harmony was short lived.

Ferocious winds blew with merciless tones.

Melancholic...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: defeating, analogy, deep, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member True Hearts Beating
Where will I be twenty years from today?
The World is moving at such a fast pace.
Will I still look at love the same way?

Will I...

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Categories: defeating, dedication, love, beautiful, world,
Form: Terzanelle
Premium Member - Fight With Dragons and Wolves -
Take me into the realm of your midnight dreams awakening sleep 
Bring us to a higher level far away from misery and despair
Where waves through...

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Categories: defeating, change, conflict, faith, perspective,
Form: Terza Rima



Premium Member Lady Death
"LADY  DEATH" ------Chaos!!!

Craving life was all of 'HOPE' desire.
Torturing her into the odyssey of Hells fire.
Ending her in heartbreak by her own insane,
cruel father...

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Categories: defeating, dark, death, evil, fantasy,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Imposter
His mind is dark,
like a night sky without stars.
Doubt sits upon his shoulders,
poking at his face,
irritating his mind,
interrupting his thoughts,
outrunning his words -
laughing at him...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: defeating, allusion, emotions, self,
Form: Free verse
The Devil Is In the Details
You have to know he is near, you have to know he is around
Perhaps sensing it in your fear or a feeling of being bound
You...

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Categories: defeating, judgement,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Nature's Bliss
"Has solitude ever led your steps down a forest path . . . "

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Categories: defeating, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, creation,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Oh, That Earth Wouldst So Truly Honor Thee
Oh, That Earth Wouldst So Truly Honor Thee
Dedicated To-
"The Great Unknown, Unsung Poets of the 
- Past, Present And Future"


Oh, that earth wouldst so truly...

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Categories: defeating, appreciation, art, dedication, passion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Nicodemus the Pharisee
I came to you by night, O Rabbi
Seeking truth and light from your words
You spoke of heavenly things, O Rabbi
But I could not grasp their...

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Categories: defeating, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Roots
Written: November 11, 2023
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Zeal, which requires forbearance as its root,
      Akin to...

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: defeating, analogy, appreciation, devotion, friendship,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Mother's Sacrifice
A mother was born and dreamed of a beautiful life.
A new journey had begun - but a hard path lay ahead.
Demons seduced her companion -...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: defeating, mother, mothers day,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Meaning of Easter
jesus died and jerusalem went black
the wind howled and the sky thundered loudly
people ran in fear as the earth moaned
but the beloved stayed
jesus was buried...

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Categories: defeating, death, easter, good friday,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member All Hallows' Eve Black Mass Incantation
All Hallows' Eve Black Mass Incantation

We Pray in The Name of Our Father Lucifer, 
Which wert in Heaven:

Boil, Boil plague-ridden rats and toads in oil,
With...

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Categories: defeating, allegory, dark, evil, fantasy,
Form: Narrative

Book: Reflection on the Important Things