Best Deserter Poems
Below are the all-time best Deserter poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of deserter poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Deserter - Both Audio and TextThe sun was burning fiery red, there were no clouds in sight,
As we encroached upon their land to spark the bloody fight.
The small, outnumbered...
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Categories:
deserter, war,
Form:
Narrative
Deserter of FaithDeserter of faith
If not today, tomorrow
Veers off glory road
Date written and posted: 06/13/2018...
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Categories:
deserter, faith, spiritual, wisdom,
Form:
Haiku
Categories:
deserter, dark, sad, soldier,
Form:
Haiku
The Ons and Offs of LoveThis morning I rose to a somber beginning.
I watched a season of my life pass,
And beheld the dissipation of sentiment.
I despised the junction known and...
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Categories:
deserter, lost love, love
Form:
Romanticism
Prodigal sheepJesus, you say bring home my sheep
You say be a shepherd like perfect You
I say my sheep have gone prodigal
They have my credit card, I...
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Categories:
deserter, addiction, depression, drug, forgiveness,
Form:
Free verse
Fault of ThyselfFault Of Thyself
For every man there is reward.
For every man there are consequences.
Which kind of man are you?
For the brave man, there is honor.
For...
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Categories:
deserter, death, dream, happy, slam,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Splendid TimesStrain not your eyes in the darkness of loneliness
For the deserter has forsaken you
His face is lost in the whirlwind of time
You feel nostalgic about...
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Categories:
deserter, allegory, dedication, loneliness, missing,
Form:
Ghazal
Catching a KittyI’m an animal lover, especially of cats.
Daughter Donna admits they’re better than rats.
I had but one kitty and now I have six.
We need to catch...
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Categories:
deserter, animals, cat, , cute,
Form:
Light Verse
Two Face WordsTwo Face Words
Quietly means quiet, silently so still
Feeling the unfelt now so real
Willing the belief to believe in your will
Finally knowing that you love to...
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Categories:
deserter, betrayal, deep, heartbreak,
Form:
Couplet
My WarThere is a war
And I am one fighting within
A bloodshed I hadn’t known to befall
Without the cause or the means
Blindly following what others do
I fought...
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Categories:
deserter, on writing and words,
Form:
Rhyme
The Tragedy of Celestina, Part Ii...It was two days before she lost them,
and an arrow slashed her small finger,
a small wagon train did take her in,
but a doctor found gangrene...
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Categories:
deserter, absence, heartbreak, history, journey,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
The Deserted AmericanIf anyone can help me with work I am a single father about to collapse. No jobs anywhere around to pay rent. Which is coming...
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Categories:
deserter, dark,
Form:
Rhyme
Olive BranchAnti-howling receives the
deserter. There was a mass
breast-beating without
any noise.
The pugnacious jaw
drops. Shows a frail
sensitivity to tormented
values –
of invisible mirrors, shutting
down the wolf’s...
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Categories:
deserter, art,
Form:
ABC
Break FreeYou may cry a river
Sleep with your heart’s shiver
You may dream a kingdom in afar
It can twist your mind
For love you cannot find
You’re drowning from...
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Categories:
deserter, lost loveme, may, me,
Form:
Free verse
Just Be Encouraged---Just, just be
Just be encouraged
No matter how you feel
I know the feeling is real
Be encouraged
God's got you...
It's Okay
Jesus is here
Don't be dismayed
Stop being afraid
In a...
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Categories:
deserter, analogy, appreciation, cheer up,
Form:
Free verse