Best Detractor Poems

Shackles of cynicism have displaced your heart,
the love that once transcended time is no more.

No wordsmith can bring beauty to an invisible emotion,
lost in translation...

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The last breath expelled from my lungs called your name
as I fall to the ground on this dark battlefield
Weary and worn from the conflict so...

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Dark matter seems to be
What isn’t there to be seen
In between
What we see.

They dub it dark since you cannot detect it
Nor can they inspect it
With...

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count on it...

that numbers made the world
we came to believe
after all ten digits 
long ago ran out
and we stuck our toes into the fray
to count...

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For whom do you write, vainglorious poet?
Who are the disciples you seek?
Shall converts worship at the altar of your prose;
Devoutly reciting your works?
Is there passion...

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Order of creation. And Light was.) and from darkness separate'
God created the globe..' No other can lay claim to that state.!
Though satan continually tries, in...

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James Stewart was a prolific actor,
superstar of the stage and silver screen.
His lanky frame wasn't a detractor,
James Stewart was a prolific actor.
His deliberate drawl was...

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A hero is a genuinely born fighter
A hero does not fear death
A hero fears no danger
A hero is concerned about self
But also about the others
Who...

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Quiet Soul

1963
Her skin is that of alabaster. Wide circles of red rouge pronounced her thin lips and each cheek.
She is soulfully unique.
Her hair of dried...

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Methinks I'll write about snow today
It's a subject about which I've known
Canadian by birth, so snow is no stranger
As a kid many snowballs I've thrown

But...

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Little voice inside my head.
It likes to kick and scream in my skull.
It enjoys yelling cruel things like how I should be dead.
Its little words...

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THINGS  I  WISH PEOPLE WOULD SAY  TO  ME



Just once for someone to say ‘you have a nice smile’
Instead of ‘what are...

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Methinks I'll write about snow today
It's a subject about which I've known
Canadian by birth, so snow is no stranger
As a kid many snowballs I've thrown

But...

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On the cusp of stepping into your promised land
Listen to the little voice 
Enjoining you to cling, to hold on for dear life to the...

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Through telepathy
We mingle
With each other in empathy
Though single

In status and name
Society derides
Arguing we carry blame for the lame name
Detractor X rides

On interaction thrown
Into denigrating debate
To...

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