Best Detriment Poems
Below are the all-time best Detriment poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of detriment poems written by PoetrySoup members
Survival In the Midst of IgnoranceMy prayers are not asking you to
save me from my enemy.
My children have turned their backs.
They praise dance with many
Adversaries-
When...
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Categories:
detriment, analogy, spoken word, wisdom,
Form:
Classicism
The Blue and the GreyUnder the canopy of the pine trees we lay
My brothers and I, and our mates the other three,
They wore a different uniform the colour grey
Yet...
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Categories:
detriment, best friend, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Love FirstSometimes Truth
is a bit too enlightening,
eyes preferring haze
over prickly points
of stunning beams –
when the
heart in shadow, a slow
peep can be preferred over a
sharp...
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Categories:
detriment, christian, forgiveness, friendship, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Crying In the RainCrying in the Rain
Lurking behind the curtain of world war ;
You cheer to a Monday Night Raw;
...
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Categories:
detriment, abuse,
Form:
Heroic Couplet
To See Eye To EyeIn blindness there is no peace
I walked in blindness
Upon the earth in darkness
For I only served myself.
I walked in ignorance
Upon the road of arrogance
And I...
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Categories:
detriment, inspirational
Form:
Free verse
Altruistic PonderingsI wish someone would explain
To me how we can spend
Billions of tax dollars
On space exploration
When we can’t even figure
Out how to erase hunger
And poverty.
Who...
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Categories:
detriment, confusion, faith, sad, social,
Form:
Free verse
Prayer For Wisdom From GodDear God, please grant me Your wisdom*, without defilement
…but so pure along sanctification’s fulfillment
Teach me Your truth against sinfulness-detriment
…never fallacious in assuring my redemption’s eternal...
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Categories:
detriment, christian, courage, faith, god,
Form:
Rhyme
My God, Thank You For Quieting MeAugust 5 Scripture Meditations Based on Jeremiah 46-52
Key Verse – Jeremiah 47:6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou...
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Categories:
detriment, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form:
Rhyme
DefinitionsJoy and pain…
Sun and rain…
Love and disdain-
Opposites existing simultaneously
To its own detriment.
One cancelling out the other…
Parasitic and unevenly yoked.
Through thick cumulative clouds
I was the sun…
The...
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Categories:
detriment, life
Form:
Free verse
Our Environment TodayI was taught by my father to be obedient in the dense forest to save the individuals trees, stop destruction to plantation. I...
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Categories:
detriment, earth, farm, flower,
Form:
Free verse
Y Ddraig Goch -The Red DragonCherish her land, lovely boy!
Never let them come destroy!
Show the Welsh pride, lovely boy!
Sing aloud your heart and joy!
I met a Bard of ancient time
who...
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Categories:
detriment, fantasy, history, me, heart,
Form:
Englyn
Science and Man's DestinyThe knowledge I have given man
empowers him
to chart his own destiny
Will it be for his betterment
or his detriment
I can only wait and see...
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Categories:
detriment, future, life, science, technology,
Form:
Personification
Trump Is a LunaticTrump, from afar, is a lunatic, a maniac,
A complete unemotional psychopath.
He talks like an imbecile- a crazy, a loony
A very real alarmist sociopath.
Wanting the people’s...
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Categories:
detriment, corruption, crazy, fear, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Things Fall ApartAdamant mindsets
In a modern setup,
Vibrant visions evaporates
To emptiness, nothingness and waywardness.
Leaving the people in stark darkness,
Leading to nowhere,
As penury is declared "king",
Hunger succeeds the throne
As...
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Categories:
detriment, black african american, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
If I Were An ElephantIf I were an elephant, I'd lumber around
Gracefully plodding on my stomping ground
If I were an elephant, I'd flap my ears
High above the savannah with...
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Categories:
detriment, africa, animal, character, confidence,
Form:
Rhyme