Best Devastate Poems


Far Away Land
...They came from "farawayland"
to arms held open wide
welcomed without question by the "Man"

The starving and the homeless
can't begin to understand this
how could someone even do this to their ......

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© Pete Yuhas  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: devastate, america, conflict, life, political,
Form: Narrative
Ulan At Sinag Ng Araw: Pagmumuni Ng Isang Tulirong Isip
...my head touches the pillow
as gentle rain lulls me 
and i just want to   s
                             i
                             n
                              k

into the sheets,
fold......

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Categories: devastate, angst, feelings, introspection, light,
Form: Free verse
Wishes
...(on the basis of Max Ehrmann’s Desiderata)


Be calm, because it's vanity of vanities,
reach harmony taking a truce.
Be generous, despite “in vino veritas” 
all in the world forget the truth. 
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Categories: devastate,
Form: Rhyme

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...The lunchroom fart
of turbo pasta
scatters garlic teargas
laced with meaty mystery
without mercy to
flatten cubicles.

Chain-reactions
of Tupperware battles
erupt to devastate
once discerni......

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© John Weber  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: devastate, satire
Form: Free verse
Why Vote Mate
...Why vote for governments
That uses you
That abuses you
Confuses you and refuses you

Why vote for governments
That doesn’t respect or defend your rights
And fight with all their might’s
Why v......

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Categories: devastate, abuse, political, society, voice,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Growing Hope
...Violent as the gleaming blade
Of a vicious criminal crazed
Ferocious as the lion’s jaw
Lingering on an innocent calf
This wicked affliction forces
Its teeth into the harmless heart
Bites wildly......

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Categories: devastate, angst, cancer, fear, hope,
Form: Free verse


Premium Member Split Wide Open
...In quiet, space breaks down into insight.
Opposing the edge amidst deceit and blight.
Imperceptible resonation is reflected back.
On a hunch, or at the stroke of night track.

A leth......

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: devastate, analogy, character, encouraging, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Scarecrow Addict
...Scarecrow Addict
           

Gritted and dusty
Powered by flack jacket eyes
Bootsteps through grey puddles
Flotilla of cigarette butts
Trash kicked aside
In a desert of litter
Seeking the s......

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Categories: devastate, urban
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Throw Everything Out
...I live on a warpath of total destruct, 
A ruinous track to nowhere,
Leaving me here, in a complete devastate, 
Leaving me full of despair.

See, I throw out my life, I throw it away, 
Leaving j......

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Categories: devastate, introspection,
Form: Quatrain
The Road To Sobriety
...As I crawl upon a sober Road.
A friend lends a hand, and many stories are told

so many people like me that have chosen life 
Chosen to be free 

Addiction is a Family Curse that does not discriminat......

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Categories: devastate, addiction, integrity,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Lay of the Best Man - Part 2
...The Lay of The Best Man - Part Two


I will not understate my distaste, but I do not hate. I rate hate as being irate
Shall I underrate the spate of your hate as you devastate; leaving the ‘diva’......

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Categories: devastate, humanity, men,
Form: Lay
Nature the Destroyer
...Raging tornadoes
devastate the entire land
destroying cities

Raging huricanes
plundering oceans and land
natures agony

Tsunami monster
Indian Ocean graveyard
deadly disaster


by Marty......

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Categories: devastate, natural disasters, nature, sea,
Form: Haiku
The Palpitation of Orlando, Florida
...THE PALPITATION OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA (USA)

Decimation on its face through mass execution and hate.
Just another night out painting the town. 
No reason to perceive the unsound.
Out of th......

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Categories: devastate, allah, america, conflict, confusion,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Twelve Minutes Ago
...I nestle a tab under my tongue
At just twenty eight, I’m still quite young

Before too long
I feel it coming on strong

Dreamily, lazily
I see my past with new clarity
Every question now answ......

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Categories: devastate, abuse, addiction, dark,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Chasing Rainbows
...Broken hearts need time to heal,
from an emotional fall.
For fragmented feelings, feel
like you've no feelings at all.

Pining for happier times,
you expose your fragile heart.
And as ......

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Categories: devastate, angst, emotions, feelings, hurt,
Form: Quatrain
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