Best Dysfunction Poems
Below are the all-time best Dysfunction poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of dysfunction poems written by PoetrySoup members
Erectile DysfunctionOn a dark Friday night, creature crawling
The darkness silenced, frogs in swamps shuts
Croaking and the hissing create muted at once
To perceive the whistlers...
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Categories:
dysfunction, allegory,
Form:
Quatrain
I Wander the Desert AloneAimlessly I meander in expansive barren-landscape
Whipped by the assault of rustling windy gales
Embossing sandy designs resembling ocean waves
Simulating pools of water in mirage of seascapes.
Plateaus...
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Categories:
dysfunction, imagery, metaphor, nature, onomatopoeia,
Form:
Free verse
I Love GunsI love Guns
Guns make us safe
Guns are rights and freedoms
The more guns, the more freedoms we shall bear
Every man woman and child should be armed
So...
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Categories:
dysfunction, america, angst, death, eulogy,
Form:
Political Verse
BaggageSome people wear baggage like a hat in church,
Still others could conceal it through a customs search!
Me? It depends on the mood that I'm in,
My...
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Categories:
dysfunction, confidence, conflict, emotions, introspection,
Form:
Rhyme
The Circe Effect - Part 1
"The Circe Effect" (Part 1)
Circe, Goddess of magic, nymph, witch, bold enchantress
daughter of Helios, Sun God, her father, can you imagine? ...
let me paint...
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Categories:
dysfunction, adventure, betrayal, mythology, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
Bipartisan DissonanceWhen oppositional cognitive dissonance
deflects focus from compassion,
I've learned to go back to when I deflected focus from her.
She sends me passive-aggressive messages,
bread crumbs leading...
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Categories:
dysfunction, conflict, math, parents, political,
Form:
Narrative
If Monday Were a SinI would deny its existence and favor the second place
prediction of Tuesday;
For the beginning is never subtle, and it tends to hunt
my off-beat verse....
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Categories:
dysfunction, conflict, courage, day, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Everyday American IrritationsGROGGY BEDHEAD NO COFFEE SHUT THE BLINDS .... PRESIDENTIAL NO GOOD CHOICES TELIVISION SIGNAL GLITCH SMEAR ART CAMPAIGN... LATE NIGHT REHEATED RERUN RETWEEKED RETWEETED MORNING...
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Categories:
dysfunction, america, anxiety, celebrity, conflict,
Form:
Blitz
This Poet's AcheI never got to tell you
How I loved you
Poetry being one of those things
That sent you in a rage
And so was all...
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Categories:
dysfunction, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
Ode To the Home-MakerI sing praise to the home-maker,
forgotten hero of the world,
whose actions raise up good children,
whether they be a boy or girl.
Whose presence is there to...
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Categories:
dysfunction, appreciation, culture, home, how
Form:
Rhyme
Create Courageouslycreate a non cohesive fantasy
whimsical and demented
entwine legend with reality
let craziness be invented
celebrate...
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Categories:
dysfunction, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
Walkin' the DogI walked my dog down by the junction
When he had a canine malfunction
He jumped on a snake
A bite he did take
And now he has reptile...
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Categories:
dysfunction, animal,
Form:
Limerick
Excessive CompulsionAnd her voice is the tingle of upbeat blues,
the winsome rap amid my heavy footsteps, past 2 am...
She holds my hand as I’d never...
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Categories:
dysfunction, caregiving, mental illness,
Form:
Free verse
DownerLook at me now on a downer
sinking in swamps of confusion,
nothing adds up or seems to make sense
life...
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Categories:
dysfunction, introspection, life, philosophy, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Youth's Bounty* When I was three years old *
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My childhood ...
A tree full-to-overflowing
Branches weighty with fruit, blossoms
Each, a sweet memory of life ... family
Summers on the...
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Categories:
dysfunction, appreciation, childhood, wisdom, youth,
Form:
Free verse