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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 Dysfunction
On 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



Premium Member I Wander the Desert Alone
Aimlessly 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
Premium Member I Love Guns
I 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
Premium Member Baggage
Some 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
Premium Member 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



Premium Member Bipartisan Dissonance
When 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 Sin
I 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 Irritations
GROGGY 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 Ache
I 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-Maker
I 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 Courageously
create 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
Premium Member Walkin' the Dog
I 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
Premium Member Excessive Compulsion
And 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
Downer
Look at me now on a downer 
  sinking in swamps of confusion, 
nothing adds up or seems to make sense 
  life...

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© Tony Bush  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dysfunction, introspection, life, philosophy, me,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 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

Book: Reflection on the Important Things