Best Eye For An Eye Poems
Below are the all-time best Eye For An Eye poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of eye for an eye poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Plagueas the PROPHETS of profits, WE lead and WE’re fair
while WE’re living the life of the poor BILLIONAIRE
– silver yachts, pearly castles, cash (plenty to...
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Categories:
eye for an eye, society,
Form:
Quatrain
HawkOn this mountaintop I sit
In solitude reclined –
For such a heightened lift
Soul-weary did I climb
The world foresworn – a bit
(My aching heart inclined)
A flowing form...
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Categories:
eye for an eye, bird, mountains, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Measure For MeasureAn eye for an eye
Soon the world was blind
A place full of misery
Not one person was kind
People chose to get even
They believed in blow...
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Categories:
eye for an eye, corruption, earth, eulogy, pride,
Form:
Quatrain
To Cut the Corner of Your Coat(Giving voice to those who suffered and believe in poetic justice)
Should I cut the corner of your coat?
Too many times you tried to squeeze my...
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Categories:
eye for an eye, abuse, anti bullying, forgiveness,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
AngelNote: This is a sequel to the previous poem "Idiot" with the imagination of what if..................
Angel
I have awoken from my nightmares
I...
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Categories:
eye for an eye, angel, child, evil, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
War MentalityThey come from a different era
where patriotism is a just cause
they would fight for the true blue
never mind who was right or wrong
they stood staunch...
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Categories:
eye for an eye, angst, death, history, war,
Form:
Free verse
Frequency
“Frequency”
we are separated
from the others
by a thin membrane
electromagnetic
we are receptors
unignited ununited
only tuned into our own
frequency
existing to be lit
the fuses touching
reaching delicately
that which...
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Categories:
eye for an eye, future, humanity, muse,
Form:
Narrative
The Old WestLord what I'd give to go back in time.
Meet historical legends Wyatt Earp,
Or Jessie James, let them leap off
The written page, and live...
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Categories:
eye for an eye, death, fantasy, freedom, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
eye for an eye, love, peace, world,
Form:
Monoku
Categories:
eye for an eye, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Ain'T That My ClueI saw you with him
and him kissin’ you.
Ain’t that my clue darlin’,
ain’t that my clue?
Your eye and my eye
ain’t seein’ the same
Ain’t that a...
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Categories:
eye for an eye, emotions, feelings, goodbye, how
Form:
Lyric
Romance, Passion Shown In Those Bright Blue EyesRomance, Passion Shown In Those Bright Blue Eyes
Her bright blue eyes that my soul so endears
warms needy heart, sends it passionate cheers
as if a golden...
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Categories:
eye for an eye, art, creation, inspiration, meaningful,
Form:
Sonnet
I Am Iron ManIt was once said, "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth".
Revenge isn't really sweet, but it is a bit uncouth.
You were...
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Categories:
eye for an eye, anti bullying,
Form:
Rhyme
NonviolenceNo need for violence or aggression
A passive acceptance of oppression
A powerful tool for social protest
To be peaceful and not violence many will resist
It presumes...
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Categories:
eye for an eye, black african american, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
So Are YouLike a rose in the shade of a tree,
So are you as you stand beside me;
You are lovely and breathe purity:
I your shade and protection...
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Categories:
eye for an eye, assonance, muse, people, simile,
Form:
Rhyme