Best Genocidal Poems
Below are the all-time best Genocidal poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of genocidal poems written by PoetrySoup members
Genocidal SurvivorsThey call me Brave Heart
Not because of my courage but because it is my last name
And not because I "like" Mel Gibson that much but...
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Categories:
genocidal, africa, courage, grief, growing
Form:
Rhyme
Paint a Picture Black and GrayPull out the easel
set the canvas
positioned long and slender clean slate.
Sketch the figures huddled and dark-bound hostage
...
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Categories:
genocidal, africa, art, dark, grief,
Form:
Imagism
Dead Dogs and DrafteesSad song singing as the sickle keeps swinging,about Dead dogs and draftees
Marching mad miles of misery
through trenches of terror and maniacle mazes...on the whims of...
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Categories:
genocidal, wardeath, death,
Form:
Rhyme
He Sits Astride a HorseBogdan Chmielnicki sits astride a horse
A magnificent statue in Central Kiev
To a monumental Ukrainian figure
A George Washtington-style liberator
He took it to the Poles in the...
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Categories:
genocidal, celebration, dark, hero, history,
Form:
Free verse
A Planet of PainKids dying for diamonds in Sierra Leone,
Innocent civilians killed in Iraq’s warzone.
Indigenous tribes removed from their lands,
Children in the Congo losing legs and hands.
Arms companies...
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Categories:
genocidal, conflict, corruption, humanity, hurt,
Form:
Rhyme
Modus Operandi of Psychopaths and SociopathsModus Operandi of psychopaths and sociopaths
They are all around us, seeking to destroy us,
if not to kill us, to maim us, for life
physically, mentally, emotionally
morally,...
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Categories:
genocidal, betrayal, bible, corruption, horror,
Form:
Narrative
Is There No Place For UsIs there no place for us ?
In this world of work and fuss ?
We came to fulfil our dreams
Leaving our noble motherland with goodbye...
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Categories:
genocidal, race, racism,
Form:
I do not know?
Is Justice BlindIs Justice blind?
Or
Has the color of a Browned skinned people been so frequently splashed,
that it spills into her eyes as it blood soaks her...
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Categories:
genocidal, abuse, anger, black african
Form:
Rhyme
Overarching GenocideOverarching Genocide
Noah built the wooden Ark in his homeland instructed by God
to save his wife three sons and their wives from drowning a life
raft...
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Categories:
genocidal, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
Ignorant MadnessIgnorant Madness
I thought initially and first my worst fear is fear of fear
that is too global though and I hold dear the fear quite near
misguided...
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Categories:
genocidal, war, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
There Is No MoreThere is NO MORE!
There Is No More!
9/10/2013
Now that Afghanistan is winding down
A new battlefield must be found
Preferably a place with internal strife
Where we can promise...
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Categories:
genocidal, arabic, grief, political, war,
Form:
Rhyme
The Mourning Morning Years OnThe Mourning Morning 100 and 50 Years On
Robert Graves lies in Wilfried Owen’s grave ponders the War
to end all Wars that continue with nothing...
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Categories:
genocidal, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Re-Installing Integrity In AmericaOnce the dream was to make America the shining light of the world
a caring and compassionate country with opportunities for all
but after questioning the...
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Categories:
genocidal, america, conflict, integrity, loss,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Red, White and BlueRed, White and Blue
I fought in the Revolutionary war
To win freedom from tyranny
I fought for the right to choose my religion
For the right...
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Categories:
genocidal, america, body, conflict, death,
Form:
Rhyme
The Tengrian Praying At SunriseFor the 80 million Kyrgyz’s people
who had lived ever before
since the beginning of life,
and for the 5 millions who are living now in our...
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Categories:
genocidal, prayer,
Form:
Verse