Best Headless Poems
Below are the all-time best Headless poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of headless poems written by PoetrySoup members
Halloween's Headless HorsemanOne Halloween night when I was five
Rain pelted city streets, we stayed inside
Dad lit the Jack-o-lantern candle
Told us the tale of a famous vandal
One “Headless...
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Categories:
headless, childhood, children, dad, halloween,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Headless HorsemenOn the black stallion of death,
Its red crimson eyes pierce through the night,
And the hell's beast breathes its hot brazen breath
Blazing against the darkness's chilling...
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Categories:
headless, adventure, dark, evil, halloween,
Form:
Free verse
Tiger In a CageTiger in a Cage (a stab at men)
Like a caged tiger.
You do not know what is in my den?
There is no worse feeling than the...
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Categories:
headless, abuse, animal, boyfriend, emotions,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The HollowThe October night was dark and cold,
As the autumn sun was going down,
When I recalled the legends I had been told,
About this sleepy, little town.
There...
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Categories:
headless, halloween, horror, tribute, perspective,
Form:
Quatrain
Viking WarfareI left my home, the world to roam
it’s been now twelve years gone.
From a boy to a man
was a dreadful short span,
as I journeyed to...
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Categories:
headless, conflict, courage, hero, men,
Form:
Rhyme
My Only SonI woke last night, with a heavy heart,
miles away, and world's apart,
sensing you... sensing you..
All through the night, and into morn,
headless fears and shadows...
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Categories:
headless, hero, murder, war,
Form:
Lyric
Sleepless NightsInsomnia, familiar friend,
crawled into bed this summer night
so once again, inflamed with dread
I wander now in pitch of dark
and touch the places, now by...
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Categories:
headless, angst, imagination, mystery, language,
Form:
Narrative
The Lady and Me
I met her in the wake of night.
A tiny flake of gold,
traveling at the speed of light.
I dipped my plume, and
used her bright...
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Categories:
headless, beautiful,
Form:
Rhyme
SolsticeSolstice…
Solstice…
How can I drag myself without divine wine?
I am falling, and I need wine to be mine.
Being inebriated has its own joy,
To me,...
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Categories:
headless, allusion, angst, muse, spiritual,
Form:
Rubaiyat
Rest In PiecesBUTCHER PETE
In the vault below lies the mince, of butcher Pete
Got dragged into a meat processor by the soles of his feet.
RADIOACTIVE SCUM
The Russian...
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Categories:
headless, death, humor,
Form:
Epitaph
Categories:
headless, myth,
Form:
Rhyme
Just a Few ClerihewsWarning, if you are under 60 you may not "get" some of these.
Mohammad Ali
taunting with poetry,
his opponents he'd zing
as he danced 'bout the ring.
Graham Kerr...
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Categories:
headless, fun,
Form:
Clerihew
The Beheading of John the BaptistThe Beheading of John the Baptist
Inside a dungeon, a man is shackled;
Where instruments are employed to inflict
Pain on him while being interrogated;
To confess to crimes,...
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Categories:
headless, betrayal, bible, christian, education,
Form:
Sonnet
Power RulesIn this world
Power rules
What would have happened
If Germany won WWII in Europe?
If Japan won WWII in Pacific?
Jewes would have disappeared
On this planet
Japan would have...
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Categories:
headless, power,
Form:
Free verse
Paprikabursting hot bubbling like lava
oh most sacred shade of sacral chakra’s bloom
chrysanthemum petals burst
like fireworks on the fourth of July
and so none can deny the...
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Categories:
headless, allegory, imaginationpower,
Form:
Free verse