Best Ineffectual Poems
Below are the all-time best Ineffectual poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of ineffectual poems written by PoetrySoup members
Deception - POTDPOTD 4th Nov 2019
Vanquishing all reservation
twilight's prelude heralds
shadowy anticipation
of a secret amorous thirst
He surrenders once more
to his darkest desires
amplifies the sultry ambiance
with...
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Categories:
ineffectual, conflict, desire, passion, romance,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
An Ode To a LadyBeautiful, you are, from whichever way my eyes see
Swift is your style, with something I can never compete
Reserved, you are, don't let yourself sway by...
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Categories:
ineffectual, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Nobody's ChildHer chapped palms smell of
-ungrateful jasmine-
roughened by shrewd plays of world.
And in the creases of
- youthful forehead-
sleeps an orphaned childhood, old.
Among distasteful leering,
ineffectual rags of
-modesty...
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Categories:
ineffectual, daughter, life, sad, social,
Form:
Free verse
Imperial Corporate Jurisprudence, the Lurid Leviethan Part Two -Self reliancy stimulates political independence,
pragmatic critical thinking spurs revocation of spurious Partisan information,
vigilanteism guards against the Juntas,
systematic interdiction of peoples' ability to to procure food,...
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Categories:
ineffectual, history, world, self, self,
Form:
Didactic
Never Say NeverThere are moments when troubles enter our life’s
And we can do nothing to avoid them
But the one's we can
They look convoluted unless we demystify
But we...
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Categories:
ineffectual, encouraging,
Form:
Blank verse
Age Disparaged"The body, like the oak, is bent and gnarled,
The shallow-rooted mind is overthrown,
When we are near the evening of the world."
---From, 'Runes for an Old...
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Categories:
ineffectual, age, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
HorriblenessAll the teachers were basically horrible,
each could be placed on sliding scale of
horribleness….thus;
1. (the worst) Complete ****
2. Largely a ****.. with a degree of reserve
3. ****
4. Headmaster’s toady...
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Categories:
ineffectual, humorous, memory, youth,
Form:
Free verse
Last Bell.....Man, I remember the thrumming of that last bell of the school year.....
Like a prisoner being furloughed into the warm sun, buzzing of grasshoppers.
Field stickers...
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Categories:
ineffectual, adventure, childhood, funny, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Justice Is Colour BlindA blot they want to wash, detergents do not work
Ineffectual, institutional and cover ups a stir
Excuses abound, squirming hierarchy found
"Its just a darkie, why...
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Categories:
ineffectual, political, race, racism,
Form:
Rhyme
Pause Between Thinking and SpeakingA slight pause is taken between a thought
and the words that I speak from my heart
for words often rendered in too much haste
are frowned upon...
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Categories:
ineffectual, spoken word,
Form:
Rhyme
Melody of Sadness and JoyI hear the lovely dirge called Autumn Leaves.
It echoes back and forth in my obfuscated mind,
Part full of grief, part an ineffectual endeavour
To understand why,...
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Categories:
ineffectual, joy, sad,
Form:
Free verse
To Jackie - Upon LyingHark! These four stone walls of Mamertine quell
My caged heart's protest; its sullen lament,
That one should take another's life in hand;
Raise their one dream before...
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Categories:
ineffectual, abuse, anger, angst, art,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
The Land of Lip ServiceEITHER
a searing indictment of
contemporary American society
OR
just a bit of fun!
**********
They seem to have forgotten common courtesy,
'Have A Nice...
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Categories:
ineffectual, funny,
Form:
Quatrain
The RoseSimmering on a low constant flame,
Lacking visible steam and smoke,
The red blood became more deep in color,
Is the rose of my heart!
Adding onto day after...
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Categories:
ineffectual, allegory,
Form:
Rhyme
Evil RisingEver since creation, there have been voids
Ineffectual places for deviants to hide
In the beginning there were just a few of us
Milling around in the dark
Stumbling...
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Categories:
ineffectual, anger, creation, evil, hurt,
Form:
Free verse