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Best Infliction Poems

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Premium Member Silent Infliction
Silence breeds a droning bunch, 
a blackened kettle, a stolen lunch.
The dismal lead while sheep give chase,
a silent echo, a spoofed embrace.

Abandoned youth viewed once...

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Categories: infliction, change,
Form: Rhyme



Overflow Infliction
Unswallowed lumps of lobster immodest
     Crustacean returns to pincers persimmon 
     Waitress whisk indiscernible clears linen 
...

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Categories: infliction, bullying, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member American Indian, Nightshades, Moonshadows and Howling Wolf
American Indian, Nightshades, Moonshadows And Howling Wolf

Thirsty for red moon, its sacred beams and eternal pull
howling-out to speak to this dark and blind world, without...

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Categories: infliction, art, conflict, death, history,
Form: Verse
Premium Member When I Am Nothing
When I am nothing, a no one,
when nobody remembers my name -
will you give me a purpose to remain?

When I can no longer run,
will you...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: infliction, angst, perspective, romance,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sipping Coffee
Line of enquiry:
“God within me is the enjoyer of the aroma
As also this dopamine boosting flavour I taste
I surrender all pleasures to the dweller of...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: infliction, angst, mental health, spiritual,
Form: Monorhyme



Coronality Part 1
CORONALITY (1)

Polyneuropathy of a poisonous dark child,
Weapon of mass destruction,
Born to the family called Earth,
Name Corona, last name Virus,
Nickname Covid, aged nineteen (19),
Nationality China, who...

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Categories: infliction, death, earth, grief, solitude,
Form: Free verse
Minuanetta-Black Hole Beauty
 Black Hole Beauty

Stay calm my beating heart for you will enter the vastness of the void
Consumed by a blackened bestial bliss that the demons...

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Categories: infliction, conflict, emotions, mental illness,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Melancholic Melodies
Surrounded by strange blank faces, 
pianist plays a medley of melancholic melodies,
magnifying our sorrows, as we close our eyes.

Just one more, before I leave,
yet I...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: infliction, deep, emotions, sad,
Form: Free verse
Beauty
Her breath catches with each infliction. Her pain their addiction. She wades water in a sea of strife. Her day, her tomorrow, her animosity toward...

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Categories: infliction, aubade, beautiful, hope, poems,
Form: Prose
Beautiful Scars
There are wounds that may seem very repulsive, 
           they show on sleeves and inside...

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© Lu Loo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: infliction, pain, strength,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I wish I had
Line of inquiry:
The ego within forced me to resist
But now I wish I had effused a love mist
With aplomb and flair, just kind of left...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: infliction, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Unshackled
Could beliefs be wrong
I've survived for too long
in a world full of conflicts,
wilting nascent innocence--
with venomous fearful experiences..

Broken dreams crawl to breathe
inflicted with harsh realities
unaware...

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Categories: infliction, analogy, journey, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My God, Thank You For Being My Beginning
January 1 Scripture Meditations Based on Genesis 1-3

Key Verse - Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

MY GOD, THANK YOU...

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Categories: infliction, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
My Foolish Heart
Living life dangerously with my heart on my sleeve
So reckless, So careless. Others can't conceive
Have you no walls? Where is your protection?
You're bound to get...

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Categories: infliction, heart, love,
Form: Rhyme
Wolf Life
It's like this when born
For some at death as well,
You fell into the maw
Or someone pushed you in.

Some days it feels colder
Inside your mind,
Entering in...

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Categories: infliction, dark, life, psychological, recovery
Form: Free verse

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