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Best Katana Poems

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Katana
Sharpest were the words 
and the eyes and the elbows
of those nearest, not dearest,
and nearly as sharp the words 
and the eyes and the elbows
of...

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Categories: katana, abuse,
Form: Free verse



My Faithful Katana
katana my faithful lost
to the bad twist of fate
now yours defender i have
i have to defend without you

katana the glow of silver
as you lit the...

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Categories: katana, africa, dedication, devotion, miss
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Mad Molly Shaw
This is the story of mad Molly Shaw
She might be mad now but she wasn’t before
she came home to find her man dead on the...

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Categories: katana, western,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Coagulate
Finally my blood began to coagulate,
surrendering to wounds from constant battles.
I was fading in shades of an Autumn leaf,
crumbling to seasonal trials,
yet, searching for a...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: katana, angst, strength,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mad Molly Shaw 2 - Molly Stands Firm
[If you’re a glutton for punishment, you
Can find ‘Mad Molly Shaw’ using the poems
Tag at top of screen]
       ...

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Categories: katana, western,
Form: Rhyme



Wordsmith
contrary to
conformity
finding com
fort in in divi
duality she's
the redhead
in canada
that uses
her words
carefully
and her
pen as
an anvil
knowing
which word
even before
writing it down
what shape it will
take maybe a 
razor sharp
blade...

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Categories: katana, muse,
Form: I do not know?
Seeing Red
If you keep spitting lines
Gonna need a katana to cut through
All of your dropping du bovines
You wipe me off of your shoe
While I measure you...

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Categories: katana, anger, rap,
Form: I do not know?
Where God Lives
A Nordic says "God lives in Asgard"

A Jew says "God lives in Heaven"

A Mayan says "God lives in the 13 Heavens"

A Samurai says "God lives...

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Categories: katana, art, mystery, philosophy, society,
Form: Free verse
Illuminated City
Illuminated city
Tarek Hassan

No one in the darkness of night
That strange bird wings
The town was illuminated,
I was fascinated to see continue make-
For a moment was lost...

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Categories: katana, city, community, image, light,
Form: ABC
The Two Brothers, Lemmy and Remi
There were two of them
Lemmy and Remmy...
Two leaders born 
Born of destiny

The weight of government 
Must rest on the shoulders 
Of Lemmy and Remmi 
Israe-el...

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Categories: katana, brother, conflict, destiny, mystery,
Form: Narrative
Slice and Dice Samurai
Holy Crap, good one Cowboy, this guy gives a whole new
meaning to the saying Slice and Dice. Ever see anything like
it Cowboy? naw not in...

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Categories: katana, mysterywork, work, drug,
Form: Narrative
Fallen Sun
10/5/2009

I. The Bloom

Delicate flower,
sleeping endlessly dreaming
Patiently waiting

White horizon, winter peace,
release tears reluctantly.


II. The Village

Boxes in spaces,
old wooden tatami floor
Summers breath still held within

Outside streets, shuffling...

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Categories: katana, death, lost love, war,
Form: Haiku
Dark-Haired Ninja Over My Hips
I watched as the dark grew around his eyes.
He came through the window,
Stepping like a shadow.
He was the night, he was the ghost, he was...

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Categories: katana, love, mystery, passion, hair,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Tiger General
The Tiger General
Hobbes

The Tiger general strode onto the field of battle,
Tail flowing eloquently as he walked.
And then he turned to his men and began to...

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Categories: katana, animals, warmen, men, tiger,
Form: Epic
My Beautiful Lady
My beautiful lady
Wields a mean katana
And you dikeledi
Don't love your rapist
The stockholm syndrome...

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Categories: katana, africa,
Form: Tanka

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