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Best Lifeless Corpse Poems

Below are the all-time best Lifeless Corpse poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of lifeless corpse poems written by PoetrySoup members


Unfinished
Am I a woman when i turn 18?
No longer scared to sneak dad’s old whiskey out of our Swedish glass cabinet
Maybe it was when i...

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Categories: lifeless corpse, abuse, anxiety, how i
Form: Lyric



Why the Dogwood Tree Grows
Why the dogwood tree grows.

In the middle of a vacant filed stands a grand dogwood tree where the  crows gather daily. People flock far...

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Categories: lifeless corpse, death, devotion, loss, love,
Form: Ballad
Crossing the Bridge
The shadows of the evening
 are slowly drifting by
 like ghosts that haunt a foreign land
 beneath the starlit sky.
 With images of past and...

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Categories: lifeless corpse, devotion, emotions, imagination, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
A Deal With Death
As i sit in this hospital bed right now i start to get weary and i stand up to catch my bearings and i collapse....

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Categories: lifeless corpse, angst, death, faith, fear,
Form: Bio
Paying the Piper the Great War
A fist clenched, face muscles flexed on pinched cheeks, huge sinews appeared on his neck,
The veins in his arms were like twisted lengths of blue...

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Categories: lifeless corpse, war, brother, autumn, brother,
Form: Prose Poetry



Werewolf
At daybreak I feel relieved 
Though at night I long for more violence 
Only at dusk I fear for I know it is coming 
Coming...

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© Jacob Frey  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lifeless corpse, night,
Form: Free verse
Am I Going To Be Executed
“Am I going to be executed?”
the prisoner asked the balding 
old priest, as he leant across the 
warped wooden shelf;  lifting the 
tattered bible,...

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Categories: lifeless corpse, sad, , cute,
Form: Free verse
Ingenue'
I found myself, a lifeless corpse, finally, at the end of the line ~ mocking humanity
The warmth of the sun drawing my days to a...

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Categories: lifeless corpse, celebration, creation, daughter, desire,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Price of a Normal Life, Part Iv
Hopkins just fumed, and dove for his iron,
Bud’s gun barked, and he fired right then,
The Pinkerton’s charged at the gunshot,
And stared down on the lifeless...

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Categories: lifeless corpse, adventure, conflict, family, growth,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Unlucky
Lift all the pain to just consume it all
Watch my lifeless corpse trip and fall

Enjoying all the last moments in this dimension
Break apart the long...

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Categories: lifeless corpse, addiction, corruption, dark, depression,
Form: Couplet
Don'T Let Go
Every day I wake up and look in the mirror
I can’t tell who that is looking back at me
There’s a girl crying, “This is not...

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Categories: lifeless corpse, faith, inspiration,
Form: Lyric
Poor Lady
I will not write you, poor lady
Because you hide like leaf beady
Caused recently uncomfortable paddy
I'm tired to delve in your world faddy

Logically think - we...

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© Hai Hon  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lifeless corpse, anger,
Form: Romanticism
Love To Ashes, Love Arises
There was a time when everything was dark
In my life, and i was a man who had nothing
To live for, until i met you
Everything just...

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Categories: lifeless corpse, loveme, world, love, me,
Form: Free verse
Why Should I?
i wonder why 
should i feel remorseful
for something i got no part in
they yearn 
to see my lifeless corpse
those that i've not seen lend a...

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Categories: lifeless corpse, family, happiness, inspirational, life,
Form: Free verse
Pitch Black
"Do you know those nights when you hold your hand in front of your face and all 
you see is pitch black?", Killey said when...

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© Amber Way  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lifeless corpse, mom, mom,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs