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Best Maiming Poems

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El Puente Nuevo, Ronda, Spain 1936
Look how they fall like angels to the earth!
But no soft landing down amongst those rocks.
Those devils on the bridge with gleeful mirth
Terrorised the townsfolk...

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Categories: maiming, conflict, death, history, horror,
Form: Ottava rima



Premium Member Tomorrow Has Come and Gone
Years have passed since i dreamt that night
Noises in my head, waking up to that sight
Overnight my city in desperate plight
 
Tragedies followed as the...

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Categories: maiming, angst, confusion, death, life,
Form: Rhyme
Cut
maiming the dragon
      the trickle with a tickle ~
           soul...

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Categories: maiming, abuse, pain,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Filling the Ark
Here come the lions, tigers and bears, oh, my.
I get closer to my mate, feeling we’ll die.
What was this family thinking? Was he sick in...

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Categories: maiming, animal, bible,
Form: Rhyme
Bound To the Street
Ragged and funny 
In dire need of money
I bruise the pot-holed streets of the city
Maiming the waste-filled alleys and dirty
Daily I play hide and seek...

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Categories: maiming, depression, sad, son, song-cry,
Form: Blank verse



Premium Member Dead To Me
you're somewhere dreaming, breathing, walking still
and in the world of living you reside
in hurting and in maiming is your thrill
you will not let the pain...

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Categories: maiming, angst, grief, hate,
Form: Sonnet
Phoenix
All human life on earth starts in a school! 
In my case I was born just left of hell 
It was a simple time but...

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© Just James  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: maiming, girl, school,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Whale Songs
Humpback beauties call to their young
Communicating to calves so precious 
Don't be so immediately audacious
You can wander, just don't go too long

Blubberous parents are there...

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Categories: maiming, sea, ocean,
Form: Free verse
I Won'T Survive But Thrive
Watch me with my head held high
A smile on my face 
Even if tears are in my eyes
People come at me like organized crime
And I'm...

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Categories: maiming, beauty, conflict, courage, fire,
Form: Free verse
Collateral Damage
Cajole me in the right frame of mind
For I'm vexed not because of
Personal issues but because of the
Morbid, abstract canvas of life
I'm subjected to witness,...

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Categories: maiming, children, innocence, political, war,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Ignorant Madness
Ignorant Madness

I thought initially and first my worst fear is fear of fear
that is too global though and I hold dear the fear quite near
misguided...

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Categories: maiming, war, universe,
Form: Rhyme
Run Rhino Run
Run rhino run, just like cousin cheater
Cheat on them 
They are coming again ,now it’s against
Like brother lion fight back

Their stories are made, maiming your...

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Categories: maiming, africa, anger, animal, caregiving,
Form: Prose
Animus
A hiding place, a warm and darkened room,
A lit doorway, bright against the dark,
Cold against the warmth, a frame for odd
Assorted stranger-forms whose faces loom

As...

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© John Mudge  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: maiming, dream, imagery, psychological,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Battle Rap - Verbal Flap Isn'T All That
You act like you’re all that -
gaining green when you rap,
but I say lines of utter crap
come from your verbal flap.
You lack and I can...

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Categories: maiming, confidence, culture, funny, rap,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Limerick: Once Slick Senorita From Sevilla - 6
Limerick : Once slick Senorita from Sevilla – 6

Once slick Senorita from Sevilla
Watched proud Toro shamed by faena*
So she lured Picador
Behind her unlocked door
And gored...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: maiming, character,
Form: Limerick

Book: Reflection on the Important Things