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Best Manipulative Poems

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Premium Member No Reservation
You Are Not Invited

--Latching onto my soul without an invitation--
Elements around my shore expose more than air
--Playing with fire is not a game you will...

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Categories: manipulative, abuse, bullying, deep, evil,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Premium Member Heartbroken
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
Khalil Gibran

In days of darkness,
sad stars shimmer like somber souls.
Upon...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: manipulative, heartbroken, pain, sorry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Disorientation
Somethings are best 
said through blank
scriptures in sheer 
silence, but pulling the 
violin strings of
a poet strumming
to personify pain, 
with tempests of 
torment rushing 
through...

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Categories: manipulative, angst, emotions, gothic, jealousy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The True Mother
“The True Mother”

What part of a heart
in another could one trust
when betrayal comes
like a silver bullet, words and deeds
sharp piercing to burrow 
bleed out Life’s...

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Categories: manipulative, betrayal, imagery, love, mother
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Misunderstood Muse
Oh my misunderstood muse - 
love and life;
It's not just a hobby -
It's my dream,
but demons in my mind 
     ...

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Categories: manipulative, muse,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Blessings of Silence

Belief is the nemesis of uncertainty,
in times of torment we keep faith 
in God's gift of blessings bestowed upon us.

In a world without morals
Children of summer...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: manipulative, analogy, mental health, winter,
Form: Free verse
Awaking From Stupor

When the enchanted 
jailors of life, 
siezed my soul 
and those
sepals unfurling
manipulative
manuscripts 
ceased to 
script a twinkle 
above screams, 
I became a 
slave to my...

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Categories: manipulative, angst, dark, deep, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Stoicism is the Key
In silence, when darkness 
envelopes the sky,
unlock the glass windows 
of your mind, 
forgive the stars
that veiled their silver,
for it is in times of 
confusion...

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Categories: manipulative, feelings, integrity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member There Is An Elephant In the Room
The big headlines cause sensation,
Media’s chosen information.
Manipulative, they entomb
the big elephant in the room.

Stress is put on the suggestive
keeping tongue and the mind active.
They sweep...

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Categories: manipulative, silence,
Form: Kyrielle
Alchemy
How do you change a lie into the truth?
Alchemy, dear children ...
this is how it's done, using unverifiable proof

First, you take a sick, dirty lie,
and...

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Categories: manipulative, corruption, dark, psychological, word
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Blame
 You say you
    love the moon
but it’s the stars
    you gaze at,
as you stretch 
  your petal-like...

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Categories: manipulative, angst,
Form: Free verse
Do You Really Know Me
have you ever heard the devil whisper in your ear?
the acrimonious voice instilling guilt and fear

a satanic chauvinist who cherry picks your thoughts 
as you...

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Categories: manipulative, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Mask of Loneliness
*Author's note. This one was inspired by some lovely yet sad pics by the artist destinyblue. This was very sad and emotional for me to...

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Categories: manipulative, depression, loneliness, lonely,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Garfield and Jon
Garfield, a loveable famous, lazy cat,
Who likes to eat and eat, that’s why he’s fat,
Jon his companion, Garfield’s friend or foe dude,
On call twenty four...

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Categories: manipulative, cat,
Form: Rhyme
Inner Struggle
it's inevitable
the smiles,
talks,
laughs
you come at the darkest hour
revealing a light-
and before you know it
those nights turn into days
those days turn into years-
have I met you?
Perhaps...

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Categories: manipulative, absence, emotions, feelings, for
Form: Blank verse

Book: Shattered Sighs