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Best Misdirection Poems

Below are the all-time best Misdirection poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of misdirection poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Election Misdirection
a purveyor of pretend promises
duplicitous diatribe
fountains of false forecasts

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April 22nd 2017...

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Categories: misdirection, corruption, leadership, nonsense, philosophy,
Form: Kimo



Premium Member I See You
I See You...

Wanderer, wanderer, lost in the haze
void of direction, succumb to the craze.
Give ear to my madness, so deftly designed;
deception de-jour: aimed to muddle...

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Categories: misdirection, confusion, corruption, emotions, hyperbole,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Bilocation
Bilocation – 2-11-24
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Bilocation

Love
Slips through labyrinths of tangled spirits
 Complexities and conundrums of misdirection
Released by prophecy,
Like clairvoyant fingers of misty sunshine
 in two planes
  sharing...

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Categories: misdirection, life, love, time,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Realization
At what point do you realize
it’s all moving in the same direction -
in a flowing pulse that cannot be dammed, that;
collective hearts do march in...

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Categories: misdirection, age, introspection, life, repetition,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Flickered Candle - a Collaboration With Eileen Ghali
A huge shout out to my dear friend, Eileen, for creating a wonderful memory with this collaboration. There is a vital lesson when moments like...

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Categories: misdirection, feelings, friendship, journey, life,
Form: Free verse



Sonnet 35 'The Happy Lark Sings Dulcet Resurrection'
The happy lark sings dulcet Resurrection!
His silver strands, like notes, weave pearly cloth,
Abide no warring, strife or misdirection;
The Little Folk come softly to the wroth,
And...

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Categories: misdirection, beauty, fairy, god, peace,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Forgiveness
In dreams, I wander through time's chime,
Acts committed, causing pain in rhythmic crimes.
Suffering echoes in a remorseful dance,
Seeking forgiveness, I yearn for a chance.

Grant me...

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© Jay Narain  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: misdirection, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Grit and Guts On the Gridiron - 1
Mud and leather
dirt and nerve
bloodied laughter
collision to serve,
distance, drive and demolition
battle axe ambition in the wild air
muscle and mind joined in steeled instinct, 
a stitched...

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Categories: misdirection, america, sports, war,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Kings and Castles -
Everyone had a unique reason for playing the Game
as we find different means for surviving Life
until the proper seconds of Death come stomping by with...

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Categories: misdirection, art,
Form: Ode
Premium Member A Youth's Everything
"A Youth's Everything"
A first trial's bust seeks open arms to omnipresent consolation 
Attempts conclude in unconditional surrender but for an every time pleasantness
There breeds the...

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Categories: misdirection, family, life, people,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Sailing On
"Sailing On"
To live is to die but not before the ocean explored
We are the captains of our own lives, set sail young ones to the...

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Categories: misdirection, devotion, faith, family, happiness,
Form: I do not know?
A Message For Humanity
Masticate this thought for me, reader.
Basic stories of characters with settings and plot.
Occasional works of obscure fiction written in flamboyant diction. 
Maybe television shows or...

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Categories: misdirection, dark, introspection, life, wisdom,
Form: Didactic
That Type of Light
My granddad was light,
But not that caramel light,
or even that peanut butter light,
but that "you sure you not white?"
yeah, that type of light.
My mama told...

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Categories: misdirection, black african american, color,
Form: Free verse
A Tale of a Traumatized Heart
Hello.
My name is...well it's not important right now.
Before we ignite our engines
and travel down this road to heartbreak.
I'll be honest and let you know
that I...

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Categories: misdirection, heartbreak, hello, life,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member The Captain Is On the Bridge
Spinning in endless misdirection and
holding steady on a collision course with
oblivion
Reaching beyond the fallacies of a mundane existence
where there appears to be a
chaotic freedom
a time...

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Categories: misdirection, imagination, life, philosophy, time,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs