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Best Obsesses Poems

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


Ready Or Not
The "shocking" news gets all the pub,
while the worthwhile takes the back seat.
People are generally more concerned
about the scare that is Britney's hair 
or lack...

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Categories: obsesses, allegory, angst, faith, hope,
Form: Rhyme



Transmigration of the Wind
The strong gust of wind was cut off from its source; a frigid early spring blast that swept across a lofty mountain range, high above...

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Categories: obsesses, imagery, journey, nature, sky,
Form: Prose
The Beauty of Innocence
The Beauty of Innocence
The Innocence of open eyes,not just pretend ,but unaware of any lies,
She opens the world around her as she surprises the obsesses...

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Categories: obsesses, nostalgia, romance, world, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Fight Goliath
Hold it jumping knife
Lead me now 
Off pride quality resembling stationary trains 
Under velvet willows 
xylem yields Zephaniah 
Angelic baritone can decorate 
Everything from giants...

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Categories: obsesses, fun, word play,
Form: ABC
Calcutta
Calcutta. 

Hot and unberable in the searing summer heat 
and unberarable for more reasons than the heat. 
In a popular tourist cafe an American widow...

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Categories: obsesses, passion,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Dark -- Make Their Jaws Drop
Darkness surrounds me, obsesses me now.
I face the devastating power, feeling my strength draining.
I can smell the evil, as my insides roar a warning shot,
But...

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Categories: obsesses, addiction, humor,
Form: Free verse
Somewhere Past Surreal
"Our song" obsesses, somewhere past surreal
As a wayward shadow's breeze breaks free
And light enters thoughts, overtakes “without you daze”
Where, everywhere your essence spills
Drops of breaths...

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Categories: obsesses, lost love, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
A Losing Game
I do, but I don’t
I can, but I won’t 
I feel, but I’m numb
I’m wise, but I’m dumb

I’m here, but not really
I’m ever so silly
It’s...

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Categories: obsesses, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Fretting and Forgetting
Fretting and Forgetting

Are fools the only ones who are forgetting?
And if they are will they first be fretting?
Worrying when things are at their worst
Forgot songs...

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Categories: obsesses, allegory, analogy, philosophy,
Form: Couplet
Life and Daffodil
A lifelong process
That lifelong obsesses
With lifelong failure
Or lifelong success,

As a daffodil
Must fall
Before it is noon
Then nothing can heal....

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Categories: obsesses, daffodils, life,
Form: Rhyme
Danger Danger
Wary the man walks alone,
Wary the woman who never stands apart,
Wary the child never says a word,
Wary the leader whose words never stop,
Wary the actor...

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Categories: obsesses, adventure, angst, confusion, history,
Form: Free verse
When Knowledge Is Power
Do you not find it strange,
Even slightly ironic, 
That in a time when knowledge is king, 
A living beast that that we seek to tame,...

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Categories: obsesses, appreciation, books, community, education,
Form: Personification
Over Her Resume
Over Her Resume'

With others problems would be a big exhibition
But with Hillary would be a smooth transition
Will others will have difficulties they must face
In her...

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Categories: obsesses, allegory, analogy,
Form: Couplet
Ahead, Nothing More
Money and wealth
  used to accompany class

Now more often than not,
  it tends toward the crass

There used to be style
  that went...

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Categories: obsesses, class,
Form: Rhyme
Sleep
Fiery Lotus blossoms in my mind,
as I sleep the sleep of the blessed artist,
pinwheels of spinlets of gold of finest finery,
gold from the dresses of...

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Categories: obsesses, feelings, perspective, psychological, symbolism,
Form: Blank verse

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