Best On The Defensive Poems
Below are the all-time best On The Defensive poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of on the defensive poems written by PoetrySoup members
Deleted Poems and FarewellI have deleted the 2 poems I posted earlier today, and instead I offer what will be my final write. I have read the...
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Categories:
on the defensive, moving on,
Form:
Elegy
Bunyip Forest RevisitedAlong the road called forestry, the silver ash weeps over me
as I meander 'round the dell and glade.
Pass scars of sand pits long disused, where...
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Categories:
on the defensive, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Childhood Inequality In SchoolSome children come into the school building dancing, singing, hopping, bursting with uninhibited glee.
They exchange giddy, happy stories about their day at the mall, dropping...
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Categories:
on the defensive, child, child abuse, children,
Form:
Narrative
Woman In 2017Fight hard
as long as you're not too defensive
or worse, stronger than him
so we can't tell that he hit you
so we don't have to pick...
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Categories:
on the defensive, society, woman, women,
Form:
Free verse
The Door To Your Heart - Collaboration With Chris GreenIn silent hours till nightfall
When shadows grow long before fading
Heart thumps, a deep longing,
a soft knocking on a door still closed
Shy and introverted
As if saying:...
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Categories:
on the defensive, love, metaphor, , Lullaby,
Form:
Free verse
Future Superstar
The world welcomes a newborn baby boy.
To the mother and father, he is a bundle of joy.
Right now of course, he is so...
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Categories:
on the defensive, baby, basketball, football, future,
Form:
Rhyme
The Tiger and the DoveThe tiger, majestic and proud
Fearless, strong and solitary
A predator by nature
Domineering yet wary
The dove, gentle and harmonious
Passive and apprehensive
A free spirit by nature
But always on...
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Categories:
on the defensive, devotion, friendship, love, tiger,
Form:
Rhyme
Superbowl SundayThere’s a new American Holiday, guess what it is my football loving friends,
It’s a classical sport of champions, where helmet headed, game geared
Warriors challenge raw...
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Categories:
on the defensive, adventure, conflict, football, history,
Form:
Free verse
The Vietnam WarThe pro-Hanoi Vietcong many years ago
In the 1950's Diem's government they'd overthrow
All opposition was crushed killed or jailed
These elected ones to their people they failed
This...
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Categories:
on the defensive, death, history, hope, life,
Form:
Quatrain
We Became Friends By One ClickWE BECAME FRIENDS BY ONE CLICK
I am from east you are from... west? North? South?
to whichever place you're from, hear my happy shout! :D
Remember ...
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Categories:
on the defensive, friend, friendship, happy, inspiration,
Form:
Rhyme
Through the Looking GlassThe mirror reflected her face, pained with
Hate and self-loathing
Rueing her actions from the night before
On waking to find herself naked, lying beside him
Under the influence...
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Categories:
on the defensive, angst, lost love
Form:
Acrostic
The Road To a ChampionshipEarly one morning a group of rookie's and veteran's ballplayers emerge onto the prac-
tice field destine to began an grueling season of hardwork and a...
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Categories:
on the defensive, adventure, art, devotion, inspirational,
Form:
Narrative
England - Gleaming In the Distanceacross the Doggerland dogged people trudge
Neanderthals, Heidelbergers...Sapiens, the last ones standing
hairy mammoths, heavy life bearing down
the mighty maw of...
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Categories:
on the defensive, conflict, destiny, england, history,
Form:
Narrative
Tourette"Can you sit still, for a change?
and stop the annoying clicking?"
I'm trying hard! It doesn't work!
I click, and keep on ticcing
"Sit in the back, don't...
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Categories:
on the defensive, body, boy, i am,
Form:
Quatrain
Does the Message of Christmas Offend YouDoes the Message of Christmas Offend You?
I know of many who got somewhat “defensive.”
It has to do with something, they find “offensive.”
This seems to be...
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Categories:
on the defensive, america, christmas, culture, faith,
Form:
Rhyme