Best Onslaught Poems

#One should be cautious in starting a war, but 
once begun, it should be carried out thoroughly#

     #Quote by Hirohito circa Dec 1942#

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drip, drop, trickling
rising, overflowing now...
emotional dam

wreaks havoc, torn, tossed
destroying walls, drowning wells...
no signs of stopping

gushing, roaring, lost
freedom to flow everywhere...
seeps to silent sea...

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Grief comes uninvited, like a marauder,
like a one man army charging,
he makes an unexpected onslaught.
A thief in the dark who comes stealthily,
without pausing to seek permission
and settles in the heart like an intruder

His stay is long and tedious.
He eats away our vitality,
sups on our vulnerability,
sucks...

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Finally home, cheers, hugs, kisses abound
My head throbs, but the fierce rage I contain
On hair-trigger alert, my inner storm starts to pound
As a good soldier, I've learned to take the pain
Family and friends are strangers somehow
Their laughter and words sound rehearsed and staged
Their eyes betray...

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The crowbar rattled at the clattering noise,
In the yard, against the hulls and hoys,
A Cloud of tar smoke rose through the green,
Large oil slicks floating on the lake sheen.

Inconsistent hills throughout the landscape,
The sunlight was a deep purple color shape,
Similar to the finishes of Florentine...

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I don't think the world is ready for my onslaught, I'm about to wreak havoc
My sanest moment was embracing my madness
How can I lose my mind if I never had it?
I'm more than a savage, less than the baddest
I'm not the greatest writer but I'm...

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Silver lining sought amidst coronavirus COVID-19 onslaught

Two hundred and forty six plus months
into twenty first century celeb
and anonymous folks alike
gripped courtesy pestilence re: deb
buckle fishtailed, looped, roughed up...
wreaks/wrought havoc across world wide web.

As a secular humanist, I ponder
what (if any) benefit accrued
above any commentary,
yours truly...

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I look to the sky
through a dirty window pane.
The sun sets again.

by Robert Pettit 
for Michael J. Falotico's "An Haiku From Your Window" contest...

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A center stage of flood light probing,
      desperate living in a murderous onslaught 
war's naked inhumanity
          sky tearing rockets, a pinpoint rage
casualties that define a battlefield
carnage that sticks to history
joyless existence...

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Facing thought onslaught,
lower mind begot,
we struggle and grieve
but get no reprieve.

Our desire thought's cause,
which we put on pause,
choosing to be still,
that voids within fill.

Body has it's need,
so dark desires breed
propelled by ego,
we're loathe to forgo.

Moments of silence,
sans thought violence 
are when joy seeps in,
pulsating within.

We...

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The rain has stopped
  But I am saddened by the sudden,brilliant onslaught of sunshine,
            Although the apple trees,drenched and dripping
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An Onslaught

Once there had been an onslaught
Of temptation which off we fought
Regarding sin and final outcome;
Wondering where it originated from;
Should source of sin still have sought.

Jim Horn...

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The hands of time can't be reversed
For hourglass' sand must flow each day.
When life isn't found as intellect rehearsed
The sand doesn't slow nor does it stay.

As a respecter of persons time is not deft
So relish each moment as you travel.
Seeking the max from time you've...

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This is my lyrical onslaught
I can fill up a page of rhymes from just one thought
I pick up the pen and put it to the page, then begins a strong force
As I start my lyrical onslaught 

By the time this ends I'll have blood on...

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Torturous nightmares of hellish anguish
Make soul drowned in agony to languish
Torments’ onslaught disturbing blest silence
Dreadful lamentations God can vanquish.

Midst attacks of guilt heart strives to conceal
Frustration-wails reign midst hopelessness’ peal
Driving me to hide in the Lord’s chamber
Serenely safeguarded by His love-seal.

Fleeing from perilous temptation darts
Faith...

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