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Best Opposed Poems

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


Premium Member Heroic Crown of Sonnets 2
8.Reading

I see them all rise to an endless sky.
Tumbling burnt pages from raging fire,
To leave ash of closer, to pacify.
A single deep breath near flaming...

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Categories: opposed, poetry,
Form: Crown of Sonnets



Premium Member My Will To Survive
I was only a child, when I learned there is good and evil in the world
Extensive trauma and threats were put upon me by many...

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Categories: opposed, life, motivation, strength,
Form: Narrative
David Flavoured
Enticed by his faceted aspects
                Political points show his honour
...

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Categories: opposed, black african american, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Whispers of the Deep
The night was dark,
the night was deep.
I was standing next to the ocean,
listening to your cries as you all were drowning in the race.

I too...

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Categories: opposed, cry, deep, depression,
Form: Free verse
Independence Day
Longing for the answers.. it's a mystery
Why would you leave and let me go
It's hard enough without a you and me
But it's killing me inside...

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© Lyric Man  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: opposed, angst, betrayal, break up,
Form: Lyric



My Red-Tailed Hawk
He was mighty as could be venturing down by the sea,
revered as the king soaring over his golden throne-
He was respected yet felt neglected and...

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© Lu Loo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: opposed, beauty, bird, depression, suicide,
Form: Rhyme
Eternity
I am looking right at you and you don’t even know it.
I will deter your intent and throw you off a steep cliff.
But in the...

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© Ann Rich  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: opposed, dedication, devotion, faith, funny,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Wild Tuna
why is it easier to look at you
through one eye as opposed to two
when we should be totally 
enamored with the thought
that we have come...

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© Ricky Muse  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: opposed, brother, family,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ukraine Christmas
Spare a thought this Christmas for those suffering in Ukraine
While you are enjoying the festive season Russia inflicts more pain
Huddled around makeshift fires with no...

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Categories: opposed, conflict, death, dog, war,
Form: Rhyme
Malala
In Swat valley in Northern Pakistan
Malala, a young female teenager 
Stood against the might of the Taliban
And earned the respect of those who knew her...

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Categories: opposed, courage, education, girl, hero,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Premium Member "a Rose From Heaven Grows"
May we always address dis-complacency, the vacancy,
And remove all opposes, to our roses,............................................................(Acts 18:4-6)
Here at Poetry Soup, completing love’s 100% loop, in our soup,

For an...

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Categories: opposed, allegory, funny, inspirational, lovelove,
Form: Rhyme
Lemon Flower Power
I know the land where the lemon trees flower,
where we made love not war, we had flower power,
casual clothes, had an occasional shower
we loved nature,...

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© Roy Pett  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: opposed, age, conflict, confusion, desire,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Scoffing Love
2013
Vicki Acquah


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Categories: opposed, betrayal, day, devotion, friendship,
Form: Prose Poetry
Dogma Or Mystery, Part Two
It's ironic that 'dogma' simply once meant belief: something we hope is true but aren't certain of, as opposed to a fact. Now dogma means...

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Categories: opposed, allusion, analogy, angst, appreciation,
Form: Prose
The Three Categories of People
THE THREE CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE

At the zenith great men stood unopposed
Exonerated people of great wisdom and wealth
The earth is their point of arrival and departure
Terminus...

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Categories: opposed, people, world, men,
Form: Free verse

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