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Best Opposing Poems

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


Premium Member Its a Part of Me
Our lives are not immune to the impact of time,
nor is our mind between the tensions of love and hate.
That's why I curse this wanderlust...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: opposing, emotions, introspection, life,
Form: Prose Poetry



Premium Member Poetry In Poetry a Duet of Lonely Blues
Poetry

Is not the poem
Is not the poet

Is the observations
Is the emotions

Is the diversity. entwined
Opposing views always sought

Is the love
Is the hate

Is the sadness
Of losing to...

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Categories: opposing, dark, introspection, philosophy, poetry,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Poetic Notions
Grounded by the gravity of our earth 
      Our body and spirit are often pulled 
In opposite opposing directions in
...

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Categories: opposing, character, emotions, feelings, poetry,
Form: Verse
Premium Member The Flower -Part One-
“A Flowers Wilt”	

Witness the small existence 
that abides the beauty of-----------
Freelancers all around,
Just to get a good look.

A baneful abrasion, the flower took
It captivates you...

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Categories: opposing, art, beauty, birth, care,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Peacocks and Predators
The raptor and the peacock hence,
Sit pensive on a rambling fence.
The first, inclined to be the host,
Jumped down to claim the nearest post.
The pea averse...

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Categories: opposing, animal, identity,
Form: Imagism



Premium Member Jallianwala Bagh
The occupation of India began, with the East India company
And prospered across large swathes of Indian territory
Then the British Crown took control, bringing military might
And...

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Categories: opposing, death, england, garden, history,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Benevolence of Forgiveness
On troubled roads of life, when opposing sides collide,
Conflict of emotions clamors, agitating ego and pride,
While empathy warns: let forgiveness be your guide,
As benevolent angels,...

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Categories: opposing, forgiveness, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Angelic
And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice. There...

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Categories: opposing, passion,
Form: Free verse
Spoonful of Rice
(This is a universal story of mother’s sacrifice for their children, be it material, emotional, or intellectual.)


It was during the Korean War
Father was taken away...

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Categories: opposing, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Plague
as the PROPHETS of profits, WE lead and WE’re fair
while WE’re living the life of the poor BILLIONAIRE
– silver yachts, pearly castles, cash (plenty to...

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Categories: opposing, society,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Hello and Goodbye Coco
HELLO AND GOODBYE COCO	

I wanted a brown Labrador, blonde and black ,
I love them all
But I had made up my mind, anxiously I sat waiting...

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Categories: opposing, death, dog, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member On Diversity and Divisiveness
Here appears diversity and divisiveness --
Similar words with different meanings,
I must not allow them to come between
Those folks who exhibit different leanings.

Diversity is a good...

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Categories: opposing, feelings, perspective,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Who Am I
Who am I?
This is a question that unable, I am, a definite
Answer to give
For
Buried I find myself,  under layers upon layers of 
Beliefs and...

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Categories: opposing, creation, introspection, life, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
The Bare Infinitive and the Meaning of Life
THE BARE INFINITIVE

Look: up above the stratosphere 
Outside the earth's blanket veneer
Beyond planets stars and galaxy 
Past even faintest nebulae

Far from the pull of gravity
Free...

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Categories: opposing, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rhythm of a Distant Song
The storms were strong with the wind fierce and the waves high
Always trying to stay afloat, to not drown and try to learn to fly
Survival...

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Categories: opposing, appreciation, endurance, peace,
Form: Sonnet

Book: Reflection on the Important Things