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Best Out Of The Jaws Of Death Poems

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Bullfighter and Bulls
A fuming, fierce and moving target
On yor species will you place yor bet!

Aiming the blade into shoulder blade or beating heart
all toreadors hope to throw...

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Categories: out of the jaws of death, animal, sports,
Form: Quatorzain



I Committed Suicide
I Committed Suicide
I stretched out weary hands. 
Melisa, who considered me 
like a big brother, quickly ran away from me. 
My heart writhed unto me;...

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Categories: out of the jaws of death, allusion, anxiety, betrayal, children,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Zebra
Running across the plains as lions give chase
  The zebra stands out, its stripes won't erase
 Surviving is key, it's a daily fight
 ...

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© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: out of the jaws of death, africa, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Prowling For Prey
            lioness is hunting
          lioness...

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Categories: out of the jaws of death, animal, fun, word play,
Form: Blitz
Premium Member Godzilla
What could live beneath radiation's
Mushroom storm cloud?
The heavens are burnt asunder,
Horizons red dawn glows,
 With an eerie mist.
Lightening and thunder strikes,
Against fallout’s atmospheric residue,
Ashes debris...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: out of the jaws of death, character, imagination, international, mystery,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Unsung Heroes of the Predawn Light
We are the unsung heroes of the predawn light.
No we may never have fought in a great war,
or saved a soul from the snapping jaws...

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Categories: out of the jaws of death, care, children, work, ,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Stingray
STINGRAY

She took you for a ride on the wild side
Taking you through bushels and thorns
You endured the pain of the splinter and shrubs
Swerving through highways...

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Categories: out of the jaws of death, betrayal, break up, relationship,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Deep Dive
human prey, clueless.
 hunter stalks below;
 moves in for the kill.
  jaws of death open
 under deep blue sea.
 prey in danger zone!


Submitted for...
Tableau...

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Categories: out of the jaws of death, allusion, animal, deep, imagery,
Form: Verse
The Hell of Alcoholism
It crept upon me,
From the age of eight,
Who knew the depths of hell,
That that first taste would lead?
The singing and jokes,
The dancing and shouts,
It all...

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Categories: out of the jaws of death, addiction,
Form: I do not know?
Beware the Beast
Substituting for you?
Is that what I'm supposed to do?
   I woke to find myself alone
       inside this...

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Categories: out of the jaws of death, adventure, mystery,
Form: Couplet
A Fallen Soldier's Plea
A Fallen Soldier’s Plea

Do not grieve
I ask you to believe
I went over there to fight
For what was right

I answered the call
And gave it my all
For...

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Categories: out of the jaws of death, bereavement, birth, birthday, butterfly,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Moving Home
Half a home, half a home,
Half a home conjured.
Into the jaws of skip
…….goes all we plundered.
Clear out the crap we said
Make like we now are...

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Categories: out of the jaws of death, emotions, home, house, leaving,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Anicent Sport
THE ANICENT SPORT

In the ancient arena of the Gods sport,
Men and beast face off against death's final battle
To live or die.
The king of the wild...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: out of the jaws of death, animal, art, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse
The End
THE END
When the jaws of death
Snatch up your loved one
The only thoughts
Suitable for the moment
Are ’****! Bloody hell!
She wasn’t even ready yet,
I wasn’t really done...

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Categories: out of the jaws of death, death, emotions, encouraging,
Form: Light Verse
Goodnight, Year of Change
Snow whispered unto me
"Nothing remains static"
Yet I remained completely still
While I shoveled the snow away

Second month frozen gave way to warmth
From passion, from anger
From a...

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© Derek Chos  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: out of the jaws of death, introspection, memory,
Form: Lyric

Book: Reflection on the Important Things