Best Overthrown Poems
Below are the all-time best Overthrown poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of overthrown poems written by PoetrySoup members
Check MateGo ahead and make the first move,
but take care
One or two spaces so I can move
to my square
Game of life, I’m queen...
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Categories:
overthrown, love, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
ApartheidAfrica's children blighted in the rich land of birth
Persecuted by the oppressing hand of foreign greed
Agitate for love to find in ancient pigment its worth
Rights...
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Categories:
overthrown, people, children, , cute,
Form:
Acrostic
MasqueradeLiving in a masquerade
Hiding our truths in the shade
Veiled Behind electronic devices
The Physical world Minimises
Concealed behind a blue and white light
No melatonin released...
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Categories:
overthrown, addiction, computer, slavery, technology,
Form:
Rhyme
Memoriam For Donald B BuchananWho will weep for my noble prince? Who will cry
With belly swollen with sorrow, and tears long
As the Black River? Who will hear the clouds...
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Categories:
overthrown, death, faith, friendshipdeath, death,
Form:
Elegy
Categories:
overthrown, faith, hope, lost love,
Form:
Free verse
Lies Are Sold and BoughtThat fateful, tragic day of 9/11
was a busy one, for Jannah and Heaven.
The day the seed of war was sown
dictatorships the US wanted overthrown
no wonder...
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Categories:
overthrown, confusion, political, war, war,
Form:
I do not know?
Man Is More Than a Vessel Stranded Out At Sea, Second Tribute Poem To Dylan ThomasFrom blog,
That Life Extends Its Seeds Beyond Our Mortal Coils,
Wherein Truth And Light Sets A Saving Path
My Dylan Tribute poem,
Second poem
Man Is More Than...
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Categories:
overthrown, appreciation, art, inspiration, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
The EmpressOnce I sat upon your throne
to visit a familiar chair
I am the Empress overthrown
I no longer rule or scare
My face is in the picture
since 1968
There...
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Categories:
overthrown, mythology, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
New WineskinsThe old, relaxed; we pour ourselves a glass.
There is no need to stretch or change our way.
We know the flavors here; the only task:
ensuring it...
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Categories:
overthrown, birth, life,
Form:
Other
A Day Within Days- Rondeau
How free I was, I did not know.
Growing up in Chicago, oh
Police in blue, protected streets.
Life was sparkling and sweet.
Verdant lawns were so gleefully...
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Categories:
overthrown, america, chicago, corruption,
Form:
Rondeau
Unpretentious PoetessUnpretentious poetess,
refreshing inspiration
Brings me hope so I can cope;
graceful liberation.
To admire and aspire
to word my very own
without a care, evolving flare;
flaws I've overthrown.
For doubts have...
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Categories:
overthrown, humanity, inspiration, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
AutumnalAutumn draws closer day by day
From far is heard
The screeching of a lone bird
Voicing its dismay aloud
Over the impending fall
Here the moss scrawls
Ugly...
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Categories:
overthrown, angst, death, destiny,
Form:
Free verse
Heaven and HellYou were just a fairy tale
a dream that sometimes felt so real
a secret I kept safely locked away
You were there and I was here
and never...
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Categories:
overthrown, love, song-lyricme, dream, heaven,
Form:
Lyric
The 2014 Stanley Cup FinalTHE 2014 STANLEY CUP FINAL
The grand stage. The big dance on the ice.
Two teams have overcome against their competitors
To try and conquer the ultimate prize...
The...
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Categories:
overthrown, desire, destiny, hero, hockey,
Form:
Narrative
Mistry of LifeSame puzzle, same math
Same circle, same path
One bore, another go
one rise, another fall
Life’s full of unexpected coincidence and surprises
Won’t know what’s gonna happen the next...
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Categories:
overthrown, life
Form:
Verse