Best Perplexing Poems
Below are the all-time best Perplexing poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of perplexing poems written by PoetrySoup members
Repent and Believe*
Up until the summer of 1999, I only knew of the words "Jesus."
I knew what was being taught in church.
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Categories:
perplexing, bible, christian, forgiveness, jesus,
Form:
Free verse
Mankind's Greatest Mystery (Inspired By Chris Higgins)If 2012 prophesies prove true
And Earth’s life cycles again renew
Mysteries of man will be more than a few
Challenges may await future life forms
With intellects far...
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Categories:
perplexing, dedication, inspirational, mysterylife, may,
Form:
Rhyme
Nothing To Write AboutI would like to talk about "nothing"
It is a most peculiar word
I have heard it used so often
The way it's used is often absurd...
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Categories:
perplexing, history, philosophy, silly,
Form:
Rhyme
People of MysteryShould doomsday prophesies prove true
and our planet’s life cycles renew
mysteries...
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Categories:
perplexing, future, introspection,
Form:
Rhyme
Behind the MaskBehind the mask there is a frail and fragile me
Enigmas clothed in conundrums; that the naked I can’t see
'Behind the mask is concealed, my authenticity
Examine...
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Categories:
perplexing, depression, life, sad, slam,
Form:
Rhyme
Visitor - Part 2 - a Collaboration With July MorningThe Story so far continued from 'Visitor'…
An attractive extra-terrestrial female researcher sent to a remote island to observe earth and beam back her findings is...
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Categories:
perplexing, adventure, romance, science fiction,
Form:
Narrative
If I Knew, Then I'D KnowPromises are made to be kept, though they are wrapped in a cocoon of razor wire.
The words that fall out of your mouth turn...
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Categories:
perplexing, change,
Form:
Concrete
Dividing DivergenceStanding at the edge of forever
as one thought leads to hell
for I stare at the empty never
the other to a heavenly dwell
I must choose before...
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Categories:
perplexing, conflict, confusion, identity,
Form:
Sonnet
LabyrinthineThe tangled intricate emotion of love
washes a thin blood red line on the heart
where a glow waits patiently
on the winding path chosen
that leads to a...
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Categories:
perplexing, journey, love,
Form:
Free verse
Attention: Word Nerds--------- the Eight Parts of Speech---------------------- "Word Nerds" (like me)...
************Please Have Fun & Read VERY Closely:)***********
now and again
a word
sneakily obscure
approaches the fog in me
screams its name
suddenly
apropos adverbs...
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Categories:
perplexing, art, education, family, children,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Random Entries From My Diary"I never travel without my diary - One should have something sensational to read"
...Oscar Wilde, 1891
30 May 48: I graduated from high school today...
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Categories:
perplexing, funnyschool, family, family, may,
Form:
Couplet
Her Ever Changing Moods, the Rapture Reprising
“Her Ever Changing Moods, the Rapture Reprising”
Lavender seduces symmetry
in her ever changing moods
slips into something more comfortable
a swollen tangerine sky
moves its tongue...
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Categories:
perplexing, muse,
Form:
Romanticism
Genius and MadnessThin line of perception between genius and mania
Monsters in misunderstood minds
More fearsome than Transylvania's elite
Rebellious Van Gogh’s indignation
Self portrait of passion wedded with lunacy
Artist’s perplexing...
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Categories:
perplexing, introspection, life,
Form:
Free verse
Tech Zombies
Tech Zombies
Written: by Tom Wright
10-6-2016
Some have lost the ability to use their head,
And depend on gadgets to get by instead.
A Phone, Pod, or tablet now...
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Categories:
perplexing, technology,
Form:
Lyric
Ain'T America GreatMiz Liberty welcomed Luigi to America's shores to begin a brand new life.
He arrived at Ellis Isle with piles of baggage, three kids and his...
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Categories:
perplexing, funny, words, me,
Form:
Rhyme