Best Persuasion Poems

She and the handsome gentleman finalized the contract, and he gently placed 
the antique pearl necklace into the palm of her tiny hand.  As he walked away,
she fantasized about making love with him, for he possessed both charm and 
exceptional good looks; he certainly...

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you took away 
my right to scream 
and now i sit an await 
my impending doom

you followed me around today
play acting out your words so carefully

I wonder how it feels for you 
to act so mentally insane 
is this, ok with you?

do i blame it...

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brainwash
verbal barrage
twisted lies become truth
transformation of thought patterns
control...

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Come my sweet to silken thread,
finest twines I spin for thee.
Come to soft eternal bed,
yield unto my beck’ning plea.

Finest twines I spin for thee,
comfort grant in final hour.
Yield unto my beck’ning plea,
hunger doth my soul devour.

Comfort grant in final hour,
clothe thee in my flossy shroud.
Hunger...

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Like quicksand under the ocean waves,
you can break and fall away,
this landslide so undisturbed,
for the life force of my brightly smile.

All of life is in the palm of your hands,
but you wouldn't have to see that,
to believe that.

So Farewell to the skies and the rolling...

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[Limerick Sequence]

There's a sparkle of glee in his eyes
when he catches a glimpse of my size;
he scoots my way
to make his play,
but I throw him a look to demise.

My soft body lures him as a flame
and he hopes all demurrals will tame.
His move is quick,
his...

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Pendulums have been used for divining -
for finding bombs, water and gold ore
But you just need a crystal on a string
to find some answers you are looking for!

There’s something that you really want to know -
like where’s the key you lost and cannot find
or where’s...

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Honest people have a moral code,
Do the right thing, thought is sowed,
Help the poor, lighten of their load,
Leave nastiness to the current, Toad,
The Toad speaks like his master,
Bought and paid for-ever after,
Till the people clear the road…

Your Political persuasion is it wrong?
Are you just a...

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PERSUASION
By grace I was saved,through faith,
not of my self but by a precious gift.
This faith came from hearing,hearing
the word of God,Jesus,who manifested
Himself to me,through the work of
the Holy Spirit.I know whom I have
believed and am persuaded.When 
He knocked at my door,I heard His
voice.I pushed open...

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problematic
persuasions
pragmatic
paid patrons
pharisees
put upons 
power-ese
pros versus cons

one political persuasion
is discerned easily
when those pragmatic lies
purr like a pharisee.
do ends justify means?
perks hide from public eyes.
after months behind screens,
one feels he’s just been put-upon.

September 5, 2022

Charlie New Ku Poetry Contest
Charles Messina

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This is a new and different form of...

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/Delete reality/
\Define meaning\
Numbers
Dance in my head
1 2 3 2 1
Repeating
Echoing
WHERE /3\ AM I?
An oddity
Pasted on my desktop
A dead icon
Leading nowhere
(1990)(2010)(2020)
/3\0
I'm turning
Into an irrational number
-SPEAK TO ME-
\What does something mean?\
/What does anything mean?/
3THREE3THREE3THREE
1 and 1
2 and 2
But 3
Is me
And only
Me
Melancholy melodies
Disguised as fragmented equations
Peace + Chaos...

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Its never too late to undo what you did
All it takes is a little persuasion 
If you think shes your rib
You can get back that feeling that you use to love
So easily all it takes is a little persuasion 
A open mind and heart so...

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A strategic application to the golden rule
Increasing power with apologies
Break the barriers that stand in the way of communication
Our society is on some broken ship out to sea
On some long awaited chartered vacation

Exploring the other persons viewpoint

We then parade ourselves as some vested nomadic tribesmen
Never...

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Always the weapon
and never the truth
the woeful prediction
of life's terrorism
shall always end in death

Ah such a bastion
for the ammunition of fear
to afford the devils consumption
of every soul living here
in tortuous redemption
those switchblade centuries have controlled

All for heaven
in martyrs agony
the suffering of the down trodden
ignorant muck...

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I don't want to appear acting pertinaciously.
Just let me know that you have noticed me.
It seems so difficult to get your attention.
The present time looks like a great situation.
Worth its weight in gold is this occasion.
Yes, you are somebody I want to have near.
However, the...

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