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Best Poison Pen Poems

Below are the all-time best Poison Pen poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of poison pen poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Poison Pen - a Lie For a Lie, and a Truth For a Truth
The pen is tidier than the cord.	
A garrote provokes an unsettling gurgle
That reverberates in the midnight hour
When one is trying to pursue a guiltless sleep.

The...

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Categories: poison pen, allegory, writing,
Form: Blank verse



Premium Member My Seven ''Deadly'' Sins
Oh pride, pride, I do have pride
Pride of my country, pride in my siblings, and my nephews and niece
I am proud of me too, I...

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Categories: poison pen, anger, emotions, life, lust,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Bite Me, Bite Me
Bitter words spew out of your well-polished poison pen
Insult me, go on belittle me with your vile vitriolic venom
Think you are better than me –...

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Categories: poison pen, anger, poets,
Form: Acrostic
A Ghetto Conversation




Hey bruh, 
haven’t you heard,
ain’t you read the news?
The White House is gonna eradicate 
the fear infested inner city blues
That Trump fella says,
he’s got his...

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Categories: poison pen, culture, prejudice, truth, word
Form: Verse
Premium Member Just Because I Said I Do
Just Because I Said I Do

Oh this war tween man and fem
Makes so many lift the sword
Turn it into poison pen
Telling all is their reward

He...

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Categories: poison pen, marriage,
Form: Quatern



Premium Member Poetrysoup Footles - Not For Contest
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1. Poem Taking a Vacation

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Categories: poison pen, humorous, poetry,
Form: Footle
Magic Spell For a Modern World
Wart of hubris, sweat of cursed
Jealous eyes and greed at worst

Blood from pride, tears from pain
Some wretched feelings from disdain.

Sordid juices caused by lust 
One...

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Categories: poison pen, analogy, magic, perspective,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member President Trump
Being on the team that got
Trump elected.
People treat me as if
I were seriously infected.
For being part of a team,
That shares Trump's
American dream!

Of an America strong...

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Categories: poison pen, america, emotions, faith, inspiration,
Form: I do not know?
Prate On
A poison pen
And a hypocritical conscience
Can so easily be cloaked in 
High morality

Prate on
Knock them down
With words
Slay them in the name of
Public opinion

Write on
Right all...

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Categories: poison pen, feelings, jealousy, society,
Form: Prose Poetry
Rumours
Rumours spreading ink 
          Blots on a character,
Insidiously virus like, 
     ...

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© Tony Bush  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: poison pen, allegory, life, social, easter,
Form: Blank verse
The Media
They prate
They condemn
They spew special interest bile
These champions of society are but
One-sided and silly


They claim to have their finger
On the pulse of society
But write from...

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Categories: poison pen, judgement,
Form: Verse
Medusa Touch
Much like the chip paper that crawls the alleys,
Or the landfill refuse that rapes the valleys,
Her thoughts like rags and malicious hags
Cackle and crackle like...

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© Tony Bush  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: poison pen, happiness, life, people, social,
Form: Verse
My Poetry
When I am overcome
With emotions and
I feel like I am on  
The edge of insanity 
I take out my poetic
Pen to release the
Torment that...

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Categories: poison pen, funny, imagination, introspection, on
Form: Free verse
Who Is He?
Boisterous and bold
With an acid wit
Misunderstood for cold
Exhaustion exasperates but can’t quit
His poison pen
I know so well
His thoughts betray him
With his wicked spell
His caustic tongue...

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Categories: poison pen, husband, lost love, love,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member A Soldiers Fate
Bear witness to those dying men

Conscripted fate by poison pen

The scorched remains of foe and friend

Their ashes scattered on the wind

Pawns sacrificed without a pause

Death...

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Categories: poison pen, death, war,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs