Best Punished Poems
Below are the all-time best Punished poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of punished poems written by PoetrySoup members
Old ManSilently he sat in darkness, flinching at the sight of light.
Which created a glow reflecting on his balding head.
His cold glare did not help my...
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Categories:
punished, angst, dark, life,
Form:
Prose
Heartbroken“I know my heart will never be the same
But I'm telling myself I'll be okay”
Sara Evans
My heart no longer
beats the same,
as I’ve wiped away
tainted...
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Categories:
punished, angst, break up, destiny,
Form:
Free verse
Love Sleeps, Never DiesAn old man
A Grumpy bitter old man
Bitter face
Red nose
Wrinkled beady eyes
Scruffy clothes his best attire
Life has not been kind
So his bitter words bite those around
He...
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Categories:
punished, angel, beauty, child, hope,
Form:
Light Verse
Silence of the WavesMirabelle orb ascends,
under clementine and pomegranate skies.
Absent,
in delight of daylight.
Eyes set adrift in dawning daydreams.
Calm heart is an oceanic concerto,
flowing along sapphire tones.
Deep breaths walk...
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Categories:
punished, assonance, destiny, dream, fate,
Form:
Free verse
Young Brilliant Poet That Left Us Far, Far Too Soon Second Poet In Dedication SeriesNote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Born 4 August 1792
Horsham, Sussex, England[1]
Died , 8 July 1822 (aged 29)
Gulf of La Spezia, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy)
Occupation Poet, dramatist,...
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Categories:
punished, appreciation, art, assonance, beautiful,
Form:
Rhyme
Eternal Cocoon
Life is a beautiful liar,
where hope is a
graveyard of caterpillars.
Death is an ugly truth,
where virgin butterflies
flutter immortally.
Love is the only true guide.
Oh my...
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Categories:
punished, absence, love, romance,
Form:
Romanticism
Grading On the CurveI’ve been told, I deserve so much,
for the work I've done, for the lives I touch.
I would like to say, my dear friend,
what I deserve,...
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Categories:
punished, inspirational, jesus, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Your Undying LegacyMy heart is so keen on you,
It leaves me cold, relentless, impossible
He fell into the love pools in my eyes,
The light you demand me to...
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Categories:
punished, dark, deep,
Form:
Narrative
Chasing PandoraPrometheus had erred and caused great ire
when stealing in stealth secrets of fire.
But Zeus could not forgive this deed.
The chieftain of gods punished his greed.
The...
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Categories:
punished, hope,
Form:
Epic
The Dilatory ThoughtBlessed in abundance that manifests in our
stressed daily interaction with our fellow man, and the sincerest
form of our inner wellbeing is the outpour...
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Categories:
punished, introspection,
Form:
Verse
The Devil Is In This TaleHer insecurity would not let her see,
I wanted her!
I thought she knew, my heart was opened.
I should've asked.
She walked on a thread, fourteen stories high
to...
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Categories:
punished, heart, heaven, i love
Form:
Free verse
Violet, My AdoredViolet, a lovely lady, kin to Purple, can be a contradiction.
Between her fellows Red and Blue (yet more inclined to Blue),
she lies with a calm...
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Categories:
punished, color, universe, , western,
Form:
Free verse
Drenched In One AnotherYes I can still see her...
through rose colored glasses,
imagined!
In fact,
She is gorgeous.
I remember saying...
or at least thinking out loud
...You take my breath away,
She was a...
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Categories:
punished, romance, romantic,
Form:
Free verse
CassiopeiaShe hangs upside down in her night sky chair,
Chained to the heavens by ropes of bright stars
With rubescent cheeks and moonlight-soaked hair.
Wrists raw with...
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Categories:
punished, fantasy, night, beauty, beauty,
Form:
Terzanelle
A StoryIt was on a Christmas Eve
early in the morn
into a world so often cold
a little girl was born.
Her parents, they did love her,
the way that...
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Categories:
punished, confusion, introspection, life, sadfor
Form:
Narrative