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Best Reckoning Poems

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Day of Reckoning
Above bleak pastures,
A cobalt coliseum:
Warriors are unleashed.
·
Aggressive brave clouds,
Battle for the dominance:
Vanquishment is vague.
·
Conquest of power,
Clash of divine elements:
Battle in the sky.
·
Sun and clouds collide,
On...

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Categories: reckoning, nature
Form: Choka



Premium Member Moonstones in Artless Skies
It feels like the world
has been struck by a 
plague of pathological lies,
where fictional truth 
seems to sell better,
the allure of
imitation glistens 
even brighter, 
while...

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Categories: reckoning, angst,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Eye Power- a Collab With Justin
You possess me with those eyes of pyromania
a tidal wave of temptation thrashing into my need for euphoria
romanticized on appetite for agile reckoning of kiss...

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Categories: reckoning, passion,
Form: Epic
Unbroken Reconciliation
18-12-1922.                    22-12-2018
A date of birth. ...

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Categories: reckoning, december, father daughter, how
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Dream of Her Untouched Sea
"The Dream of Her Untouched Sea"



Caressing Her tidal pools
the floor of Her Oceans rise
Sunlight through the crystal canopy
shines on Her 
song of the siren mind
meeting...

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Categories: reckoning, ocean, romance, sensual,
Form: Romanticism



Premium Member Weathered
Diminished by age, a weathered existence limps
Crutching dimmed vision and impaired limbs,
Much wiser that before, it speaks wisdom words
Entertaining grandkids in stories that enlighten,

Wishing the...

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Categories: reckoning, age, old,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Onslaught
#One should be cautious in starting a war, but 
once begun, it should be carried out thoroughly#

     #Quote by Hirohito circa...

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Categories: reckoning, allusion, america, world war
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Teacher of Islam
Islam is non merciful
Islam is about repressive means
Islam has no heart
Over and over this chant shall start

For when we close our eyes
For when we judge...

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Categories: reckoning, africa, allah, angst, bereavement,
Form: Verse
My Warrior
Tall and bold
with the heart of a lioness
Seas open before her feet
And her fingers pull 
The anger from your
Lips.

She’s a fighter
And she know this
Too strong...

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Categories: reckoning, best friend,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Blue Carnal
"Blue Carnal"



Libertine take your time
unlace the chords of 
the corset of my mind
cerebral you take me 
walking barefoot towards you
like your welcomed stalker
through your windows
twin...

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Categories: reckoning, blue, desire, fire, for
Form: Romanticism
Help Me Please
Where do I begin
To ask the question
And do I divulge my sin
Reveal obsession
Please I need your wise advice
I’m walking on thin ice
What if I pay...

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Categories: reckoning, anxiety, chocolate, destiny, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sequestration
I never told anyone how my ears reverberate in a silent room.
The whirring drone ever present, a conquistador of my private spaces.
This is my cohabitation...

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Categories: reckoning, death, loneliness, longing, pain,
Form: Free verse
-flash-
tiny lanterns-
burning bright
in darkest watches
of the night
like elvish sprites-
come beckoning
although never-
truly reckoning
of children filled-
with summer rapture
intent upon-
a quest to capture
venting to-
the purpling skies
their excited-
and delighted...

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Categories: reckoning, adventure
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Born To Walk, a Dark Path of Jagged Stones
Born To Walk, A Dark Path Of Jagged Stones

Born to walk, a dark path of jagged stones
too oft full of mistakes and ragged moans,
lone flying...

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Categories: reckoning, art, creation, deep, perspective,
Form: Sonnet
And Then
And Then…

My work finished
     I glanced back at the clock
Ah… The Witching Hour
     Hung heavy on the...

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Categories: reckoning, adventure, angst, death, faith,
Form: Narrative

Book: Shattered Sighs