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Best Reflex Poems

Below are the all-time best Reflex poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of reflex poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member The Theory of Positivism
"The Theory of Positivism"



It’s criminal
all theories tie that life 
in neat tight black bows

the presents under 
that tree of life
wide spread 

arms once wide open...

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Categories: reflex, dark, journey, muse,
Form: Free verse



Dark Skinned Vs Light Skinned
In our Asian-cum-Eastern land
No one prefers or admires
the dark-skinned or tanned

Gosh, as if the fair-skinned alone
belonged to the so-called fairer sex
And here, 'black is beauty'...

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Categories: reflex, color, prejudice, race, ,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member exquisite anguish -
       ~ the sad sea greets me, ebb and flow ~

why do I fancy heartache so?
   ...

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Categories: reflex, joy, lost love, love
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Premium Member Anthropomorphic

If food for finer thoughts we did not crave,
If sense of purpose we did not apply,
If we did not critique how we behave, 
If dormant...

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Categories: reflex, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Soul Eaters
Turmoil
God awful gut wrenching 
nightmare riding
turmoil.

Throat clenching
acid rising murder of crows,
False importance on the trivial grows.

A gag reflex of learned fear
turmoil roils hurricane high
calms counterweight...

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Categories: reflex, angst, confusion, depression
Form: Free verse



Premium Member As Clear as Daylight
Sometimes we can go all our lives seeing something without really having any insight into what we are seeing. For instance, hands in prayer position....

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Categories: reflex, allegory, introspection, perspective, prayer,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member Edible - Bawdy
[Advance Apologies: Sat on this for a few months
Concerned that it may be a little OTT for Soup. If
Your gag reflex is sensitive... best skip...

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Categories: reflex, humorous, lust,
Form: Rhyme
Shirttails
Son, would you tuck in your shirttail
Was something often heard
At home when I was a youngster
With harsher action inferred

My otherwise kind hearted Mother
Had shirttails as...

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Categories: reflex, funny, mother,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Code Red
Syrupy smoke leaks from her corner lair 
Ruby red lips lick your name in the air 
Short skirts lead any man’s mind straight to sex...

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© Just James  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: reflex, sensual, sexy,
Form: Sonnet
Villain Unmasked
Villain Unmasked


In odd places the Villain appears,
In the right places he disappears-
On merry moments then re-appears.

For, such is the habit of a Villain
Who enjoys to...

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Categories: reflex,
Form: Rhyme
Big Bang By Mrx Poems
Scientists claim the big bang was the first sound ever, not knowing how hard milkyway had to beg forever so they could team up to...

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© Mr.X Poems  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: reflex, art, butterfly, cute love,
Form: Free verse
Viet Nam
He dreams day dreams of horror.
He could be anywhere,
But in his mind he’s instantly
Back inside that village there.
He hears those jungle sounds
Again and again and...

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Categories: reflex, angst, anxiety, death, military,
Form: Rhyme
What Did I Do?
lost in a kingdom
    with no high walls
        of protection

no buildings (exist here)
  ...

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Categories: reflex, angst, childhood
Form: Free verse
Unidentified Extraterrestrials Willingly Abducted Me
Unidentified extraterrestrial(s) willingly abducted me

As a divergence 
from the apocalyptical, dialectical, 
geomorphological, judgmatical, 
metaphorical, philosophical...,
I share an out of this 
(webbed wide) world,
light hearted anecdote...

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Categories: reflex, absence, adventure, august, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Wrapped Reflections
trickle sound of water running
scattered spots of shade and sun
pool hose ripple shadows echo
reflex refraction scarce begun
geometric light equations
hypnotizing sights that run
morning dreams and light...

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Categories: reflex, naturelight, light,
Form: Lyric

Book: Shattered Sighs