Best Rhetorical Poems


Rhetorical Question

Can
you love
me without
the pain that love
brings?

A Nomination Rhetorical

An adnomination nation would be quite the agitation                                                         the illumination, hearing all speaking in agnomination                                                              would cause conversation discrimination to be a chaotic annomination                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        or the abomination, this would dominate the nation causing confusion.                                              The culmination, for instance telling one to drive off a cliff in his carnation,                       could raise a flood of damnations from all denominations
© John Beam  Create an image from this poem.

Rhetorical Question

Once you said: you are a little devil.
So, look at me and tell: can
I make a deal with you?
© Diana Bosa  Create an image from this poem.


Rhetorical Poet

there is a war within the mind that we do not understand 
the esoteric knowledge that invokes every man 

the human being is more then physical flesh and bone 
because the body of the spirit is not it's eternal home 

the being of a human is mind, body and soul 
but the collective conscience connects each being as a whole 

we exude the energies within us that manipulate each thought 
as we accept the patterns of what the mind was taught 

but if there is a balance within God's creation 
how does one confirm thats its not manipulation?

for the forces that may be tend to be hidden from the eye 
as the mind compensates the truth for what we call a lie 

if there is evil in the world how do we know it exists?
is it only in the mind for the mind to resist?

or does this evil affect our spiritual and physical beings?
or do we intentionally forget until we believe what we are seeing?

knowledge may be creation but wisdom is the knowing 
creating a hand grenade is not the same as throwing 

there is a balance in life that many physically understand 
but to comprehend the spiritual balance one must reach into the heart of man 

Jesus spoke of love to help tip back the scale 
but many denied the word believing the truth to be a tale 

if this world was built on deception, secrecy and lies 
how do we repent the world if we do not open our eyes? 

how can man forgive the world for the laws it has transgressed?
unless man is faithfully willing to put his spirit to the test 

to know thyself is a gift from every collective mind 
as reality begins to drift into the vastness of father time 

the epox of self-awareness is the beginning of a spiritual endeavor 
as the journey of mortal legs walk into the land of forever 

the path that was laid before the man who can see but lives without sight 
was created to test his faith not his strength nor his might

I Asked Myself a Rhetorical Question

I Asked Myself A Rhetorical Question...

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     inchoate manifesting mod
     er writ writing quality,
     solitary scrimmage tackling
     undertaking, yielding whir
ring, sputtering, kickstarting, and
     buzz-feeding at competitive, communal
     crowed did metaphorical trough,

     where household named author's
     top New York Times best seller
     tier, overshadowing under
rated genre bending, breakout aspiring,
story board qualifying,
     opportunistic newbie man
     use script artful dodgers
     mere dust collecting drafts,

anticipating to stir infectious interest
     incumbent - at mercy,
     tripwire activating quint
essential key, which anchors print
ting projected uncertain
     popularity first edition,
     awakening, guiding, nosing
     asymptote analogy steering

    reader toward nascent
scribe, where paper
     back writer wannabe,
     toils away incorporating subtle
     (hook, line and sinker) techniques,
(albeit apropos literary
     ploys, a true test tum ment,
viz sophisticated gambits

     to massage late tint
prestidigitation abra ca dab rah,
     sine non qua cogent
see kant, and tangent triggers
     modest mien fortified, exemplified,
     and downplayed akin
     to unassuming Clark Kent
in his cape ably nonchalant

     transformation into superman,
     and/or more pointedly,
     some original heft leant
to set apart striking 
     poignant implement
exhibited by aspiring 
     writer daily revising,
     albeit gal or gent

his/her uniquely obscure
     trademark, but 
     eventually keen agent
assays non-boastful writing style
     im prim mature print,
     sans unassuming swiftly tailored
     harried style seduces seek
     curing sincere overnight reverent,

well deserved kudos 
     comically marveling
     at thee most im portent
     salient strengths, per
     hops hue moored opulent
quality instigates 
     affinity toward nascent,
bar riddle be, bill leading,

     bud ding scrivener,
     not necessary alluding
     to a hypothetical outlier
thus, any similarity between the
     above statement and
     a living person perchance named
     Matthew Scott Harris
     purely coincidental.

Premium Member Rhetorical Exercise

Lost in deep blue.
Stuck in a mood.
Find the sunshine.
What to choose,
A frame of mind.
Open new views,
Just so much time.
Go in win or lose.
Move on with style.
Whatever ensues.
Endeavor to peruse.
Rhetorical Exercise.


Premium Member Rhetorical

Wouldn't
It be nice ...

If people spent
As much time talking
TO each other ...

As they
Do talking
ABOUT each other?

Premium Member Rhetorical

A knock on wood,

You entered my office ...
I was showing a young couple some diamonds -
Oval Brilliants and Emerald Cuts, I recall quite clearly,
"Message for you" ... you winked, and tucked a note into my hand.
While they fawned over the 3/4ct F-VS1 in the pin spots,

I unfolded the paper and read - 'I'm pregnant!'
Oh, I never felt as warm and full and joyous ...
How we celebrated and prepared ... for her, our sweetie!
One of life's happiest moments, indeed.
Why do you suppose I thought of that amazing instant,

That incredibly exuberant occasion ...
At the same time I threw my ring at your feet?!?
Ever worthless ... ever meaningless,
Gold turned to ragged rust,
Joys, now made barren ...

Love, now but war.

Rhetorical Questioning

rhetorical questioning 
deliberately thrown 
aimed bellow the belt
meant to hurt 
meant to injure 
meant to wound 
meant to sting
all in the name 
of dramatic affect 
used as a means 
of getting the intended 
point across within 
this play of swings 
in mood upon the 
maladaptive stage 
of this unhealthy 
realm of reality in 
which we lived

Rhetorical Lies

They still try to hide with in caves                                                                              
stirring caldrons brew in black dresses                                                                       
elixir to cure from those they doomed           			                  
awful concoction cut from mothers womb                                                                           
call it budding little one ground into a magical life powder                                              
They still try hide to hide with in shiny walls paved                                                         
spinning centrifuge distilling formula in white smocks                                                     
medications to heal from those they expired aborted from a womans uterus               
nomenclature nascent fetal cells manipulated into genetic enhancing compound               
It is all in how you look at it what then are you looking at                                               
You make it sound so terrible so what do you hear			                 
Could you rephrase that I just did                                                                                 
Repent while it still today                                               	                                
They still try to hide behind                        
                                                                                                                                    
                         inspired to finish after reading the poem little feet by  Robert A. Dufresne
© John Beam  Create an image from this poem.

Which is worse?

Babies beheaded?

Babies killed,

By phosphorous bombs?

Metaphorical and Rhetorical

Metaphorical and Rhetorical

Had lasted forever and was historical;
Is something else and metaphorical;
What a mess;
Had to guess;
Effectively written and metaphorical.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.

Rhetorical Questioning

rhetorical questioning 
became the norm within 
this malfunctioning affair 
never truly wanting a 
genuine answer to be 
declared 
with a glaring stare 
spread across the eye's 
of resentment 
words foaming from 
the mouth filled with 
such disdain 
cultivated an atmosphere
of emotional hostility 
causing the death of love

Premium Member Rhetorical

Feel how poise charms with a clear write,
Ink in bold strokes the art of reach;
Note voice that arms the way you cite,
Etch as style yokes finesse in each.
Rouse then the truth that lights the way,
Heart and mind sync with charm that wills;
End with grand proof that levels play,
Touch knows fine think as thought meets feel;
Observe how chance meets change that blooms,
Reap thus pure gain as reason knows;
Indulge the dance as ideas groom,
Choice speaks most plain as purpose shows;
Art in kind face abides with grace,
Love in this space clothes fond embrace.




Leon Enriquez
16 August 2018
Singapore

Rhetorical Somethings And Nothings

Somewhere there’s a
sunflower poking out from
the corner of a concrete
barrier, going unnoticed
by everyone except
myself.

And it makes
me wonder:

They say when
you fall in love with
an artist, you
can never die.

But what
happens when
an artist falls
in love? Do
they continue
capturing futures,
or only retrospective
moments?

Time is an old
concept—or shall
I say, odd?

Because
I see you in soft shadows
and storefront glass, in
wilted flowers I forget to
water, in poems that
end.

I used to paint what
might be, but now I
only trace the edges
of what has been. 

They said that love
would make my work
eternal. But no one told
me it would make me
feel so unfinished.

Oh, and
that thing I
asked about
the artist?

You can forget about it.
I think I’m starting
to care less and less
about him.

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