Best Sacrificed Poems
Below are the all-time best Sacrificed poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of sacrificed poems written by PoetrySoup members
Categories:
sacrificed, confusion, death, dream, future,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
listen to life -
have you not heard me?
borne upon the air at dusk, dancing ... I have whispered you in a million voices
still, you...
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Categories:
sacrificed, life, philosophy, truth, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Bleeding LoveIntroducing: Jan Allison & Poet Destroyer
Pierced by shards of shattered glass
Deeper and deeper you stab me
With lies and venomous words
Dissecting my heart...
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Categories:
sacrificed, abuse, anger, betrayal, conflict,
Form:
Free verse
FootprintsFrothy waves stretch to kiss toes
Hikers plodding sandy coasts
Leaving imprints on the shore
Who journeyed here, perhaps this morn
As the orange orb created dawn
Summoning sun worshipers
Footprints...
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Categories:
sacrificed, introspection, life,
Form:
Free verse
The Tribute
Their mere weapon was their forbidden courage, hands barren with no armaments, no ammunitions, marching towards the proud valley of death, dedication born from...
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Categories:
sacrificed, appreciation, eulogy, faith, freedom,
Form:
Free verse
We the PeopleWe the People
Will disagree
On taxation and prosperity
On liberty and duty
We the People
Are every color of Christianity
Every Jewish prayer, every song of Islam
The puritans, the atheists...
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Categories:
sacrificed, discrimination, freedom, history, society,
Form:
Political Verse
Dead Men Do Tell TalesDead Men Do Tell Tales
I saw, the rot of sad, deep selfish desires,
burning endlessly in clever fires
Piles of cash a tall mountain...
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Categories:
sacrificed, conflict, cry, dark, deep,
Form:
Rhyme
Now I Lay Me Down To SleepSoft is the pillow beneath my head
as dread sweeps over the world
Haunting dreams with chilling screams
shrill as a lonely wind
Crisp and cool is the linen...
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Categories:
sacrificed,
Form:
Free verse
Saints and Demons On HalloweenOn the eve of All Saints Day known as Halloween
We've a night where nothing is ever as it seems
Abraham, Martin and John hosted a...
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Categories:
sacrificed, holiday
Form:
Couplet
SoldierI saw a burial with a bugler playing taps;
I turned to my father, “what happened?” I asked.
He clutched my hand and with a quiver in...
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Categories:
sacrificed, death, father, inspirational, loss,
Form:
Rhyme
Survival In the Midst of IgnoranceMy prayers are not asking you to
save me from my enemy.
My children have turned their backs.
They praise dance with many
Adversaries-
When...
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Categories:
sacrificed, analogy, spoken word, wisdom,
Form:
Classicism
No Greater LoveFor God so loved this sinful world, He gave us all His son;
That we might live with Him one day, when life on Earth is...
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Categories:
sacrificed, faith, happiness, hope, inspirational,
Form:
Quatrain
A Small Stain of Bloodan early morning rise,
up the stairs
walk into the bathroom
in the sink
a small stain of blood.
less than a measure of yesterday
pulling a baby out...
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Categories:
sacrificed, child, drug,
Form:
Free verse
Christmas Miracle In the Ghetto (Co-Written With John Moses Freeman)Peering at the radiating faces of happy families
So much joy emanates from well-to-do children’s sparkling eyes
Wish I could replace the grief, put smiles on the...
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Categories:
sacrificed, family, holiday, hope, upliftingme,
Form:
Narrative
Bloom Not, WolfsbaneBloom not, cruel wolfsbane
In this forward spirit of mine
Let the moon dim and wane
For love has diseased my kind
The girl was luscious in the...
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Categories:
sacrificed, adventure, angst, depression, devotion,
Form:
Ballad