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Best Scathed Poems

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


All I Could See
In an abyss of mar;
I was sunk.
My thoughts swimming;
in a pool of masquerade shame.
A dagger in my head;
All I could see was an evening of...

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Categories: scathed, bullying, cry, dark, death,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Easter Lilies
"The meek and the humble will be elevated to places where the haughty can never ascend even with a ladder. Stay humble in victory and...

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Categories: scathed, beautiful, christian, easter, mystery,
Form: Free verse
My Grandmother's Grand
worn glossy finish
corners and edges scathed and torn
layers of dust collected from the years
keys played down and worn
faint scent of old cigars
accented with a hint...

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Categories: scathed, family, inspirational, nostalgia, passion,
Form: Free verse
Les Feuilles Mortes
Late,
 the morning glories rise
 passionate, royal, magenta blooms trumpeting,
 helloes and goodbyes;
novice neophytes falling 
into lavender blush dream states
succumbing to a mellowed change in...

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© Dm Babbit  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: scathed, autumn, color, september,
Form: Narrative
The Black Crow
Three wholesome troubling years before, a thousand cursed days back
    I lay, most stiff within my bed, my house of death did...

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Categories: scathed, horror,
Form: Narrative



That Is Not My Elephant
That is not my elephant
High-stepping in the basement.
Ardently preparing for her pachyderm placement.
Tapping her trunk on the window’s casement. 

Instantly intriguing, oh, the fashion statement.
Surprisingly...

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Categories: scathed, animals, funny, nature, social
Form: Acrostic
My Iron Rod
it had been predicted
the crime of your century
i would figure out
and do it justice

It was written
after many years of famine
and tragedy
the justice i did the...

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Categories: scathed, political, religion, school, visionary,
Form: Free verse
The Unknown
I ask you, “Where might we go:
A land to, or a land fro;
Let the land like a river flow.
Leave yourself behind, and dare,
Dare to know...

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Categories: scathed, absence, adventure, imagery, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
The Birds House and the Koocoos Nest
Just beyond your focus, came a fallout of rage.
 There was a silance that had ended by the look on your face.
   ...

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Categories: scathed, devotion,
Form: I do not know?
Sunshine On a Rainy Day
I lie, 
on my large comfort bed.. 
counting seconds,
syncing my heartbeat,
with the tick of the great white clock,
above my head. 
What I'm thinking, 
even I...

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Categories: scathed, christmas, happy,
Form: Free verse
Lecherous Eyes and Brown Bags
Music leaps from open windows,
gliding down steamy summer rays.
The notes have loud mouths, shouting 
out bold, rude barbs of reality.
Hip-hop, rap, heavy metal, all crash...
clanging...

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© Dana Young  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: scathed, city, corruption, culture, life,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Unsung Tears
Ignorant, she walk
As stealth shadows stalk
Pure was her name
Misfortune, her mane

Then out of midnight's light 
Comes the wicked of the night
Her desperate struggles
Are flooded with...

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Categories: scathed, loss, lost, pain, rain,
Form: Couplet
Proverbial Rock Bottom
Saying there is a rock bottom  
Absurd to me  
One well versed being in pits 
I never felt rocks  beneath  
Hitting rock bottom  
Different for...

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Categories: scathed, addiction, grief, recovery from,
Form: Romanticism
The Clock Is Ticking
I awake and i see the sunrise just as you do. 
But at times i feel these clouds cover my mind. 
My desire fades and...

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Categories: scathed, devotion, faith, happiness, hope,
Form: Lyric
Better
Scars from the past,
My olive skin has been scathed by flames,
My olive skin has been embraced by razors,
In the past is where it lies,
For I...

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Categories: scathed, hope, inspirational, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse

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