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

The Casualness of Casualties

In the intimate interlace of chance and fate, in the ultimate interplay of time and place, and with the consummate checkmate of my human dignity,...

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Categories: shaken, death, evil, family, fate,
Form: Haibun

Horse Named Pride

I rode high up in the saddle,
on a prancing horse known as Pride.
Outside beaming with confidence,
but empty and shaken inside.

An old wise man once told...

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Categories: shaken, horse, pride,
Form: Rhyme

the ruby spires -

there, among those Ruby Spires
          stood I, a-gazing toward the mist
     ...

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Categories: shaken, adventure, beauty, science fiction,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme

Are You Safe

Are your mind and heart open
Are you safe
For the weary and forsaken 
Are you safe
Does empathy over prejudice prevail 
Or do different perspectives tip your...

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Categories: shaken, heart, psychological,
Form: Rhyme

Umbrella

There she stands 
Centre stage for all to see
Tall and slender 
Precariously she balances.

I reach out for her
Draw her to me 
My hand skims her...

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Categories: shaken, confusion, devotion, life, lost
Form: Personification

The Wall

Winnie, wild-eyed, went insane
and sang “Happy Birthday” in the rain, 
while she washed away her bloody pain.

Now all day long she sings that song,
she sings...

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Categories: shaken, birthday, character, child, child
Form: Rhyme

You Are a Thorn, Borne Deep In My Heart

You are a thorn, borne deep in my heart
   The prick that sticks me with each breath I take
A tether, whether I want...

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Categories: shaken, pain,
Form: Verse

- the Air Vibrated -

Most people were born with love and concern 
              ~ the real...

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Categories: shaken, crazy, evil,
Form: Free verse

Lost In Darkness

Shaken birds shrill cry across darkened sky, 
Awaken to the biting cold wind howls. 
Taken by flash of lighting pulsing heart, 
Forsaken stretch of night...

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Categories: shaken, bird, weather,
Form: Lento

When the Streets Are Wet

There is one kind of beauty in a morning walk illuminated by the moon..and yet…there is a different kind of beauty walking after a rain…when...

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Categories: shaken, rain,
Form: Rhyme

Brace For Impact

I'd finished work early so I went, to pick the kids up from school
I thought this time tomorrow, we'll all be bathing in the pool
We...

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Categories: shaken, children, family, flying, sea,
Form: Narrative

Saint Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day
                      ...

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Categories: shaken, love,
Form: Rhyme

An Open Window

I watch this world pass by, 
miracle after miracle, 
overcome with thoughts 
of life and death - 
heated in a buttery sky;
the air melts into...

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Categories: shaken, faith, imagery, inspiration, jesus,
Form: Free verse

Confessions of a Baby Snatcher

This is my last confession; there will be no more.

I am impercipient and slow from last night's sleeping pill,
wincing away from the harshness of day.
Kitchen...

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Categories: shaken, baby, loss,
Form: Free verse

The Scent of Your Soul

The scent of your feelings clings 
To the fabric of my dreams
It never leaves….it lingers
Lingers
Permeating everything
The scent of your feelings
Envelopes me

The fragrance of gardenia
When you...

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Categories: shaken, flower, for her, soulmate,
Form: Free verse