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Best Slaying Poems

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


Premium Member Amberina Ballerina
A born lioness my untamed heart? ha! 
a mouse, this pulsing token ruled by unruly wants
at times given, traded or stolen - sometimes
thrown down on...

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Categories: slaying, destiny, emotions, inspiration, introspection,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Wounded Souls of An Artistic Kind
Her brush strokes sorrow upon her canvas,
as oils drip with sadness. 
He captures images of silent spirits, 
drifting in blackness.

In her black and white world,...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: slaying, angst, art, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Soul of Seaside Sepulchre

When the 
seaside sepulchre 
of a kingdom, 
without its queen, 
is smeared with 
screams of lighting, 
I wish to crackle
these slivers 
of silver shakle, 
and...

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Categories: slaying, angst, betrayal, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Chimera
Bellerophon was sent for by king Lobates of Lycia
And given the dangerous task of slaying the Chimera
A fierce creature like a lion with a goats...

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Categories: slaying, animal, mythology,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Window Cleaner
Window cleaning is my trade and I want to tell my story
Like the time I saw the Vicars wife in the bath in all her...

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Categories: slaying, funeral, funny, humor, nursery
Form: Rhyme



Third Person
He speaks metaphorically to avoid dealing direct, 
shows the unknown hand he’s against too much respect, 
writes about his bravery though it’s no where to...

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© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: slaying, anxiety, depression, introspection, lost,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member "life's Absolute Epigrams" (For 2010)
Christian Love frame

The only need for death to every exist
Was to slay the fictional self
And all the embellishments used to support it

Fear not, Love’s little...

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Categories: slaying, inspirational, introspection, loveprayer, love,
Form: Didactic
A Night Under Stars
Sitting beneath the stellar awning
Humbly, shall I comemmorate
Before the sun, creeps in crawling
Every star shall I dedicate
To you, My Love; Look at the skies
For you,...

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Categories: slaying, lost love, loveheart, heart,
Form: Rhyme
Third Person
she is the shield
            
         ...

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Categories: slaying, introspection, poetry,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Consciousness Correction
Yesterday,
when conscious slept,
anger was my shield,
fear my faithful sword.

When hatred contaminated my heart,
tears ached for tranquillity,
polluted in guilt from selfish greed.

Life can be a disaster...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: slaying, emotions, life, peace, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Daydreaming In Class
You will need a terrific setting.  The suck up kids are nodding. 
Make sure that your character is interesting. 
She says this in a...

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Categories: slaying, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member To Those That Have Walked Dark Halls of Deepest Grief
To Those That Have Walked Dark Halls Of Deepest Grief

Truth of deep grief and its healing powers;
Are not in the anguish pains that invade,
With the...

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Categories: slaying, death, deep, family, feelings,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Darkest of Confessions
Darkest of Confessions


Voices in my head
Dancing abreast with the abstract
Shattered glasses and shattered dreams
History repeats many a lovers’ defeat

I demand a duel
With my heart
I welcome...

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Categories: slaying, angst, appreciation, french, funeral,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Poo Poo Bird
They pursued it with vigor, they pursued it with crass
They hunted with valor and hope
They proceeded with a dose of good Knightly sass
They chased it...

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Categories: slaying, abortion, adventure, funny, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Boadicea Blood Cup
"The Boadicea Blood Cup"


Didst thou think? Didst thou?
Didst thou think, at all?
That thou would remain untouched, unchecked, unscathed
Safely locked up away from mine wrath and...

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Categories: slaying, daughter, home, lost love,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs