Best Subversive Poems
Below are the all-time best Subversive poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of subversive poems written by PoetrySoup members
Subversive Valentines DayOnce I had a girlfriend and ex-wife.
Two ladies at the same time in life,
Mistake I made this day.
Not proud in anyway.
First mistake, second retake in...
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Categories:
subversive, introspection, life, lost love,
Form:
Limerick
The Fable of the Fox and GooseThere once was a fox, as wise as can be,
He lived in the hollow of an old oak tree.
Not so very far from...
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Categories:
subversive, parody,
Form:
Quatrain
Escaping Rhymed DetonationMalevolent imploded uncontrollably,
twisting wildly maniacal posies
amid diabolically toasted brainstem,
angst uncompromisingly yanked tresses
purging stinging speech patterned...
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Categories:
subversive, allegory, hyperbole, imagery, imagination,
Form:
Imagism
All the Dark Stallions
"All the Dark Stallions"
Calliope burns
ecstatic bright star
fire brands, all her marks
both hands
holding the ropes
firmly fast today
slow burn
tomorrow
warm whispers
gently towards
the unlit...
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Categories:
subversive, dark, romance, word play,
Form:
Free verse
To Me This MattersI feel more than a little out of place
As if my trusty pen does deface
The paper, that lies stubborn, blank,
My words hang heavy and outrank
My...
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Categories:
subversive, evil, fear, freedom, power,
Form:
Rhyme
Perambulating In JailPerambulating in Jail
‘Hey you in the middle march on in median mediocrity’
No subversive elements needed no lateral thinking and
no thinking per se is required once...
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Categories:
subversive, happiness,
Form:
Free verse
Liminal Space-SurrealityClassical infusion Beethoven’s “ode to joy”
Playing on blaring audiophile speakers annoy
Purposely looped to destroy vagrants with electronic music
Blends of subversive elements and anxious acoustic...
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Categories:
subversive, confusion, surreal,
Form:
Rhyme
I'Ve Got Fire In My SoulI know what it means
To go to bed without food
To go to school without shoes
To yearn for Eqaul Education
to free your mind
Just to...
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Categories:
subversive, africa, class, courage, growth,
Form:
Alliteration
Confession of a Dangerous MindI walk the path of Human Secrecy
I belong in no Shelf
I put no labels to Myself
Hopeless of Heaven
Fearless of Hell
Unraveled my mind
Evoking turmoil in...
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Categories:
subversive, dream, encouraging, how i
Form:
Concrete
No MoreNo more creativity deemed on
the exercise of rotten faculty
Nor burning intelligence’s
penalty
Nor repression sold as
suppression
Nor dissemination of distortion
I shall be content at...
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Categories:
subversive, hope, life, me, truth,
Form:
Concrete
Laughter of WomenThe laughter of women sets fire
to the Halls of Injustice
and the false evidence burns
to a beautiful white lightness
It rattles the Chambers of Congress
and forces the...
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Categories:
subversive, beauty, for her, freedom,
Form:
Ballade
A Night On the TownA Night On The Town
While searching for a book, one that I hadn’t yet read
I stumbled upon a critter and this is what he said:
Although...
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Categories:
subversive, humor,
Form:
Light Verse
Smooth Big Cat
"Smooth Big Cat"
He was one of those guys you just knew would be a dud. "Be nice", she said to herself.
She met him on the...
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Categories:
subversive, adventure, muse, mystery, romance,
Form:
Narrative
When Purity Poison To ContaminateAnd repression funded mental
assassination
I shall climb beyond the human
heights
When consistency aided
conspiracy
When mental discipline
Has become mental plaque
That contaminates the
constraints
Of the pure at...
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Categories:
subversive, betrayal,
Form:
Carpe Diem
The Velvet Echo
"The Velvet Echo"
Lives
eclipse
one comes in
the other out
passing light
in empty hallways
corridors of subversive
romantic notions
strange singing,
the sounding lifts
waves
enticing,
smiles curiously
unsure, in...
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Categories:
subversive, muse, mystery,
Form:
Free verse