Best Swindle Poems
Below are the all-time best Swindle poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of swindle poems written by PoetrySoup members
I See YouI See You...
Wanderer, wanderer, lost in the haze
void of direction, succumb to the craze.
Give ear to my madness, so deftly designed;
deception de-jour: aimed to muddle...
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Categories:
swindle, confusion, corruption, emotions, hyperbole,
Form:
Couplet
PoetryIt makes me sad
to read such wonderful prose
hidden only cause many seem impaired
lighting dimmed
softness fades
missing true gems, for glittered dreams
Like ones travels
explore
discover hidden Lanes
quiet places...
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Categories:
swindle, beautiful, humanity, integrity, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Desperate HopeWritten: December 19, 2023
"His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship. Edmund Wilson"
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Categories:
swindle, analogy, angst, character, deep,
Form:
Rhyme
Good Versus Evil4/30/18
The prequel
Of good vs. evil
Did they ever consider each other equal?
One side peaceful
The other deceitful
In the beginning
Neither side was really winning
As the globe continued spinning
Brimming
With...
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Categories:
swindle, dark, perspective, poetry, rap,
Form:
Rhyme
My Precious, Darling Nissan BoyMy precious, darling Nissan boy,
one day I knew you wouldn’t last.
Although I thought it just a ploy,
a swindle planned to take my cash.
Barely you made...
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Categories:
swindle, car, goodbye, loss,
Form:
Quatern
Smells Like Government
Rancid lemon rope squeeze
around a rotten tomato neck tie,
crooked odor bow hanging out of place
Acid reflux raisin tax bleed;
dripping spoiled, milquetoast lies
out a sour-twisted,...
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Categories:
swindle, corruption, satire, truth, word
Form:
Burlesque
A Marriage Creed
A Marriage Creed
So now my little Man, you've gotten tired of grass"
LSD, goof balls, hash" and pills. Someone pretending to
be your friend - decided to...
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Categories:
swindle, addiction,
Form:
Acrostic
Miss HeroinSo now little lady, your tired of hash, cocaine, LSD, downers and grass,
Then someone pretending to be genuine introduced you to little miss heroin,
Well honey...
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Categories:
swindle, social, me, me,
Form:
I do not know?
With This Needle, I Thee Wed...So now little man you're tired of grass,
LSD,PCP, cocaine, speed and hash.
You think you've tried them all, think again.
When someone pretending to be a true...
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Categories:
swindle, confusion, life, time, me,
Form:
I do not know?
A Prodigy In PiecesA boy and board in Brooklyn
bedeviled by the breath of baroque battles
bemused with a belligerent brain beauty
and befriended by battlefield bravado,
the chessmen championed his...
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Categories:
swindle, america, heart, history,
Form:
Epic
The Crooked CopHe'd swindle fate, but they bought in
protected by a badge' restraint,
the pusher, in a ring, his nose
would deal with any dealing's pose!
So "sell for us"...
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Categories:
swindle, native american, political, sad
Form:
Monorhyme
The Mysterious Crystal BallThe Mysterious Crystal Ball
Is this glass sphere a Gothic masterpiece of time
or a mere ball of glass with no significance at all
The Crystal Ball to...
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Categories:
swindle, dark,
Form:
Free verse
The Worst of the LotAs a nation, Malaysia is but a mere 28 million strong..
Diverse as she is, we as citizens sing together her national song...
Entitled Negara Ku or...
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Categories:
swindle, abuse, betrayal, community, corruption,
Form:
Free verse
Edges of LifeYes, the cry got it to settle
now so new, in its own class
see one cow to add on a cattle
wax the gut for the raw...
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Categories:
swindle, adventure, life,
Form:
Sonnet
The Faces of Man
"The Faces of Man"
The faces of Man
transformative
held in the hand
of Mephistopheles
blood sells white and red
pontificating with two fingers
consuming greed for
want of...
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Categories:
swindle, dark, humanity, psychological,
Form:
Epic