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Best Swordplay Poems

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Everybody Knows That Nobody Knows
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT NOBODY KNOWS

The Paleolithic Era was a long time ago. 
It consisted of a few years in a row. 
That's pretty standard as...

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© Ken Page  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: swordplay, fun, history, humor, parody,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Two-Edged Swords
I write of two-edged swords (that tired clichè)
as though this modern boy knew hilt from blade;
as if I had been taught of true swordplay,
not learned...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: swordplay, first love, loss, lost
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Song of The Silversword No 1: ABAB
A mountain of some measure aligned slopes,
Silversword's statuesque uncommonness,
bikers and skiers, youth urban slang, 'dopes,'
pics of height's flowering tower upness.
Centuries of swordplay, The Word, acclaimed,
plowshares...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: swordplay, allusion, analogy, appreciation, fate,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
A Bright Young Fellow Named Ernest
A bright young fellow named Ernest
Went to med school to be an internist.
  But the sight of insides
  Gave him really bad vibes,
So...

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Categories: swordplay, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member The Legendary Adventure Moments of Doctor Hermione Baggin
“The Legendary Adventure Moments of Doctor Hermione Baggins the Reddish of Winterhold, The Master Sith Rainbow Lord Lulu Pucca, Cloud Kitty Carla Chandra the Ruby...

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© G. Jay  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: swordplay, fantasy, friendship, funny, games,
Form: I do not know?



Bad Boys
I am a bad, bad, BAD boy
*** and NC-17 qualified,
I frequent the easy streets in leisure zone
and walk with a swagger.
I own my time
I own...

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Categories: swordplay, humorous, boy,
Form: Free verse
Lost In Translation
Reading by the lines, one by one
Evidenced on those skid marks left
A bitter aftertaste, beyond
goes the winding path right ahead

What led this outrage, travesty?
Swept sanity...

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Categories: swordplay, depression, longing, loss, lost
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Love Is Actually---Not
Love is Actually - NOT

Love is actually hate’s evil sister
masquerading as the touch of passion’s tryst
harsh flame to make the lover’s psyche blister
lying lips to...

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Categories: swordplay, betrayal, fantasy, lust,
Form: Rispetto
The Legend of the Poetic Samurai
Lightning flashes across the chilly midnight sky.
A warrior rises from the ashes to be a Poetic Samurai.
Metaphorically his blazing Katanna blade is just a mere...

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Categories: swordplay, angst, fantasyboyfriend, boyfriend, poetess,
Form: Epic
Tattered Every Which Way
I bare my authentic heart with each word I say,
Then go numb as you twist them every which way ~ ~ ~

Now the entire world...

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Categories: swordplay, confusion, emotions, love hurts,
Form: Monorhyme
I Am a Bad Boy
I am a bad boy
*** and NC-17 qualified,
I frequent the easy streets in a leisure zone
and walk with a swagger.
I own my time
I own my...

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Categories: swordplay, perspective, self,
Form: Free verse
Arab Sword Slice
Drogue, Rogue.
Arab beauty.
Special Heir.
Jump up-down.
Slice like an Arab Ninja.
What is the blade?
Sharp point with Arab Brittle.
Separate from the end.
Muller Tick-Tock.
Poison the Tyrant.
Bomb the Oppressors
And, swordplay....

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Categories: swordplay, abuse,
Form: Choka
Premium Member Within the Castle Walls
Prison of binding, within lies a story.
An ephemeral tale, both handsome and hoary.

Swordplay like lightning clashes.
Ballet steps, graceful with thunderous lashes.

A monstrous castle with many...

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Categories: swordplay, allegory,
Form: Couplet

Book: Reflection on the Important Things