Best Under The Gun Poems
Below are the all-time best Under The Gun poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of under the gun poems written by PoetrySoup members
Your Judas Like Tan""Child's Play""
You go down like rain,
A wishing star in disguise,
You scream bloody murder
-the perfect two-face disgrace
Your lips forever stain and reside with Benedict...
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Categories:
under the gun, betrayal, change, conflict, daughter,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Courage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders FieldCourage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders Field
(A Tribute)
Tough as nails young man with a red right hand
red-fire and whiskey ran in his blood.
Courageous seed...
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Categories:
under the gun, conflict, death, fate, sorrow,
Form:
Sonnet
Categories:
under the gun, death, depression, hate, hope,
Form:
I do not know?
For One Pass of Your Breathyou write your words and they make me cry
you write those word and you know i die
but i've died so often now
i held you in...
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Categories:
under the gun, lost love, love, love
Form:
Free verse
Old ManSilently he sat in darkness, flinching at the sight of light.
Which created a glow reflecting on his balding head.
His cold glare did not help my...
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Categories:
under the gun, angst, dark, life,
Form:
Prose
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To My HangingA funny thing happened on the way to my hanging
Couldn't sleep the night before my head was banging
I was innocent of a crime that I...
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Categories:
under the gun, brother, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
My Heart Will Go On - POTDPOTD 30th August 2018
The gently swaying branches of the old oak should elicit calmness
And yet a sense of foreboding permeates the midnight air
Wild imaginings?...
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Categories:
under the gun, grief, heartbreak, lost, romance,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Texian Macabre ArenaThe First Texian Macabre Arena Ballad (The extended free-fallen edition)
In another life, is where I first saw your face!
One summer afternoon, lying wounded next...
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Categories:
under the gun, pride, sin, sorrow, symbolism,
Form:
Ballad
The Saint Patrick's Day Robbery At Milton Creek BankIn the town of Milton Creek the sun was starting to rise
And Jenna was planning for Ranger David a lovely surprise
Unbeknown to him preparations were...
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Categories:
under the gun, america, humor, ireland, western,
Form:
Rhyme
Walk TallI was born and raised in a little town by the name of Calder
That was just twenty miles south of the Canadian border
As a boy I...
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Categories:
under the gun, america, death, drink, drug,
Form:
Narrative
Once Upon A Time In Milton CreekThe sun was rising high in the east over the town of Milton creek
It was the eighteenth day of December, the start of Christmas week
All...
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Categories:
under the gun, america, anniversary, christmas, remember,
Form:
Narrative
Still I RunI race for summer's setting sun
as crimson bleed the alder leaves
and still I run. And still I run.
My rival, time, is yet undone.
Past pyramids...
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Categories:
under the gun, autumn, death, truth,
Form:
Villanelle
Once Upon A Time In Milton Creek The ConclusionIt was still quite dark in Milton Creek, and it had just gone four
When Tom arrived at the sheriff's office, and knocked on his door
The...
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Categories:
under the gun, america, death, western,
Form:
Narrative
Monoku QuotesDon't dwell on what could have been, better it is to dwell on what can be...
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Never give up trying, or your life book will...
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Categories:
under the gun, wisdom,
Form:
Monoku
Will ShepardThe day Will Shepard shot my dog
His barn burned to the soil;
The flames licked at the Autumn sky,
The smoke as black as oil.
I dropped the...
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Categories:
under the gun, animals, cowboy-western, death, loss,
Form:
Verse