Best Usurper Poems
The Usurper King"My Kingdom will rise above all others. I'll always put it first."
He spoke with the devil perched upon his left shoulder,
but no angel sat on the right of this diabolical sinner.
The king pointed his scepter; his lemmings did his bidding.
Dethroned, he claimed foul to the...
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Categories:
usurper, identity, satire,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
UsurperSoft bones
Towing celestial clay
Brutal, the fleshly vehicle
Screeching still
Along its dark an' ancient highway
Where infinite roads, crookedly knot
Tying bow, upon heavens bouquet
Never meant to be begot
Invisible...
Until our dying day
So, pardon me
The land and sea
An’ rapture me, their eulogy
As fading petal, a warmth to seek...
Upon ashen...
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Categories:
usurper, allegory, yellow,
Form:
Free verse
Usurper Moon TableauMoon rises surprised,
eschews its pocked face,
caught in early glare
of sun in bleaches
awaiting its call.
A starlet usurped!...
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Categories:
usurper, moon, star, sun,
Form:
Verse