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Best Whips Poems

Below are the all-time best Whips poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of whips poems written by PoetrySoup members


Northern Slaves
In the silent breathing of night,
treading through 
the darkness and the hush
(A heavy band of slave)
like black ants snaking
through the forlorn distance.
Grieving with tears
Of yesterdays...

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Categories: whips, emotions, metaphor, sad, slavery,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Food For Thought - With Chris Green
Lyrics start 0.05 - timed to the music

Pack your bags dear, there’s a Croc near
And he’s creeping, through the night
With his eye on - on...

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Categories: whips, food, health, scary,
Form: Lyric
Chains of Colonialism
Chains of Colonialism        

With guns they came
With whips and chains
Chains to capture the Dark Continent
Chains snaking across Africa
Africa...

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Categories: whips, africa, discrimination, people, racism,
Form: Blitz
Dark Nostalgia.
A town unlocks their Baptist cage.
They shout and scream unholy rage.
The scorching sun sears all beneath,
Forsaken whips snap from their teeth.
Their eyes are slits that...

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Categories: whips, social
Form: Rhyme
Autumn In Waiting
Autumn in Waiting 

I love when vineyards turn 
to yellow, orange, and red.
I will get up an hour later,
and may earlier go to bed.

The valley...

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© Edlynn Nau  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: whips, autumn, nature, seasons,
Form: Rhyme



Innocence
He called me that S word again
deadly threats with His pen
a coincidence in disguise
I now seek out other guys

Revirgin Mary I willn't be
alive in fantasy...

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Categories: whips, angel, beauty, cancer,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Water Falls
staring back
seemingly motionless
in her thunder she froths at the mouth 

whips away
at the serene background
exposes her dominant nature

the tears flow
against a cheek bone hard
that slowly erodes...

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Categories: whips, nature, water,
Form: Verse
From Jaded Green
A harvest breeze invites the leaves
to shimmy on the tree.
In haunting song she sighs and grieves
as on her breath they flee.
They dance and twirl away...

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Categories: whips, naturedance, autumn, dance,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Quiet One
The Quiet One

How shall I begin my story
I hardly knew that he was there
Yes, he really seemed nice enough
with those blue eyes and light blonde...

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Categories: whips, horror, judgement,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member For All the Sweet Lovers
Flying Saucers, Flake, Bar Six
Country Style, Gobstoppers, Twix.

Toffee Crisp and Dairy Crunch
Grand Seville and Milky Lunch.

Arrow Bars and Sherbert Dabs
Caramac and Lucky Bags.

Bluebird Toffee slabs...

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Categories: whips, appreciation, candy, heart, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bold Gypsy Humbled
On full moon night, wild tresses float like flowers
as stars ignite her arms to dance, then to pull
her gypsy robe, arise  tambourine hours ;
the...

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Categories: whips, mystery, people,
Form: Rispetto
Freedom
Freedom
We are off the chain, 
But we let up the rein. 
Endurance flows through our veins, 
But we still live in pain and disdain. 

We...

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Categories: whips, freedom,
Form: Verse
My Christmas Tree
As I gaze upon my Christmas tree with the ornaments, glitter, tinsel and snow, I see the many presents scattered around. The shiny star on...

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Categories: whips, blessing, christmas, love,
Form: Prose
Premium Member The Ocean Calls Me
My heart yearns not for the mountain-way
  With its green of grass and tree;
My heart calls out for the ocean spray
   And...

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Categories: whips, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Curtain of Pain Fell Upon Us
The curtain of pain fell upon us as we stood,
at his tomb and snow kissed our quivering lips;
my voice was lead and it seemed I...

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Categories: whips, baby, death,
Form: Rhyme

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