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My Bililligig
If love were my bililligig
and thou my comely sorrcondor,
I’d shirren courst thine eyes assiligig
as mine own gane sizzon begondor.
Oh, mine hertzen hurtzen!
How could thoust be so frigidid
to blangst a sorrow murtzen
and forganen mine own brigidid?
Days...
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Categories:
conflict, love, nonsense, words,
Form: Vogon Poetry
The Chains we MakeInstead of someone, I feel like no one.
because I know
when all is done,
To you I’m work, but to me you’re fun.
But who you met, was not the one
you now will find;
whose trust you’ve...
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Categories:
abuse, betrayal, conflict, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
Guiltiness
Guilt consumes one's mind and leads to buying into someone else's
mind games played comparable to chess power and control.
Promises one never makes yet stand accused Clasp, accept
trust that there will be confusion, and Let it...
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Categories:
conflict, confusion, emotions, family,
Form: Free verse
Major OuchI became a victim of the/
Government Psychic/
Operations Program/
With radionic and psionic technology/
The voice to skull is torture/
But, they can't break me/
They tell me to confess/
I refuse, I never done that/
They body possess me/
I will not...
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Categories:
conflict, anger, anti bullying, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Time to test,Its time at last..The furor'e is well past.' For those who fronted
Who shamed? And claimed the high ground? and spoke of a
Deaths knells blast.' Who trotted out (so called experts?) And ranted as well .'...
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Categories:
anniversary, conflict, courage,
Form: Free verse
When the storm ends
While running i reached the shore
Days felt brighter - joys galore
Even my heart started to melt - it's hardest core
The dancy wind which i couldn't ignore
Then it struck - an unknown...
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Categories:
anxiety, conflict, courage, life,
Form: Rhyme
Is there anyone thereIs there anyone there? I read the eyes that stare
Mouths appear numb..must have been struck till dumb?
While media streams, out from foul drains (who cares?)
Who cares? It seems no-one but fools? Who concern with
The mechanic's...
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Categories:
appreciation, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Apollyon, demon destined for obliterationApollyon, demon destined for obliteration
Prince and god of the metropolis of destruction
Order, sin and death: These are the chains of his dark hole
Looking, you see the hill of Chokmah above sheol
Livid, Apollyon...
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Categories:
christian, conflict, dark, evil,
Form: Acrostic
IdiosyncraticWhat am I?
Flesh and blood and bone
On the surface.
Dive deeper though,
See what you can find
Before you
Drown.
How am I?
Emotions roar
Then dull out
A simple
“Fine”
Which is enough for you
But not for me.
Where am I?
I’m here...
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Categories:
8th grade, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Cantina TinaCantina Tina never met one meaner
Though she sure looked pretty as the night grew long;
And so did I, in the mirror of the john.
Bottom of the bottle is where the grass is greener.
A Skid Row...
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Categories:
addiction, conflict, drink,
Form: Rhyme
I'm Not A Kitty Cat
Categories:
conflict,
Form: Verse
OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD(A flower in my garden)
Beautiful to the naked eye, yet growing at the expense of tears, From a fountain of overdue languish, watering down the seeds of regret.
Surprisingly, the passion to garden these flowers, a...
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Categories:
conflict, emotions, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Medieval Poetry Translations VIII by Michael R BurchThese are English translations of Medieval poems written in Old English.
The Battle of Maldon
anonymous Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem, circa 991 AD or later
translation by Michael R. Burch
…would be broken.
Then he bade each warrior unbridle his...
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Categories:
conflict, confusion, courage, death,
Form: Free verse
Silence Cuts DeepWords rest on my tongue,
sharp and heavy,
like shattered glass,
aching to spill.
But as they press against my lips,
ready to slice their way out,
a voice pulls me back:
They are not worthy of your fire.
And I pause.
I ask...
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Categories:
betrayal, conflict, fire, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Twisted Words
Twisted Words are they your fears you hold onto
written on your scroll? That you project on me?
Twisted Words robs someone of their joy and
One's character, tend to dig ditches to entangle
someone's growth, control...
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Categories:
conflict, anti bullying, character, community,
Form: Bio
Specific Types of Conflict Poems
Definition | What is Conflict in Poetry?
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