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Contrast Poems - Poems about Contrast

the Colourful picture
shadows draw across the canvas with light oily strokes and dry wet soul the white pythons and black mambas conspire as their tongues slither and roll down the canvas. like honey, it marinates the mellow white bruising it with time… yet as the honey lathers and the white bathes, the paint stops with all its might leaving behind the...

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Categories: contrast, identity, introspection,
Form: Lyric
CONTRAST poetrix
with a smile on their face Camouflaging the hidden sadness How many live their lives like this!...

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Categories: contrast, allusion, extended metaphor, perspective,
Form: Free verse



Jesus the Gardener
from a craftsman of heaven's domains ~ to a gardener of olives...

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Categories: contrast, bible, change, christian, garden,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member A Historical Fashion Contrast
A lady who entered a fashion contest for most authentic historical costume was disqualified, the judges pointing out to her disappointment that she lacked Lady Godiva’s most famous accessory – a horse – and therefore was under dressed. ...

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Categories: contrast, humor,
Form: Didactic
Freedom 's In
Freedom ‘s In Love Four feet on the porch. Arrive. Red: the passionate roses a simile for the flush of a face. Alive. Electrifying: each touch. empowering voltage generated in a glance. Expression: whole self in soft adoration. a simplicity in the trance. Destiny or Fate: the authors of internal tranquility and perfected symmetry. Openness untold: a vision of faultless...

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Categories: contrast, 12th grade, devotion, feelings,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member beauty in contrast
I remember floating through you the gentleness of you letting me nobody talking at me just a breeze of conversation you, a summer day me, a little rain cloud ...

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Categories: contrast, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
The world of contrast
The Dragon roars, all equal under heaven. While the Guisi is crippled and Houzi is repraimned. ...

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Categories: contrast, 9th grade, deep, discrimination,
Form: Epigram
Screwtape
Long forbidding fingers dig deep in, Appearing black contrast on pale skin, The puppeteer directs your gaze, A brief view but the vision stays, Ruinous renderings plague the brain, His dark imprint now shall remain....

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Categories: contrast, christian, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Contrast
I saw a bee I saw a bird I saw a butterfly. Each flew across the garden Silent, harmless, good and clean But far above a plane flew higher Far from silent Far from clean Ruthless mankind’s smart intrusion On God’s good and perfect scene. ...

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Categories: contrast, bible, creation, god,
Form: Blank verse
CONTRASTING VISIONS
all is perfection and beauty for a pure and amicable vision all is ugly for a defective soul...

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Categories: contrast, allusion,
Form: Epigram
Premium Member The Canvas of Constrast v2
Picasso's fractured forms, a jagged, broken line, A world of angles where my vision can't align. I yearn for harmony, a smooth, unbroken flow, But in your chaos, a hidden truth, I know. Monet's light, a gentle caress, a soothing balm, His brushstrokes whisper a calming, peaceful calm, The water's surface is a shimmering, liquid dream, Reflecting beauty, a world where...

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Categories: contrast, angst,
Form: Free verse
Prayers of the First Man
“Lord of Light, with no hostility Forge me as a sword of your tranquillity To the kingdom of war, let me give a dove Where there is hatred, let me give love Where there is pain, let me offer forgiveness Where there is depression, joyfulness Where there is despair, let me bring hope and sight In...

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Categories: contrast, christian, conflict, hope, light,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Compare and contrast
Sleep or sleepless nights soft blanket white TV screen sleep is all I want...

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Categories: contrast, sleep,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Two Sisters In Contrast
"Sisters are different flowers from the same garden." Quote by _Unknown I...

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Categories: contrast, sister,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Contrast- Life
Our white and black- their muted grays, that paint life's picture through our days; the good and bad- all in between, makes life's true shade- a blended scene. Bright whites expand with pristine joy as rays of sunshine fast employ, uplifting feelings in the heart where hopeful dreams will always...

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Categories: contrast, allusion, change, feelings, image,
Form: Couplet

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