Doom Poems - Poems about Doom

KING ALFRED THE GREAT MODERN ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS King Alfred the Great (circa 849-899) was the first English king to be a notable scholar, poet and translator. Alfred has been credited with translating Latin works of Boethius into Old English (i.e., Anglo-Saxon English), although it is not known if he did the translations himself, assisted, or just...

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Priests of Doom and Gloom: Fear, the seat of their feigned power. We, meaning them, know best: follow us and be saved or risk eternal pain and suffering~ being forever graved! Yet some, as I, choose the worship of one word, Love! Avoiding Dogmatic Mercenaries, Faux stand-ins, for the one, true, God, all merciful, unlike the Above....

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What creature is this that cometh near His luggage filled to the brim with fear Crushing our lives, crushing our beliefs O whence for me shall bring only griefs What of the men whom now weep? What of the woman buried alive in their sleep? What of the children who once stood brave? Their minds controlled their souls enslaved The baneful trumpets sound...

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Phone screen starts to glow, "Reply All" sends out the gaffe, Now, career is done. ©bfa030325 ...

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Light Dawning, brings mankind smiles, Waiting, Reaper creeps over miles, Night. (Antonym poem)....

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Embracing what is known as the light. Is by no means an easy plight. For no one is always in the right. Just a figure in flight. With whom did you postpone this thing? By the hand with the golden ring. He is King. Say no to the darkness of doom, while you...

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"Hold fast, don't let the lines slip", The ropes tighten around the mast of the ship, A salty Captain grasps the wooden helm, Waves rip on the horizon, his realm, Quartermaster yells "Storm heading northwest by west", White knuckled the captain shrugs as though a jest, "Hold fast Boys! This'll be a rough ride", The crew gazed upon the captain with pride, From...

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Once the earth was green and alive. But now it is dreary and dying. What is left is deforestation, logging, fossil fuels, industrialisation, more fuming factories and pollution. The air we breathe was once fresh, the oceans and rivers clean and uncontaminated. We are now on the verge of extinction but no one is...

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A light shone in the distance, As it neared my place in the void I felt its warmth I saw its smile I heard its laugh The light came closer, It got too hot Its smile was too wide Its laugh had other plans....

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Dark energy spreads ink across the universe, dripping scarlet liquid fated by black magic. As the wheels spin poets' necromantic verse, dark energy spreads ink across the universe, and trumpeting angels’ mighty blasts rehearse. The baneful sonnets doom driven by tragic. Dark energy spreads ink across the universe, dripping scarlet liquid fated by black magic. Dark...

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Drowning in Fear This feeling of sudden, impending doom corners me with strong arms. A deep seated ache of guilt for what wrong doing, I know not... begins tearing at my insides like a sharp toothed rat with fire looming at its back and no escape but through the walls of my stomach. I'm weakened by...

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The old man's trophy, antlers impale my v i s c e r a l veins. Love, a moth's wings, ash-dusted, flutters its last in death's...

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Freedom not free doom I go for what I want I stand for what I need I hold on to what I love I leave what breaks me Or face it if neccessary I stitch my broken heart with self love I believe in what makes me stronger I relate to my testimonies So I never fall...

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Freedom not free doom I go for what I want I stand for what I need I hold on to what I love I leave what breaks me Or face it if neccessary I stitch my broken heart with self love I believe in what makes me stronger I relate to my testimonies So I never fall...

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It’s pretty easy to write hysterical headlines; News flash; everyone is going to die! And yet, it’s just as easy to spin it elseways; News flash; everyone is alive! But the known is not news While the possible is, possibly And the hysterical sells, definitely Somewhere in our human nature We are wired to project the worst As we plan for the best Flipping the...

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