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Dueling Poems - Poems about Dueling

Dueling Sleep

I sleep for minutes at a time 
And wake up with more on my mind 
It’s not enough to be king of it all
When you see how quickly you’ll fall
Can you feel the weight of the sea 
As the waves crash and the wheel weaves? 
This silken home can’t comfort the past
The weeds have dug

Categories: dueling, anger, anxiety, conflict, dark,
Form: Rhyme

On Not Being You-- Dueling Senryus

Keep quiet, be nice.
            Do not love, be cold as ice.
            Alas, spineless mice!

            Just one life to live.

Categories: dueling, courage, perspective, poetry,
Form: Senryu

Dueling Hearts

dueling hearts of hate
suddenly remember Spring —
kiss of red petals

1/26/2018

Categories: dueling, anger, love,
Form: Haiku

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Dueling Would Be Violins

The vegetable orchestra was about to play
Fred and Ted had to have their way
Both the same, stubborn twins
These two dueling string bean violins

“I’m the lead violin” said Fred
“No you’re not” said violin Ted
“My strings are taught and so fine”
“So what” said Fred, "so are mine"

“And you’re warped in the middle”
“Get lost” said Ted,
“You’re just a

Categories: dueling, kids, funny, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme

Free Cee Dueling With Death

DUELING WITH DEATH
I always believed i'd die young
robbed of the dreams to which I clung
making it to the apex, the summit, the top
and then suddenly I'd have to stop

I dug my spikes into the mountain's snow
as I begged my feet simply to go
but the longer I prayed the longer the trek seem to last
but I

Categories: dueling, angst,
Form: Quatrain

Dueling Parents

one starts by talking about 
what they did on the weekend,
subtly sliding in the name of their
kid &
the bragging rights get pulled
just as quickly as the pistol at
high noon in a 
spaghetti western---
the dueling parent
pulls their own kid from their
holster &
begins to blab about how amazing
s/he is,
whilst the other parent is trying
their best to out-do

Categories: dueling, life, , western,
Form: Free verse