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Effigy Poems - Poems about Effigy

Dark Effigy
Is your ear corrupted by what you see Are the sounds distorted in blind relief Do the voices sleep in images gone Does a nightmare deafen —tomorrow’s song (Dreamsleep: April, 2023)...

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Categories: effigy, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Ebony Tongue
though they sought the gentle verse a wracking pain drew up their purse as thoughtless sovereigns hissed their curse the dollars drained; their feign- rehearsed this tragic dismantling ever-torn fabric seams flowing a pious demand of the feed groveling majesties planted their effigy cordially under the pew cushion seats stating repeat loving the myrrh silent decree ebony spurs...

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Categories: effigy, faith, imagery, money, prayer,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Good Bye
I wiped the dust from its aged unveiling From a secreted place where it had been carefully placed It seemed inconsequential in its merit or value But I opened to find a priceless, silent, narration of love A wearied ring with a small, flawed single diamond She had worn during 25 years of a tested marriage A picture of her five...

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Categories: effigy, feelings, goodbye, i miss
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Effigy
Susan B. Anthony...an American "Suffragist" And also, "Civil Rights Activist" For her, luckily Though she was hung, it was only in effigy! Educate Me With Humor-Leader Clerihew Poetry Contest Sponsor Andrea Dietrich 1-24-2019...

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Categories: effigy, humor,
Form: Clerihew
For Maya Angelou: Like a Cherished Effigy
I hold it up again today; the world, Pregnant with magical dimples Of a child's reckless abandon, And look at the face, Then I look at the deep cut And the pain it inflicted I look back at the unpaid ransom, The whips, hands chained to the back Faces buried deep into the cold wall, The so-called wall of the world, soaked By the tears...

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Categories: effigy, bereavement, death, heartbroken, memorial,
Form: Epitaph



For Maya Angelou: Like a Cherished Effigy
I hold it up again today; the world, Pregnant with magical dimples Of a child's reckless abandon, And look at the face, Then I look at the deep cut And the pain it inflicted I look back at the unpaid ransom, The whips, hands chained to the back Faces buried deep into the cold wall, The so-called wall of the world, soaked By the tears...

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Categories: effigy, anger, black african american,
Form: Epitaph
Beetling Effigy
Away in Mexican Isla de las Muñecas- spirits sway Into the sobbing island green terrain domain Wherever, I extend my eye high I discover those hanging dolls clanging As though actuating me queerly To acknowledge something hairy 'n scary In their eyeballs dim still 'n chill Covered in destroyed limbs 'n skins Strung up in the air, overhanging 'n swaying In creepy,...

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Categories: effigy, dark, death,
Form: Free verse
My Beautiful Effigy
I grieve, But I do not grief for death, Not for death? It's a grieve for the dead, But not of a thing that breathes Bitterness arrest my breast, Woebetide my countenance That even an ocean of tears Cannot wash away the excruciating pain I had my dream carved into a beautiful effigy Her beauty titilates my...

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Categories: effigy, bereavement, heartbreak,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Greatest Love In Effigy: a Pantoum
His eyes always see the beauty in my heart. An ugly duckling is the way I think of me. He paints me as though I am a lovely work of art. I'm not dainty like a hummingbird or a honeybee. An ugly duckling is the way I think of me. I've never considered a mirror to be my friend. I'm...

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Categories: effigy, devotion, love,
Form: Pantoum
Effigy
She stuck into me like a shard; “Pick me up,” she said. I liked the way she beckoned; She liked the way I bled. She had the look that ruined gods, With dark eyes and a temptress air. She set fire to my virgin Eden, And I burned within in her stare. And so I took her by the hand— She was broken...

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Categories: effigy, girlfriend, lost love, love
Form: Rhyme
O Burning Alexandria's Effigy
groupthink likes word games ...

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Categories: effigy, corruption, culture, history, international,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Effigy
Late at night I hear the monkey’s laughing in the jungle They are burning an effigy And they find it more than amusing They find it comforting. They built it out of broken dreams and green cards. It was no accident that they built it The moon and the tides gave them no choice As it burns the night screams And I...

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Categories: effigy, creation,
Form: Free verse
Effigy
build me an effigy red brick stone one brick alone a tear a sorrow a wall built to contain a soul maimed build me a pyre gold covered relief a smooth curved bowl made to hold my soul set it afire with belief (c)mjr 2007...

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Categories: effigy, faith, fantasy, imagination, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Effigy
H A R S H B L E A K T R E E S R E G A L S T ...

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Categories: effigy, nature, seasons
Form: Shape
Effigy In Regret
Broken millionths, this brilliance; reflect a fate in destiny a mirrored effigy of mist Beckoning in tendrils caressed with ether, carried into the mystical drifting to your name Floated thoughts carry a scent, shadowed regret darkened and eased into mind, bringing its own tragic smell A started bond, touted was this mating, fruitless in foresight thoughtless to fright, entering your circle hells own playground Oh it smelt good ! but underneath, the rot set...

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Categories: effigy, life, sad
Form: Free verse

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