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Forfeited Poems - Poems about Forfeited


Premium Member When Yesterday's Song Forfeited Rhythm
When yesterday’s song forfeited rhythm And past surrendered to dreams undone, Spontaneous clamor of poignant echoes Shattered her image in saddened mirror Disillusioned by her heart’s revelation. Merely clinging to clutches of hope In tomorrow’s beats yesteryears roared Willing to patronize fixation of love, Though it was just an optical illusion In lovelorn expanse of parched desert. In intrigue of his chivalry she implored When his...

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Categories: forfeited, emotions, heartbreak, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
Paternal Link Forfeited and Forsaken
Paternal Link Forfeited And Forsaken! Irreparable father/daughter bond, particularly with eldest an ache that reinforces inadequacy, keeps yours truly awake, more so now versus countless years elapsed, when cherished bond did break since ample hours prevail, while said progeny (i.e. star student) diligently accomplishes, successful swansong swimmingly freestyle with her (man) drake near perfect match, who will never induce emotional earthquake, perhaps most readers would write me off as a flake, whose...

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Categories: forfeited, adventure, analogy, anger, forgiveness,
Form: Elegiac Lyric



Forfeited Language
I am tied to royalty the way oceans are fastened to moon fluctuations the way our skin absorbs sun's radiation with mathematical efficiency producing Nubian improvisations from translucent tans and honey hued browns to shades of ink that rivaled midnight when we opened our eyes the earth contained starlight tied to royalty we made ivory crowns fashionable and kings requisitioned vines for chains If the moon's pull causes oceans to move towards...

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Categories: forfeited, slavery,
Form: Free verse
Invincibility Forfeited
Death...death...like a cold, distant fog it looms over these beings these frail human beings, myself included attacking their defenseless, quarrelsome - filled minds like ravenous carnivores sprinting upon their prey I've counted three, thrice has death sent for the reaper to bombard the people I depend for my source of sanity It's a process by association those very people bring forth their sickening...

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Categories: forfeited, how i feel,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Life Forfeited, Law Transgressed
Life forfeited, Law transgressed Clear morn in which to go hunting today Indian prepared , went with no long delay Family of four was hungry with no food he setting forth in a very anxious mood Deep into the thickened woods he raced seeking tracks before the wind erased Venison was what he desperately sought his traps were empty with nothing caught! He was...

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Categories: forfeited, culture, earth, journey, life,
Form: Rhyme



A Forfeited Chance
Lived life without considering its worthiness, deceived by the glamor of vain riches, followed desire where the road ended..and what did I find? Faces with hilarious laughter and hearts that were unkind....

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Categories: forfeited, evil,
Form: Rhyme
A Forfeited Chance
Lived life without considering its worthiness, deceived by the glamor of vain riches, followed desire where the road ended..and what did I find? Faces with hilarious laughter and hearts that were unkind....

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Categories: forfeited, evil,
Form: Rhyme

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