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Jackals Poems - Poems about Jackals


Premium Member Hounds and Jackals
A government of feral Jackals The masses bound with chains and shackles They infect us all with fear and lies Empty promises from empty eyes As our lives move and rearranges We struggle on while nothing changes They sympathize with our frustrations Then hound us all for more donations They say it with such sincerity But it's just...

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Categories: jackals, political,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Warrior
Beyond these ramparts lurks the mangy foe Set to leave our red bodies in the snow. The sultan of mayhem smirks and awaits To grant harsh orders to decide our fates With his swarming dragons outside our gates And kill our love and peace that he hates. Quarter will not be asked, and none given For by bloodlust his jackals are driven. Courage!...

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Categories: jackals, courage, fate, hate, peace,
Form: Sonnet



Night Tidings
A jackal cries in the distance And I jolt awake The candle is still awake And my falcon glares at me, one stern, yellow eye keeping me in check. I hurriedly move to snuff out the light, Then I remember... It was a night just like this. Jackals crying, Men shouting and guns firing. Then silence. Four hours of silence. There was a knock...

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Categories: jackals, africa, bereavement, death, loss,
Form: Narrative
Jealous Jaded Jackals
Jealous Jaded Jackals Decadent darkness placed upon the setaceous shrine For the Angels wilfully weep and ignominiously entwine ...

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Categories: jackals, abuse, dark, lonely, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member In Fairness To Jackals
You are a jackal dripping A childish cotton candy concoction From your canine teeth Though that may be unfair to jackals Less clever and more desperate, You are more like a hyena It's just that it sounds like "cackle" which reminds me of you Which is how I got there  Really though you are more like an insect  That I...

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Categories: jackals, anger, betrayal,
Form: Free verse



Jackals Danced
Jackals Danced Gentle strokes soon soothed each heartbeat. Where jackals danced at passions defeat. © Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen January 22, 2010 Poetic form: Crysalline...

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Categories: jackals, angst, animals, caregiving
Form: Crystalline

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