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Obliteration Poems - Poems about Obliteration


Premium Member Purpose or Obliteration
I dreamed I was inside a bulb— a cathedral of filament and glass— not dead not born….. but shumming**. Glass walls curved like time sealed but translucent my fingers curled around voltage like a secret God was transcending. The socket hummed a lullaby of static. Every breath of mine made sparks the air electric with grief and longing. I saw myself outside the bulb in a room wallpapered with eyes— each iris twitching like...

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Categories: obliteration, identity, imagination, introspection, philosophy,
Form: Narrative
Apollyon, demon destined for obliteration
Apollyon, demon destined for obliteration Prince and god of the metropolis of destruction Order, sin and death: These are the chains of his dark hole Looking, you see the hill of Chokmah above sheol Livid, Apollyon wrapped his fish scales around your soul Yaldabaoth trembled, as you lunged your sword up high Opening his dragon wings,...

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Categories: obliteration, christian, conflict, dark, evil,
Form: Acrostic



Vivid Orange
Vivid Orange Sky black burnt like sack cloth by the fires Endless fires vivid orange flames Always orange as is the screams Now invisible for they are dead Bodies black ash blown about Wind whipped up by the flames Orange wind this way and that Like the war win lose win lose On and on till it simply ended All dead nobody left to fight Pull...

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Categories: obliteration, anger, conflict, fire, war,
Form: Blank verse
Obliteration
Lit with sculpted cloud Acrobatic hawk circling Open can of worms...

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Categories: obliteration, international, introspection,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Obliteration
Man's stupidity* Life's obliteration risks God's condemnation! © Demetrios Trifiatis 23 November 2018 5-7-5 *Einstein has said: " There are two infinities- the universe and the human stupidity- but I am not certain about the first !"...

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Categories: obliteration, earth, life, men,
Form: Senryu



Premium Member Annihilative Obliteration
Self-loathing and beating A dark passage placed Beneath the old ways Where darkness dwells Sadness runs rampant And depression reigns I visit this lonesome place At times when I’m down It pays to remember This area of torment When days I did bleed And suffer profusely I’m glad to be out of it Living a better life Bettering myself daily Instead of destroying Every piece of me And tearing any ounce Of...

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Categories: obliteration, depression, life,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Obliteration
Obliteration de Russell... women are part of the suffering, the pain of separation, ripping out the guttering, department of sanitation? not quite:) a delight, plum duff-ering... de Don...

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Categories: obliteration, adventure,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Total Obliteration
She came to me, hurt me, and destroyed me Total obliteration She trampled on my soul Entrant into Paula Swanson's "Trample" contest 2/7/2012...

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Categories: obliteration, life, loss,
Form: Kimo
Premium Member Destructive Obliteration
Hacksaw… Obliteration within; Scream the shame--- Make it a nightmare: Walking zombie, Destroy imagination… Annihilated. Russell Sivey Entrant into Debbie Guzzi's "Something Different" contest...

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Categories: obliteration, life, loss,
Form: Free verse
Obliteration
In the rearview recesses I spy crestfallen stresses Binding might tugging my lift When I grasp your tiny hand I plunge into that quicksand Until my breath begs to drift Once the daylight fades away I won't miss that solar play Since we dance in lethal night Lost in our covert nexus Ghouls taunt my solar plexus One spark shall flare to ignite As we torch that...

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Categories: obliteration, funny, love, satire
Form: Lyric
Obliteration of the Ocean
The sea sprays my face with its salt When splendor meets ruin, it’s our fault....

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Categories: obliteration, natural disasters, places, sea,
Form: Crystalline

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