Onside Poems | Examples


Weakness So Ugly

manipulators fall short 
they don't achieve 
no honour to report 
they're just weak

competition avoided 
witnesses none 
petty defiance 
sinisterly done 

this their weapon 
whispered ideas 
even threaten
vicious toward fear 

leading down
not true leaders
feeling crowned
woeful weakness 

selfish uncaring 
fake when sparing 
twisted daring 
two faced staring 

entitled in their minds 
non progressive with time 
victims of crime 
sympathy onside 

they don't think beyond
stuck this day and night
conclusion foregone 
delusion says their right 

abusing authority 
never a majority 
silent priorities 
perspective victory 

a belief they know best 
stand above the rest
yet never contest 
nor win yet feel blessed

they are scum
they are dumb
they're not fun 
humour, they've none 

but they live in their own little world 
thinking the way of aged 5 boy or girl
they believe in just a path blind to the field 
mentally and physically make you hurl
Categories: onside, corruption,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberGreased Lightning

Saltcoats born,Saltcoats bred
His darts left many a defender for dead
Had he not been flagged so often for offside
His haul of goals would have sky-highed
His quick reflexes the eye deceived
Leaving linesmen blind to his onside speed
This was a Lisbon Lion with a cheetah's pace
Forcing defenders to foul rather than  chase
Faster by far than any other
He caused defences all sorts of bother
Let us recall with affection  wee Bobby Lennox
To opposing teams always a marauding  menace.
Categories: onside, eulogy, soccer,
Form: Rhyme


Glory of War

PARDON? Not sure I heard you right?
Sounds like you said war has glory,
each time a ruler marches to a fight,
you only hear one side of story,
there is NO glory in war, you make me sick,
your obviously a pathetic little prick!
You hear what's needed to get you onside,
the propaganda machine, busy on overdrive,
you the taxpayer, pay for the ride,
pointlessly these cycles seem to survive!
Did we learn no lesson from previous events?
listen to the 1% sat in plush apartments,
Ooh, the money to make, the profit from doom,
the stockmarkets not all the rich make boom!
A wunch of bankers gamble with lives in a room,
thanks to bloody crown and gate
all is on the rich's plate,
it's also the fault of those who recruit,
without soldiers you can't pillage and loot,
so come on jarhead, don't sign up for killing,
let love instead take highest billing,
there's better resolutions than just blood spilling!

If a portion of wars cost instead were spent,
helping countries much needed development,
isn't that a greater improvement?
to build bridges not bombs,
replace bullets with songs,
better ways to right wrongs,
can't we all just get along?
©John-Ovan.P.Hull
Categories: onside, war,
Form: I do not know?

Open Season

i want to say i took my shot and snared the woman with one thought
held my breath, tempting fate, i gave myself the day to prey
charged at the door from across the room i knew it simply wasn't true
traps and guises failed my amorous pursuit

i want to say all my truth from the moment i set eyes on you
masked and hidden from suspicion, the mouth speaks with aimed precision
words waking moments of shared pain following through side street plain
unarmed and adrenaline fused we went home

i want to do things with you that bring us back to childhood
learning with a string onside, tickling your recurved spine
our education a lifelong goal forging a promise: we'll break the mold
ignoring warnings and what we were told
Categories: onside, girlfriend-boyfriendeducation,
Form: Free verse

Reach

Reach for me,
Two each,
In story.WE
are HIstory...
Who's hurry.
No worries,
Life is here,
in the onside.
What a ride.
Special in heart.
Twice as smart,
Discovering art.
Do you hear,
The Wind there?
Reach...
To each... teach.
Share yourself.
Give your know.How.
Categories: onside, peace
Form: I do not know?


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