Opposites Poems - Poems about Opposites

They say They say opposites attract, I suppose they were right to think that especially for us. For i was naive and you wanted to deceive I was as pure as the driven snow And you were dark like the concept of a Jane Doe. Opposites attract. You secretly wanted to attack, I just wanted you to love me back. You...

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They say that opposites are necessary they, you know of whom I speak so many that they have become faceless to us, so similar in their beaten nature having given up the fight, given away all of their gauntlet gloves, for imagined peace with Creator and the State -- Why do I need to know clouds to appreciated the Sun? -- only for those...

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(“Evil Eye”, 2024, original encaustic) A Dance of Opposites What is the world today? Good and evil in perfect balance A dance of opposites With none the wiser, nor more powerful. But good after all is good And evil, evil And in that, is all the difference. (11/17/24)...

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Picasso's fractured forms, a jagged, broken line, A world of angles where my vision can't align. I yearn for harmony, a smooth, unbroken flow, But in your chaos, a hidden truth, I know. Monet's light, a gentle caress, a soothing balm, His brushstrokes whisper a calming, peaceful calm, The water's surface is a shimmering, liquid dream, Reflecting beauty, a world where...

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Descriptions use words Of course But each word automatically Suggests its opposite.. A word without an opposite Is not a word.. It might be said: no-word Appears as that word... Opposites Collide and nullify A story of opposites.. Continuing: Nothing then Appears as Opposites... ...

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What is real and what is shadow? what is deep and what is shallow? What is life and what is death? what is spirit and what is breath? What is earth and what is sky? what is low and what is high? _____________ ...

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Before, when I was afraid to be me, I looked at others and tried to be a copy. Mimic all their motions, repeat the same moves... Maybe then I can follow all their rules? I tried to not be so different, so lame, but being a replica just wasn't the same! No matter how hard I would try, all...

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I live in a small condo with a unit upstairs, and there resides one very temperamental bear.. He has a darling wife, so bubbly and fair, but he can be so dark and moody, spreads his gloom every where.. At times he hears my footsteps, although I live below, so I take off my shoes and walk on tip toe.. I slept in my guest room...

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You’re here and I’m there You’re found and I’m hidden I’m foul and you're fair You’re pure and I’m unbidden I’m there and you’re here I’m fiction and you’re truth You’re tranquil and I’m fear I’m aged and you’re youth You’re here and I’m there You’re gold and I’m coal I’m self and you’re care You’re give and I’m stole I’m there and you’re here We’re a ship...

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Our differences Are like the pieces of a puzzle called life Where the picture on the box Shows all joys and all strife Shapes fit just the same The bright and the dull Mis-shapes take some time As we chew and we mull In the end it's all fine Unique in it's beauty An imperfect image Released from all duty To conform to the...

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I admire your peaceful ways The way you smile the way you pray You admire my warrior spirit I smile a while just to hear this You are a morning bird so free You wake before sun all cheery I am a night owl and I stay up late Writing poems and songs to celebrate You like purring cats and I like...

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“We often throw away what we still have so as not to regret what we have already lost.” - Luigina Sgarro Black is white’s shadow. Day is night’s despair. Morning is evening’s dare. Thick is thins embrace. Love is hate’s defiance. Hope is desperation’s death. Light is dark’s sadness. Life is death’s contrast. Beautiful is repulsion’s misfortune. Affection is loathing’s imp. Joy is sorrow’s memory. Laughter is...

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("Dark Matters", 2017, original encaustic) In the Night Opposites attract And so attracted bond On the outside It all appears so normal While inside they dance Or circle around in some kind of truce Knowing they are stuck Together as one Until death do they part. And when they part Where do they go? So many theories Of the unknown Fill the mind Spilling over The carefully drawn line of...

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Marriage Rocky stable Loving hoping longing Family warm cold divided Hating torturing and loving Distasteful awkward Divorce...

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Mixing metaphors in the morning Coffee craving stills the brain Active principle lying passive Roar of silence calls in vain For no one leads when no one follows Nothing lasting will remain In the moment where all is timeless Self and other just the same (9/8/23)...

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