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Pariahs Poems - Poems about Pariahs

Premium Member Prophecy
...When the husky sound of the horns Resounds on the edge of the universe, The Lamp will fight again And don his crown of thorns. For the last devout effort, For the last holy sacrifice, For ......

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Categories: pariahs, faith, jesus,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Emperor's New Clothes
... "The Emperor’s New Clothes" We write about beliefs our prayer flags flying like chrysallis books on a branch of those higher deities we trust, submerged, we are always......

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Categories: pariahs, muse,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Vagabonds
...alkali streets bleed with the dreams of humanity, angels in bootlegged Blahniks flutter wings of dubious intention a silent wisdom of the gods spills empty pockets ... gilded pillars of ......

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Categories: pariahs, america, angst, appreciation, beauty,
Form: Free verse
The Worst of Humankind - Part 2
...Now you’re turning to the south To save your battered face, To claim some sort of victory By flattening the place. If soldiers cannot win your war You’ll bomb and you will shell: Blow everyth......

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Categories: pariahs, anger, humanity, war,
Form: Rhyme
The Land of Sun
...The Sun set behind the lion as he wielded the sword, his silhouette beamed with a golden glow, as he prayed to the lord. The Great King, his wise radiance, he is known as a messiah. His realm......

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Categories: pariahs, myth,
Form: Ghazal



Premium Member Kidnapping Freedom and Liberty
...Liberty has been taken hostage, abducted in many parts Of the world Freedom is often smothered, suffocated in many hearts In this world Both are often used as steady stepping stones By demagogue......

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Categories: pariahs, abuse, cancer, conflict, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Royal Jelly and the Hornet Helix
... "Royal Jelly and the Hornet Helix" When the murder hornets arrived they flashed their big black wings like sharp porcupine needles into our minds we became honeycom......

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Categories: pariahs, future, humanity, science fiction,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Outlaws
...The best artists are outlaws Vandalizing our sanctity, Our sanctimonious freight trains, Our parsimonious neglect. The best artists are culprits Chiseling our school desks, Scraping our bathr......

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Categories: pariahs, allusion, art, bible, extended
Form: Didactic
Fortaleza
...As a loosed bird and the broad liberties of the sky, So have been long life’s borderless freedoms and I; I often have kissed countless trolls’ decoying lips, And thought their lush mouths such n......

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Categories: pariahs, anxiety, betrayal, character, depression,
Form: Bio
Nay Sayer
...Immersed unprepared and unaware in the wrelm of torture, raised by the tormented and confused, told to smile while our cheeks are bruised, creating pariahs out of those who dare to say nay to the way......

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Categories: pariahs, anger, angst, conflict, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Damned Patrons' Victims Proved Helpless Agonised
...damned patrons' victims proved helpless agonised ministers agonised inside wombs, starlit shields of beheaded offenders glassfuls of blood, elegant marks indelible, bricks in moonlit lorn pits, go......

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Categories: pariahs, allegory, allusion, dream, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member At the Gates of Auschwitz
...At The Gates of Auschwitz Today, I stand At the gates of hell; “Arbeit macht frei,” (work sets you free!) That is Auschwitz. Where they burned God’s children, And the ......

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Categories: pariahs, evil, holocaust, jewish, remember,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Being Gay
...Being gay is a nightmare, Yet not for what it's worth, But for the social wear and tear, Of not fitting in on Earth. Does my taste for men inflict upon you, A pain so great with which you cann......

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Categories: pariahs, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Remembering Radical Relatives
...Explain your historical evolution radically, inclusively, expansively, good-humoredly; not carefully, deductively, reductively, sarcastically. We once had a school of thought among up and comin......

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Categories: pariahs, beauty, culture, health, humor,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Perfectionist Is Listening
...The Perfectionist is Listening the rich are committing suicide and taking us with them the prosthetic limbed bastards Fort Darwin tottering on fewer stilts once the masters of the universe pr......

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Categories: pariahs, slam, universe,
Form: Free verse

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