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Pursuers Poems - Poems about Pursuers

An Invitation to the Dance

...We’re in the Souk in somewhere like Baghdad,
but not so land-locked. Tripoli, more like.
“He stole an apple – catch the little tyke!”
The hue and cry goes up. They chase the lad,
whose crime is h...
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Categories: pursuers, integrity,
Form: Sonnet

Premium MemberReflections of the Past, Visions of the Future

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Jacob, who swindled and swapped his stew
for the birthright, then the blessing
that he felt like were his due, 
in time, his dream would be secured,
he’d marry the love of his life,
swee...
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Categories: pursuers, appreciation, bible, blessing, christian,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Erinna Distaff Translation

...ERINNA

Erinna is widely regarded, at least by those who have read her, as second only to Sappho among the ancient Greek female poets. Little is known about her life; Erinna has been called a conte...
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Categories: pursuers, child, childhood, death, death
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberHere I am Send me Isaiah 6:8 part nine NIV

...All biblical quotes and verses are from the NIV
In Isaiah 6:8 the Lord is asking whom he should send and who will go for us?
In Isaiah 6:8 Isaiah is responding that the Lord can and should send him...
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Categories: pursuers, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose

Premium MemberHere I am Send me Isaiah 6:8 part five NIV

...Then I heard the voice of the LORD saying,"Whom shall I send?
Who will go for us?"
And I said," Her I am. Send me!"
He said,"Go and tell this people:"'Be ever hearing, but  never 
understanding; ...
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Categories: pursuers, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose



Political Stormy Waters

...Messages came thru coded
And the messengers appeared in disguise
Such was their fate as the group of 300
Made Stronghold their place of refuge
Twas all going according to book
But the twisted en...
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Categories: pursuers, analogy, appreciation, conflict, devotion,
Form: Narrative

Premium Memberwhy do moths fly in circles

...why do moths fly in circles toward light at night?
Are they trying to shake pursuers, do they feel fright?
Actually, they turn toward source where they see the most bright
Which causes a circular ...
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Categories: pursuers, animal,
Form: Monorhyme

Premium MemberThose Brothers Grimm

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   Axioms, theorems, rules of thumb
      hypotheses, conundrums  

   Pursuers of knowledge, those Brothers Grimm ~
      Hansel and Gretel’s trail of crumbs 
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Categories: pursuers, fantasy, humor, science,
Form: Rubai

Premium MemberAm I a criminal?

...I'm not, but I live life the way I want, no command
Some people don't like me. Because I'm European
But no, it's not about that, it's about something else, 
maybe my soul would be stolen, and I wo...
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Categories: pursuers, peace,
Form: Free verse

Demon 'Punchers, Part Iv

...IV.
Their faces looked shocked when they saw the flames,
looking at each other for someone to blame,
then Sol cleared his throat, and they look to him,
their leader stepped out, his eyes cold and...
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Categories: pursuers, conflict, corruption, evil, god,
Form: Narrative

Premium MemberIntelligent Spiritual and Beautiful

...Men gave this Roman goddess the rush
A woman of substance, she did not fall at anyone’s feet
Her mind was armed with scientific theories
Her ideals were beyond the comprehension of many

She was...
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Categories: pursuers, women,
Form: Free verse

Why Are You In My Head

...Weeks ago we were yelling at each other
Swearing and calling each other different names
It was kind a scene they said
And very childish, so it seemed

Hours have gone
Days have gone
Weeks have...
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Categories: pursuers, anxiety, break up, confusion,
Form: Ballad

A Marriage To Escape Being Dissolved

...For what Baptism has left unsolved
Any Darwinian hope for the Newly Evolved?
There mustn’t be another vile scar
From a cheating on a flying car!

Vera should’ve the thing tried at some bar,
Jus...
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Categories: pursuers, betrayal, loss, lost, love,
Form: Rhyme

The Pursuers

...The pursuers


Under the celestial awing 
there are degrees of darkness
stygian and silky night-blue.
Secret light seeps out of hurts
soon absorbed by night´s hue.
By the quay, lovers watch t...
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Categories: pursuers, allusion, august, devotion,
Form: Blank verse

Premium MemberThe Anti-Everything

...We've been played 
again 
for the sake of ratings
by media mongrels
rewinding the worst of mankind 
in in the bowel of primetime
24/7/365 (hog)feed
leaving us completely cleaved 
and bloodied...
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Categories: pursuers, america, anger, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse

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