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Reprisals Poems - Poems about Reprisals

Premium Member NO KINGS
... We our blessed with many freedoms in America… We may not always agree on what freedoms each of us select… and where we often get into trouble is when our opposing views of freedom intersect. W......

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Categories: reprisals, america,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member To Be as a Child
... It’s more natural to be as a child untouched by vices and greed of the world. to wonder at ladybugs and dragonflies; to swirl like a butterfly with wings unfurled. To make up adventures while......

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Categories: reprisals, joy,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member A King’s Ransom
...What is the gift in your life Is it your husband or wife Is it your children, your lover, your pet The notion of someone you haven’t met yet Is it the door that you shut on the havoc The sanc......

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Categories: reprisals, metaphor, symbolism,
Form: Rhyme
The Parables of My Soul
...In the twilight of my melancholy existence, love savors its bravery, like a vulture allergic to the suspicious aspects of ephemeral glamour, in a final macabre choreography. On the edge of the prec......

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Categories: reprisals, 12th grade, allegory,
Form: Free verse
Mideast Peace Oxymoron
...Mideast Peace: Oxymoron Though descendent of Jews, I feel boggled at the brutal, nasty and wanton war between Israelis and Palestinians. Many innocent victims bred to know and hate their en......

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Categories: reprisals, abuse, anger, angst, arabic,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Israel Vs Hamas
...Could conditions terribly sad Lead captives to do something bad When a sheriff not cool Won’t let compassion rule Do lifers in prison go mad? Did structure that forms Gaza’s pen Encourage t......

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Categories: reprisals, abuse, anti bullying, forgiveness,
Form: Limerick
Women In the Cloth Robed Wall
...How many lies have you extolled How many commandments have you broken How many futures have you stole How many people have you made to suffer How many pennies have you pinched In order......

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Categories: reprisals, 11th grade, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
Oceans and Winds
...Oceans and Winds I have an obsequious unnatural inclination To sustain my external compulsions And convert them to a pre-text of a sub-text Of instantaneous conclusions Bi-Partisan confusions......

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Categories: reprisals, corruption, courage, creation, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Beware the Ides of March 2023
...Beware The Ides of March 2023 Ides simply referred to first new moon, which usually fell between the thirteenth and fifteenth day of a given month. The following events all occurred fift......

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Categories: reprisals, abuse, age, anniversary, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Essay On Humanity
...To be more complete and closer to humanity what the Lord wants....! First I need a woman who loves me, even if she is not a muse! A cause I defend with grace and honor, but that does not ensla......

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Categories: reprisals, allusion, appreciation, education, senses,
Form: Prose Poetry
Troublesome Kid
...He was a troublesome kid, Who punched the others and hid If this wasn't safe, off slid To be of reprisals rid... Venturesome troublesome kid, Who pot distances from lid And could 12:00 pm fro......

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Categories: reprisals, age, change, child, evil,
Form: Rhyme
Beware the Ides of March 2022 Part I
...Ides simply referred to first new moon, which usually fell between the thirteenth and fifteenth day of a given month. Smithsonian Magazine history buff Tom A. Frail posted March 4, 2010 iss......

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Categories: reprisals, adventure, celebration, conflict, death,
Form: Rhyme
Pride of Place
...The movers wheeled the piano in the apartment my tutors revealed plateaus climbed as an artist hours flying pages turned black and white keys charted scoured trying ages I played packed plight ......

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Categories: reprisals, age, appreciation, art, beauty,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Deep Scars Remain
...Reprisals are sharp thorns from stabbing tongues causing deep wounds that may never heal. Regrets are sown in the seams of a guilty mind where no salve can reach, and scars remain. No......

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Categories: reprisals, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Indifference
...Perhaps like me, you have heard the expression, "I don't know what it is like to be you". These a......

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Categories: reprisals, race,
Form: Free verse

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