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Short Pyrrhic Poems

Short Pyrrhic Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Pyrrhic by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Pyrrhic by length and keyword.


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Peremptorily prone to perfunctory  purposeful  passionate pugnacious problematic preternatural preconceived pyrrhic perceptions predominantly pertaining to Peruvian parakeets pallid people partisan politics packed places and polished purple poodles....

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Categories: pyrrhic, words,
Form: Alliteration



Masquerade Ball
Masquerade Ball

Dress up ghouls
Death's Masquerade Ball.
Each ghastly dance
Creates the queue.
A death head prize
For willing waltz.
A looming grave
The victory taunts
A dying knave,
A pyrrhic flaunt.


by Mari Sloan
copyright May 2010...

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Categories: pyrrhic, fantasy, social,
Form: Free verse
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Insidious, insipid, id-inebriated imbeciles
wage a wanton war of words without wit, wisdom or worldliness.
Regrettable, repugnant reprobates ravage refined realms as
pirouetting pariahic pyres patently a pyrrhic prize.

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16 syllables on every line - checked with howmanysllables.com
2 December 2017

For Barry Stebbings' "Alliteration" contest....

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Categories: pyrrhic, america, corruption, crazy, fate, international, power, war,
Form: Alliteration

Book: Shattered Sighs