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Stalemate Poems - Poems about Stalemate

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~ aka 'Forever War' ~ Israel won't quit fighting until every Hamasnik is dead Hamas won't quit fighting until every last Jew on earth is...Read the rest...
Categories: stalemate, death, war,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Stalemate
clash of egos, differences of perspectives stalls fluidity. a partnership dissolves ideas once a mountain stream flowing seamlessly, now a trickle; static electricity. synergy, at rest; in a state of stagnation. they've assumed the position of chess pieces from which no further move. is...Read the rest...
Categories: stalemate, conflict, metaphor, perspective, simile,
Form: Free verse



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"Stalemate" Words mean nothing to me when the sky is sucked out from the lungs of people dying daily where do I put my love when cities are dying lucid writing disappears vacant, lost, dead war orphans stolen children the beautiful innocence torn...Read the rest...
Categories: stalemate, feelings, humanity, war,
Form: Free verse

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Stalemate Is Worthy
Our life is a chess game If your king’s dying, Don’t be checkmate ...Read the rest...
Categories: stalemate, life,
Form: Verse
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when a soulmate dies ~ life quickly becomes a stalemate. bite size poem# 10...Read the rest...
Categories: stalemate, angst, life,
Form: Monoku



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~~A chess match is an opaque mirror into societal clash slippery rules and taboos playing upon a checkered past balcony kings and queens glaring down on the lower caste. Ramparts buttressing crooked flanks, serfs in the murky front devouring...Read the rest...
Categories: stalemate, america, society,
Form: Free verse
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We became blind to His love for us Failing to honor Him in our worship His choices now offend us And our offerings now offend Him Our hearts refuse to take Him in So, we go through the motions For the...Read the rest...
Categories: stalemate, bible, heart, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
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in the game of life please don’t treat me like a pawn the next move is yours 12/29/17...Read the rest...
Categories: stalemate, games, life,
Form: Senryu
Stalemate
Two sat at a table where the board lay Gears turning, pondering a play. Simple conversation was being made; Talking and talking, but few thoughts were said. They exchanged many a move, Probing at the other’s mind. Very...Read the rest...
Categories: stalemate, conflict, courage, feelings, introspection,
Form: Free verse
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The early days were bubbles When days passed in moments And the air between us Never escaped. Soon after something died As if it was all normal Like you blow off the candles After a romantic dinner. When silence became the norm We...Read the rest...
Categories: stalemate, lost love,
Form: Free verse
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We stand not five metres apart The light flickers, then stops, then starts! We stand assessing how this ends? Heart beat thuds, pulse quickens For a moment we see past the hate For a moment this is more than a...Read the rest...
Categories: stalemate, age, change, character, hope,
Form: Free verse
Stalemate
This universe is a chequered board Where facts are sacrificed as pawns To defend ideas antediluvian. Our horizon is constantly receding Knowledge and ignorance clash Ending in a stalemate....Read the rest...
Categories: stalemate, world, universe,
Form: Prose
The Stalemate Between the Day and Night
the fight between day and night light and dark fantasy and fear they have come to a stop come to a conclusion and stopped the feuding for now the fighting has stopped for now they are at a stalemate for now they live in...Read the rest...
Categories: stalemate, fantasy, fear, nature,
Form: Free verse
The Stalemate
Across the board are my bishops and pawns opening a battling door! And my castles corner your kings well-planned out bonjour. Holding sturdy ground, my queen gets caught in between your most brilliant liaisons. Strategically bound expected as...Read the rest...
Categories: stalemate, adventure, allegory, education, life,
Form: Rhyme
A Stalemate Epiphany
Imagine imagine The forest clandestine, The waterfall, sinless and grand. Alone in the stillness, A heart-halting illness, Beleaguers you, seizing command. Affairs of the vengeful, So darkly and dirgeful, So beautifully stated with lust. With fate you are weighted, With passion created, But constantly lacking in...Read the rest...
Categories: stalemate, death, imagination, philosophy
Form: Rhyme

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