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Subverting Poems - Poems about Subverting

Beatitudes For The Silent

...Beatitudes for the Silent 

Beatitudes for the ailing hearts 
Gratitude for those who have been there from the start 
Attitude from those who are willing to depart 
Platitudes for those who just...
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Categories: subverting, life,
Form: Rhyme

Attack of the 70ft Super Ego

...INT. SCENE 1 – THE AWAKENING – DAY
FADE IN:

It was born in a test tube,
Twitching organic mass, form skewed.
They fed it chaos and it grew.
More tests ordered. More data due.

They poked it ...
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Categories: subverting, birth, film, health, humor,
Form: Rhyme



Beyond

...Open your eyes wide 
Beyond the blazes of Cain
Beyond the seven 
Are mortals born from strange flesh 
And from divine light
That stolen light of wisdom
Yaldabaoth’s treasure
Where her light is...
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Categories: subverting, jesus, love, religious, science,
Form: Choka

Plague

...God, cure me of this disease, 
A ever-lasting disease, 
A disease of the heart, 
A disease of the mind, 
In which love-sick fools seem to linger, 

I have looked far and wide, 
For its end to ...
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Categories: subverting, 11th grade, angel, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberFreedom vs Order: Competing Constructs

...Freedom with far    Freedom with         Order with less      Order with far
less emphasis on    less emphasis         emphasis on          less emphasis
Order -                  on Order -        ...
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Categories: subverting, destiny, extended metaphor, freedom,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum



Premium MemberFoe Forgiveness Joy

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Written: December 24, 2023, For Anoucheka Gangabissoon Contest
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Forgiveness is felicity fetching a hefty feud.
It warms our heart...
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Categories: subverting, analogy, confusion, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme

Sultan

...I choose to abide by Christ's holy law -
Resolve born in faith that His way is true.
A pact between mind and soul - what's the flaw?
If I know it's right, then I'm bound for you!

But I look in ...
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Categories: subverting, faith, god, introspection, jesus,
Form: Sonnet

Prolonging Pain

...prolonging pain 
ongoing insane
subverting hurting
ain't working
dodging the day
gets me no pay
prices up wages flat
elect a democrat
who does better than
what's done by republican
spending...
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Categories: subverting, anger, ireland,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberVacancy

...In the avalanche, I lost track of my guiding light.
I fled my fireside. I had to evacuate my homestead. 
Driven far astray by frenetic frozen fright,
I was just a cowardly racing rescuing airhead....
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Categories: subverting, brother, care, family, health,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberVisions An Open Form

...VISIONS
so
prophetic
in
resolute
 depictions
 complete
  instantaneous
  revelations

diverse
verbal
amalgams
  of
 conscience
essential
to
address
   appreciation
 surrounded
  g...
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Categories: subverting, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberStory For Truth

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                          Normal is normal - it is not abnormal
                          Right is not wrong - or logic is terminal

                          Subverting a culture of tolerances ...
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Categories: subverting, analogy, bullying, confusion, corruption,
Form: Rhyme

Toothless Bandits

...Play hard, 
the toothless bandits are at it again.

they have no teeth,
yet bite the hardest.

serial larcenists,
squelching through town,

robbing the honey,
subverting the hives.

at gu...
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Categories: subverting, africa, art, corruption, deep,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberSubjection

...SUBJECTION
interpretation
of
 remorse
with
 sheer visual
 power
described
fluently

evolution
 exploded
fascination
 subverting
the tradition
combines
 the swiftness
with the
comple...
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Categories: subverting, poetry,
Form: Other

Melodies

...I’ve been hearing melodies
You’re always chiming when you lie
And your muffling is on repeat
Repeat, repeat

And when you’re gone I feel redundant
Repeat, repeat.

Entrapping at night
Feelin...
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Categories: subverting, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme

We Had a Democratic System and Judges Stern But Just

...So, I’m the last survivor of a breed that ruled the world!
Brrr! It’s getting mighty cold.
I suppose we can’t complain though. Our innings was quite long.
Brrrr! It’s getting mighty cold.
When I ...
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Categories: subverting, animal, earth, environment,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

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