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Sups Poems - Poems about Sups

Get Thee Behind Me

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Speak of the devil incarnate
to give the devil his due
not to play devil's advocate
tho' devil-may-care
the devil is in the details
and while we're there
to state so now would be oppo...
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Categories: sups, character, fun, humor, silly,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberGod Walks Warmly Alongside Death

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Life goes through a controlled cycle
All that live must die
Else, would we not be objects of shadows
Trying to accomplish feats which are so unnatural?

God, an entity which we have not yet un...
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Categories: sups, death, god, life,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberMy August Birthstone

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My August birthstone pleases me,
for shades of green and I agree.
And of the fine gems that I know, 
my favorite is Peridot.

Now, Peridot is lesser-known 
among most gemstones that a...
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Categories: sups, august, tribute,
Form: Couplet

Poetica Delicata poetry soup

...Better than a stone souper                                                                                                                          a melting pot of the super                         ...
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Categories: sups, art, blessing, celebration, creation,
Form: Grook

Premium MemberGrief

...Grief sups away the nectar
That gives life its industry
And mocks the nature of a soul
To define mortality.

It rises from... I know not where
To shake us to the core
Bringing passion to our h...
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Categories: sups, angst, anxiety, grief,
Form: Rhyme



Paradox

...The rich man sups his Cognac
As he sits and relaxes
Complaining in his mind about
The level of his taxes,
Congratulates himself 
On the amounts
Secreted away in
Offshore Accounts,
Wines and d...
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Categories: sups, confusion, society,
Form: Rhyme

Letter In Red

...I laid awake on my bed one night,
instantly my room was filled with light.
There stood an Angel, who put a letter in my hand,
the writing on this page, I could not understand?
 When I looked back...
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Categories: sups, christian, inspiration, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberOnslaught

...Grief comes uninvited, like a marauder,
like a one man army charging,
he makes an unexpected onslaught.
A thief in the dark who comes stealthily,
without pausing to seek permission
a...
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Categories: sups, angst, conflict, depression, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse

Birds

...With a vision one should be silly trying to match,
Eyes able to three hundred and sixty degrees search;
Scarcely neared and their wings would flutter,
Airborne as you try to a syllable utter;
To ...
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Categories: sups, animal, betrayal, farm, fate,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberFemme Fatale

...A black widow spider spins a silk thread
into a near-transparent dream catcher;
filling her with joy and her meals with dread.

A very cunning, deadly flycatcher
ready to pounce and mumm...
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Categories: sups, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Terza Rima

The River

...Inside the water 
where they float or sway in their rusting roots
are horse tackle,
buggies, 
unhinged parts of eighteen wheelers,
a girl on a tricycle, her bones still cycling in the drifting m...
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Categories: sups, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Bird Lady of Ecclesall Woods

...Her whisper gentle like the summer breeze
Calls a passing sparrow lonely and shy,
One that had escaped the northerly bise
Intoxicated from flying too high.
A welcoming hand held out a surprise
W...
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Categories: sups, nature,
Form: Sonnet

Premium MemberHaunted

...It haunts the minions of my mind
subservient in acquiescence
to a horror's endless daily grind
deny the truth, buttress the flank
conceal the secret – rancid – rank
within a lie's servile defens...
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Categories: sups, fear, grief, horror, self,
Form: Rhyme

Long Spoon

...Long spoon is truly needed 
In defending your faith; 
Dangerous lovers of sin 
Simply show anger and hate. 

If you have some interactions 
With waiting harmful people; 
You must be always on ...
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Categories: sups, life,
Form: Verse

Premium MemberNext Christmas It Will Be So So Different

...Another Christmas day is finally here
The very thought fills me with such fear
I have to try and control my old Aunty Mable
Once she hits the gin she gets very unstable

Uncle Arthur...
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Categories: sups, christmas, family, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

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