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Tarnished Poems - Poems about Tarnished

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tarnished m e m e n to s become tumbleweeds ...

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Categories: tarnished, dark, deep, fire, imagery,
Form: Haiku
Tarnished Light
My own reflections are making me weak, My own deceptions are making me bleak. My own honesty is making me a mockery, My own light is making me dark. It is taking me over; It has breached my cover. It is neither tremendous nor tranquil, I am consumed by my craving for whimsy. The tranquility it offers me— I am way above this...

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Categories: tarnished, depression, extended metaphor, identity,
Form: Free verse



A tarnished soul
Here's a story poem about a girl's tragic descent, imbued with dark imagery: A Broken Doll's Lament Tiny fingers, a gap in the wood, a scene etched in fright, A scream ripped from silence, shattering the night. Mother, a porcelain doll, crumpled on the floor, His rage, a monstrous storm, at her fragile core. Mother vanished like moonlight, a teardrop's salty...

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Categories: tarnished, anger, cry, depression, divorce,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sunlight Faded to Tarnished Gold ITQ
Just on a whim I took a walk, following the trills of a lark Along new trails did I embark, not recognizing a landmark Fearing the worst, if truth be told, along unknown paths I had strolled The air touched me with frigid cold Sunlight faded to tarnished gold Cicadas sang as they took flight 'neath lavender skies of twilight The path back home was...

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Categories: tarnished, day, night,
Form: Quatorzain
Premium Member On Tarnished Ground
Cast no shadow on my grave, Step not on this tarnished ground. Bring no flag to gently wave, Utter not a single sound. Bear no witness to my life, Say no prayer to save my soul. Pity not my daily strife, Worry not the Devil's role. Blame not others for my dread, Let no others pay my lease. Fear not dark clouds overhead, Let no God...

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Categories: tarnished, death,
Form: Rhyme



Tarnished Armor
Categories: tarnished, war,
Form: Free verse
Agape Love
AGAPE LOVE There's a heart of infinite love Which reaches down to man But oh we have a tarnished view Of our great Creator's plan The Father sent His Son to us To give us such a glimpse Of what His glory's all about And yet we are so dense He wants so much for us to see His love is really true But with all...

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Categories: tarnished, conflict, confusion, forgiveness, inspirational
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Tarnished Heros
That bright young President shot down in Dallas who turned out to be an addict and philanderer. And don’t get me started on our most recent former President and his insurrection. That hundred-meter sprinter who held an Olympic Record overnight until his urine tested positive. That cohort of steroid taking home run hitters who demolished Maris’ record and now in...

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Categories: tarnished, hero,
Form: Free verse
Vanished But Image Tarnished
Vincent vanished after robbing his friend Because that should be the end… Joe isn’t going to ignore it nor bend Nor him a friend’s penny lend Nor oh his siblings spend Nor towards his company tend… Never a relief to him send Nor for his woes clothes rend Nor their relationship mend Saw him I when he vanished But...

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Categories: tarnished, absence, anger, break up,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Newness Is Tarnished
new year's fresh promise is quickly tarnished by war and rumors of war See Matthew 24:6-13 NIV For: NEWNESS senryu Poetry Contest Sponsor: Beata Agustin SyllableCounter.net January 28, 2022...

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Categories: tarnished, dark, new year, war,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Restoring Tarnished Virtues
God's oral, and Gaia's ancient **** naturally spiritual laws are win/win discursive, not win/lose debating, when climate polycultural conditions are democratically healthy thriving Not blaming, judging, shaming, cursive, as when monoculturing colonizations of EurAsians autocratically and kleptocratically sick and barely monotheistically surviving curiously endure inhumane denial of runaway capitalist win/lose LeftBrain dominant straight white patriarchal lose/lose ego/eco-fading systemic nihilism Repression of ecowomanist mindfulness lustiness integrity bilateral resilience Suppression of post-traumatic climate stress disorder Depression of PolyCultural Sacred Law for and of humane sensory...

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Categories: tarnished, analogy, earth, education, god,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Tarnished Stones
A creosote frown mars the stony landscape. Time’s sundial remnant a tilting chimney shadow circling a homestead memory. The foundation survives the dream remains tangled in ivied struggle longing for the sound of footsteps the creak of long silenced boards. Uprooted stones, thrown together solidly different yet settling ever slowly into a new place bonding in a shared need. Alone now tarnished stones pay silent homage mark the passage of timeless generations. ©8/8/2021 August 2021 NA'S...

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Categories: tarnished, america, change, immigration, time,
Form: Free verse
Tarnished Dreams
"Midnight cast its cloudy beams From the gloom the shadows went Smudging all the tarnished dreams" Cimmerian moonlight gleams As troubled thoughts spread their scent Midnight cast its cloudy beams Reigning in nightmarish screams Whispers of silence lament Smudging all the tarnished dreams Mindful of the starry streams Groggy eyes nod their assent Midnight cast its cloudy beams Aware of night's darkened schemes Sleep vanishes in torment Smudging...

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Categories: tarnished, night, sleep, stress,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Tarnished Dreams
"Midnight cast its cloudy beams From the gloom the shadows went Smudging all the tarnished dreams" Lying deep inside my mind, it seems, My thoughts become twisted and bent “Midnight cast its cloudy beams” Run strangely amuck in painful extremes Synapses spark, mixed messages sent “Smudging all the tarnished dreams” With motion pictures...

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Categories: tarnished, imagination, mental illness,
Form: Villanelle
The Tarnished Treasure
The critics rue the day, for they don't like the rain. They can't look inside hearts, where is the real pain. People walking the streets, some care about their gait. While others simply try, to keep up with their fate. The hope we keep alive, that the sun will return. When it all will depend, on what we have earned. Something we have in life, to make...

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Categories: tarnished, life,
Form: Rhyme

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