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Vainglory Poems - Poems about Vainglory

Premium Member We Go 2 War by Glenn Hughes: Revised
...My Interpretation: Glenn Hughes Lyric: In the space of a short span Mother can you see the exactitudes that human I've been tryin' to see ......

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Categories: vainglory, war,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
I once asked my ego what makes it go
...What with vainglory, vanity’s wan pride, I once asked my ego what makes it go: He said: I’m not on a vainglorious ride, Nor does hollow arrogance make me blow, Vanity’s just the vehicle for m......

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Categories: vainglory, self,
Form: Sonnet



IF VAINGLORY WERE
...If vainglory were a preacher It'd resemble a rustic pastor Lost in how profound his grasp of scripture is Therefore echoes more of his fervent faith Than the Creator's boundless might. If vain......

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Categories: vainglory, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
A Motivation To Declare Life
...When youth is so vibrant and sets us aglow, and no words are mentioned through sorrow: we are the seekers of wild adventures, pushing hard beyond all boundaries! In the prime of everything that......

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Categories: vainglory, betrayal, desire, heaven, journey,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Nearer My God to Thee, Be A Cross That Raises Me
...The hour matters none ... for the energies have exhausted. In the year of our Lord ... nineteen hundred and twelve, April fifteenth. Writes a future living star ... wish their joys so h......

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Categories: vainglory, anxiety, courage, death, emotions,
Form: Sijo



Premium Member Song of The Anemones No 4: AABB
..."*Oui, the winner, American Beauty," yet hail these 'Windflowers' Anemones, flourished yon 'Down Under', 'Aussiszlanders, indeed a showstopper for bystanders of all but Europe, Turks, then South ......

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Categories: vainglory, allusion, analogy, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Instant Regret and a Dizzy Blank Stare
...a broken phone in the muddy dirt a neglected charger hanging on a badly worn clothesline turned down for another loan everything has been cut off or repossessed now all my stuff is baking in the ......

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Categories: vainglory, confusion, fear, how i
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Cat Dog Fight
...Cats-dogs fight - is a common sight, Each thinks: fighting is their birthright; As though each exhibits their might, Or trust in the code: might is right; Fight is canine story... Dogs don't h......

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Categories: vainglory, animal, nature,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Premium Member First
...First show love, in spite of feelings. Express consideration for ot......

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Categories: vainglory, bible, encouraging, endurance, god,
Form: Ninette
Premium Member Seductions of Sin'
...Seductions of Sin With the lusts of the world: do I thee; threaten more? Is this what the world has to offer; since its originated defiance? That set the scene for this world; to attest......

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Categories: vainglory, dark, deep, god, humanity,
Form: Prose
Pride and Arrogance
...The skyscraper, soar into the sky, solemn ... erected by human imitation God's... Undaunted The man feels infallible, Mr of the world... The skyscraper, falls from the sky, like icon ......

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Categories: vainglory, allegory, allusion, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Medieval Poems Iii
...Medieval Poems Deor's Lament (Anglo Saxon poem, circa 10th century AD) loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Weland knew the agony of exile. That indomitable smith was wrac......

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Categories: vainglory, england, grief, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Mink's Manifesto 3
...In regard to human's such abject abyss and absurdity, we can't help questioning: can human still be indulgent in the virulent vainglory having shaped their pretentious and dangerous preconception of ......

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Categories: vainglory, animal, anti bullying,
Form: Burlesque
William Dunbar: Lament For the Makaris Translation
...Lament for the Makaris ("Lament for the Makers/Poets") by William Dunbar [c. 1460-1530] loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch i who enjoyed good health and gladness am overwhelm......

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Categories: vainglory, death, evil, fear, poets,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member William Shakespeare: Carcass
...William Shakespeare: Carcass The remnants of virtue used and earned, eternal and the extent of such, vainglory is measured thusly so, so be it, a valued lesson learn......

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Categories: vainglory, allegory, analogy, character, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

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