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Conflict Poems | Examples of Conflict Poetry

Conflict Poems - Examples of all types of conflict poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for conflict.
O Battle Rage
Sing out loud like might beasts do comrades & me, in no retreat, of battles in past and others to be so no other cannon-fodder, of passion & quest, curry within, like tormented Reese, haunting memory’s...Read the rest...
Categories: 10th grade, conflict, courage,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Reaching Out
When I'm in doubt You'll see me reaching out It's not for clout It's words that I tout I'm afraid of the debtor But I try to do better I want to be a record setter Like a real go getter When everything...Read the rest...
Categories: conflict, confusion, how i
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Prodigy
A son embarks on The worlds wanders Triumphant in his dreams Swallow’s unrelenting blunders Mother hugs him Father gripes Our only child In the war of stripes Elicit drums beat For his fight Mother loves him Father loses sight Their only son Shot down today Mother cries Her...Read the rest...
Categories: conflict,
Form: Free verse
Cowards
You paint me as the bad guy Colored in flaws from head to toe A priestess of dark magic Inciting men to wrecking havoc Though I'm not sure how this could be so For if I've authored...Read the rest...
Categories: child abuse, conflict, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
Heart Gentle, Eye Mindful
Wanting blindly, even good Seldom have few understood Is ineffective If one's doing's misdirected Be the gentle heart well-guided Not with eyes that are short-sighted But mindful and wide Else be intention misapplied...Read the rest...
Categories: conflict, deep, encouraging, giggle,
Form: Rhyme



We're Through
I treat you as friend But you play with my brain though Sorry, we're all through....Read the rest...
Categories: betrayal, conflict, mental health,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member A Piece of Peace
A bitter piece of peace may be all the peace we get, but any piece of peace is worth a bit of peace to someone. ...Read the rest...
Categories: conflict, hope, humanity, peace,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Wonders of Wandering
Wandering wonders I see paths break asunder My wonder wanders...Read the rest...
Categories: conflict, hope, peace, poems,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Day They Found Trooluv
Gracious are the daughters of the circle of the sun, Greeting all the people on the way, Gentle as the morning dew and mindful of the one Helios, keeper of the day. Joy, daughter of the morning, beautiful and...Read the rest...
Categories: blessing, conflict, creation, desire,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Gift Returned
Enemies to the left of us Enemies to the right No choice but vigilance day and night Yet our most powerful enemy ...Read the rest...
Categories: conflict, giving, god, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Memorial Day 2024 origin of holiday
Memorial Day – 2024... origin of holiday Strong and brave men and women gave their level best crème de la crème strongest and bravest leaving grieving significant others with emotional agony within treasured chest o'er the redoubt the...Read the rest...
Categories: conflict, absence, america, appreciation, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Babel
Do you believe in faith, enough to have faith in your belief? Do you know enough to know that you do not know sufficient? Do you listen or merely talk? Are there really several radios on the table - all saying...Read the rest...
Categories: conflict, emotions, language, mental
Form: Free verse
Premium Member BELL TOLLS RESPONSE
Darkness beyond reach Disobedient teach Wrath having no respect Adjusting atmosphere elect Bells and Tolls Scorns in thorns Fire in anger Life’s short moments Whom in doom Happenings centered at noon Tolls for you Didn’t pursue Earth craters separate A world full of hate Human Create Doom on the hour Time...Read the rest...
Categories: conflict, abuse, anti bullying, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Kaleidoscope Girl
Kaleidoscope Girl She is made of glass of broken pieces And shattered fragments She has jagged edges That splintered my soul She has wounded me And my scars healed With drops of her sealed Embedded forever I shouldn’t have peered Into the hole...Read the rest...
Categories: conflict, desire, emotions, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Gun Shop
The gun seems gun-shy in this space where deer hides hang on rustic walls and granddad-tick-tocks beat, instead of hearts in hollowed skins. The gun a “trophy-bagger” in its rack, a loud-mouth predator at rest, this motherless,...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, conflict, death, life,
Form: Quatrain

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