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Power Poems | Examples of Power Poetry

Power Poems - Examples of all types of power 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 power.
Fear And Fearless
Courage of a plane Crossing lightning and pressure Made passengers pray....Read the rest...
Categories: courage, humanity, power, prayer,
Form: Haiku



In the Eye of a Horse
Yesterday, I stroked a horse: I ran my hand along his back And watched his every muscle twitch, So sensitive—what a proud and Ceremonious beast. He held his head Lightly—comfortable, with no fear— And his ears tipped gently forward, Relaxed. They flicked...Read the rest...
Categories: power, animal, care, horse, nature,
Form: Free verse
Timeless Mortality
Man cannot surpass dying— He cannot live past his own death. Power fades and falls. Like the tide, It disappears. "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings, " Is that not what Shelley's traveller said? Yet, this infamous statue—a pillar...Read the rest...
Categories: poetry, poets, power,
Form: Free verse
Nature's Sentinel
In a great, entangled forest, stands a metal monster— An impossibility of nature, made by man. Alone; Broken—it looms over all things natural And asserts its right over the creatures that belong. They do not look to him (this...Read the rest...
Categories: nature, power,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Almanac of Power
There's a story to be told, That even Hollywood shared in part. Showing entertainment by its fiction, Could drown the mind and fill the heart. Historically, great showmen of the day, ...Read the rest...
Categories: character, political, power, religion,
Form: Narrative



Toy Town
A smile is illicit in this city Where policemen hang their hats On the beaten bodies of little boys And bribes And just not giving a s**t about whoever Whatever It's not their problem Just leave em how ya found em and...Read the rest...
Categories: power, abuse, betrayal, child, children,
Form: Free verse
Powerless to Power
God can take one out From powerless to give him Power from heaven....Read the rest...
Categories: heaven, perspective, power, truth,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Lilith
"Truth are not from the valley of the shadow of death ... Lilith, like all mythological entities, are humanity's creation, to explain--what they cannot," ... by The Poet Hawaii Nei, bidst Aloha, inoa Pelekane ke'o ke'o,...Read the rest...
Categories: power, abuse, america, betrayal, bible,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Guns and Roses
It was 1986 I was setting in after giving birth to my first son after wearing wires pregnant for the FBI buying large amounts of weapons ammunition boxes the dealer loaded hand grenades silencers scopes gun...Read the rest...
Categories: chicago, integrity, poems, power,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Freedom
Doubt. Fear. Par for a world of quakes and shakes -- droughts and flakes upon the mountains contrarily bring fountains to the desert bakes – separation has bound us together -- the world a reflection of man's ambient Light -- we...Read the rest...
Categories: power, earth, environment, faith, god,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member His Name is Not Superman
He jumps into his pants gulps down an espresso Fairly flies out the door caught up in the flow ...Read the rest...
Categories: business, humanity, irony, power,
Form: Rhyme
People's Power
People hire leaders Force comes if there's travesty People fire leaders....Read the rest...
Categories: history, people, political, power,
Form: Haiku
Checkmate You Lose
Do you tremble, as the monstrous cadence, of the rhinoceros' stride reverberates, like the buffalo's onslaught? Vipers at the water's edge, darting hither and thither, not above but beneath the surface, their sinuous silhouettes fabric of nightmares, tearing sinew from skeleton, swifter than...Read the rest...
Categories: power, adventure, animal, change, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Be A Beast
Be a Beast Wake up everyday and feast Be like bread Rise like yeast Two fives don't equal a ten Quick math don't try it again I'm the king, that's me Never give way to the heat Let your fists flow with the...Read the rest...
Categories: power,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Candidate
Doggedly pursuing all races, all creeds hoping to please every last one The hollow chamber on top of his neck and his shoulders ~ a...Read the rest...
Categories: hyperbole, political, poverty, power,
Form: Couplet

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