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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.
Premium Member Lilith
Hawaii Nei, bidst Aloha, inoa Pelekane ke'o ke'o, Lilith. (The islands of Hawaii welcomes the English/white named, Lilith) A name that disguises intrigue amongst the native population who shares a knowledge of deep ancient traditions as Hawaiian Mythology. Lili'uokalani, Hawaii's last reigning monarch was overthrown...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
State of the Disunion
--- merely bourgeois so-called collective Western world: time for another election, "fair and free"? From the way things look, one would almost think that an exorcism would be more helpful ......Read the rest...
Categories: power, betrayal, business, class, irony,
Form: Free verse
Nature's Might
Nature has power Fresh air cheer up a person Trees calm our senses....Read the rest...
Categories: nature, perspective, power, senses,
Form: Haiku
Backwards Spells of FEAR Part II
handing me over through the next door waiting for my fight to give in injections to soothe it all away demons flowing through my veins changing my DNA from careless want to endorphin need purgatory the space between caring and giving...Read the rest...
Categories: power, fear, flying, inspiration, mirror,
Form: Free verse
Amazing God
God is amazing With His great divine power Make all things perfect....Read the rest...
Categories: god, gospel, love, power,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Orchid Woman
Oh you know the type— the orchid woman a cosmopolitan who cosmo sips between snips of gist her charisma a starship —collides with your star-full eyes supernova for Casanova her pouty lips knit a magazine smile rows of sugar-white pearls strung shiny straight behind wet-red...Read the rest...
Categories: beautiful, imagery, irony, power,
Form: Free verse
Positive Energy
Believe in yourself Know that there's something who's more Greater inside you....Read the rest...
Categories: faith, perspective, power, self,
Form: Haiku
WE ARE THE POWER!
We dream, with eyes that pierce the veil, Hope paints a future, bright and hale. Beyond horizons, dreams unfurl, A tapestry for a transformed world. We light the path, where shadows lie, The human spirit, soaring...Read the rest...
Categories: humanity, power,
Form: Free verse

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Definition | What is Power in Poetry?


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