Best Madman Poems

Ode to the Madman

It was heaven in hell, both.
It was 115 degrees and I was in hell.
But heaven was in sweltering Palm Springs.
And I tasted...

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This is done in the Rubaiyat style.


The mind of a madman


Lurking deep within my mind,
Are demons, sometimes hard to find,
They go by many names,
And they...

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Falling fast blind rush of speed
dry earth nurtures not the seed
unclaimed discarded unbequeathed
the bounding heart belies the deed

Too late we hear the mouse trap's spring
garbled...

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The song of a madman

how shall I sing
when I do not know what the day will bring
tossed to and fro
which way will I go
who would...

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If I were a madman they would lock me up for sure
they would take one look at my face and say “what's wrong with her”
I...

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In ninety thirty nine
German tanks rolled over my country
Many have died
The strongest were killed first

For they offered most resistance
Meanwhile Stalin supposedly our allay
Had thousands of...

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Staggered by the virus burning through the city veins,
Stop motion, speeded up, the slam of distant trains,
Rattled through the concrete as forgotten people die,
Howling jets...

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He lives
on lies
and deceit
and the little
frauds
that make
the madman
complete....

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“You are not yet fifty years old,” the Jews said to him, “and you have seen Abraham!”

“I tell you the truth,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham...

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I hold the raging’s -
of this madman- 
contained - 
within these walls-
Painting  only- 
pleasant masks -
upon his face

The genius is - 
it works so...

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Crazy is as crazy does.  I guess you get my drift.  I wander through a world of 
thought, my pace is not too...

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TOWNSPEOPLE:
MADMAN! MADMAN!
HE WILL FIND YOU
MADMAN! MADMAN!
HE WILL NOT SPARE YOU
MADMAN! MADMAN!
HE WILL FIND YOU IN THE NIGHT
UNTIL YOU SEE THE HEAVENS LIGHT.

OLIVIA:
HE’S UP THERE ALL...

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no, this poem isn't about a psychotic killer. it's about a man who was hurt in a
relationship, so he hurt others the same way. I...

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Something's in the air tonight, my spirit is amiss, the 
atmosphere caresses like a dead grandmother's 
kiss,

the wind blows like a garden tool to keep...

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HELLO  BRAIN
Brain, o dear darling overworked brain,
Slow down, why are you trying to drain
Me, that grey mass of matter that i need,
Three hundred and...

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