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Best Poison Poems

Below are the all-time best Poison poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of poison poems written by PoetrySoup members


Love Is a Poison
love is a vicious posion
 that has no comparison.
 the black death, aids, cancer, ebola
 are not even close to its ranpit death toll.
 homicide...

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Categories: poison, death, love hurts, metaphor,
Form:
Premium Member sweet poison, mine -
'I love you' moistens on your lips
          I watch it, breathless, as it drips
  ...

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Categories: poison, desire, irony, love hurts,
Form: Rubaiyat
Premium Member I Force My Drink, Dark Poison To Swallow
I Force My Drink, Dark Poison To Swallow

Chastise me in my deep, darkest sorrow,
young lad of hopes and meandering streams.
I long for relief now not...

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Categories: poison, art, conflict, dark, loss,
Form: Sonnet

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Poison and Wine
I’ve got poison on my lips
And in my glass, red wine.
I’ve got you in my bloodstream
And this porcelain heart of mine.

I’ve got oceans in my...

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Categories: poison, lost love, love hurts,
Form: Quatern
Premium Member Intoxicating Poison
Beauty bows and surrenders at her bare feet,
The gold glitters jealous of her glowing skin,
Her bright eyes light embers of passion within,
   ...

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Categories: poison, addiction, analogy, death, love,
Form: Sapphic stanza
Poison
The taste of a warm, clear liquid runs through my throat. 
The bitter taste of love, feelings and emotions all in one clear bottle of...

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Categories: poison, addiction, drink, emotions,
Form: Free verse



Grief Is a Poison
Grief is a poison
Invading my soul
Trying to consume me
Like a buzzard
Pecking away at my flesh
Like a fire
Burning out of control

Grief is a poison
Encompassing my life
Gripping...

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Categories: poison, death, lost love, sad,
Form: Blank verse
Poison Poppies
Power plant particled poison

                    People breathing...

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Categories: poison, power, word play,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Plucking the Poison Parrot Number 22
The poison parrot is repulsed by me, hates my art, laughs at my poems.
sneers when I enter my imaginary world, pokes fun at it.
She throws...

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Categories: poison, self,
Form: Free verse
The Poison of Love
Love is a poison that kills the heart and soul, 
It forces the heart to yean for it's own death,
Beating faster and faster as the...

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Categories: poison, happiness, love, sad, visionary,
Form: Free verse
The Poison
A sorrow and a diminish
That has set before my eyes
He says,"It's nothing to worry about"
Yet he doesn't know I can see with his eyes
His heart
And...

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Categories: poison, death, me, me,
Form: Free verse
The Worst Poison
I drove three hours to see you. 
I called out of work,
I missed a meeting to be with you. 
I spent the little money that...

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Categories: poison, dark, deep, drug, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Magic
It’s just an illusion
that softly stirs sadness within my broken heart’s
confusion.

I have been tricked.
I'm seduced by the Queen of Tarts -
and pricked.

Voodoo
casts magic darts -
you.

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Categories: poison, confusion, heart, magic, sad
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Lions Tigers and Bears Oh Why
Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh, my.
Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh why?
Lions and Tigers and Bears are not really all that scary to me,
When...

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Categories: poison, 10th grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Venom
venom of despair
seeping 
through the net of hope


posted on October 6, 2018...

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Categories: poison, angst, anxiety, conflict, hope,
Form: Senryu

Book: Reflection on the Important Things