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Premium Member In Violent Fields
In violent fields,
No eye is on the sparrow.
It flits amidst the rage
Of sling and arrow.
And though to it
No refuge calls, still,
It beats its wing
Until to...

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© Ted Owens  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: violent, death, war,
Form: Free verse
Stop the Violent Protests
Stop! The violent protests and leave peaceful protesters out to make a difference strictly along.  Whether you are in law enforcement or the national...

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Categories: violent, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Violent Faith
Violent Faith

There is nothing more pleasing to God the Father
then for Him to see His precious children press in, 
to take His Word just as...

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Categories: violent, spiritual, universe, visionary, war,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 13
Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 13

The State’s then some kind of delirious Monster
Heartless It changes its head from time to time
Ultimate machine waging...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: violent, allegory, betrayal, international, people,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 57
Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 57

The use of force to protect the weak the hungry
A Zapata whose righteous anger boils bounds
To set right...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: violent, freedom, peace, political, power,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 21
Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 21

Would Hindus see in Paris kill Siva’s* will
Who’s show is this: Puppeteer or puppet’s
Kali-Yuga* dragging hind legs to...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: violent, planet, political, psychological, religious,
Form: Villanelle



Premium Member Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 58
Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 58

No way must such protective force serve politics
Nor ally dictator army criminal police
None might weigh on Nature to...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: violent, anti bullying, leadership, nature,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 33
Yesterday colonial century ago
China Brazil India fed not masses
Today whose rate of growth cannot stop but grow

Rich and mighty nations always wanted more
Invested in ammunition...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: violent, america, betrayal, england, environment,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 37
Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 36

All day long we kill to keep the home clean
Insecticides aerosols rat poison
The killer instinct makes us bold...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: violent, metaphor, patriotic, political, violence,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 6
Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 6

Should the State legitimate entity be
To make the use of force It generates valid
True father protects for life...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: violent, abuse, freedom, political, power,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 63
Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 63

The mystery of Birth holds no great secret
Poïetics the creative process neither
Can Death twin sister of Birth nothing...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: violent, birth, death, violence,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 64
Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 64

Cogito ergo sum: I LIE therefore I AM
Even if I lie Nothing’s more certain than Death
Not Birth Not...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: violent, death, judgement, nature, violence,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Villanelle:The Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 2
Villanelle: The dilemma of the non-violent – 2

Villanelle: The dilemma of the non-violent – 2

The formal war according to ancient rules
The pitted hosts convened on...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: violent, abuse, anti bullying, racism,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 29
Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 29

At last O Children of the Mother Contrées*
Roll out the red carpets for High Potentates
The hour of glory...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: violent, paris, patriotic, political, violence,
Form: Villanelle
Violent Skin Art
the back-door window has laughed at misery
broken
deformed
my hands excited the center
a catastrophic introduction
together they depart
the perimeter remains behind and above
a complete separation
sever
abandon direct
we are one
memories...

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Categories: violent, allegory, angst, art, depression
Form: Prose Poetry

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