An oxymoron is a figure of speech that uses contradictory terms. The most common form of oxymoron involves an oxymoron-noun combination of two words.
Deafening silence.
Pretty ugly.
Minor crisis.
Living dead.
Bitter sweet.
They can also be used to create an oxymoron poem.
The calm wind blew,
The sun shone a blinding light.
All around, a deafening silence as,
The atmosphere changed shape.
Oxymora are used in poetry to create dramatic expression.
Why don't you try writing a poem using an oxymoron and enter it into one of our Poetry Competitions.