Abdication Poems

List of New Poems

PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Form	Categories
	Shlock-Jock	Gershon Wolf	Rhyme	Rhyme	abdication, abuse, anger, satire, sick,
	Seasons' Abdication	Chuck Melugin	Free verse	Free verse	abdication, autumn, change, repetition, seasons,
	Resistance On The Iberian Peninsula	Dennis Spilchuk	Verse	Verse	abdication, education, freedom, history, irony,
	Trenchant Recalcitrant Poet Welcomes Animadversion	matthew harris	Free verse	Free verse	abdication, 12th grade, fate, goodbye,
	Yield not, but know	Aqua Marine	Alliteration	Alliteration	abdication, natural disasters,
	The long dead life	CHRISTOPHER QUIGLEY	Free verse	Free verse	abdication, poetry,
	Rebirth of Worth	Geoffrey Brewer	Sonnet	Sonnet	abdication, philosophy, self,
	Brainstorm - A Diabolical Grace	Gregory R Barden	Free verse	Free verse	abdication, abuse, addiction, analogy, introspection,
	In Held Sighs	Jelani Hall	Bio	Bio	abdication, absence, anger, angst,
	Covering of the Eyes	Freddie Robinson Jr.	Elegy	Elegy	abdication, bereavement, death, grave, self,
	NAPOLEON'S EUROPE	Joseph C Ogbonna	I do not know?	I do not know?	abdication, history,
	Mighty Tatonka	Gregory R Barden	Free verse	Free verse	abdication, animal, appreciation, history, native
	Abdication	david mohn	Haiku	Haiku	abdication, beach, ocean,
	True Destination	Lu Loo	Monorhyme	Monorhyme	abdication, conflict, power,
	It Died Last Night	Bradley Seltzer	I do not know?	I do not know?	abdication, betrayal, devotion, divorce, loss,
	The Reverends Yacht	The Grahamburglar	Monorhyme	Monorhyme	abdication, corruption, dedication, devotion, paradise,
	The Perfect Painting Love	Jerry T Curtis	I do not know?	I do not know?	abdication, art,
	ABDICATION	Satish Verma	ABC	ABC	abdication, art,
	I Cry for Two	Thomas Swinscoe	Rhyme	Rhyme	abdication, caregiving, change, cry, relationship,
	On Watching Fur Fly	Andrea Dietrich	Free verse	Free verse	abdication, dog, hair, day, hair,
	Abdication	Andy Sprouse	Free verse	Free verse	abdication, life, loss, child,
	A Muse's Gentle Nudge	Andy Sprouse	Rhyme	Rhyme	abdication, introspection, life, world,
	Abdication	Meghan G	Free verse	Free verse	abdication, caregiving,
	UNLOST EXISTENCE	Satish Verma	ABC	ABC	abdication, art,
	Sports Scandals--What May Be Next	Elton Camp	Rhyme	Rhyme	abdication, sports, may, sports, time,
	ABDICATION	Satish Verma	I do not know?	I do not know?	abdication, art
	WINTER FOG	Sidney Beck	Free verse	Free verse	abdication, nature
	Mary's Farewell	Robert Pettit	Rhyme	Rhyme	abdication, historyme, marriage, england, marriage,
	UNLOST EXISTENCE	Satish Verma	I do not know?	I do not know?	abdication, business
	WHISPERS	Anthony Nutter	Rhyme	Rhyme	abdication, imagination, religion
	ABDICATION	Satish Verma	I do not know?	I do not know?	abdication, adventure, allegory, angst, animals,
	Raptured Tempests	Charles Fuller	Couplet	Couplet	abdication, imagination, time, visionary,
	King Of Tears	Tony Bush	Verse	Verse	abdication, introspection, life, loss, lost

Abdication Poem Example

The Reverends Yacht

I’d extend an invitation
to all in the congregation
through this speech of inspiration
which is quite a compilation
yet I expect no adulation
and no gest of adoration
for in my own estimation
it’s a trifle occupation
clearing out the obfuscation
of a simple predication
o’er the course of this oration
through the rhyme of this dictation

See it’s a feebly built narration,
or an errant adaptation
sitting ‘top a weak foundation
grounded on some old quotation
writ in archaic notation
which seems to bear no strong relation
to the current held fixation
on the poorly built translation
which is more of a mutation
than an actual citation.

Now to give a brief summation
I will fight off the temptation
and my present inclination
to continue this vocation
and I’ll risk your irritation
with this act of abdication
and upset your expectation
by using this line instead
to add a bit of variation
as the only deviation
in my final recitation.

Now please stifle your elation
as I offer resignation
for I’m out of medication
and I fear the obligation
to interpret revelation
meant to spell out your salvation
is to my great consternation
causing meal regurgitation
and worse stomach ulceration
though at best the correlation
is just my imagination.

So I’m taking a vacation
to a tropical location
lost in wild vegetation
where I’ll watch in adoration
those grass skirts in their gyration
and sip drinks of fermentation
to avoid the dehydration 
that always comes by deprivation
or by over-conservation.

If it’s any consolation,
after lots of vaccination
I’ll pursue my destination
through a week of navigation
on a vessel of flotation
as my mode of transportation
and forego all aviation.
So I plead, dear congregation
understand my situation
‘spite my freedom from taxation,
just suppress your indignation
toward my dreams of recreation
though I have no explanation
save this current presentation.

And though there is no valuation
for true acts of consecration,
after much consideration
if you’d show your dedication
with a generous donation,
I could use the insulation.

Amen.

Poem Copyright © The Grahamburglar