Affront Poems - Poems about Affront

...A battered pier glass, the length of a running lightning, The width of a Caesarean window, And next to an agelong, framed Daguerreotype, lies face down across A musty room. Shafts and rods of ro......

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... The yard sale was great. Sold everything in my place. Now to start over new. Influencers tell me what to do. Have a need for food, shelter, and clothes. They say that's not......

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... Selfish aims in kindness-guise… I dare to confront As my soul welcomes challenges with hope Triumphantly while thankful spirit does cope Surmounting trials of grievous affront. Intent......

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... Whether the Indigenous People, robed in leathers, head dressed in feathers, who had their own sovereign nations, wanted it or not, June 2nd 1924, U.S. President Calvin Coolidge condes......

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...Why Poetry? she muses, sat in front of paper, staring blankly, lifelessly at her image.— and really…, who is she to ask the page—in a manner so blunt— to shoulder her excesses? such a stunt s......

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...Harshly treated at 'so called' court.. whose only scales Are visual.' In pure truth' such ruling is naught..No precedent of goodlaw given .' The judge surely needs to Be forgiven.' Such blatent an ......

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...Habit is Heaven's tame redress: it tugs down the skirts of Happiness. —Alexander Pushkin, translation by Michael R. Burch Till, conquered by gusts of cold air, as Winter approaches, I find, on......

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... It is a pitiful display To belong where you don’t belong Wanting to rule a former day A worn out tune of a love song No longer loved by the crowd Down with the old King, so long! The bliz......

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...drought reigns supreme across much of the United States..., where sorely needed precipitation necessitates affected population to perform a collective rain dance (decked out in electronically s......

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...drought reigns supreme across much of the United States..., where sorely needed precipitation necessitates affected population to perform a collective rain dance (decked out in electronically s......

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...What are you prepared to give up to save our marriage? What are you prepared to give up to save the planet? What are you prepared to give up to save money? What are you prepared to give up to have......

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... Pervasive personal questions people ask, shredding to shards what truly is me. The pieces are of no use to them though, the effort seems at times to stem from veiled spite, incisive curiosi......

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...Secrets ... callous on your heart stone around your neck cellar of respite weight upon your soul Deception ... bane upon your conscience affront to voices hiding sire of excuses — trut......

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...long way home Evening transit murderous slowing down to a standstill I'm a part of a long necklace fascinating colors, a circus is coming to town A sea-gull in peeked cap  knocks on the wind......

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...On snake’s fangs, miser’s money chest, On lion’s mane, chaste woman’s breast, Hand of an alien man’s affront On proud, honoured and eminent, Can be had if they’ve surrendered, Or in case are li......

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