Affronting Poems


Premium MemberWhen is a word not to be heard

...In the house of commons, in Canada there's a problem' well
Your Damien; yes' he got wordy, and the speaker.?? He got nerdy.?
A word that denotes mis-truth; apparently not there; in use.?
In that p...
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Categories: affronting, addiction, courage, freedom,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberUmbrage

...Can't laugh at yourself?
Brouhaha is so affronting!
A kick in the guts.
It's an own goal....
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Categories: affronting, anger, relationship,
Form: Verse


Premium MemberFrom Calm and Quiet Sanity

...From calm and quiet sanity
The source of my confusion
Brought riot to reality
And force behind delusion

Assaulting me and leaving me 
In silent desperation
Affronting my humanity 
Inside thi...
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Categories: affronting, conflict, confusion, mental illness,
Form: Narrative

Satanic Verses

...You feel your body falling in blackness.
You snatch your shoulder to the right.
The nausea stops.
The bottomless pit is hell.
Do not enter the midnight.

Up in the window, stands a coyote.
His teeth ...
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Categories: affronting, america, anger, angst, animal,
Form: Dramatic Verse
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