Best Altercations Poems


Premium Member You Wear Away At Me

you wear away at me with your silence
not with whetted words
or physical altercations
there are no recriminations
No...
it's much more corrosive than all of that
this is the sad fact
apathy barbed in neglect
is the tool that you use
not aware it's abuse

how it scrapes and it grinds
determined not to leave anything behind
day after day
night after night
year after year
till the memory
of who I was dissapears

a little bit more every day
you wear me away
voiceless, I fade
silent in your silent tirade

only pebbles remain
of a once templed soul
and with a little more time
pulverized, 
they blow away...
by the constant silent howling
of your loveless heart

Eileen Manassian

Keep Your Friends Your Friends

Gradually life became about survival 
suddenly my friends became my rivals
don’t see them now, think they’re my enemies?
That they'll never be, they’re treasured memories.

Would I go back and alter?
Maybe small altercations 
but feel forever blessed to 
have had friends so amazing. 

And though some did me wrong 
maybe I did them too 
we’ll leave that stone unturned 
to preserve and not chew.

In all fairness to have had our paths link up for so long, 
creating so much before it all went wrong 
is really rare and special, 
we lived on the same level, 
the pitfalls and perils 
as we smoked ourselves sterile.

On different paths now 
as our distant laughs sound 
in memories less loud 
a group of friends once proud.

These people I can never side against, 
how the power of the past prevents, 
can never hate these ladies and gents, 
after all they made up my greatest events.

Because...

Over time life becomes about survival,
suddenly your friends become your rivals,
don't ever allow them become your enemies,
walk away and keep them as good memories,

because one kind not to store in your memories,
are the many you meet out to be enemies,
these people are nothing but your rivals,
keep your friends your friends it aids survival.
© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.

Say It Softly

Your name is a prerequisite 
for every final and finale. 
An exclamation 
after encores. 
The truest definition of more. 
The atom before cataclysmic spasm 
and all creation that evolved 
after energies first meeting.  
Your name is completely competing
 my demise as well as my surprise. 
I'll pronounce every syllable 
as ride this unbelievable high 
Your name produces 
beautiful altercations
And the seeds that flow 
are no accidental 
incidentals. 
It's like a one word prayer
that combines
hallelujah and amen
Said softly but it
echoes so loudly
© Ts Lewis  Create an image from this poem.


No Regrets My Love



No Regrets My Love
~~~~~
tanka tales
for you my sweet love
no regrets
I would do it all again
tales of our past my love
~~~~
have we forgot time
the time that was when we loved
a country walk us
together memories made
a son two daughters much loved
~~~~
the time that was ours
altercations end in bed
shh no more listen
have we forgot time that was
gazing... counting shooting stars
~~~~
have we forgot time...
how love endured rough... and smooth
hate played not a part
if we could walk we ran halfway
nature was our guide to life
~~~~
memories now past
have we forgot time eyes wide
looking back no void
life was lived to its fullest
you... me... aged... holding on

Altercations

Hair Fixed
      Dressed Up 
Heels - Wedges
            Nail Tech
Long and keen
                   Now, I am hitting the streets.

      Driving in a new vehicle
Cadillac is me.
            American made American breed
Booty-delicious on the scene.
      A smile on my face
            Laughter heard
This is because I stopped the world.

      Conversation
             Exchanging of words
                  Standing tall 
                        Feeling myself
                              A woman’s world
                                    Yet, loving man’s intervention.

Altercations will manifest.
      Just an implant to the intelligence 
            An argument that informs the intellect.
What an influence I have!
                  Empowerment for the inner essence
                        Is never ignored yet a mind-set. 

A picture I have formed.
An image of being forever young.
Energy caprices.
Wiles and whims unfatigued. 
      A path defined by
            Mich - Me…
_________________________________________________________|
Written March 26, 2016!

Damn Divisive Demagogic Derelict

Das Don doth debilitate democracy
driving a collateral wedge
deliberately dividing differences
collaborating, collapsing, and collaring
disparity amidst ever
increasing homogenization

extant within contiguous United States
across world wide web for that matter
attested by increased
spike among multiracial
amalgamated enclaves, individuals mixing,
where preponderance of melanin

generally affecting predominance
regarding increasing swarthy
naturally copper toned skin
across vast majority of heavily
Caucasian populated areas predicted
to become minority

according new statistics
located at webpage
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/
the-avenue/2018/03/14/
the-us-will-become-minority-
white-in-2045-census-projects/

predict the nation will become
“minority white” in 2045
which genetic assimilation
also harken better angels
among us to herald

interfaith marriage represent
according to hyperlink-
https://www.npr.org/
2013/04/10/176802652/
til-faith-do-us-part-

the-price-of-interfaith-marriage
close to half of all marriages
in this country over the past 10 years
(this cited for the year 2013,
which mostly increased since).

No doubt, the commander in chief
buzzfeeds into this inexorable trend
disquieting, horrifying, mortifying...
especially white supremacists
decrying, lamenting, threatening...

innocents abroad, and/or naturalized citizens
taking cruel dull liver re: to heart
acrimonious, caluminous, jealous, ferocious...
hazarding, kindling, tweeting
inevitable demographic transition overtaking

North America, and teeming masses
(particularly whose skin color,
perhaps fifty shades of brown,
albeit I hereby posit as
forthcoming second, yet
nonpareil gilded bronze age).

Relatively insignificant disparity
(within schema, asper genus/ species
*****sapiens per se)
people comprise greater similarity,
versus starkly disparate contrasts

between each other,
nonetheless oh bomb men able
enthuses, maximizes, trumpets...
every opportunity to spark
altercations, conflagrations, exhibitions...
animals veritably tearing each other

satiating human blood lust,
where coordination, integration, union...
welcoming brother/sisterhood, tolerance,
versus filleting, fomenting fracturing
mosaic boosts ego
inherent narcissistic tribalism!


The Author of the Lie

"The Author of the Lie"
 by:  Eric L. Boddie
  
 It's amazing how many large altercations result from confrontations which are small
 All because he whispered in your ear that you can blame it on the alcohol
 Usually his approach is subtle, making it far more devious than the rest
 Because he always attacks at the weakest point, better known as the flesh
 He will use fast women to try to distract you from your wife
 He will use greed to try to distract you from your Life
 He will use false love to justify domestic violence
 He will use the conflict of confusion to disrupt any peaceful silence
 He is cunning and conniving, like no other ever known to this Earth
 He promises fortune and fame, happiness and Love, but empty dreams are all they are worth
 He offers temptations which are so very hard to resist
 Then he hides the consequence by telling us he doesn't exist
 He clouds the weakest minds with drugs and destroys necessities with desire
 He attempts to weaken your Spirit by takaing your focus off the only Power Higher
 He dwells in corruption, as the greatest enemy, he will debate
 But all he can use is influence, sin is a deed only we can perpetrate
 And his influence can have no power if I simply choose to deny
 Only I can be my enemy because it's always my choice, please don't believe the lie

Purification Vacation

i can see the limitations and the complications
of your fixation on forming the proper relations.
please don't let the temptations cloud your visions
or a better man.
translation, don't let lust be the causation
for this love's disintegration.
 
i never need your validation
or a clarification on this modification of love.
this is the purification vacation, baby,
just positive vibrations.
no altercations just relaxation.
this is the sanitation of love.

The Ordinary

Father is still up for a brawl
Altercations are ongoing 
My mom can not tolerate my sister
My sister hates me, and she says the least

On the playground
Mates continue to be enthusiastic about my kin 
They always let me scared and cry
Few know nothing but to fight happily

I always have the generosity of a friend
Cordial and simple to go 
I can never fit me at home
My mom is waiting to beat me and my sister is waiting to play

I feel sad and bored at home
I can see the tenderness in the evening before bed
I enjoy sleeping because nobody dares to hurt me 
Hug of vanity and kisses turn out my sleepless



Litan Dey
You're a little kid again
A boy of 3 years old
© Litan Dey  Create an image from this poem.

Being Married

Altercations between couples deafens explanation, fuss gets heightened. 
In juggling keynotes, Love masks nuisance, openly publicizing queen’s right. 
Stained truth, undoubtedly vocals wear. Xenophobia yields zeal

Beautiful Minds

He visits altercations on a daily basis

Of a not so soon enough wedding day kiss

Damaged by headlights and the careless left lane

His beds' been ridden of the wrong Mary Jane

Even recalling the uselessness of the brakes

To their daughter, he's determined to disguise the pain

For every play-date, he changes his name

He collects his composition without a chance of rain

He prays to a God without nothing much to give

But the babies cries and his own bruised lips

To save another girl from being deprived to live

C'mon, man. You know you've got to do this.

Some nights, he can't take it

He's wrapped in two blankets

Beside both princesses, don't know what he's thinking

But he takes it in without a moment wasted

So glad you're making it

 

Without the mother

It's been something other

But he holds on this living Wonder

 

She's only seventeen

Without a single meaning 

Of this disproportionate life she's been meeting

The mirrors wake to a girl who won't stop bleeding

Can't see past the red from the girl she's been beating

She's aware she's developing

But can't take society

Can't own up to good grades

Can't find her sobriety 

The love of her life doesn't know who he's dating

Stuck in reverse, she still wants to change Me

Who could she be?

Who'd love her for the words she'd breathe?

She's made up of fairy tales and ancient poetry

The only things left she finds herself believing

in are empty outlets and a frustrated family.

 

Without a day to seethe

Without nights of deceit

She deserves more than this everyday disbelief

 

I can't help but say this

You are more than these places

You find yourself facing

You are more than your brain thinks

 

Quit wasting it too much imagination

"playing the Dozens" Ode To An Oral Tradition

A tradition rooted in the pain of African chains,
On the auction block, where slaves experienced the insane.
Separated...the strong from the weak...the young from the old,
So that by "The Dozen" these cheap laborers could be sold.
Amongst slaves, this distinction was viewed as a "low blow,"
But was the only label that "The Dozen" would ever know.
Thus began this particular tradition of verbal jarring,
Where two individuals engaged in true verbal sparring.
However, in time there came to be a distinct transition,
That defined the evolution of this oral tradition.
Soon, this custom was used to verbally defuse altercations.
The tone, of the insults thrown, had a few alterations.
Now, a confrontation of wits that could test your ability;
An exhibition of emotional strength and verbal agility.
Matching creativity and quickness, became the name of the game,
As trading insults became a fun way to increase ones fame.
Like a boxer, the aim is to deliver a knockout punch,
Target their egos, and deliver multiple jabs, by the bunch.
Like in chess, you must think ahead at least two or three moves.
Be ready, just in case your opponent gets in a groove.
You should always be ready to come with a counter attack.
So, you should have a few quick witted lines piled in a stack.
Be original and clever whenever your words are drafted,
Because, for your opponent, these words must be crafted.
"Playing The Dozens" without an audience would not look right,
Like launching fireworks, in the noon daylight.
So, it has to be the greatest thing that they've ever heard,
Painting a picture of your opponent, using nothing but words.
The response of the audience decides who wins,
So my foes and my friends let us let the fun begin!
Please don't be thrown off by the racial implications.
As a new generation, we can create a new innovation!

Capricorn

I Am Capricorn 
I am sorry that I didn’t care for you 
I am Capricorn 
I am used to be play with 
I am sorry I was not able to care for you
January is ending and close to February
Its about a couple of more months of cold weather before the April showers beginning 
You didn’t wanted to receive my love 
I am Capricorn
I am sorry that I didn’t care for you
We both knew are love wasn’t true it was just a word we will said in between are conversation 
Now was it really worth it?
You had too many tea parties with your friends and wasn’t any left for me
Its’ cold winter with a lot of tears a lot of physical and verbal altercations between us
I am Capricorn
I am sorry that I didn’t care for you
I  am Capricorn 
And you are Cancer !

Hurricane Harvey Landfall August 27th 2017

This long time doodling Yankee 
(who calls Southeastern Montgomery, Pennsylvania LV
plus III four seasons visited 
   upon swath of topography to see
and hear flora and fauna over run 
   via industrialization he doth experience pity
sympathy, humanity deafening cacophony undermining 
   once abundant bounty, which mutiny 
upon bounty outwits mother nature in this REAL LIFE “GAME” of jeopardy 
where survival of the fattest dominates avast geography

thence a tempest in a global teapot doth brew
which phenomena Gaia foments, inducing meteorologists due
tee fully issuing catastrophic fallout asper category 5 carved foo
tang clan along Gulf Coast 
   reserving special vengeance (alas domino effect) 
   for oil derricks hue mans insatiably drill into 
   ever more difficult to access reservoirs sans fossil fuels, but Jew
blintz echoes across watery expanse when excavator loo
king for liquid gold hit a mother lode (or off shoot) exciting new
man hick pumps furiously fracking gnome hatter 
   watching grim faced absent magic spells such as phew 
fi foe...aghast at the rapacious, pernicious, malicious....rue
th less ness heaped upon Planet Earth, 
   where tipping point 
   re: specifically *****Sapiens over population will true

lee interrogate meteorological altercations, conflagrations, and
exterminations of multitudinous botanical & animal genus or species 
   as wrath of monster storms akin to a oceanic brigand
wreaking loss of life and limb, additionally bringing destruction 
as megadeath metal lick ha - monstrous maelstrom 
   mercilessly muscles itself when making land
fall, where record rainfall submerges once smug Texans man
dated to evacuate far from the pan
demon harum-scarum as retribution for incessant lambasting wan
ton ness exploiting terrestrial resources selfishly will eventually ban
hush the dominant primate requisitioned to become extinct – anon.

Handed More Answers Than Questions

My past transgressions
could have led me to negative aggression
released by a smith and wesson
or some other deadly weapon
I instead chose other directions
to expand my minds compression
To escape certain depression
every table served with medleys of lessons
At a young age I was handed more answers than questions
altercations
transparent affection
So I chose my own brethren
multiplyin my stressin
And many a greasy experience
Did manifest
but self respect
kept me in check
I came correct
The Lord protects
I pray for one dusk till dawn 
with no blood upon
This world were on
A night so long

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