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Best Chastened Poems


Hope when felt Chastened
Hesitant, to Hope whispered New Year: 
Men alas in hope look happier, 
But I've no such long rope, 
Hard work seems the sole hope, 
But let me still perky appear. 
No use spoiling their mood, 
In time let them come good, 
Time settles all fizz...

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Categories: chastened, hope, humor, new year,
Form: Limerick
The song of an outcast
Living in an unwanted world
Tossed to and fro
With heavy breeze breezing
All hope seems lost
Lost in the midst of ravaging storm
Tossing East and North.

Caught amidst the combat of immorality
Weary and scary
Sharpened edges rust,
Once honored chastened.

Caught in the midst of thorns
Egg meant to meet with fragility chastened.
Marauding...

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Categories: chastened, 1st grade, allegory, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Lost Soul
She hated herself there’s no denying that
As God’s favourite chastened child
Bearing the burden of betrayal
And a heavy heart filled with sorrow
In her sombre world 
Where light doesn’t penetrate the walls 
Penalized for her sins 
Waiting for the gallows to pull in 
And bring her dim...

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Categories: chastened, angst, anxiety, betrayal, dark,
Form: Free verse

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