Best Denied Poems

expendable lives
our elderly, sick and poor
benefits denied
D.C. may call the shots now
God is the equalizer


*Written in honor of John Freeman
for his contest "Sayings of Wisdom"...

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I stood too long
in the public square
strangers wearing masks
desecrated my presence
tossed paint upon my visage
roped and toppled me
shattered my past
erased my future
all because I paused
to gaze upon the beauty
of a common ground

John G. Lawless
7/16/2020...

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How full is the earth’s beauty! 
And how I implore the lengthening
Of just a day; that I may bask in 
That days brief eruptive flowering.'
Oh how a blemish, throws my senses reeling,
As I pulsate to the Hidden altercation,
'That holds' the core of my habitations 'way'
Eternity...

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Denied, 2010
Vickie M. Ortiz Vázquez

Human
Human am I
So, I hear I am human
Therefore, human rights by nature are mine
Who have spoken of these?
Martin Luther King, Jr
Cesar Chavez
The Black Panther Party and the F.L.A.N

Human am I
Born female with a path
Grown to a woman with a guilty mark
So,...

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What can I do, for you are out of reach?
I weep and sigh in dungeon of my heart
I tear my clothes in anguish, I beseech
That of my misery you share a part

For I am here tormented in this place
I’m shackled to the wall of dark...

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morning sun, a newborn babe,
exhales her first breath each dawn in mist 
daybreak’s kiss
straddles the North Carolina and Tennessee line
Cherokee Nation’s last reservation
remains within a hazy, vaporous veil

nearly two centuries crept past
since 14,000 ill and hungry Cherokees
trekked the Trail of Tears
moving westward wearily
to sparse lands...

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All the noisy critters, warblers and the morning, young horse rider
have taken with them spring's harmony;
no longer can galloping beats and songbirds make this black, forest
echo with their delightful sounds of felicity; 
winter has indeed stripped it of every beam of light and lovely flower.



That...

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There is a Facebook page called BULLYCIDE, a campaign to try to end bullying in all forms. They ran a poetry competition about 3 years ago on their page and I had the unenviable task of judging it. Then, the winner was turned into a...

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Sometime along the way, 
The crossroads shifted.

Everything has changed, 
As the innocence has drifted.

Vulnerable to existence, 
And leaning to repentance 

The maniacs in her head are just as relentless
As a bad memory just keeps pushing through her thoughts

She didn’t know how to stop it, for...

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A jogger was raped
                   in central park years ago
                  some...

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Joe’s mama died of cancer when he was
		just four. His loving grandma raised him well.
		Brief, hazy thoughts of Mama make this grown
		man cry. Exactly why? It’s hard to tell.

		His memories are not of being hit
		or yelled at, but of hugs and smiles denied,
		of feeling he...

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Parents now trusted me enough to take my lil' sis out on Halloween!

Sis, a jellybean, me, a green bean, walked to get my boyfriend, just sixteen.

His pet monkey jumped out mean, bit sis, who got no candy, but a vaccine.







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Denied 





With early sunset, the heart descends,
veils of dusk and inconstant eyes,
Set to return home, but one last flight,
as darkness tears and stains vibrant vibes,
My denied emotions ostensibly pretend.





Written Oct 27th, 2015
© Dr. Upma A. Sharma 
Contest- any sad poem

Awarded 2nd place win


Sponsor- broken wings...

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Curses have been placed on me for no reason at all
I feel like humpty dumpty who sat on the wall and had a great fall
The enemy seek to devour me whole
Over my life, the enemy wants total control
Feel like my skull has been banged against...

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I am tired of pretending
Sick of acting like it doesn’t hurt
Because it’s just a big lie
I smile to the world like nothing is wrong
While alone I hide the tears that I cry

People offer advice
That is easier said than done
They tell me keep your chin up
But...

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