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Best Disapproving Poems

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An Eternity Ii
And I begin my own steep climb into 
The Chalkland Downs              ...

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Categories: disapproving, betrayal, , memorial,
Form: Rhyme



Parable of the Talents
The Master left to go away,
But, being wise and just,
He first called forth three servants and
Placed Talents in their trust.

According to their proven skills
He portioned...

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© Jesse Rowe  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: disapproving, allegory, bible, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 2020 and 2021
Twenty-twenty on his deathbed lies.
Most saw him with disapproving eyes.
Some prospered as they watched him grow.
But many looked at him
as a son of woe. Though
no...

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Categories: disapproving, new year,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member November's Brave Rose
Brave  is the rose caught in November’s thorn
While she endures nights of chill and snow,
Awaiting gold daylight's warmth to bestow---
And liven her frame…her mouth...

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Categories: disapproving, courage, flower,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Daughter
Above all else
A daughter 
wants to be seen……by her mother

There are small big things
That are said
That are done
Those disapproving glances
Tiny big criticisms
The imperceptible monumental moments
The...

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Categories: disapproving, anxiety, birth, child, courage,
Form: Free verse



Poa-Tetry Soup (The Name Inspired)
Thoughts melt and distil under a green/blue flame,
Swirling down, separated out and mixed.
If you’ve seen it, it’s broken;
If you’ve heard it, it’s shredded;
If you’ve read...

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Categories: disapproving, allegory, childhood, imagination, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Walls Talk
These are the times when the walls talk
The bricks sneer and the tile floor scoffs at you
Disapproving, mocking, judging
It’s a quiet conversation 
You can’t quite...

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Categories: disapproving, anxiety, blue, fear,
Form: Free verse
Smile Some
Turn the corners around your lips
reverse your wrinkled brow 
amuse your sullen disposition 
and disapproving frown

Etch the lines that touch your eyes
the map which tell...

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Categories: disapproving, simile,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Just a Couple of Old Dogs
With a deep Growl!  
a  Corgi's disapproving eye,
a question mark tail arched in suspicion,
and four white capped feet poised  
to leap off...

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Categories: disapproving, dog, friend,
Form: Free verse
Once In a Blue Moon
A solitary man was he 
who shunned responsibility 
and crawled back to his empty shell, 
he thought himself alive and well. 
He spurned an opportunity...

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Categories: disapproving, sad,
Form: Verse
Human Trafficking
I see her coming home at dawn, 
Looking completely withdrawn,
It makes me sick to my stomach to know you’ve sent her out working, 
Watching her...

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Categories: disapproving, abuse, allegory, betrayal, body,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mother's Worry Lines
Mother dear, I recall the many worry lines upon thy dear face.
Oh, that if time I could reverse and them from thy face erase!
Forgive me...

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Categories: disapproving, motherme, family, peace, family,
Form: Rhyme
I Said, You Said
Race -
Did it start the big debate, in 2008?

He’s not my president 
Show me his papers.
Why don’t we impeach him 
Silence all the haters.

Take back...

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© Dana Black  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: disapproving, race,
Form: Ballad
Indo-Fijian Girls Can Run
Indo-Fijian Girls CAN Run

I Remember...
Clearly as my memories of Fiji’s blue tropical skies
Desiring to raise my hand for the school’s track events until I heard...

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Categories: disapproving, 10th grade, sports,
Form: Free verse
Forest of Lights

She stood with me in the sea of darkness until the lights came out; those shimmering orbs
Suddenly a forest of lights surrounded us; there were...

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© Violet Sky  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: disapproving, beautiful, light, longing, love,
Form: Shape

Book: Shattered Sighs