Best Dismissively Poems

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

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Waiting. The minutes groan arduously.
Somehow, perhaps – my heart fails to beat
with the rush of your momentary attention.
Perched precariously on spikes
Flesh colored, yet artificial –...

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Diminishing virtues stripped away
From the flesh
By the fierce brined rods that freely 
Course thy hot crimson blood; 
Dry cracked lips attempting to
Fashion broken words of...

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3.28 parsec out
We’re making an impromptu flight change
Windstar is gonna have to make 
				a low-grav burn and turn
towards the Big Rocky asteroid belt border
It’s a...

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The heartbreaker says hello seductively--goodbye dismissively.


Date: December 20, 2018
Contest Title: One Liner--Hello and Goodbye 
Sponsor: Silent One        ...

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dismissively lined as "dented and painted"
protesting violence and raping of women 
those self-appointed, oh holy and sainted
can we turn another cheek and forgive them?

to relate...

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I riff flecked about thee august
     Autumn Equinox 2018,
     this polymath learned why,
September Equinox
   ...

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A body under a bush today called my attention.
Strange feelings overwhelmed me, too many to mention.
I swiftly looked away pretending I had not seen it...

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index finger of left hand
     (likened to Michelangelo
meticulously chiseling away
     at marble block), this poe
whit attempts to...

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Kind-hearted displays never was
part of her intrinsic, fashionable support view
Genuine concern often got the facial window dressing ...
Feelings dismissively expressed
with distant half-smiles of plastic disaffection
In...

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Recent confrontations
between older RightWing defenders of orthodox violence
and younger LeftWing liberators for inclusive cooperative peace
and restorative,
therapeutic green justice,
have all been massively mediated
between Donald Trump's Make...

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Golden Hair

It was Christmas 1973, 
as I straightened up his brace

A disabled body with unconquered mind, 
best friends in different states

As she walked straight down...

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Announcement to Shepherds
Luke 2:8-20

Luke: “Nearby shepherds were living in the fields,
Guarding their sheep at night. 9 The Lord’s angel,
Stood before them, the Lord’s glory shone...

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Said he to she
  dismissively
It's only
  minor surgery

Said she to he
  lightheartedly
Give me the knife
  I'll play with your life...

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PROFESSOR POETS

These are poems about professor poets and other “intellectuals” who miss the main point of poetry, which is to connect with readers via pleasing...

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