Best Resistance Poems

The Seconds grew impatient
   As Anticipation aimed its dart
Hope sat erect at the table
   Compliments practiced their parts

Breaths were held as the Chef pirouetted
   The Piece de resistance proudly poised
Triumph on a smooth, sleek glass surface
   To...

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futile resistance

naturally one combined

two souls intertwined



(April 21, 2011 Wausau, Wisconsin)

(c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved...

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Water fulfills life
Nourishes soils,fills reservoirs -
Only abrades fences....

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He wanted to teach you something today
But you resisted his every effort.
You said school is boring, you hate it.

Minds engrossed in useless trivia,
Cold comfort in a job-hungry world
Echoing thoughts of seventies songs,
We don’t need no education.

He wanted to teach you something today,
To help you to...

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It's a term coined
for the times

propelled by actions
ceremoniously indulged

whimsically by the populace.
It's growing daily,

masses in tune
bubbling to surface

rife with rebellion.
Senseless conventions

imposed by the machine,
discrepancies enlightened

with blinding rays
of rationality

superimposed upon circumstances.
Keeping up the fight

against all odds
baffling to mindfulness

as they scramble to react
to tides of mistrust....

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It's 4am

I grab a discarded magazine off
the floor to see if I can count forwards
from the release date to see what todays
date might be

maybe I've forgotten something important
like

what hike should I go on to see the 
coolest wildflowers
or

maybe I should switch my cloaking
aura on and...

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Join the Resistance
Counter the forces
that are monopolizing
contemporary societies
Fight for what is right
Be a lighthouse
for all to see
Sound the bell to
wake us all up
Question the bourgeoisie
with all of their
rules and regulations
Live outside the box- - - - -
Become an Outrider
Contemplate your actions
Make them powerful, forceful
Keep up...

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Resistance On The Iberian Peninsula

“Liberté, égalité, fraternité (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity),”
Scream French revolutionists as they guillotine monarchists heads, 1
Then crown Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of France, 2
Who commands the French forces in wars raged across Europe.

The Grande Armée has defeated the ‘Fourth Coalition:’ 3, 4
And in 1807,...

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Here I am, standing all alone
feeling so isolated, depressed and lonely.
The serenity around me is void of Life and Hope
and vacuum occupied both sides of me.
All these condemned me to the feeling of uncertainty.

I just walked on without making a decision,
and what I see in...

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I have the rhythm of a winding road
how do I consign myself to being confined
rows of poplar pillars prop
the rendezvous canopy beneath we meet
—I self-cajole on ooh-la-la afternoon 

yellow eyes; daffodils watching 
lean into gossip groups nodding
a prodding breeze instigating deep-freeze
I am a sweet weed...

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From rooftops, you may yell or shrill
Finding faults and accusing us, still
Our spirit you can never kill

You may shout at us or scream
Defeat and despair our lot may seem
But you cannot destroy our dreams.

You may scheme against us or plot
Bring forth sorrow and curse our...

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Here and there I saw the fear 
People running & saying it clear 
Corona here, corona there
Some ran for needs
Some ran for greeds
Some were worried about all their deeds 
It took me back in a reverse gear 
It took me back to Kashmir my dear...

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Here We Shall Remain
by Tawfiq Zayyad
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Like twenty impossibilities
in Lydda, Ramla and Galilee ...
here we shall remain.

Like brick walls braced against your chests;
lodged in your throats
like shards of glass
or prickly cactus thorns;
clouding your eyes
like sandstorms.

Here we shall remain,
like brick walls obstructing...

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There will be no recognition, no epiphanies 
No intellectual solidarity, no saving grace
So without further adieu, let us speak free, 
 A clarion call to smash this ludicrous machine that churns out poverty and wipes away our identities
The apparatus of violent repression. 
The rich partake...

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When Hell Comes 

When Hell comes
War becomes a b**ch

(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)





David Bowie - Putting out fire (full lyrics)
https://youtu.be/2f99YKyrOmc
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