Best Shrugging Poems

I write upon our history, pen smeared in blood 
Human legacy, wars enduring shame 
Brushed aside indelible ink
Readily forgotten 
The pregnancy pain, bonny baby took away 
Scar tissue, for the time being hidden

Behind basic instinct, survival is driven
Truth brings denial, all set for replay
Hollowed out,...

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Great Britain and their beloved colonial states,
struggled and determined each their own fates,
foes in war, but united in common civility,
unlike Putin's abandon of simple humanity.

Ravaged and weakened, but firm on their feet,
Ukraine lacks no courage in evil they meet,
and those who would claim, "It is...

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Some people can shrug off their failures
Or laugh at their feeble attempts,
While others, like me,
Find frustration to be
What an aptitude never exempts.

For when trying to learn a new skill set,
If I find myself really inept,
I get into a funk
With my confidence shrunk
And there’ve even been...

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