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Best Unwillingness Poems

Below are the all-time best Unwillingness poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of unwillingness poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Fortunes of My Tears
I see the future
in the constellation of my crystal tears
as you siphon the sparkle off what’s left of my joy.

Heavy is my heart where you...

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Categories: unwillingness, angst, conflict, depression, fate,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Rainbows Dreaming of Gray
Scrambling tooth and nail for a patterned fate
I approached the lofty mansion of Learning's Gate.
All cued up for a slip of paper - the one...

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Categories: unwillingness, allegory, education, freedom, growing
Form: Alliteration
Winter Blues
As the icicle freezes to the point of dripped ice mimicking my life
Frozen in this time, yes I may look fine but it's very cold...

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Categories: unwillingness, death, deep, depression, grief,
Form: Free verse
As Mankind Dies
Darkness may be an unwillingness to see
How easy to retain apathy
'Tis peaceful to open eyes
And gaze upon lies
As mankind
Dies
To not find
That courage defies
Self-inflicted, blinded cries
And...

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© Deb Radke  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unwillingness, courage, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Compromising Position

Compromise is only a weakness between
two people who are unwilling to work together.
I dwell on this statement. Just what does it mean?

Well, if with another...

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Categories: unwillingness, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme



Race
Many years ago 
There was a line;
Drawn for purposes of segregation.
A crow was responsible 
Since the beginning of time--
So as we rewind--
To tell of this...

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Categories: unwillingness, america, black african american,
Form: Narrative
Healing Words
My mother, my grandmother before has always held a place in my heart.
My father, and my grandfather before has the same part.
I was young and...

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Categories: unwillingness, dedication, devotion, faith, family,
Form: Narrative
Do I Dare
Do I dare?
As years passed, I continued to wonder
Haunted by a silent question
Buried at the back of my head, is a lifetime quest for answers
Lurking...

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Categories: unwillingness, absence, age, betrayal, childhood,
Form: Bio
Us Marine Sniper
Specter of a Hero's Tortured 
Soul
Forfeiting faith to successors to 
sacrifice self for others...he 
believes not in himself but his 
progeny...
Eternal life and inflexible 
determination...

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© Alex W.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unwillingness, warself, self,
Form: I do not know?
Self-Therapy: Side-By-Side and Apart
I do appreciate the sky
that is not flying high
the moon is so powerful 
the yellow grey clouds protective of,
The light blue sky that turns Blue...

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Categories: unwillingness, art, jobs, psychological, self,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Transracial Family Wonderings
I wonder what makes you tick.

That quick shadow of a lopsided smile.
When you slap the wall as you step by.
Are these tics
that make you tick...

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Categories: unwillingness, beauty, black african american,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member True Love Waits
He stared out into space with disbelief
Her tear stained note lay crumpled on the floor
She said she never meant to cause him grief
Ten years had...

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Categories: unwillingness, anger, angst, betrayal, forgiveness,
Form: Sonnet
A Guilty Conscious
I ate your spite for breakfast,
I felt it go down my gullet,
I felt it turn to acid in my belly
And the hatred, burnt my intestines...

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© Debra Mo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unwillingness, anxiety, conflict, deep, emotions,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Hell On Earth
Satan orders Eve to give Adam
For humanity fades; there settles curse
Curse on the land, on parents and generations
Generations are victims of their innocence
Innocence for ignoring...

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Categories: unwillingness, abuse, anxiety, conflict, evil,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
The Nights Sky
In the nights sky, The big round MOON amplifies
Nocturnally a journey set in motion, as my minds eye opens
Through the SHINING STARS so high, to...

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Categories: unwillingness, earth, imagination, night, planet,
Form: Sonnet

Book: Shattered Sighs