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Chagrin Poems - Poems about Chagrin


Murky Mists of Narcissists Trysts
Varnished Tech Titans Tattered totems tarnished Viral tribal bible spiral Tainted talismans taunted Cash cows flaunted Gerontocracy trumps democracy Theocracy stumps hypocrisy Autocracy dumps diplomacy Haunted schism prism Vaunted Fat Cats Enigma?…just Dogma & Stigma Tit for Tats Martian Martial law Doff your hats To techno-*wats And petro-*rats Deplore or Encore? Poor Planet in flux All about the bucks Ersatz Fat Cats Well More is More!...

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Categories: chagrin, international, technology,
Form: Free verse
Chagrin
• Flat chest • Flashy grin • Struggling to rest • Much to my chagrin...

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Categories: chagrin, 11th grade, words,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member circus chagrin
the crowd dispersed in floods of tears disappointed that the spectacle was over when madness resolved and sanity became restored the clown’s persona now unmasked make up made down for a grimace a silent scream half aborted in the arena masqueraded agony exchanged for a smirk at last the lions would not have to jump through hoops of unhinged fire snakes now willing...

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Categories: chagrin, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Cheshire's Chagrin
Cat and canary at odds through the day A game of chase hunts his delicious prey But Tweety turns tables Just like Aesop’s fables End game birdy tweets, hubris doesn’t pay! ...

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Categories: chagrin, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Chagrin
Chagrin Take the 'ag' out and you've got 'chin' ~ There's 'egg on your chin' for you...

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Categories: chagrin, silly, word play,
Form: Free verse



Chagrin
We are becoming Unbound Our fantasy Unraveled Sorrow covered words Of polite regret They swallow me up inside Wisdom weary Behind the storm We race, reckless Towards defeat This is the death of us....

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Categories: chagrin, blue, emotions, heartbreak, words,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Much To My Chagrin
I remember picking wild strawberries with my sisters so my mom could make jam. I looked for a glass jar to put them in, thinking the bigger, the more it carries. But I didn't much give a tinker's damn, how thin. As I ran ahead, I fell on my butt shattering my jar, much to my chagrin. Baring my ass, I proved this...

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Categories: chagrin, 10th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Curtal Sonnet
The Chagrin
- A catfish, a catfish! - It’s not. - Why? - It’s a king of catfishes! Good for you. Ok, put its Majesty in the boat. The boat is anchored at the edge of the shallow water. I, seven years old, knee-deep in water, drag my first big catfish, holding its slimy gills in my arms raised over my head,...

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Categories: chagrin, childhood, fishing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Chagrin
Creates dark cracks in bits or as large as pits Happiness shrinks for this horror and quits Anger, ready to open its tool kits Growing steadily to make its next hit Raging mind and not ready for a seat Inner feeling, crushing social biscuits Not enough for the heart to grow some teeth....

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Categories: chagrin, anger, angst, anxiety, wisdom,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member As Always, With Chagrin
Dark hair in ringlets softly frames her face, the style her mother likes to see her wear, and her new gown looks pretty trimmed in lace while near the wall, she occupies a chair. She gazes at a crowd of boys and girls - the boys, like small men, dressed in shirts and ties; the girls, like her, dolled up, their...

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Categories: chagrin, girl,
Form: Sonnet
My Chagrin
Once again to my chagrin This nightmare perseveres And through the glass it comes to pass To feed upon my fears And it seems to slay my dreams And in their stead leave blind Mine own two eyes to that one prize ...

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Categories: chagrin, angst, confusion, death, depression,
Form: Quatrain

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