Contradiction Poems

My Turbulent Calm

I see the wind
And hear the sun
And when it hurts 
I have such fun
I know not when
But the where is sure
The reasons are clear
Though fully obscure
Thoughts I suffer
The long night through
Bring such comfort
How is this true
Confusion reigns
Within thoughts clear
And peace so far
And yet so near
I can feel it
Though I’m completely numb
My mind subtracts
To find the

Don’t You Dare Stay, Don’t You Dare Leave

I didn’t ask you to come.
You came anyway--
like sympathy could scrub
the blood off my breath.
Don’t you see?
My grief is mine.

You’re holding tissues
like they matter.
You’re speaking
like you understand.
You don’t.
Not the burn. Not the echo.

Let me fall.
Let me break and
crawl through it--
I need the splinters
to feel like proof
that I was touched at all.

And yet,
if you leave now
I

The Weight Of Commonsense

The lack of common sense
makes nonsense easy,
things that should make sense,
slip through, unchallenged.
Yet common sense itself
makes the absurd unbearable,
forcing logic upon the illogical,
struggling to grasp the uncommon.
To live without it
is to drift through chaos,
unbothered by contradiction.
To live with it
is to wrestle with reason,
forever questioning the senseless.

The contradiction of feelings!!

Yeah, I don't like you! 
Is that why I help you with your assignments? 
Yeah, I don't like you! 
Is that why I get mad over you for silly reasons? 
Yeah, I don't like you! 
Is that why I want to bully you and enjoy it? 
Yeah, I don't like you! 
Is that why I

The Needed Contradiction, Part II

...I think the counterbalance is
our craving for community,
and not the local government,
no, the things we enter freely.
I’m talking about your neighbors,
your churches and your civic clubs,
things we build in the private space,
where you hang out with all your buds.
The joint virtues you stand behind,
those that you submit to by choice,
no human works in solitude,
these things

The Needed Contradiction, Part I

I see a contradiction that
grows clearer with each passing day,
once I think we all one know,
once saw as just part of the game,
a dynamic state of tension
that we should hope is not resolved,
for that be would be unfortunate
for all the parties now involved.

It begins looking at the state,
that should safeguard our liberties,
and, when it steps

Fire of Obvious Contradiction Love

A question eats my soul
Everything is relative
Or  is  everything of absolutes?

Because everything is together
If happiness or sadness are transitory.

In the passing of the hot time of love, it should be heal?

If only and only alone
Relativity is absolute
so me
Why should there be sadness?
Because everything, even sadness is relative!

I know that my love for you

The Contradiction of the Cross

Vile instrument of death and shame
on which Christ hung taking our blame.
His death purchased eternal life
for those ensnared by sin and strife.

Like Moses’ serpent on a pole 
those doomed to die from death He stole.
That which was once a source of shame
is now acclaimed in Jesus’ name.

Hanging between two taunting thieves
His words caused two men

Cat Contradiction

There’s a kitty I have that is white.
When I pet him, he purrs with delight.
Then directly he goes
with his mouth to my nose
and with tiny sharp teeth gives a bite!

Nov 5, 2022
For Tania Kitchin's A Funny Limerick - Make Me Laugh Poetry Contest

Minus Queen Times Covid Nineteen

U K minus queen, where  All's not as it seems; the crowds Will Gather, there will be much piety and blather,  shoulders 
To  be rubbed, as people dive into the hub-bub at the 
Shop restaurant golf club or pub, has something been
Forgotten? that prior was reported ; of ad-nausem top
To bottom, covid

Leave

Leave

I needed to leave
but I didn't know how
I felt like a kid
afraid of a mouse
I had not yet built
another house
but I needed to leave
so I cried my way out...

I needed to leave
not easy decision
but I was so keen
to do that transition
I preferred the streets
over the traditions
of giving up my dreams
for a life of contradictions.

I needed

Prediction Contradiction

'Experts' assured us the Cold War was over
       that Russia’s a bit player now

    My hat’s off to them: We’ve got a Hot War brewing ~
       but Russia’s on offense, somehow

Contradiction

Contradiction
(naga uta poem)

in this rural place
forest once ever so deep-
one needs to destroy
acres of trees to create
a stronger living signal…
the moon and stars scrutinize

© Harry J Horsman 2021

Sunday Contradiction

Beware of the erect preacher

For he is hell bent to get inside you!

Mr Contradiction

By definition, Mr. Contradiction asserts the contrary or deny the truth of something. He admittedly is hypocritical and controversial, and most often, he refuses to surrender. He fights until only death or doom defeats him. It is his nature to behave this way.

Mr. Contradiction. Do you not hear him, as do I,  shouting from

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