Defangs Poems | Examples

3 Defenders

Only a house made of bricks stands
No straw or sticks anchor walls
       no undercurrents of menace within
       no spirited chaos, a sin
Brick house tempered by grist, resists

Let the Wolf strut, bluster and boast
       his breath crystallized
       'gainst a brick house that gleams
       frozen terror to those within

No wind to blow his conscience clean
      only discontent, foolish
      that puts the pack on edge

Huff and puff, a stately growl
A brick house defangs rapacious howls
Price of entry, sutured by good deeds

A wolf's high strung dive into a boiling pot
      his darker side inferno
3 little pigs forsake composure, dance
      like a jumpy silent film
But not every wolf melts away

Still, a dwelling menaced stands
      like a magic tale with bricks of truth
      for a glittering house
      liberty's gift
      star shines, 
                    on a hill






Poem composed: February 13, 2021