Discomfiture Poems - Poems about Discomfiture

...The pretext of my residency here seems to have exhausted itself. I now find myself in need of offering an explanation for the immediacy of my departure. No doubt certain obvious reasons will come unp......Read the rest...

...Conceited clericalism is encroaching scientific study and educational exploration, obdurate obscurantism engulfing people's normal mentality and judgment, ramrod racism routing ethnic equality and me......Read the rest...

...How can human deal with all the other animals with a sense of indisputable superiority? What makes them keep mollycoddling the mean motive of extracting from other animals as much as possible while p......Read the rest...

...WHO AM I I am a woman of abundance, not of material possessions; but more of my gifts or talents, ......Read the rest...

...I skitter cross time's restless bones in search of sleep's access, Discomfiture not fate or man but "restless legs" (1) confess. An accidental drug (2) does treat if I do not forget, It calms legs......Read the rest...

...Tell me, Casanova, how long you’ll pine On sodden sleeves your heart you’ve worn Reputation on the line in decline Sterile standing in society shorn Of its aura of charm and calm Reduced to ta......Read the rest...

...Love in its majesty and spendour Visits hearts kind and unkind Waxing her odour and ardour To help the love-lost to find Little spaces, loving faces Enamoured enough To rise from surfaces Wh......Read the rest...

...Narrow escapes- thrice threatening Came and went Despite succor abstaining My soul under no circumstances meant Harm to my person Stolid as I sometimes dreamt to claim Not heeding, not learni......Read the rest...

...The many faces scattered here- the sense of misery had swollen, not unexpectedly. Sound “louder,” suddenly at the end, dreadful movements then till the end. The clear red-hot, mass of fire ......Read the rest...

...After the rain, the Sun will rise again we have been in darkness since they arrived in their caravan of dreams with empty promises of change, and constructive untruths, with which they tricked ......Read the rest...

...© Ben Burton 6/18/2016 It's difficult to feel good When you see A long lost loved one The meeting predicated On the death of another You both loved But, at least one of you Barely saw at al......Read the rest...

...Wind is that wonderful element replenished at each breath, Interrupting this rhythm even for a moment results in a discomfiture. Wild wind rustling through the leaves of the tree, Carrying with it......Read the rest...

...Waking up with the demon digging your bowels Imagining other marvels, your mind on a different level Hit the streets with a system in discomfiture Nose in the air as to flatter any future Peopl......Read the rest...

...It was no longer a vague errand, She was determined to accost him She had overcome at last the dread Of having to face her painful dilemma With a vigorous jerk of her head She shook off many a g......Read the rest...

...One of my boyhood dreams was to become a successful functionary, With an office with a view, a fine oak desk and a pretty secretary! To wear a suit and tie (to me) would be the pinnacle of success.......Read the rest...