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Discontented Poems

Discontented Minds

Could discontentment be a vice? 
To be a farmer would suffice - 
yet, born upon this earthly sphere,
a boy in County Lincolnshire
was left by farming, cold as ice. 

Not content to sow and harvest grain,
He sought to understand and explain, 
inventing calculus he showed
how nature's secrets he'd decode
with his unsated, searching brain.

As Newton revealed the

Categories: discontented, environment, math, motivation, science,
Form: Rhyme

The Discontented Decade

Dustmen were dirty
Shoes had holes
Typewriters qwerty
Clothes were old
School was tough, kids were rough
Summers were always, quite cold

Three-day week
No power at night
Week after week another union strike
Nothing to do, so early to bed
Wake the next day to no loaves of bread

No central heating
Winters were freezing
No phone tweeting
Less coughing and sneezing
TV was great, watching films late
The Friday

Categories: discontented, childhood, community, history,
Form: Rhyme

Discontented Cat

Why can't I play with shiny balls
And climb that Christmas Tree
Why bring a tree into the house
Then say it's not for me

Why can't I help with wrapping paper
I love to play with twine
Oh please, I only want to help
While you sit and sip your wine

I love to smell your kitchen odours
Turkey, pork and ham by

Categories: discontented, animal, cat, christmas, tree,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Discontented

Discontented 


No happiness to the mind
Despite of a beautiful house 
And, yet, desiring for another big palace; 

No happiness to the mind 
Despite of a good job and pay with status
And, yet, searching for a big job; 

No happiness to the mind
Despite of wealth sufficient for generations 
And, yet, longing to become a billionaire; 

No

Categories: discontented, introspection,
Form: ABC

Discontented Chickens

nobody contented by their aging
replies when asked “but i’m still young” &
nobody who asks has any reason 
but to find out how long that they can still
****, how long they can still dash without
responsibility, how long it is that they 
can dance without those crickety bones,
how long they have before they’re over 
that hill &

Categories: discontented, life,
Form: Free verse

Complainers' Discontented Stain

don't hang with those who complain,
for their discontented stain
will blot your soul.

endless gripes can cause a frown
and make you feel very down,
with no control.


Dr. Ram's tail-rhyme contest

Categories: discontented, depression, happiness, introspection, life,
Form: Tail-rhyme

Discontented

Lost.
Lonely.
Full of pain.
He walked up to the church to pray for the first time in over twenty years.
The doors were locked.
When did we start locking church doors?

Confused.
Abandoned.
In need of help.
She entered the psychiatrist’s office seeking professional care.
She had no health insurance and was turned away.
The Hippocratic oath no longer applies.

Destitute.
Hungry.
No money for food.
He tried to

Categories: discontented, lifemoney,
Form: Free verse

Battlefields of Discontented Dreams

Another year has marched out of my life.
A crusading warrior making his way back home,
Leaving bloody battlefields in his wake.
Trampled valleys where dreams once stood.

In the beginning, the year tiptoed in,
Softly sprinkling crystallized wishes.
Ideas, floating like a fine dusting of snow,
Forming a light covering on my bed of anticipation.

In swept the Ides of Spring laden

Categories: discontented, hope, introspection, life, philosophy,
Form: Free verse