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Distain Poems - Poems about Distain

angry conifer
...Angry Conifers Trees in the avenue have a weird sense of humor Long roots cracking up finely laid cobble stone pavement Slightly bent easterly give pain in the lower trunk The younger tr......

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Categories: distain, absence, age, art,
Form: ABC
Mirage of Sanity
...I never said I was sane. I didn’t claim perfection no, I lean more towards distain. Compare, internalize, never share. Crazy, imperfect thoughts run everywhere but never straight. They don’t play the......

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Categories: distain, courage, life, mental health,
Form: Rhyme



Opposable thumbs
... He walks alone through the hush of morning, dew balancing like prayers on blades of grass. above him, a red kite wheels as geometry drawn and for a moment,he forgets what we’ve done. the eart......

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Categories: distain, earth, faith, forgiveness, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Tears Of A Clown
...Against a willowy wailing backdrop of inner chaos, an indignant incendiary mask stifles the simmering cauldrons, of a stoic stage clown post lachrymose performance wearily stunning yet stung, or t......

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Categories: distain, angst, anxiety, august, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Underneath
...I know I'm the problem My fractured thoughts remind me constantly My love I've got the bullet But I never wanted the gun I think I fall in love everyday Strangers on the street I'll meet ......

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Categories: distain, anger, anxiety, break up,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Intifada
...(“Glimpsing Hokusai”, 2017, original encaustic) Intifada aka “Kill the Jews!” While we were sleeping content in our lives Something dark and ugly was growing inside Spreading across t......

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Categories: distain, fear, hate, youth,
Form: Narrative
PIETY
...When the carrion calls this is your destruction you are drunk with distain Your body is a yew tree into which a maiden dips her momentary fingers You are now a snake which slithers to......

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Categories: distain, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member BLINDLY PURPOSEFUL-
...sorely ludacris optimistic rage as her purse open in the rain distain uncovered head hair composed of lots and dreads Purposeful ......

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Categories: distain, adventure, appreciation, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Under Our Rug
... Under the rug it goes So nobody else will know Under the rug it goes Safe, beneath trodding toes Under the rug is safe For an unspoken mistake Under the rug there’s pain And spitted,......

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Categories: distain, child abuse, conflict, family,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Love on the Dark Side
... You senselessly hurt me, Then, demand I do not cry. You frustrate me, Then, unsympathetically, punish my display of anger. You ridicule me, Then, taunt me when I strive to w......

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Categories: distain, child abuse, childhood, innocence,
Form: Free verse
Dry Ice Surface
...In the abyssal depths, hope is bled dry to die A requiem for all blurs my vision, blurry and blind The stars distant fading whisper, loses glimmer As creation's song is reduced to a mournful shive......

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Categories: distain, dark,
Form: Elegy
the bite, bites deep
...I am bound and chained to a very tight leash Now the stillness hangs lifeless in the air Icy tentacles grope, grab and squeeze My breath is taken away, I do decree.. Darkness has snuffed out th......

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Categories: distain, winter,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Flowerful Fun
...Rosey, had a rose of course And Dan had Dandelions. Sonny sought out Sunflowers And Pete perfumed Petunias. Maisey dreams of Daisys, Cyrus clings to Iris. Pops loves Poppys everywhere and Viol......

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Categories: distain, adventure, fantasy, flower, fun,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member The bride groom cometh--
...His evil malicious taunting's Lucifer shifts minions and demons; Spiting on the womb of the bride; Embracing her soul windows closed; The bride groom cometh Tried and tied i......

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Categories: distain, analogy, anxiety, betrayal, devotion,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Love Gone Sour
...In the end a love turned bitter Once fresh bouquet starts to wither Their hearts bear all the strain Of love's cruel distain Their sour love tale I deliver......

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Categories: distain, lost love,
Form: Limerick

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