Divided Poems - Poems about Divided

("Enemy of the State Merit Badge", 2011, original oil) Hate Speech Outside I’m the same man as ever A bit older, softer, wider for sure, Wiser perhaps, but basically The same cheerful, friendly, outgoing And compliant guy I’ve always been Inside my heart has turned to iron A molten mass pushing outward With my head a volcano ready to explode From a world gone wrong,...

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Caught in the snares of a night divided between the sacred and the profane, where the stars seem to whisper forgotten secrets, I find myself in search of truth, on a journey that parts the veil of self-knowledge, where every tear of light, every shadow reveals fragments of an esoteric existence, woven from fragile hopes and deep doubts. Religion, like...

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("Outside Looking In Merit Badge" - MB #40, 2011, original oil) Echo Chambers 'Everybody’s talkin’ at me I don’t hear a word they’re saying Only the echos of my mind….' And so it is, and so it goes. Everyone in their own worlds Safe and secure within the confines Of confirmation biases Building castles made of sand. Meanwhile the tide swells, Waves come as they always...

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Beneath the inscrutable sky, blinded by divided eternities, We are islands of yearning, adrift in fate, Each bearing a mysterious longing, a desert within the chest, And with every heartbeat, my sorrow robustly grows. Fate, the ancient dramatist who in astral maps has decreed That we be star-crossed lovers, struck by the curse of the falling star. Painfully sweet is our...

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A vision seized me, before The marriage of my kin. Betrothed to a faith apart, Like a stray from the hallowed ground; where forefathers had etched: A devout Catholic and a pioneer, A premonition of life truth. I wandered through the paddy field, Where crystal water surged; Fishes of all sizes I had a huge catch. Between, a river parted, As white as a snowy flake...

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The world is becoming impossible to govern Each person that island Donne warned us about All sense of belonging in mirrors bespoken The strength of shared values —our vanity flouts (Dreamsleep: February, 2023)...

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11/17/22 Continual bifurcation Still a divided nation Across the entire basin Doctors trying to treat suicidal patients Through the use of extreme or mild sedation These f***s always playing the blame game It's become dang lame Too many not on the same page As well as a similar wave length Whether or not it involved a rain gauge When it all became space age This corruption gives...

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United we are very strong unite Divided we are very wrong unite United we are very wise unite Divided we need an advice unite United we are the winners unite Divided we are the losers unite United we are the choosers unite Divided we are the beggars unite Come on unite now or never unite...

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United we stand divided we all fall. Nowadays history seems to be having domino effects. attending public places of worship, public bathrooms, police brutality, institutions of learning, playgrounds, kidnappings are on the rise, hatred, jealousy and senseless mass murders in the land we call home of the brave and freedom where is the safety and...

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A thin veneer of stormy war-clouds arising To threaten the ever-roiling sovereigns, Keeping the world in constant surmising Hence no peace among the sister nations. To threaten the ever-roiling sovereigns Each greedily coveting the goods of another Hence no peace among the sister nations No family ties of ancestry, sister or brother. Each greedily coveting the goods of another Amassing armies for their supposed...

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Democracy The votes have been tallied and the race has been called. So why do I feel like Americans are about to fall? I close my eyes and I can feel violence brewing. I can taste it on my tongue in the wind that shifts directions. ...

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We have not been this divided since the Civil War I am not speaking of the country I am talking about my relatives. The ones they love I despise. The ones they revere I see as misogynist, egotistical and bullying. We can eat meals together As long as there is only small talk. If anyone brings up politics it is over. People leave angry. We have...

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I see trouble on the near horizon-- A nation divided just is not couth, Unfortunately, reason is wizen Frivolous theories accepted as truth, Intentionally misguiding our youth Disgraceful political grandstanding, Foundation institutions crash-landing News media is shaping opinions, Honestly, journalism notwithstanding Common folks now political minions. written August 13, 2021...

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Thunderbolts split the stormy air. The campaign for president heats up. Insults and curses, accusations and lies, Hate and confusion, poisoned barbs Aimed at and finding a mark, Only to be retipped and redirected Toward the original sender. Racism, carefully disguised As safety precautions. For whom? Religious intolerance in the guise Again, of our country’s safety, Deliberately misinterpreting the facts. Religious zealots posing as victims So they...

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A Nation Divided Has Me By: Tom 1/18/2021 A-ngry N-ervous A-nnoyed T-ense I-mpulsive O-bserving N-eglected D-ivided I-maginative V-exed I-mperfect D-isturbed E-motional D-epressed...

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