Embarrassments Poems - Poems about Embarrassments

...Beneath the frozen dome of a late December, I learned with melancholy That those who gave me wings are not the titans I summoned in my childhood dreams, But two earthlings, stirring my dreams into ......Read the rest...

...If By Byron Juno If women MUST die Then Atieno would die first If children were to forage Then Atieno's would forage forever If women were to walk necked Then Atieno's would walk throughout......Read the rest...

...There was a time when I was so real I would speak my heart out with everyone People would normalise my embarrassments and say, "Kiddo, that's pretty common". There was a time when I was so real......Read the rest...

...Who the hell is Etty Ket To keep interfering in my life? I keep hearing its not Etty Ket From my very soon to be wife. I bet she was a Victorian With a long pointy nose Red flanellette bloomers......Read the rest...

...When the pitcher of that little girl broke And the nectar-like water she’d carried from far shed; Some smiled; some laughed; some scolded her carelessness, Some walked on their way as its normal h......Read the rest...

...Battalion column coup de grace; It’s what was planned, but didn’t work that way. We’ve bled all our embarrassments At bayonet point and now must cede the day. God damn the blasted cavalry; They’......Read the rest...

...No-one knows precisely when the rivalry began; thirty-two the legend goes; eighteen or nineteen? It's not clear, nor can it be confirmed. Apart from once in fifty-nine For reasons lost in time......Read the rest...

...BLACK AND I AM ALONED I AM WRONGED discouraged- I am black I dress urban not I need encouragement no further embarrassments love and understanding I am related to those races I vacation in se......Read the rest...

...Broken dreams don't die, they just bleed They cry out for somebody to believe , believe me everybody cries even me Have you ever wondered what happened to those dreams we ignored. Do they tur......Read the rest...

...Thirty-four years of fist fights and screaming fits; threats of killing, suicide; public embarrassments. In front of my husband and son they crossed a line. What I gave them was a piece of my mind. ......Read the rest...

...I am safe when you are near, like a baby nestled in his mother's arms. I can breathe without gasping, speak without stammering, my embarrassments fade in the glow of your smile. There is no prete......Read the rest...

...I loved you - I hate you! And now I can’t wait to See you fall from grace - like the stupid fool that you are - (Right on cue) That perfect mouth I once kissed Now just looks slack And I’m pissed Tha......Read the rest...

...I have tears that I have not shed, pain that I have not felt and memories that I anticipate, will haunt me in my slumber. From the neck up, I am paralyzed comprehending nothing only seeing gray ......Read the rest...

...(Author's note: It has come to my attention that the U.K. has decided to eliminate Holocaust education from its curricula, on the grounds it may "offend" some groups) And so, for fear it may off......Read the rest...