Fend Poems | Examples

Premium Memberbarter for the bellmaker

barter for the bellmaker 
fire the forge, fill the flue
cast cast-iron chimes 
chime for time's renew 

fire the forge, fend the flash
fan the flames, feed the fire 
cast cast-iron cauldrons 
cast a spell, catch desire 

bitter for the bellmaker 
fires the forge, fans the flame
casts cast-iron tears
cannot catch desire's name
Form: Rhyme

Forty 3rd Time?

For the forty 3rd attempt
Of incline 
A forty 3rd question unanswered 
Los Angeles requires an accomplishment 
As yet the roofs of wealth choir no challenge 
Stilled in self wonder the share constants
Water and health in abundance, again
This execution remembers every faculty
Partners and sermons
Cost and boss 
The build of document to spend
Little shadows of Washington fend

The framers of a Los Angeles hard at work
During war time 
Without end
Preparing the give
Ready for another attack
That steal refuses its sound
Prefer of the city and cities charity 
Suggest of intonation
None strate to the cause

America in Los Angeles only lensing past tense
Encampments of abandon
In a day of labor, no notes
No reservation 
No surplus


My apology letter

This was written from the heart.
Never knew it'd come to this. 
I don't know where to start.
Mama, your son gotta kind heart!
But every day, the world's telling me to play my part.
From a boy to a man, I had to transcend.
Like a pea in a pot, I had to grow up.
Never once complained when it's time to show up. 

I've been scarred, betrayed, and left to fend for myself.
No one's fault but mine, for trust don't get you far. 
So I've learned to keep my heart dark, like a tint up car.
And fight it by myself this internal war.

Sorry it took me so long to understand. 
The world's doesn't cater for the weak.
That every man's battle is in their own hands.
Win or lose, you gotta stand strong. 
And a man's tears are as worthless as a dollar coin.

The older I get, there's thing's I comprehend.
Like family can be your biggest hater, nothing like a friend.
And you gotta answer to God for every sin. 
I apologize for not knowing this in the beginning.
Form: Rhyme

Love That Left Without Goodbye


There are two days I know
Yesterday and today 
Yesterday laid the cross I bear
Cross I dared not to wear
Forever we stay, they say,
But the thorns stares away
In the pasture last known to stray,
Cradle land, a means to an end 

Forgive me if I stray to forever land 
For my kin, I bared my soul to fend
I gave my all and my all it took
Parting is luxury for tomorrow unknown
Final glimpse I begged the stars to hide
Evil stares where eyes dared not look
In corners cloaked by fear and stain

Mara Chantal@2025
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberProphets and comb overs

The false prophets abloom again
just like they were at the turn of the century.
Afterall, 2000 is a huge number
and huge numbers beg for huge events...
the second coming would have fit the bill.

After a couple thousand years
the wandering children of Israel came back home
The good book says the third temple has to be built 
some red heifers are to be sacrificed.
Sometime after, the antichrist is to arrive.
This is when things supposedly get a little rough
the believers are going to get sucked into heaven.
the rest of us will be left to fend for ourselves
in the rubble and nuclear dust.

The tribulation ignites
Christ is commissioned to open a can of wup ass.
I'd pay top dollar for a front row seat to that.
Then a thousand years of peace (this is hard to believe.)
What happens after that is anyone's guess.

PS.
Some pink haired woman on utube 
recently screamed "Trump is da antichrist"!
Just like some beer bellied boys thought Obama was.

I believe the antichrist to be a covert type entity
Trump always shows the world what's up his sleeve.
Besides I don't think Dr. Triple 6 will have a comb over
but then again, I'm no prophet.


The Race of life by Blossom Monyei

"The Race of life" by #blossommonyei
The race of life
I am about to describe
Where some has to work and strive
While the others bribe.

As the first car runs faster than the other
With ease it crosses every border
It wins every level
Without any struggle.

The second car lacked speed.
And prays not to be defeated.
To him the audience paid less heed.
You only have friends when you have succeeded.

The race of life begins at birth 
And most people give up too soon.
There's nothing easy on this earth
Unless you're born with silver spoon.

You'll cross the finish line with hardworks
Leave those oportuned, their money talks.
Finish the race it's yours to fend.
Never loose hope until the very end.

Premium MemberThe foxes in my garden

The foxes in my garden
Arrive at night to play
They  had their fill of chicken
And so decide to stay 

I crouch down on my haunches 
And look into her eyes 
The little one so trusting 
She’s like her mother wise 

I see how she has taught them 
To fend well for themselves 
But only Little Roxy 
Has me so overwhelmed 

She comes to me at midnight 
For honey in a bowl
As  I crouch down and watch her 
I know my heart she stole.  

The other three just run around 
They eat and  scatter fast 
But Roxy and her mother 
Make this encounter last
Form: Rhyme

The Courage to Write Again

The ink returns—not to defend,
nor chase the ghosts I used to fend.
Not to explain the aching past,
but breathe through wounds that couldn’t last.

It does not rise with pointed proof,
nor beg for silence turned to truth.
It flows because the heart now dares
to speak in lines what once hid there.

Where words once cost too much to say,
a softer voice now finds its way.
No longer chained by fear or flame—
the ink returns, and I remain.

Each letter born from quiet grace,
a tender reclaiming of space.
No longer lost in fear’s dark night,
but glowing now with steady light.

The pages hold what heart has learned—
a story told, a life returned.
In every stroke, a soul set free,
the courage found inside of me.
Form: Lyric

Premium MemberShared Wisdom

I may not be in the best position to give advice
but know that this little ditty comes from the heart ~

Self-respect goes a long way.
Set your boundaries and stand your ground.
People will want to play their games,
when they get close you'll fend them off.
Guard your integrity with your life,
it's the best thing that you've got.

Premium MemberOne Hundred Not Out

Win gold
be bold

Long run
such fun

High jump
speed bump

Grand prize
all eyes

Close race
in chase

Drab match
I catch

Ground stroke
no joke

Tiebreak
heartache

Foot fault
must halt

Forehand
so grand

Deuce court
report

Drop shot
on spot

Backspin
just in

Closed stance
advance

First serve
hold nerve

All out
no doubt

Arm ball
your call

Back foot
well put

Feet sore
crowd roar

Pit stop
right flop

Air jacks
not lax

Catch fence
immense

Choose cone
in zone

Downforce
of course

Dry line
sounds fine

Black dot
so what

Box-kick
smart flick

Breakdown
don’t frown

Eight-man
staunch fan

Fend-off
not half

Fly half
big laugh

Five-eight
high rate

Foul play
no way

Free kick
quite slick

Full-back
don’t slack

Knock-on
now gone

Loose head
instead

Pop pass
first class

Red card
off guard

Set piece
they tease

Shoeing
booing

Touch judge
won’t budge

Midcourt
retort

High clear
hear hear

Backstroke
awoke

Duck-Dill
instil

Frontcrawl
your call

Grab start
look smart

Pull Buoy
alloy

Swim Down
don’t clown
Form: Footle

deep crime

inside if mind
no less of ledged, against
you bet, wild
that i didn't wink
sworn to soar over with oath
in torn battled threads
instill 
i'd fend 
often from wherever  

in between needles, break
findings the fiddlers wife
chins reddened and thoughts ill 
gotten white?
rotted harm
to joyfuls shoulder
i should find, myselfish poor

social media

Social media
 The X-twitter this morning was disappointing it consisted of 60% Musk and 40% Trump bragging about how great they are at winning the battle of saving America from the disaster of paying the poor too much and reducing medical aid to the old who must learn to fend for themselves  It is tiresome to see the same triumphant smiles and one wonders if they ever sit down asking if their presence in the oceans of opinions matters do they doubt themselves, are they ever unsure if they might be wrong, is their preening too powerful an impregnable wall hindering them to have souls, drowning in the glare of self-love I pity them should they see themselves for what they are utterly pathetic humans a failure of creation by a god of wroth
Form: ABC

Vortex of hate

I fend with the wine
I hide with a laugh
I jeer at my time
Forlonging so as it pass
I stand with my defiance 
I fall with pride
I swim through my failures
I lay my faults by the side
I never cease to care
I don't want my love to end
I stare at a vortex of hate
And i lost to that which i depend
Form: Rhyme

Scars

I run my hand across my wrist,
The rough scars feel normal under my fingers,
But to anyone else, they would be foreign.
I was a fighter, I had to be,
But everything has its consequences.
Running the blade across my own wrist was mine,
It was the only way for me to feel something.
Since I was small I was forced to be strong,
But a child should not need to be strong.
I wasn’t even 14 and I had to fend for myself,
I had to pick up my broken pieces.
The scars on my body tell that story,
They are reminders of my pain.
I run my hand across my wrist,
The rough scars remind me that I will survive,
I did before, and I will now.

That Woman's Beauty Troubling Me

Why do I have to see you everyday
It's timely every morning I passed by
It's timely that I see you at the beach
Before I coming to sea for fishing
I see you picking sea shells with that 'lil basket
Wearing your usual abaca hat and that flowery duster
The curves of your body shape by the passing breeze
That made my chest gather its heavy breathe
As usual a fake countenance cannot see on my face
As morality teach us not to fend feeling to a foreigner
But those encountered scene troubling my mind at sea
Leaving some guilt and fun moment registered here
Why do men so weak on women temptation tactics
Even in the middle of the sea that woman's beauty is painted.

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