Injunctions Poems - Poems about Injunctions

the competition

...(this is another throw-back - a piece of writing, from high school, used in my Yale applications)

I pound the pillow, curse the clock and mock injunctions to rest.

The sun finally rises and its...

Thou Shalt Not

...The world is not driven by greed
it’s driven by envy …
Commandment 10 is carved in stone
positioned at the end
Where old injunctions miss their mark
a covetous reminder
Desirous of another’s pl...

Aquittal

...as if drawn by an invisible jury

the mood inched closer

to adjunction

incrementally and with

unbearable slowness of progress

it nibbled away at sizeable apathy

pinched a tiny chard ...

Quarantine

...Q- Quit  all the hangouts , parties, you desperately want
U- Underground you remain, or in the hospital you might be found
A- A virus has attacked
R- Rich economy, now remains ransacked
A-Atteste...

The Competition

...I pound the pillow, curse the clock and mock injunctions to rest.

The sun finally rises and its rays slantwise fall through the curtains as I dry my hair.

A meal, like a forced dose, we soak ou...

Ridicule

...Covid 19 was viewed as the virus of the Chinese nation 
It was even echoed by the Head of a very big nation 
But it has now spread to all the European nations 
Ravaging both the Asian and the Afri...

Whistling Dixie Signs

...I recall similar signs and notices
of ironic appeal:

"We have a zero-tolerance policy against bullying"
ripped and torn,
and is that a dried yellow yolk stain?

"This is a NO GUNS neighborhoo...

Simians Seek Sybaritic Satiation

...tens of thousands years ago
     (a figurative out in left field ball park figure)
     *****Sapiens (or the forebears of said species),
     deliberately sought sensate satisfaction

     with ...

Story of Independence

...The resources of India were medley,
the areas were uncoiled from her posture.
We were indifference,
we homage to the dictators.

But they ne'er venerable those words
those were hard vintage for...

Rumor Mill

...

Crank up the innuendo spindle machine,
I predict an uptick 
in textile conjectural manufacturing
Tabloid logs of disparaging hardcore data
come rolling on a gossip conveyor belt 
Lies...

Wimpole Street, Part 3 of 7

...(In a 19th-century legal judgment studied by all who 
learn the English common law, Sturges v. Bridgeman,
the court found in favour of a "nice" doctor over a
"common" manufacturer, for reasons of ...

The Night I Fell Like Rain

...You had that future retro look:  two thousand seventeen,
There was a slow and sultry permanence, a little slouchy lean
As you eased out of the taxi before it shot off to the right,
Who could have ...

Gift of Joy

...You warn me that our bond won’t last,
That time and space will drive away
Our love, whose passions cannot stay
Our lives’ injunctions once they’re cast. 

I lend compassion to your doubt,
Thoug...

Father Time's Interview

...Hi.
We don't have a lot of time,
or, well, I guess you do,
but I don't,
so let's plunge right into the first big question:
Which came first, form or function?

False dichotomy. No such thing a...

Dagger In the Heart

...DAGGER IN THE HEARTH
Each time I try to say, “The country isn’t good”
Even as a secondary school pupil
I can’t remember the last I obeyed the iota rule
Even dough I know my parents builds castles in ...

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