Meanness Poems - Poems about Meanness

She had to stretch on tiptoes to kiss Prince Frog He stood still, but his polka dots were quivering He liked attention from sweet young girls She thought it was an innocent kiss, and so did we Not knowing at the time about the mean ways of some frogs lecherous frogs with sad malicious selfish nasty ways In some ways I...

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Teachers and parents throughout the world remind us kindness costs nothing. Compassion is both free and freeing. But, those same teachers and parents and preachers may not as directly mention that meanness risks losing everything you would care to feel positively healthy, and not quite so negatively overstuffed wealthy, Like anger and fear about loss, Like competitions in escalating bipolar hate and immigrant Othering, Like loss of cooperative control, Like loneliness, Like criminalization, judged...

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She was much prettier in death than any day she had been alive her mouth softly closed eyes in gentle repose no yelling no grouching no griping no complaining I saw her husband’s genuine smile For the first time ever at her funeral luncheon, And I had lived next door to them for thirty-six years....

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Where do these small-minded bigots go Who have abused the meek and innocent Beaten down a weak and wounded soul Do they go to church where they repent Or do they choose to slink deep into Some slimy self-made hole of their own Making, where supposed superiority rules Where they are always the best of fools Am I too unkind to these sick...

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Plush peacock king wears his crown with pride Heralded as one of the features of his spring time park Admired by thousands, refreshed daily and often He is created from the prettiest flowers. Majestic, regal, bold, he is but one of the masterpieces Created by gardeners who have conquered flower-ologies. Trussed up in the most vibrant posies at the end of...

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He started out overly solicitous and sweet. After he captured his heart, he began to dictate. In spite of his meanness she retained herself. He secluded her away from her family friends Taking away all support of any kind. In spite of his meanness she retained herself. She stayed eleven years and six days Trying to become the person he needed,...

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When I was a young, enthusiastic student teacher They assigned me to a woman who used to tear me down daily When I said "Boys and girls" she would be behind me saying "You are saying it wrong". It was a traumatic experience, and I went home crying each day. She gave no indication she was not going to...

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Unkindness is My most powerful pet hate Possibly my only one This includes meanness, unfairness, rape, murder, cruelty to animals, impoliteness, disrespect, theft, swearing and bad manners Unless I am really in the swearing mood and no one is around. I hear you laughing, my sworn enemy. Oops! Was that unkind? Dhramn! Disrespect, disdain, disregard, and disapproval all fit under this umbrella. Whipping children with yardsticks, flyswatters,...

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I was embarrassed for my gold-finding prowess was slim to none. I lived alone, in a mushroom hut, built sloppily for one. My leprechaun relatives were braggarts, and blowhards and mean. The things they said to put me down were evil and obscene. A friendly cardinal named Ed saw them for who they were. He told me I had to...

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A horrid old woman, mean, word cantankerous would have been too nice. Mrs. V. would have stolen your pocket book, more than once, maybe thrice. She had no integrity, certainly no thoughts of anyone else. She was an angry woman, who always thought only of herself. If you had tripped, and fallen over a jagged, rusty, old stick. She would...

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Faerie wing blessings for the believer girl who lives here In the forest, inside a giant moss-covered hill, surrounded by delicate mushrooms with dainty stems, and overgrown meat. Faeries congregate to watch her sleep, through the tiny round window she clawed out when she first arrived, escaping a mean man, who was step-fathering her in an unloving way. Faeries protect her...

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Caught in a web of mean folk, detained unmercifully No escape, sticky situation, dangled for a while. Tried to remain unseen. Spidery thinking lures me back into the fray. Conversation I would rather Not be a part of. But here I am. No way to exit gracefully. Sneak away. Recaptured. Held hostage by social niceties for...

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You have such a rare uniqueness Filling you up with such sweetness There's not one bad or mean bone In your body that you own Your patience is off the charts You show more restraint and heart Than anyone on this earth You were a special baby birth That this world so badly needed You accomplished and succeeded To bring out the and show How to...

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Pushed by troubled waters on the periphery;dream interrupted, you start coloring your nails differently. A white moon was not that white any more. You grow overnight gray, becoming older by decades. Gravel was going for a coup. Stones had upturned the river. Brutus, were you impeccable ? I don’t want to travel back to dark memories, of a raccoon drowning a little poor thing. Satish Verma...

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