Neglected Poems - Poems about Neglected

You shirk the weight of parenthood's call, leaving your children to wither, unfed. Are you a father, or mere specter of one? A mother, or just a shadow that's gone? While others nurture, educate, and guide, you abandon your own to fate's tide. Your concern lies with outsiders, it seems, while your kin suffer, and your legacy beams. The children you forsook, the...

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Lights off, Door closed, She leaves again. I see the men she goes off with every night- Never the same, never familiar. And I'm left here, Alone. Always alone. The silence. That heavy, dreaded silence Descends when she leaves, The click of the lock, The turn of the key, Pushes her further away. I want to scream for her, Into the dark, unforgiving street, But she won't come back. Not...

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In cities gleaming, where dies are cast, Where wealth and want meet hand in hand, Forgotten dreams and futures past, In this, our proud and troubled land. Hungry hearts and empty streets, Echo voices long unheard, Promises broken, incomplete, Justice whispers, seldom stirred. Oh, land of hope, can you not see? Your strength lies in our unity....

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Window to the Soul The eyes of lovers are open doors, unlocked by true love and intimacy. Each of us holds ourselves captive in that inner panic room, that shelter we begin building upon our first disappointment and heartbreak. Every hurt and betrayal adds a brick or stone…a log or nail to that tranquil room...

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A most neglected of limbs is the wrist Next to a place where ladies still get kissed Smack dab on dainty hand Is where smooches do land ...

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When we were with each other, Her fond looks I disregarded; Her true feelings I neglected. What a stupid I was then! There’s no use crying over spilt milk… Bite Size Contest no.62 Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Line Gauthier Date: 02-05-2023...

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This one for a girl abandoned circumscribe contemptuous ...

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to press on strings, these digits, sore thru pain, let chord and cadence pour oh how could I so long ignore that sound that stirred my spirit and what had helped me hear it? thru all those years of muse mistrust and jousting gists that seemed unjust you sat unvoiced, and gathered dust yet, now, your tongue is finding such beauty midst your binding in...

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A peacock to some, but to others a confident and close friend. Confidence, humorous, displays feathers, selects the perfect mate. Unbeknownst is he of the defects within his selection, too much time lusting the outside, never fully knowing the inside. Secure in his vibrant colors, overconfident that his mate would never stray. Too concerned with the outward appearance of those...

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I’m sporting this new lipstick it won’t fade, smudge or smear I’ll be lucky if it wears off this year. I’ve got this new eyeliner that’s like a luxurious, glittering, penciled tattoo Leong asked, “How do you get it off you?” I unpacked these chemical wonders to see if they’ve lost their luster by being neglected since last summer. When you study too much,...

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When all has fallen, when hell is outside your door, the whispers of monsters become wallowing screams- and tar flows through your veins. Water the dandelions growing between concrete tiles. Even when you are too far gone, use your dying breath to help. Rub the back of a child who fell from their bike, Say thank you regardless of who...

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Finally one day the old man Will behave like a baby Will cry like a baby Will stumble like a baby Will become sick like a baby Will become weak like a baby Will become helpless like a baby But unlike a baby He's going to retire from the society Finally of no value to the society And then overlooked by the society But never by...

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scruffy neglected ragged dejected frazzled rejected confused disconnected shivering unprotected...

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Desolate moments,full of dark days. Those moments, I can't face. I cry with haste. O Daddy, why have you forsaken thee? Why have you thrown my sweet moments far away from me? O Daddy, why? I can't see beyond this dolefullness. What have I done? You took away my happiness. O Daddy!! I wish to be like other kids with dad;but at this...

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My footsteps on the long narrow streets, are shout outs of my boundless cringing griefs. I cry hard looking up to the sunshine, asking its radiant rays to help me find an abode builds by love not huge hate, 'cos I want to stop this unfair fate. I turn my eyes once to the moon at night, begging pity to guide me in its light for...

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