Offense Poems | Examples

No Offense But

No offense, she said, but I want you to stay as you are.
I stopped dead in my tracks halfway to my car.
What do you mean? I asked with a quiver in my voice.
She is kind of a mean girl, my co-worker Joyce.

You are totally strange, she said, weird, I am sure you knew.
As a matter of fact, I have always half wondered about you.
I did not know what she meant, I totally did not see.
I want you to stay the same, she said. “weird like me.”

No Offense

No offense, one kid says.
But school lunch’s meat tastes like raccoon droppings.
Why would that be offensive? I wonder.

Life's Offense and the Muses As Escape

I sit with pen in hand this downcast morn;
     and search the Muses for more enraptured songs;
songs of great cheer, of memories heartworn,
     to banish the spirits of inflicted wrongs;

before, no songs could quell the ruthless onslaughts
     of life; so abject, I was comfortless;  
unsaved but for them hovering in my thoughts,
     wooing me with lines that eased the hopelessness. 
  
So, wherefore am I life's steel lightning rod;
     a man, and lone soul, whose quiet defense
the world longs to disrupt—invade? (So awed
     am I, that viciously it takes offense.)

From such place, the Muses grant their rare escape;
where, in peace, poets can safely take their shape.

Compose

To you my love I do propose
Cursory couplets to compose.
What sort of short verse would you hear 
In short iambic rhyme my dear:
Coupled couplets in a couplet?
Coupled cutlets in a couplet?
Or perhaps a brace of bears bare? 
Perhaps a pair of pears to pare?
Surely none, you have too much sense
As such poetry gives offense.

Date Written: 1/17/2022 
Contest: C Form - Couplet Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Constance La France

No Offense

Is that what you think?
Is that what you know?
Stories you've heard, time passed and consoled.
Moments ended in a blink of an eye,
All Hell breaks loose hoping you'll die.
A blurry silence,
But an extremely loud pain,
Driving you crazy,
Leaving a stain.
All things good, gracious and true,
Falling before you, bleeding you through.
I raise my hands up to Heaven above,
Fists shaking, with conviction and love.
What have I done?
Did I do something wrong?
God must be furious and want me to fall.
This is it, it must be the end.
I lay down my head so I may not offend.

Defensive Offense

R-estrictions
E-rase
N-asty
E-pidemic

U-ntil
B-acteria
A-voids
L-ockdown's
D-efensive
O-ffense

Topic: Birthday of Bro. Rene Ubaldo (May 31) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Egoist

One who is full 
of himself,
as fragile as crystal ball 
on a shelf,

who sulks in resentful 
vain defense
against the slightest 
imagined offense,

and shines or dims 
or shatters
depending on the tricks 
of flatterers.

No Offense -But

No Offense - But

you take offense
		      to what I say

tell me I cannot say it

I take offence
		to your offense

you say Oh, No!!
		    that’s our defense

we find your words
			just too intense

they make….
		you know….
				just too much sense

we find your gaze
		         just so intrusive

a lingering look
		       oh how abusive

your voice…
		please keep it to a hush

lest fragile egos
		       you might crush

perhaps you should 
			just go away

you’re old
	        you’ve sadly
			      had your day

we take offense
		    to creaking bones

arthritic fingers
		    gnarled “flip phones”




we’ll raise our kids
		      without a lap

we’ll simply download
			  a parenting app

for we’ve been taught
			  that you are weak

and shouldn’t be
		     allowed to speak

for if you started
		      making sense

we’d have to stop
		         taking offense


John G. Lawless
©9/3/2018

The Grass

The grass

Though growing underneath
The grass does not take offense
At the stately oak tree

No Offense

No offense
I plan my actions carefully
A good impression is the key
I’d rather die than have the people
Think not nice of me
I’ll smile when it’s required
I’ll nod no matter what
Yes, even when I don’t agree
I’ll keep them tight and shut
Why should I be authentic?
It is not worth the fuss
Excuse me therefore if at times
You’re thrown under the bus
Because I take no chances
And you should understand
I know I gave you wrong ideas
But it is all staged and planned
Just play along, take no offense
My reputation is at stake
Be glad that I am still your friend
Even though I’m just a fake.

Wendy Nipas

A Woman Can Take Like a Offense At the End

A woman can take like a offense at the end,
just in two situation, and both inhuman:-
If you see in her a woman, not a friend.
If you see in her a friend, and not a woman.

Offense

There once was a fat lady named Hortense
who claimed she could sing but this was nonsense.
She would make our ears ring
when she tried hard to sing
for her hitting high C was an offense.

Offense of the World

I'm scared of life.
I'm scared of speaking in wrong terms, afraid I'll offend someone.
I'm scared of not dressing a correct way, who knows, I might offend someone.
Who knows, maybe its just my face.
When family sees it, the hard words pierce the skin, n after years
they turn to scars and blackness.

Offense To the World

I'm scared of life.
I'm scared of speaking in wrong terms, afraid I'll offend someone.
I'm scared of not dressing a correct way, who knows, I might offend someone.
Who knows, maybe its just my face.
When family sees it, the hard words pierce the skin, n' after years
they turn to scars and blackness.

Take Offense With Trump

Take Offense With Trump

With bleeding audience take offense, 
Especially Trump's who appear to be dense. 

I can't believe he doesn't even support the GI Bill. 
Without it I never could have gone to college.

Jim Horn

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