Sympathy Prejudice Poems

Contested Crossroads

By Mark D. Stucky
On a battleground bloodied across millennia,
on a compact land bridge spanning continents and gods…

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Weapons of Wonder

By Mark Stucky
If humans must wage war,
let it be upon our own evils.
Let there be genocide on
violence and divisiveness,
malice and indifference,
prejudice and inequity,
foolishness...

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Hate Vacuuming?

By Mark Stucky
Vacuum cleaners are pneumatic nobles,
built to cleanse our offices and homes,
sucking dust from floors and crevices
to discard in trash cans
(where dirt belongs).

What...

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the Priest sucked in his Four Star Brandy
hoping that a drunken release
would help him with his conflict
in an alcoholic sleep of peace
the alky swigged his...

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I'm sick of
Peoples differences
The differences of bad habits
The differences of likes and dislikes
People prejudices
The differences of age and priority
People's selfishness 
One way respect 
The remains...

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So simple and so sincere
is the flow of meaningful words
spoken with infinite tenderness,
and these have ultimately changed me...
restoring a waning faith that was of another...

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Before awarding you their prize,
They look at your size;
Not at how smart,
Soon, ordering you “To your feet rise”.
And watching how this tenses you up
Or keeps...

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The will to power is a prominent concept in Nietzschean philosophy,
And exerted a strong influence on some major movements in history.
Its effect can be traced...

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You stank, and  poo was once revealed when pants were pulled in playing field. Hard round briquettes, quite dry, like dung with straw sun-hard...

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They arrested my anger:
my fingertips, they ink painted
These defiant ebony eyes
were given a sideway rearview 
racial profile
A police photo shoot, 
criminal style
I became a most...

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At night I dream of frogs and  princesses.
How I would love to wear pastel bright dresses
Dolls and skipping do me enthral
Soccer does nothing for...

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After a short run
The road takes a diversion :
A curvilinear path.

Throwing a long lush green shadow,
The woods devoid of sorrows
Invites the heavy down power.

I peep...

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A's are better but are cowards on the inside.
B's are like A's except in reverse.
C's are the ones who can never decide.
D's are the prejudiced...

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If The World Is A Little Kinder
A Sympathy For The Phantom Of The Opera

You may be a cold murderer
Yet you know how to love
You may...

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couplets in blank verse

A dreadful assault dulled their sense of sympathy
and love walked away two times;  selfish trumped humane.

That beast prejudice, clearly displayed in...

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