Refusal Poems - Poems about Refusal

Trixie ignores my refusal to write

I won’t write, I tell my muse. I refuse.
She laughs at my won'ts, my cant's and my do’s.
Most know Trixie; she brazenly dictates to me.
She is puling my strings, never letting me be.

I’m serious, I say. She laughs at my plight.
She forces me to stay awake most of the night.
Magnificent poems climb into my head.
Trixie

Beneath the host of silence that pierces with the harshness of refusal

Beneath the host of silence that pierces with the harshness of refusal,
A timid odyssey of splendor quietly sharpens its echo.
For in the depths of oceans of lamentation hidden,
Rests a crystal of strength and unfathomed experiences.
In the diaphanous embrace of rejection, where all is cryptic,
Hides a tableau of beauty yet unwritten.
In every fragment of 'failure,' a

Acceptance

A welcome gaze, the sun shines ever present
Peering through thin overcast curtains
With the lightest of light’s gentle touch
The paint brush of the effervescent
Yuletide glides through the spectral air
It caresses the cadaver walking the path
Unaware of the beauty that surrounds
Gentle winds dancing with wispy hair
I was unfamiliar of this
The stinging of tears born from rage
Manifesting apparitions

Detolf

Today was the first day I held 
a sledgehammer with intention
Callouses connect palms to fingers
tiny fleshy boa constrictors.

There is no catharsis
I know this to be a hollow act
With a face smithed of iron, 
a body lathed with linseed wood,
and a head full of nothing.

No I am not thinking, I am
in fact refusing to do so.
This

The Refusal

It started well,then why couldn't it end the same?
Don't trust that voice in ur head which says
"For me you are lame 
For me you have no shame
For me ur feelings are just a game"
It could be a feeling of despair
They call it rejection
But it's not only the reaction
And if you know you know
It's not always

Deaf Ears

When our suggestions fall on deaf ears
And what we think carries little weight,
We begin to realize our deepest fears
When ideas we cherish do not resonate.

Saddened by another’s lack of concern
When our suggestions fall on deaf ears
Deep down we feel a bit of heartburn,
Occasionally it wells up in bitter tears.

At heart, we have their best, our

A Simple Stance and Refusal To Dance With Stupidity

A tender heart
is capable of what?

A warm light
in the coldest
and darkest
moonless night;

An embrace
and refusal
of playing
the arrogant
and smart;

I see but then what?

A harmony of
rain droplets
carefully descending
everywhere around 
touching our cheeks
offering more of life
and wiping out
tears of deception;

I see! What more? 

A reminder
that pain is just a drill
among the drills of life
targeted towards
our weakness and fragility
and meant

Silent Refusal

A little hidden, beautiful, and tranquil aquarium 
With an amazing view of the subterranean dome. 
The ache may be the sign of worsening emotion,
From a little city where the rogues are at home. 

With a fearful thrill of the coming unknown, 
Moments long for, stand out but hide its face, 
Behind a painted parade, I

My Refusal To Not Be Me

I married him not to change him, but because I loved him
Never dreaming he was marrying me for another reason
I wants to mold me into another person, a sixties housewife
I did not marry a house; I married him. I kick and scream.
He is shocked at my refusal to not be me.  

I run down

My Nonexistent Refusal Skills

My refusal skills are pretty much non-existent.
I grew up in a small town where most people say yes.
Others use words like no, absolutely not, not my clowns.
I say okay almost immediately to any request coming my way.
For where I grew up anyone who said no was labelled a trouble maker.
An outcast, a do-badder,
I know it

Urban Attitude Rhyme Refusal

I put eyeballs on rivals
as I survive and rise forth
an arrival of an idol
standing Eiffel with force
surprisingly viral 
taking titles and more
in a wave wide and tidal
winning prizes for sure

from miles behind to in front
a styled climb rushed stunt
this vile sharp edge blunt
puncture atmosphere crush crunch
scrunch you up in fear mush 
Punks can get out

Refusal To Be Bamboozled

Refusal To Be Bamboozled

Immersed insecure among the books,
Hides the anti-Christ naturalist.
The bamboozled crowd awe in unison
And look impressed (something new) to witness.
As members of the mob mentality,
Unable to comprehend originality,
The artist’s intentions of creativity
In the presentation of reality.
“No artist tolerates reality,” says Nietzsche
(His reasoning is impotent; afraid of women.)
Horsewhip them with jargonish clichés,
Transcend them into

A Refusal To Believe

A Refusal To Believe

After I read about it and further perusal,
Punishment may be cruel and unusual;
Did have disdain;
They were insane,
And to believe it my soul had a refusal.

James Serious Mysterious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
Bolivia, NC

Refusal To Duck

REFUSAL TO DUCK

Tucker sits on lawn chair sipping his pop.
Two bullet holes like flies land on backdrop.
A retired mechanism.
He’s done with tourism.
He’s a sitting duck in front of a shop.

8/16/2017

Times Refusal

Youth takes my hand and holds me back,
  as old age points the way 
 
Unwilling yet to leave this Spring,
  as Winter calls my name

The image in the mirror fresh,
  the one my eyes now see

Of Lochinvar and Lancelot,
   in dreamlike fantasy

The children see me older though,
  their

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