His mother refused
The mother refused
her son's decay,
denied he was dead.
She refused
her dead sun turned
into a vampire.
and infecting others.
She refused
her vampire son
sucking her blood.
She shut her eyes
to all the dread
refusing that he was dead.
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Categories:
refused, mother,
Form: Free verse
frog who refused to die
In seventh grade I should have known better
Than to sign up for dissecting in this kind of weather
It was stormy and dark, the sky was gloom and doom.
In the lab, I fished my frog out of his box-like tom.
I poked him with my knife to make a little slice.
His eyes popped open, which was not
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Categories:
refused, 10th grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Jude Refused Winning Numbers
Sir Jude never gave them a thought:
Not the kind of ideas he bought.
Well-wishers went down on their knees
"Please sir, play the draws - Double Please!"
Soon, the draws great miracle wrought;
On other palms dropped what Jude sought:
Millions that shan't take one to court;
Big cash for life of any sort
And since then Jude body heat fought
At home
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Categories:
refused, courage, cry, fear, money,
Form: Rhyme
Snowfall
He said it was muddy. I refused to believe it as it was snowing.
We were on a high avalanche.
But we were both too advanced in this world!
He said it was snowing. I refused as it was snowfall.
That led to a never-ending snowball!
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Categories:
refused, adventure, fun, funny, funny
Form: Free verse
The Refused Is the Confused
Heart with Joy suffused,
Later Help refused!
So, No Hopes infused,
It’d remain confused…
A Factory Worker,
For twelve years Dock Worker;
One could not be great,
If one would just wait.
“Who does jams his gate
To walk with poor gait:
Who does ends up ‘Poor,’
About this ‘For Sure’
Denied sponsorship
He won’t sail his ship:
The Refused, Confused!
Confused, The Ill-Used.
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Categories:
refused, absence, cry, humanity, money,
Form: Rhyme
Rudolph Refused
Rudolph refused to fly Santa’s sleigh
He wanted to keep the virus at bey
Santa showed him the tools
That he was to use
Which was, a giant can of v-spray
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Categories:
refused, christmas, fun, humor,
Form: Limerick
Refused and Bruised
A banquet was arranged by a king
but the guests wouldn't come to the wedding.
One and all they refused,
so the king feeling bruised
welcomed all who could be found to join in.
Matthew 22.1-10
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Categories:
refused, bible, christian,
Form: Limerick
Before the Clock Refused To Chime
Before the Clock Refused to Chime
By David J Walker
Made to wear the summer of
2020
Like a thorny crown
Colorless drops of blood
Dripping down
The naked necks of tired
old men and worried women
Like sweat from a day’s work for
Which you would never
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Categories:
refused, allegory,
Form: Rhyme
Unpopular Questions Number 4: Hitler
"Mein Kampf" held the clue for you and Europe
You hoped Hitler would destroy Soviet Russia, then itself
Game Theory, realpolitik, so-called political scientists say, "realism"
O how many ways we refused to help Jews - US refused refugees till 1941!
Don't hate me: these are facts of history. All Gandhi & King ask: change!
NOTE: By 1939 Mein Kampf
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Categories:
refused, america, history, immigration, jesus,
Form: Acrostic
Refused To Go
Refused To Go
I should have joined the Air Force
This is very clear to me now
At the time it wasn't clear
The sudden new mad moods in me
My life would've been different
But as my dad said
I refused to go for whatever reason
The was within myself I guess
Partly ongoing but partly over
Back then I prepared no options
And I
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Categories:
refused, angst, life, military,
Form: Blank verse
Things I Refused To Do Today
Things I refuse to do today:
Paint
Oops! I already did that.
Write.
Um….well, I am just jotting stuff down, not real writing.
Right?
Laundry.
Check.
Sweep the kitchen.
Check.
Run the vacuum cleaner. Check.
Hey! I have stuck to my guns
and not done a lot of things!
Get on a plane.
Check.
Tame a dragon.
Oops!
Scribble. Scribble.
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Categories:
refused, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: List
The Light That Refused To Dim
The light that refused to dim
still darkness orbits it fanatic
The universe has lost a little laughter
The role has become the actor
and the words have turned to the sun
for all have now become none
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Categories:
refused, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Day I Refused a Drink
The day I refused
I was joining an old ship like old ships they have been
around the oceans a few times
and survived because they were built to ride the waves
They gave me a cabin smaller than a wardrobe
I had to go out into the hall to change clothes.
The bathroom had a shower that only gave
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Categories:
refused, absence, allusion, anger, beach,
Form: Blank verse
The Church Refused To Christen a Baby
In Jesus's day they got thrills from fire,
todays world we put wheels on flyers,
they didn't use drills to find supplies
and they hadn't the skills to fly the skies.
The Bible is wise and full of wisdom,
it gives ideas of the Holy Kingdom,
and teaches ways of Gods Holy system,
these ideas are often used to write a poem.
But
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Categories:
refused, corruption, god, how i
Form: Rhyme
His Heart Refused
He didn’t want to die,
he didn’t want to live
He didn’t want to take,
he didn’t want to give
He didn’t want to come,
he never said goodbye
He didn’t want to laugh,
—his heart refused to cry
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2017)
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Categories:
refused, death, life,
Form: Rhyme
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