Refused Poems | Examples

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.

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 incredibly nice.
He stuck out his tongue and ran around the table.
Whose frog is that? Asked the teacher, named Mable.

The chase was on. He was quicker than light.
I grabbed him again and tried to hold on tight.
I ended up letting him go, that Halloween day.
Frog who refused to die on a day that was gray.

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 waiting: his empty pot:
Goes to toilets of The Caught Short
Who tells people "God is my fort!"

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!

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.

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

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

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 get paid

Like bittersweet the 
stale bread of the sacrament
stolen from the street
and made 
to swallow with sour wine

There was a time
	There was a time
But it was before the clock
Refused to chime

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 sold over 5.2 million copies and was translated into 11 languages. Think again if you assume some of these languages were Arabic and Zulu, Sanskrit and Chinese. Hitler was in prison in 1925 for attempted putsch against the government in Bavaria, but served 9 months of his 5 year term, during which he began dictating Mein Kamof to Rudolph Hess, fellow "nazi."

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 had no Plan B to follow
I or my life never recovered from that
The rest is history and life
I was no Air Force brat
Who was arming Tornado planes
In a war with the Soviets
I imagine what could have been
I forgive myself for it
But I made up for it
In my own way
By writing...

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.

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

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 salt water
I mean cold water from the sea
The captain tried to make me drunk
filling a glass with gin topping it with tonic as I have said before
 I dislike gin.
The captain fell asleep I walked back on dry land
someone on the deck shouted coward!
Yes, they were right I hate living without dignity.

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)

The Man Who Refused Water

I had a glass of water
I gave it to you, 
And you splashed it all over me
Because you believe 
You'll taint the water 
Or the water will cease to be water 
If it's given to you 
So you choose to remain parched 
Skin dry, lips cracked, hair brittle 
It's plain to see you're thirsty
You crave that water 
But you'll never take it 
And I can't help but think you're foolish 
For denying yourself 
For restricting yourself from happiness 
And salvation from man

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