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Scoffing Poems - Poems about Scoffing

Brian Bilston's Breviloquence

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Don't have to be a sleuth

To find ample proof 

 A well worn trampled truth

That to besmirch 

Not be kind

On a pedant’s perch

Scorn and be aloof 

Is quite simply uncouth


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Categories: scoffing, satire,
Form: Rhyme

Mouldy Fear Fugue

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she drinks mouldy fear in morning 
the morning needing vit C vit C
team Alice alliterates twig pieces to be 
to be sprouting green leaves true blue 
sweeping bits onto dustpan hu...
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Categories: scoffing, allusion, character, community, extended
Form: Ballad



To God Be the Glory

...This candle burns slowly —and with the severity of courage
We pick our way with utter caution down the bombarded stairway
One thing is certain: we must flee from this scoffing pillage.
Aided by fl...
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Categories: scoffing, conflict, war,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberMy sheep hear My voice and they follow Me John 10:27

...Train up a child in the way that (she) should go and when (she) is old she shall 
not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6  This Bible verse uses the first person singular
masculine pronoun of he and not ...
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Categories: scoffing, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Lovely weather for Dunners' ducks

...Lovely weather for Dunners' ducks (tongue in cheek peek at Dunedin's historic deluge)


"Stares upstairs..

Angels’ weeing above..

Be a good chap..

Show some love bruv..

Turn off the ta...
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Categories: scoffing, environment, nature, rain,
Form: Rhyme



When the Door Stays Locked

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You’ll come 
Knocking on my door 
One of these days 

And you’ll know 
What it’s like 
To be able to feel your insides 

That uncanny descending feeling 
Like a rock being dropped 
In t...
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Categories: scoffing, boyfriend, break up, loneliness,
Form: Free verse

I’ll be gone this summer

...I’ll be gone this summer.
It’s just a fact of life.
One day when the moon settles into the heavens
and the hazy heat loses its grip on the day,
I’ll walk to the woods
and never emerge.
I’ll bec...
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Categories: scoffing, death, depression, meaningful, mental
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMountains in the Sky

...Clouded and shrouded in mist

Hear the Misty Mountains moan

From their peaks they spend their time

Scoffing at hills fully grown

Rumbling and grumbling all day

As they watch the clouds ...
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Categories: scoffing, mountains, sky,
Form: Rhyme

Adoptee Victim of the Holidays

...Adoptee Victim of the Holidays by Corey Quinn (Chaotic rhyme scheme to match my emotional state)

As I enter the home to over salted deviled eggs, loud dogs and poisonous side conversations,
the a...
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Categories: scoffing, depression, family, feelings, holiday,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberMan On Fire

...He took risks you might not have
Thinking that he deserved to beat the odds
Flames like heated fiery thorns
Eat through his flesh numbing as they go
In pain, he swirls, his muscles roil
He wishe...
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Categories: scoffing, death, fire, identity, introspection,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberSome more Questions and Answers Q and A part nine

...Q:  Why is that Satan would not care if cursing people used: his own name, Allah or
      Mohammad or Buddha as curse words.

A:   Nobody uses any of those curse words they either use: the name of...
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Categories: scoffing, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose

Premium MemberIn the shadow of the system, I withdraw in silence

...In the shadow of the system, I withdraw in silence,
Watching as the sky effortlessly weaves the white of clouds.
To the vast game of the world, I do not bow but smile faintly,
Let the masks fall t...
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Categories: scoffing, fantasy,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Hypocrite

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The Hypocrite


The Doubter hides behind religious guise,
Mistakes the raven for the pigeon in darkened skies.
His words beguile, twisting my skeletal fancy into a deceitful smile,
E...
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Categories: scoffing, anti bullying, bullying, christian,
Form: Free verse

A Suicide On Stage

...Leonore was disliked, cast aside and ignored,
her rage increased with bizarre behavior:
why couldn't she be the eternal and idolized Queen?
And envy grew towards the more successful thespians; 
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Categories: scoffing, allusion, anger, anxiety, character,
Form: Narrative

Premium MemberDevilish

...He said, "Hello". I Said, "Who are you?"
He said, "I am the Devil".
I said, "C'mon man. You're not on the level".
He said, "Yes, I am".
"I can't talk to you. My morals forbid".
The Devil said, "...
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Categories: scoffing, religion,
Form: Prose Poetry

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