Scorned Poems - Poems about Scorned

Yesterday, I had everything, The perfect house, the perfect ring But I should have known that you would go and leave me all alone Fool me once, shame on you You made me think that you’d be true Fool me twice, shame on me Because you’re the same you will always be I can’t blame anybody else, because I did it...

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The Muse continues to punish me whenever I write prose Her slaps severe with pain heartfelt no fury 'hell hath known' She sentences me to endless nights and days when words won't come Until I succumb to writing verse and she — my breath becomes (Fairmount Park: October, 2016) ...

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a memory scorned it was a different type of silence long ago that ate the morning sun in the cathedral between the pillars bleeding into life you and I the faint taste of rain on our tongues a mem..y sco…. wavering over cool roots, unsteady the wisdom of water stretching our bodies into...

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Life ain't no bed of roses We're not destined to drown in a pit of despair Aguish is unknown until flesh grazes a blade of barbed brair A prickle that pricks A nettle that nicks and stings my gaping gore A scab I scratch and pick My heart...a naked sore The pain of a plant's pike Poison seeping through my pores Miss Ivy takes her effect Toxins...

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Abused and confused, she left in disgust; why would you stay where there’s no longer trust? My voice will be gone, but soon you’ll adjust; go write those limericks now if you must. ...

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Look nuh, go from here, go, get out! Before I give yuh a dam clout Yuh so schupid yuh dam cunumunu, doh ax meh anyting, I ain’t yuh doo doo Yuh jus like a cobo in de LaBasse, doh touch meh ‘less yuh wanna cut-ass Boy, allyuh do is get tight and horn limin ‘n winin drinkin rum till dawn Go ‘n horn...

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OH MY, MY. WHAT A TERRIBLE PLACE TO BE IN I PRAY THAT IF ANYONE IS GOING THROUGH ANY OF THESE SITUATIONS PRAYING FOR JESUS'S GUIDENESS AND PROTECTION A CLEAN NEW PATH IN ALL GREAT DIRECTIONS PRAYERS THAT JESUS WILL HEAL YOUR HEART, MIND, BODY, AND SOUL JESUS CAN HEAL YOU COMPLETELY BE FREE FROM ALL DAMAGING SITUATIONS REACHING YOUR POTENTIAL GREAT...

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Quiet she came, clad in a cover-all To closed door— to knock nor warn, not her style, But to come at own time, no prior call, Confused, I failed to give her welcome smile. Vague with a countenance of a brick wall, And soon as came she left with not a clue, Nor hint on...

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A is for Ant (and for ass, your dad is an example of an ass) B is for Bee (and for b*stard, your dad is a bast*rd - first class) C is for Chicken (and for a word I don’t want to say - but see K) D is for Dog (and also for Dynamite - which I’d...

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Scorned! Tag Me Label Me With Derision, treat me Liken me to a wet disgust The scrawny dog dragged from the gutter depths. Still I Shine. I am Ablaze. Adorned with fiery darts of pearly strings. I am choosing to ignore the peculiarities Of my confinement. Shackling off identities of cultural definition Put me to bed with pasquinade. Cloth me...

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I know we've wept a sea of selfish, childish tears, try your best to see beyond those faded fears. Why hurt you or me after so many happy years? Cry not; think of how we would dance and drink a few beers, spry as young lovers could be, sharing our hurts and cheers. My hand on your knee; we'd oft...

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They crucified Him as His Mother cried at his feet, helpless to prevent His death. And yet, He called out to God as He died to forgive their souls, with His final breath. His body was cleansed and placed in a tomb, inline with Jewish practice at the time. Wrapped in linen-cloth, with oils and perfume, His mutilated corpse was made sublime. Soldiers...

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You may wear the skin of an angel, But inside your the essence of death, I have seen into your eyes, And tasted your bitter lies, Seen the destruction you portray as delight, Felt the pain of your continuous fight, Your violence doesn’t flow from your fists, It spouts off your twisted tongue, Burrows deep inside of my head, You’ve destroyed all that I...

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My Broken promises and brutal lies got her twisted With hate Nothing said lingers nor do she longer Relates Cold shrugs and cold kisses as she struggles to Reply There is no more space in her heart nor pillow no more for me to lie Simple task that we use to do now seem so Daunting...

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A women scorned I am.. Lies.. Betrayal.. Infidelity.. Manipulations.. Of which is.. Was once the love of your life.. Your beloved.. Love existed Honesty existed Respect existed.. A burning pain races through my entire body.. Firing burning pain.. A scorching hot fire ignites.. Flames so high.. When may I extinguish these painful burning fires of pain? Intense it is.. I once had a burning desire.. A burning desire.. To live in sacred union.. A sacred...

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