Short Altercation Poems

An altercation
metal and metal
one way 
street.

snow plough
joy rider
squares off.

 © Harry J Horsman 2020...

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Nature's most beautiful creation
A field of poppies in a Belgium location
World War One
Fighting the Huns
But the Spanish Flu was the next altercation...

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Colossal contradictions, curtail creativity
Twisting thoughts, timing, trajectory
Buffering, blending between boundaries
Apprehending an artistic altercation
Learning lessons, lovely light lasts

Heidi Sands

3/26/21...

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Arnold, an arrogant associate assistant at American Airlines at Altoona Airport, and Allen, an aspiring actuarial apprentice acquiesced after an aggressive, although adult altercation at Arby's,  Arnold's altruistic argument asserting alliteration as alternative art appropriate....

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I once had a Manx who constantly primped; her white underbelly never sported one piece of grass or dirt.  She kept so clean and fluffy that we’d no idea he’d had her backside chewed up for three days, by an Opossum!

In altercation
My cat became Opossum
Chow wearing teeth marks....

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Here comes the solicitor of the near end
when a pandemic causes pandemonium 
It is a rare fiend 

Apparently,  we overlooked the outcome 
More focused on self-actualization 
Those Little affairs are bunkum 

Yet we aren't turned on
By seen outrageous fatalities 
Someone once said its our favorite con

Wake up wake up
Our dreams are altered with no alternatives 
That altercation should be summed up...

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Hello Jim.  I’m glad to be here.
Yes, in the NFL, it has been a demanding year.
My name is “Jim”; don’t you ever call me “Chris”.
I get very angry whenever I hear this.
I know you have been talking about me behind my back.
If you call me “Chris” again, I will just have to attack.

Well, that’s the last time I hear what you have said.
You didn’t stop; so I’ll just have to leave you for dead.
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Your an idiot 
no your an idiot

some claim we are idiots
the fighting never stops

some argue about spelling 
some argue 'bout life 
 
but in our world
no one wins the fight

we have fought and forget the reason
Montague and Capulets a wonderful example

there feud killed there loved ones 
and still people hate 'em

why do we fight 
to only be noticed

so is it wrong
to have it all
in this Verbal Altercation?...

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If we meet and I say hi
that is a salutation.

If you ask me how I feel
that is a consideration.

If we stop and talk awhile
that is a conversation.

If we argue,scream and fight
that is an altercation.

If we later apologise 
that is reconcialiation.

If we help each other always
that is co-operation.

And all these actions added up
Make up civilization.

(And if I say this is a wonderful poem,
Is that an exaggeration?)...

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Understanding another person’s line of thought
cannot end with mere tolerance.
When basic beliefs differ, when I feel distraught
I hear my spirit as it chants -
Faith is substance of which no Christian recants.

When challenged, ask, seek and knock,
lest altercation alters your mind and heart.
Trust your foundation to the Solid Rock;
speak the truth in love, not as an upstart,
knowing destiny means some paths must part.

March 21, 2023...

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