Short Castigate Poems

Excoriate means: abuse, assail, attack, bash, 
belabor, blast, castigate, jump (on), lambaste 
(or lambast), potshot, savage, scathe, slam, 
trash, vituperate

Deplorables and Excoriables

Are many people who are excoriables,
We did discover are really deplorables;
Now exist,
And persist;
Find to be foes that are formidable.

Jim Horn...

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Castigate me if you will

Deride, besmirch my name,

Yet like the burning Phoenix

I shall rise again.


You think you make me suffer

Yet your vitriol soon passes,

For like the dying Phoenix

I will rise from the ashes.


You think me defeated

Tattered, bruised and torn,

But I emerge from the flames

Undaunted, strong... reborn....

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Never throw a tirade at a parade,
Or castigate a wealthy profligate
Do not endanger the park ranger,
Or roller skate at the Watergate
Careful always to recoup the poop,
One never ever makes a group
Expect the worst if lips are pursed,
Avoid, if possible, being coerced
And always assemble yourself
Before sitting on the top shelf.

written July 28, 2021...

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When I open my mouth
Bats emerge
or worse, or better

What more can be said
How much more to know
To share, to oversimplify

Borders, places
That feel familiar, but not
My story


My language, my beliefs
But not my place

The stories that
Illustrate
Castigate
And just wander

In normal conversations
Ordinary paradoxes
Of those who are

Asking for help
Looking for
Dignity
Place
Something ordinary...

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The Fires
Miracle Man
1/9/2025

After every catastrophy we investigate,
seeking individuals in charge to castigate.
It doesn’t matter the person's position or name,
satisfaction always comes from merely placing blame.

Blame will always come first, then second, finding the cause,
relentlessly we attack seemingly without pause.
We do our duty singing another verse of blues,
without taking one step in the other person’s shoes.
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If I don’t know 
How to raise my voice
Then I should not shout

If I don’t know
How to accept the reality
Then I should not rebel

If I don’t know
How to address a situation
Then I should not trivialize it

If I don’t know
How to be an alternative
Then I should not castigate the existing

If I don’t know
How to know something
Then I should not conclude it doesn’t exist

If I don’t know
How much is known to me
Then I should not mouth anything in entirety...

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