Short Chastised Poems

She exhales her guilt
After sordid tears of remorse
Her conscience is rinsed....

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Alone, I’m in this world alone
Beside my shattered life
Chastised by society for my beliefs
Detained in my hand made prison
Waiting for the release of my emotions...

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Trump's Terrific Power

Trump's traffic power was over-utilized;
Mental case with disorders had realized;
We all know,
Is psycho,
And all reporters he continually chastised.

Jim Horn...

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CHLOE

Chloe chastised chauvinism
Hating hypocrites of opposing gender
Liberating her limitless femininity
Obsessively opposing male nuances
Emotively enticing heroism


Copyright© May 2013—Kim van Breda...

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All powerful lemonade
Turned Bill into a renegade
Warlock instantly chastised 
Interest in him on the rise

Lone wolf now, will run with pack
Mom wanted her baby back.
Hear that howling in the hill?
Bill runs loose and always will...

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Daisies came courting
I gave them a whack
Next was a bum
From the railroad track

I chased him off with my trusty broom
“How will you ever find a groom?”
My mother chastised me high and low
“I’m not looking for one,” I let her know....

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The points on her crown were perfectly spaced
Reward for winning the marathon we’d raced.
Looked like devil horns intricately laced.
The crown’s designer’s steps were soon back traced.
He was chastised for his design, completely disgraced....

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Antics  dealer

I dealt  in antiques as well as antics
Once chased a  sterling  ‘bronze’,  very  unique
It  stood  its ground and just blushed
Till, by and by, I felt  bushed
And chastised,  quit things risqué and of  risk.


03 jun 12...

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My ego lost virginity,
upon the critics throne 

Pregnant with doubt ectopic, 
its embryo disowned

With labored forced delivery,
and fetus left unsired  

 A chastised unwed mother
—giving birth to words bemired

(Ronald McDonald House: February, 2020)...

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Carrie Nation loathed saloons and whiskey,

And took some actions that were quite risky!

She chastised dudes who reeked of intoxication,

And used her hatchet to smash kegs of booze across the nation!

Entry for Andrea Dietrich's "Educate Me With Humor" Clerihew Contest...

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Mrs. Hill, who had chastised the children
For laughing so
Rowdily
wildly
she 
saw
They were
Kind children
Who gave from their
Hearts, these brilliant wishes for happiness










Photo Number Two
February 6, 2021
Double Tetractys 7 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Eve Roper...

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Mind curtsied to Soul in deference and respect.
Accidentally infuriating Imagination.
What am I supposed to do? He chastised Mind
You belong everywhere, you are the dream key, Mind told him.
You can do anything you want. 
This appeased Imagination in a fierce way,
and he finally quit pouting....

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Tick-Tock told my Grandfather clock

I was chastised with a chime

Knock-Knock down my door with a rock

I was knocked down in my prime

I was still in shock how He broke my lock

How He stopped my time on a dime

I will always regret, I will never forget

that dreadful day I met Father Time...

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Know this worlds future is guarded well
cloaked in beliefs, not someones spell

learnig may allow some to understand
what awaits those in the promised land

seeking knowledge of a future yet devised
Won't our childrens visions to be chastised

Instead of devising a plan for what's ahead
allow children to dream in a protected bed...

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He has an arrogance that can be felt.
He’s big and burly not petite or svelte.
Smoking two packs a day
Frightens good girls away
And his breath smells like moldy tuna melt

Chastised by neighbors and his old mother
Smells like moldy socks of my teen brother
Puts his nose in the air
Attitude is unfair
Rubs us all wrong one way or another...

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He hid his Draconian side from her
She was a Pollyanna, her heart pure
Her family disliked him immediately
His serpent-like qualities most of them could see

He whisked her away, out of town and state.
Chastised and chided her if she was missing or late
She had to give away her family and friends.
No one ever knew when or where her journey ends....

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Believing, that deep inside everyone of us, surely hopes....
As wishes the very best for any and all be life; misunderstood
Their chastised children running from Love's Angels while rushing
Unto his devil three doors down this, kryptonite ? If she goes crazy then, will
You still call her, Superman ? Flying high waving in the sky free birds; zombie land....

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If I weren't me, who would I be?
would I be imprisoned, chastised, unseasoned?

If I weren't me, how many personalities would tease?
taking me from ease, subjecting me to infamy?

If I weren't me, why on earth would I be you?
would you bring out the best in me?
have me love you for all eternity?
I see you in me
as sure cure for my therapy.

*...

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There were only eight colors
in a flat box.
They were round
constantly rolling
challenging
our dexterity.
We colored
“inside” the lines
lest we be chastised.
When we dared
we mixed the colors
made rainbows
challenged the “status quo”,
ventured “outside”
the lines
searched
for the Leprechaun
and his pot-a-gold.

John G. Lawless
©8/20/2022...

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Once the fool, I came to pass
   Vowed I’d never stand.

Waiting for the silly ways, 
   Along a silver band. 

Twice the fool, chastised myself.
   Never shall I wait.

But here I am, yet as I sit, 
   Upon a golden gate.

Thrice the last, a fool no doubt. 
   Try no more shall I. 

The loneliness, the darkness, 
   The fool no more shall cry....

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I have been 
Abandon
Abused 
Afflicted

I have been 
Betrayed
Blamed

I have been 
Castigated
Chastised
Confined
Convicted
Corrupted
Criticized

I have been 
Damned
Deceived
Defeated
Degraded
Destroyed
Disapproved
Disgraced
Distrusted
Doubted

I am now
Fearing
Harming

Now 
Immurement
Limited
Neglected

Now & Forever
Ruined...

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Bloodless insects slink down cracks and fissures
   Chastised Earth mumbles her prayer
Aimless buzzards circle, eyeing lifeless shores

Dreaded gases envelop jungles
   Mighty timbers writhe on forest's floor
Weeds grotesque choke once-cities
   Soundless streets of dark glory's gore...

Stagger, Stumble, Wretch and Heave
   The Last Day on this Planet grieves...

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Chastised by conscience that we may be baptised,
essence of presence melded with the vast void,
that in timeless time clear truth be realised,
being no longer by lower mind decoyed,
that requires everything to be weighed and sized,
so it came to pass, with delusion destroyed,
we found ourselves within but not of the world,
since the flag of love was in our heart unfurled....

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The king of the oak mites thought 
he was all that, and was gloriously puffed up
Making the roaches laugh, and the leaves shake
Even the caterpillar queens made fun of his arrogance

The princess of the anthill got angry
She had fallen completely smitten under his self-promotion.
You are all jealous of the oak mite king, she chastised us.
We did not mention him again, to her face…....

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The bare bear barely bamboozled beleaguered befuddled bystanders.
They’re there for a reason, I chastised the bear. 
Hoping their backpacks did not have food.
For we all know that this would be an overwhelming lure for a bear.
Especially a bare bear who briefly blows up butterfly balloons for busybodies.
I hope this is not too much information but I wanted you to be aware
Because there is not any more room...

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