Short Defended Poems

When I'm dead , I hope to be said:
                                "He defended his nation , against the  striking raid"...

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sweet breezes lifted her
harsh winds have tattered her
cold earth defended her.

//Old Glory, The Stars and Stripes//


John G. Lawless
7/15/2015...

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He defended two thieves with a smirk:
one bimbo and a jerk;
the old, crooked judge released them
knowing it was a scam...
they walked free applauding his trick....

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Here we go again (pun intended),
Some points raised but poorly defended.
     Opinions are not facts.
     But ignoring contracts,
Don’t sit well however well intended.
...

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There was a queen named Madeline Tuckett.
She defied the king, telling him to "Stuff it."
He was greatly offended
his honor he defended
by having queen's head in a bucket....

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My Flag – Our Flag

sweet breezes lifted her
harsh winds have tattered her
cold earth defended her.

//Old Glory, The Stars and Stripes//


John G. Lawless
7/15/2015...

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Nothing more defended
than the status quo

To protect and covet,
never let go

Attacked by outsiders,
heels to dig in

Rocking the boat
—water within 

(Ashbridge Pennsylvania: February, 2020)...

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Limerick: Once Professors of Philosophy

Once Professors of Philosophy
Came together to solve human folly
Each defended his birth
In his school of thought’s worth
So with fisticuffs they split hairs to flee!

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013...

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What is not profane,
   need not be defended

Like a sunrise or waterfall,
  or the laughter of a child
 
The best of life tenures,  
  beyond our confirmation

Calling out just once,
—over and over again

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2013)...

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Promises
Empty echoes
Of a lover’s 
Short sighted vision

Forever
An unfathomable goal
Enshrined
In the ecstasy
Of Love’s whimsy

Kept
Together
In Loves “castle keep”
Protected
Cherished
Defended

Freed
In tear-soaked agony
Cursing
The brevity
Of forever
...

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Thirty nine reasons,
to say no,

none to say yes,

as yet I do say yes,

I still do not see why I did,
say yes,
but that I did,
has to be defended,
and kept.

help me bury each one of those,
thity nine,

that I had raised,
neat,deep and fast,
as if they never did exist....

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Trust, the most intricate, fragile trait

Shatters in an instant

As the avalanche of mistakes tumble

Faith crumbles, it can't resist it

Good intentions are worthless

And can't be defended

I see the hurt hearts 

from the pain I inflicted

Unintentionally.

~I'm sorry~...

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Now I see it black,
black with a tinge of plum
hinting at sloe fruit
to come.

Soon it will be white,
white blossom dazzling
from roadside and woods
telling us of spring.

It offers hope,
hope of hosting 
many creatures 
within its thicket home,
well defended by its
black thorns....

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In Arras field he watched that day
A flash of light against the grey,
High explosives whistled all around
And fallen thousands filled the ground.
Kentish man against the wall,
He had defended to the last;
A fleeting life--
So briefly did it pass.

One of the Lost generation  of World War ONE 1918...

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Til the last sword-like flicker
Keeps, as 'twere defended
As much as spellbound.
Camp fire's, not only. That starred
Above. Dread nights confound.

Or that, bare wick-held, staves off
What have, for phantom thoughts
Efformed; to assail.
This godsend. This seraph, Light.
O'er Death will prevail....

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Thousands foetus, swim strong and freely
The fortress, the womb well defended
On the spaceship of time one gets opportunity
It's 'She', let her breathe the world's scent
Wish to be in the world's arms, laps
Do not let..... 



- Thursday, July 25, 2019 Chattogram

***poem on female foeticide***...

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The bluest of hours,
Half lit fingers and flowers,
Forage for insight
In the rarest of light,
Iron hearts heaving
The burden of 
Memory leaves in
The presence of doubt,

Slowly but surely,
The infusion descends,
Hues of transition
Cannot be defended in

The monochrome twilight,
Auguring the anxious end....

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He cheated on her with multiple partners
She knew, but kept her voice still
He stole from her relatives, she defended him
Keeping this to herself also

Almost every word he said was a lie
She smiled and nodded, as if she believed it all
You love who you love who you love
Without explanation, revision, or conditions
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A NIFTY NEW STAR IS BORN 
UPON A BED  OF DUST 
BEYOND SPACE SHE SPLENDIDLY SHONE
WHO CARES ABOUT THE PAST
 
THE LITTLE STAR PROMISED
LIFE HAS NOT ENDED
BEYOND LIGHT YEARS 
LOVE IS TO BE EXTENDED


WHEN EARTH AND FIRE 
ARE HEAVENLY BLENDED 
AND A NEBULLA IS COSMICALLY DEFENDED
ALL EARTHLY PAINS AND ACHES ARE MENDED...

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PROMISES

flung far ahead
towards an uncertain future

secretly hidden
in drawers,
now antique

bravely defended
'till perilous end

forgotten in shadows
like ice melts to water

built
brick by brick
with fragile
intentions

wish upon wish

mirage in the desert

echoes the answers

from
far away
here...

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On dreary days, I seldom wake
for deepest dreams arise opaque 
and multitudes of fiends ascend 
dispatching poems, I've just penned.
In vain I hide inside my end 
upon a prayer, I make amends, 
for all pretensions once defended
are quiet now, I'm Love's intended.
The dream has turned and I'm awake
and shaking knees no longer quake....

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Behold the bounty of this precious land
Protect the fertile earth that nourishes us
Embrace the diversity of her masses
Remember the sacrifices of those who defended us
Wonder at the majesty of her beauty
Heal her social wounds
Protect her most fragile members
Share her wealth
Rejoice in all that is good 
About our America...

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Childhoods defended with the snowball,
God's annual medium preserved
the young artist's angel fall,
but man had to make himself served.

The grass still green in January
and the bush is still with berry.

Professor Hinkle's global plans
in all and what to engineer
the sleight of billions of hands
that has made you disappear.

...

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young mothers going to war
religious leaders starting wars
teenagers fighting in wars
innocent lives lost in wars
rights being suspended by wars
men being drafted for wars
crimes being committed in wars
criminals being defended by wars
profits being created by wars
weapons being invented for war
hatred perpetuated by wars
destruction left by war...

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In the strategic game plan,
the king is the prime vulnerable,
to be defended, not to lose the game.
All the pieces shift as per dynamic scheme,
attack the opponent, break the defense
on the board in tactical skillful moves,
designed by mental maneuver 
to checkmate and win.

October 16, 2020
Contest : Games-Mental Or Physical
Sponsor : William Kekaula...

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