Short Defensive Poems

The skunk farts
fox squeaks and moves away...
defensive trait





Category:doobutsu;       Kigo:skunk


Olusegun Arowolo...

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Merciless and sharp
You're not afraid, simply smart
Defensive on time,
An equal, you'll consider
To make your walls twice thicker...

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Gentle beings are roses
Though they can be defensive
Don’t let soft petals fool you
They’ve treacherous teeth.
...

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One lady- her name is Pelosi,
And she acting extremely bossy,
But Trump don't like Nancy
And very defensive.
For her he is not very cosy....

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Hadrian,a man of defensive thoughts
Fortified Wallsend to Maryport;
Now fallen down,past its use-by-date
This Roman barrier across our land-
In some folks minds,it still stands!...

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R-estrictions
E-rase
N-asty
E-pidemic

U-ntil
B-acteria
A-voids
L-ockdown's
D-efensive
O-ffense

Topic: Birthday of Bro. Rene Ubaldo (May 31) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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More rings than fingers
    A defensive juggernaut
           Playing and coaching
                 Standing tall for human rights
                         The legend of Bill Russell...

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Make America Great Again.
How could this be offensive?
If you express your love for their country,
People start to get defensive.
But if people let their patriotism run free, 
We will continue to be free men....

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as two knights advance
 three pawns make defensive moves
 one queen is captured

 Two advancing knights  have made it known
 Three pawns cannot keep one queen on the throne

 2-28-19
 Charliekucoup Contest
 Sponsor: Charles Messina...

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Crowned the self-defensive thorn, 
Petals in symmetry adorn, 
Of ruby tear, scarlet hue, 
Life blood through and through. 
And icon of a gesture, gave 
Rest the past a sullen grave, 
Now perfect bloom to show 
A love more than you may know....

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Ghosting, the art of avoiding
He plays the game, she plays too
Oh, how best to not be arguing
So transparent, you can see right through
They will never confess
Instead, they remain defensive
No shame, no guilt, just heartless
Ghosting, an every day way to live...

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I can sit like this if I want to, she said with a hiss.
Defensive for no reason whatsoever, amusing me.
Because all the rest of us were sitting like this too.
She was so busy being persnickety, she had not noticed anyone else.
Which told us many things about her....

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I'm all at sea
Defensive, apologetic, weak
Trying to imagine 
How I rose each morning
Reflecting how far I drift still
How the stars do not guide me
Willing myself to write another line
That resolves the woe I feel
Til then, I'm all at sea
Not navigated, agitated, bleak...

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You've opened me
before you I was
so defensive of
my true self
like a tightly clenched 
hand closed protectively 
over its vulnerable
palm
But you've gently lifted
each finger away 
from that hand
and begun to trace the
lines inside
reading my heart 
effortlessly
and touching my soul
forever...

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Medicated
with points of glory

this defensive calm
vaccinates against
the moments in life
that challenge
my will to live,
my instinct to survive...

held together 
by pins of denial
when I could have sewn the seams
with the needles 
of brutal life
and threads of earthly hope....

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Behind Those Eyes

What’s behind those dark brown eyes?
A scheming mind, a selfish streak
Blaming others, with blatant lies
Words of scorn crammed in cheek
Emptied on a victim when confronted
Defensive beyond any other I’ve known
Dismissive, emphatic, if cover blown.

David Cox 13/09/23...

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Aurang Zaib Alamgeer
Have you forgot Queen Tarabai?
A woman who fought defensive battles against you
Do you remember her swinging sword?
How can you forget that violent clash
When you put her skills to the test
She failed you while you were the best.
Lesson. Never underestimate a woman of substance....

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I am left handed in a right handed world
And have learnt to live with this unkind meld
A molly-dooker whose saving is that at the time 
When others try to beat me up they will find
My defensive action will put their timing off
And then I use my lefting ways to win and then scoff.

© Paul Warren Poetry...

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Pasty delicacy
demands protection
since succulent
taunts beasts
roaming wilderness
gripped by hunger

until revelation
pivots the victim
aggressive arguing
defensive while
harnessing feral
hungers unwieldy

with megatons
securing leverage
against savage
hidden wandering
enemies disguised
behind amity....

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Nature often violates its own laws.
Miracles can happen every day.
Nature sailing wildly without helmsman
Would soon find itself in a defensive way.

I look around at wonders of the world
And know they were conceived by a great mind
I choose to call that great mind, Lord,
And every day His miracles, you'll find.....

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Today we rise.

No more hiding in the shadows,

of culture,
creed,
tradition.

No more silent complicity,

defensive arguments,
sickening pretences,
shabby excuses,

for the actions of men,

brutal and coarse and vulgar and obscene and murderous and abusive.

Today, we rise,

as one.

Today the change starts,

with me,
within me.

Today we rise....

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I did with sinking heart, notice
Ask me what, and I will deliver sans prejudice.
Minus three from a decade being on precipice,
Yet hammered for erecting defensive rise,
His self-belief pervaded poll's vice.
Thus ploughed he, relentless and determined
towards staggering recordings of happy lies.
Finally he did recede, failing entry's justice....

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No one could call you spineless.
The armour takes care of that.
Getting to the heart of you is hard -
that quiet determination that lets you
get on with living...
Sight failing in half-light
we hear you in hedgerows
scavenging for slugs -
watch you curl into a defensive ball
just like you do in your hibernation
when breathing almost stops....

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Every one may not like you and you can  not expect them too,
Because regardless where you go in this world someone is jealous of you.
Everyone you know is not necessary   your friend,
You will discover there will be hatred even from some of your kin .
I’m not saying be defensive but do yourself a favor
Like a Poe  once said, good fences makes good neighbors...

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Timeless as the galaxy 
friendly as a Flower. 
Loving like a momma cub 
Defensive as a father. 
Brilliant blue eyes 
wondering like the waters. 
Effortlessly changing 
like the moon changing the tides. 
Love Burning bright 
like a comet in the sky. 
Heart still broken 
Unreadable through the lines. 
One day healing 
Like a dessert no longer dry....

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