Short Defiance Poems

Short Defiance Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Defiance by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Defiance by length and keyword.


Premium Member The Fighter

Irish Micky Ward.
His fists were a gift from the lord.
He weathered each punch with defiance.
Now he'll donate his brain to science.
© Joe Inka  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Clerihew


Premium Member GRACE UNBOUND

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ not oak’s defiance against the storm’s sharp howling— but the reed’s soft sigh
Form: Senryu

Defiance of Youth

Cyclone's lunacy
                                          ferocious wind's disaster 
                                              defiance of youth
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Ares

An atrocity loose
Across state of Ukraine 
Annexation Russian
Arms raised in defiance
Against staggering odds
An iron curtain drops
Agamemnon awaits
war
Form: Pleiades

Heat death from passion

Love’s infinite cliches glue me to this earth.
In the end, we are, yet, nothing but dirt.
For what it’s worth,
Entropic defiance is life’s tender hurt.
Form: Acrostic


Premium Member This will not defeat you

Phoenix rises from its death
Renewal always comes at some great cost
~ Rebirth an act of defiance



Workdku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Defiance

Effusive as unkindly
traits may be
They factor as impulsive evidence
of choice
Unbroken as futile swords 
felled a seam
Adroit patterns drew themselves
a gaudy noise
Form:

A Hike In the Forest

Forest floor covered,  footsteps echo of breaking branches
Sunlight trying to break through cover, unyielding in defiance
Small animals scurry out of sight, hiding in the trees.
Form: Sijo

Eric 6

***
Bow your head down Aries . 
Bend over.
Not out weakness,
Because  of love of yours.
 
Emphasize defiance
By containing an unbearable burden,
Not comprehended by anyone yet.
© Mari Bond  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Lyric

Premium Member The Storm

Even the birds are quiet now Gone to hide beneath the bough Clouds a bitter gray The storm in defiance roars Then beats its fury on the shores And we, for mercy pray

Resolution

When stormy turmoil assails your boat
Desperately struggling to stay afloat
Drop the anchor; sever the chain
Endure on deck; embrace the rain
Proclaim your defiance with opened throat
Form: Limerick

False Ecstacy

I am company to the serpent,
a dazzling chariot of defiance.

sword of omens,a beast of suspense
delivers it's cocktail.
all harbingers of flesh dipped crosses
in cages for the watchers.

Premium Member Defiance

snow-smothered season
	defiant daylight dwindles ~
		penguins parade past  

06 December 2022
Winter Nature Themed Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Tania Kitchin 
www.howmanysyllables.com
Form: Haiku

'el Maestro'

How did he drive
those cars that fast

Far past the limits
of traction and time

Speed as his master
death as his 
mistress

Chasing defiance
the sweetest
of wine

(Juan Manuel Fangio: March, 2023)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Lone Wolf

The lone wolf has been an icon of self reliance,
independence and authority defiance,
when in reality, the lone wolf leads a very harsh life indeed.
The lone wolf is alone because the pack forced it to leave.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member October Rose

She stands
alone in her defiance
a late bloomer
cold rain shimmering
on her longing
to be
fulfilled.


©10/27/2019

Writing Challenge, October, 2019 – Flower or Flowers
Sponsor, Dear Heart – Wiishkobi Ode

Science

SCIENCE
The month of March is the arch of science
Love is the worst and best defiance
Can you tell me that we are confidence
Let's redefine everything of convenience
Tr?n Minh Hi?n Hien Tran Orlando March 2, 2017
© Hien Tran  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Quatrain

Noncompliance

The Devil comes in the form of an organization. 

A group of people bent on harvesting my defiance. 

So that they may go home and feast at night. 

I had not even finished unpacking. 

In this rancid new home.

Premium Member The Prayer's of Darkness

Sunrise
Pencil drawing on the prairie
Creeping
Toward a crested defiance
Stretching
Fingers of doubtful warmth
Teasing
Old bowing white birch
Chasing
A memory's mist
Answering
The prayers of darkness

4/28/2020

Premium Member INTO THE ELEMENTAL-:-

INTO THE ELEMENTAL-:-
formal
 excellent
style

united
unshakeable

yet LOOSENING THE REINS

expressing
  artistic
visions

in
defiance

with a SHIFT OF EKPHRASIS 
jointly
 equally
honoured

hitherto
distinctive
Form: Other

Premium Member EVAPORATED EUPHORIA

EVAPORATED EUPHORIA
exclusive 
 uneasy
feelings
  of
   exciting
possibilities 
disappear

arrogant
 impatience
  brusequely
discounted

anxious
extreme 
 dedication
discreetly
  solemnly
surface
in
defiance
Form: Verse

Premium Member Grace in the Curve

There's strength in being bent, askew,
for in nature nothing is straight on cue.
Trees lean the way the wind blows.
Streams carve the path where water flows.
Bending to flex and bow is not compliance,
For resilience resists, reworks defiance.

Premium Member The Trained Refuge

Listen to poem:
The long guns trained upon my fragile refuge,
yet still to find forgiveness in contrite cadence' known.
Will you discover the dream has died-
in defiance of a love so giving...
to find the day's child-like grasp,
of world and wonder worth living.
Form: Haibun

Premium Member Cold War Walt Marie

Quid pro quo my darling, yes or no? 
Press play.

Caught within an erotic cold war,
control. 

It’s not acceptable to bend the knee,
break it.

My desire outweighs your defiance.  
Give in.

It’s our sinful hierarchy of hunger,
my dear.
Form: Other

Premium Member Into Silence Maigc 9

Into silence,
that is where poets go to weep;
Volcanic fountain pen an act of defiance;
Emotions erupt blanketing the page
into silence;
Words fall like shattered glass 
in the form of hearts and violence;
Feelings can finally creep 
into silence.
Form: Other

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