Short Derided Poems

seasons 
         overlap
elements
      promise much
but 
    nothing happens
sunrise
        unfolds..
a gentle
       ease
awaits the day..
expectations
          rise
then fossilized
derided,
forgotten..
     until
         next time...

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In footsteps of the moonlight
slow gait my elusive dreams
skies, deep derided jewels spewing crimson
agaze, adrift, and alluring.
Death of beauty, fading silhouette 
if oceans, white blossoms across ocean tides
steal phatoms of sea night horizons
when the moon is climbing gently,
when the moon is climbing in the shadows
and the eyelids of dawn
take flight at sunrise
depart my soul of flames....

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To live non-affirming
to live not at all
To hide in the shadows
and creep down the hall

To live uncommitted
new doubts to contend
All time intermittent
repressed till the end

To live without friendship
alone on the rock
A wandering echo
reflections that mock

To live undecided
with doubt your best friend
a future derided
—the present pretend

(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)...

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His offer of kinship derided,
by the snobbish bat insulted, 
the much humiliated rat said:

"Bat, you're rude, without civility,
I'm glad we don't have affinity.
Skin-winged mouse, your boasts are many.
Feet up, head down, you look stupidly funny.
One day you'll end up flip-flopping down
and crawl with us on earthy ground."

Be tentative with a relative:
Not all critters of the same fur 
enjoy huddling together  Sir!...

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Be damned your uncle Daedalus.
Of your ingenuity, he is so jealous.
I saw him push you off the Acropolis.
How could he exhibit behavior so atrocious?
I, Athena, was aware of your strife.
I turned you into a bird to save your life.
Your existence was spared by flapping your wings.
Daedalus paid dearly for these things.
I have branded him with a bird’s image on his face.
That will remind him of his personal disgrace.
He will be scorned and derided in any place....

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A Sexist Crime

We would call all of this a sexist crime;
A woman for President is not the time;
Republicans decided,
And females derided;
Were immature and not met their prime.

They could be called incorrigibles who voted
Trump into power. They may constitute a
vote but who really wants them? They are
only needed so you can be voted into office.
After that, they are just victims of circumstances.
Some Trump weird cheering crowd they seem to 
be.

Jim Horn...

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Under a red derided sky
do we masquerade as
misshapen mannequins
within a material vortex
of ubiquitous satirical lies,  
as our individuality
is consumed, even crucified
within a mantra of ‘must have’     
in a commercialistic existence 
we naively profess to accept 
and allow to permeate
into our everyday lives,
as ‘they’ bombard our instincts
and distort the innate desires
we so rationally justify
as ‘their’ subliminal messages
enter our sub-conscious minds?...

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darkness withers the heart
but for some that thrill is life itself
unseasonal to her tenderness but she is drawn to it
to her mind it was the tempest she sought
a desire too strong to deny
she derided him for his winter heart
magic he would say
liar she would cry
but she would never turn him away
never deny him his pleasures
dire and dark a man with his winter heart
bright eyed she opened herself to whatever he desired
passions flame burns quick
untill all she is and has is gone...

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Not so many years ago
I revelled in rebellion, 
Derided seniors 
In sportsmobiles,
Comfortable bellies on 
Wheels.  Waistcoat 
Fillers.  Surreptitious 
Pint spillers. 

But now I sit and scoff 
At youth and all its 
Awkward agonising 
Over lack of truth. 

Merrily I mow the lawn 
And curse because I 
Can't get my wellies on. 
And my wife orders me 
To buy a larger pair. 
And I cry 'No!' and 
She groans and I ignore 
Her as I turn the telly on
And I revel in my rebellion....

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