Short Disinclined Poems

I’d like to rewind
I have sadly changed my mind
Now I’m disinclined


By Robb A. Kopp...

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In my old age
I have become bitter,
and disinclined 
to hear pleadings from my sage..

It's only winter's cold curse,
how I long for summer's rays 
to warm my soul
and slay my heart's malaise.
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It can be too sweet.
Kindness can numb the tongue and irritate.
It can be too sweet,
but it can keep one from claiming defeat.
Causing the disinclined to suffocate,
or keeping locked away death’s early gate;
it can be too sweet.











Kindness Rondelets Contest
*not premium*...

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Prolific used to refer primarily
    to people, animals and plants
  Those who produced abundant offspring
    like kittens, puppies, and ants  

  Today we hear about prolific authors
    Steven King comes to mind
  But thanks to Malthus, Marx and Lenin
    Folks in the West are disinclined...

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A silly young man from Segovia
Was eager to collar a novia:*
	When asked for his preference,
	He gave points of reference,
Restricted from Minsk to Monrovia.
	
When asked, an old maid from Madrid
Answered testily, “Heaven forbid!”
	But then, once wined and dined,
	She felt less disinclined:
She said, “Maybe I will” – and she did!


* novia  =  girlfriend...

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My mistakes were of the human kind.
Was told to hold my tongue but was disinclined.
From a flight of winding stairs I fell through my mind.
knavish condescension rendered my sight blind.
In my guilt filled chasm I was confined.
Bloody fingertips on my canvas scrape and grind.  
Self inflicted condemnations unwind. 
I’m entering the interstate of forgiveness that He designed....

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Conditioned since birth to follow a belief,
brainwashed souls thrust upon all others their view,
urging them to join their cult to get relief
from suffering by paying to god their due,
atoning for sin by turning a new leaf,
that by doing so, they sense divine light’s hue.
Caught in ego’s bind, the blind thus lead the blind,
sparking fear in hearts of those who’re disinclined....

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SNAKES IN RURAL PENNSYLVANIA

The snakes in his head 
were timber rattlers, easily
agitated, disinclined to fight,
their rattling a warning to all
before slipping away silently from 
conflict or harm
Unfortunately for the fortunate son
his bride to be was a young copperhead,
golden brown and beautiful on the
dark forest floor among the stones and
wet soil of a Blue Mountain summer, 
and unlike the rattler she was silent
and aggressive, looking for a fight!...

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At night, disinclined to be awake, 
Any wince of a dream turns into rage
Something once pleasant becomes deceptive;
As illusions of quietude deeply blacken
Impending the shadow to retrace its way.
Every night, at the call of twilight,
From the hint of a flickering stars; 
This mysterious shadow gnaws and preys
Nailing my thoughts on cracked walls …
Reminding me , I am the shadow;
Disturbed by the past's unfinished penance.


Mystery Contest: Nayda Ivette Negron
7/6/2016...

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Some friends are going on a tour;
Invited us to join.
You’d think it would be easy 
To decide - just flip a coin.

We’d meant to take a trip with them
When Covid reared its head.
We got our money back; our friends
Rescheduled instead.

Since then, they’ve started traveling,
For life, of course, is short 
And though this tour sounds wonderful,
I am a worrywart.

I’ll mull it over and discuss 
But think I’m disinclined, 
So once again, our friends will go
And I will stay behind....

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