Short Inured Poems

The words merely borrowed,
to then juxtapose

Each Poet the debtor,
whose lender forgoes 

All lines duly tendered,
with verses inured

The beauty, the order
—new feelings assured

(Dreamsleep: October, 2021)...

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Intellectual larceny
the academic elite
Immune from indictment
inured and effete
They swing their false knowledge
like weapons to maim
The truth left in ashes
— their lies to inflame

(Septa R5: February, 2024)
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From this stark perch,
a great divide
from those who ride
with pinky raised.

Inured by wealth;
their lives unfazed, 
quick glances glazed.
They see me not.

RIDE ON A PATHYA VA - Poetry Contest “Carriage”
04 Aug 2014
David Mohn...

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Patiently waiting in a line
eyeballed an wary
harsh barking of subterranean cultures
standing weary and inured
to the rotten
fug
the rotten
oxygen

inside the high walls and wire, the weighted stone of
the convicted

existing like convicts...

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sunlight pours
through the trees -
I stand to watch
as light kaleidoscopes
through branches,
filtered through leaves
 
a cloudless sky 
mirrors 
my unfogged mind
 
I see -
one of those rare days
where I glide
through life’s medium,
inured to the passing of time...

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Designated driver,
your road to end at last

The choice was yours, mistake inured,
your future now your past

Designated driver,
those high beams in your eyes

A haunting name, the lasting blame
—that night your dreams reprise

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)...

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Thoughts worth Pondering
Written: by Tom Wright
6/7/2018

A closed mind is no defense,
Against thoughts that might traipse through it. 

Nor is credibility impervious,
To things whispered from an out of control tongue. 

Nor can a heart become so inured,
That it is inaccessible to God.
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disengenuous
     yet effective
     for
      self-esteem
the
merit
    of beig erudie
at the outset
    with candour
    to
      the fore
to
   bloom
   with generosity
 inured
    from
        strife
without
  aspiring
    to be
      proud
or
   shunned for
       sly deeds
and
wiles
 of
  the
     wise...

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She endured the tide as it rose
arose on wings inured to strain by fate
the reign of hate, she defies to win a wish 
a lavish treat and yet a utile present
that set ablaze, hope's waning embers
then renders her fit for a quest
as it adds zest and zeal, to her bounce 
once they gel, she will stand tall on it
to withstand the test of time once again...

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Coffin

Your striking aura leaves most folks aghast,
a somber beauty that bequeaths its mark.
Adorned in satin, some would think miscast,
may leave the tenant raging in the dark.
Declaims fond memoirs of the recent past,
before the raven called, there was a lark.
How fitting that you came to be from death
and now inured to lack of deed and breath....

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52 years 2018

	      Millenials are here to stay    
             The generations of our love 
             has inured as time goes by 
            Cell phones glued onto our ears
             Our moods have changed from day to day
            As living on the edge would do
           Nothing else matters as we renew
            My eternal love of being with you

©Ralph Sergi...

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Did you feel that powerful rush of a stale wind?
Did you hear that mighty gale
with a foul smell come a-blowing in?

Were you asleep
when this odious breeze occurred ?
If you were awake,
have you now become inured?

Maybe you didn't know before it came
that it would bring you this much sensory pain
But you should've known after it arrived,
for the air now stinks as if something died...

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Did We Start it With a Kiss?

Did we start it with a kiss?
All our years of endless bliss, 
We should have been young teens,
Now we are the could have beens....
Did we start it with a kiss?
Years roll by, we're forever like this,
Light's still on, love has endured,
To the gossips we are inured....
Did we start it with a kiss?
Last romance, our timeless bliss...
Yes, we started with a kiss........

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Is the distinction between
science and philosophy
nothing but
 illusion
Affirming what it wouldst 
certainly and firmly most deny
Proponents of formulaic truth
require a defense against critique
judgment unrelenting
as their proof is self-inured 
Science thus infallible
because its findings are collective
Their community not disposed
to answer
questions they will
— never ask

(Amtrak R5- February, 2025)
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Childhood spent in blue hill,
sparkling streams in floral vales flow murmuring by
my mind still.

Running amazed
on winding tracks, dream butterfly
I chased.

Inured
hill tops sky high
lured.

Childhood spent in blue hill,
on winding tracks, dream butterfly
lured.

August 17, 2020
Syllable count checked on howmanysyllables.com
Contest : Let's Minichu On An Innocent Childhood Memory
Sponsor : Mohan Chutani...

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Quickly, sword in hand, he dashes to the battlefield,
Undaunted by booming cannons aimed right at him,
Inured to adversities far greater than his tiny shield,
Xpecting to wage his lonely fight, though not to win.

Only his soul knows what he really and truly wants,
To be a worthy foe or just an annoying mosquito?
In the end he is forgotten, mere footnote in history,
Crushed, wasted, relegated to the bin of ignominy....

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valor that taunts, defies danger,
   thumbs its nose even at death,
      makes dying most honorable
         for this wounded war creature;

         life worth living and killing for,
      mind so benumbed by violence,
   inured by pain and suffering,
jaded stiff, deadened by death;

in the face of crushing defeat,
   seething self-pity, quiet rage,
      loathing thoughts of surrender,
         the warrior plunges his dagger!...

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