Short Protesting Poems

millions arrived on
capitol hill protesting
goverment shutdown...

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occupy wallstreet
protesting from a five grand
laptop computer...

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idle quill
in
ink pot
   resting
parchment
   sterile
heart protesting
disclosure...

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blue jay protesting
my presence in his back yard
sipping my coffee

...

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Leaf
looking weary
fell off baobab tree
hesitating , protesting, kicking mid-air
crashed...

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A blanket of grey
is pulled over
the blue expanse
of a late September sky
shutting out a protesting sun.....

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how whimsy can best be defined
relates to the home of each mind
in England it's easy
but Yanks make you queasy
protesting that humor's maligned....

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Expressing
digesting
protesting
frustratedly stifled.

Projecting
rejecting
infecting
frustratedly rifled.

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Posted six days ago, hope that counts :)...

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Post Labor Day non conformists unite
even if it means getting kicked off a flight
protesting with hues
still wearing on cue
ivory to cream colored ghostly whites!


9-4-17...

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We wondered how long it would last
folks holding up traffic on the overpass
chanting be beano smart
we are the Anti-fart
protesting about people passing gas.






10-29-17...

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Protesting late arrival of spring
This long winter's been lingering
Seriously overstayed its welcome
Not leaving till it's warm and sunny
I’m staying indoors to shout and pout



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on March 14, 2018...

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After the snow and the thaw set in, the bigger birds banished all the little ones to the 
higher branches of the trees as they fed on nuts and seeds. Big bullies lol!

melting morning

wagtails protest from above

as crows swoop to feast...

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I used to see him on the news
Protesting with his points of view
About the war out in Iraq
How we should bring all our troops back.
He had a lot of things to vent
So moved to London with his tent
The Wedding came
"Move on" they said
A few weeks later he was dead....

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A quilt of snowfall
Interrupts my peaceful sleep
Rest comes into Spring


Blackened clouds looming
Determination of sun
A battle of wills

 
Rebellious bird
Early spreading of its wings
Mother close behind


Lone apple remains
Dangling a fragile branch
Protesting Winter...

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In awe, upon the canyon rim I stand,
Westward looking, entranced by a dying sun,
Who protesting, casts its blood across the sky.
There, beyond its sanguine crimson reach,
Against the blue dark velvet cloak,
A single trembling star pulsates.
A gem placed by God upon the breast of night...

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Doing what is right,
When all others do is wrong
Standing out in a crowd,
When no-one else dares be so loud
Speaking for whats correct,
Even if you gain no respect
Protesting for the truth,
While others deem you uncouth
This is the truth about being brave,
Speak up for justice, the world you will save...

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Passive protests 
any reason to protest
protesting democracy 
unable to accept

Protest save democracy 
previous reject
protest passive
remain no respect 

No respect for themselves 
no respect for democracy 
And ultimately as well 
no respect for our country 

This is bad losing
sour 
Sad acts...

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As I ambled around the village pond

I skimmed a stone through reed and frond,

In distress, ducks took flight

Guilty I, to cause them fright.

Protesting loudly in their quacking

My common sense seemed sadly lacking,

I never thought that stone I chucked

Would cause such grief, to little ducks....

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Movements arise, much to our surprise, protesting against autocracy.

We interpret the fight, as being just, and right, and favoring democracy.

But what if we’re wrong, and it’s just a swan song, to disguise something more fundamental?

We’ll have to rethink, or swim and then sink, ‘cuz it could end up somewhat detrimental....

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The wall
Appears stiff and cold
To the hands
The wall
Appears blank and blind
To the eyes
The wall
Appears deaf and dumb
To the ears
The wall 
Appears protesting and imprisoning
To the minds
The wall
Appears strange, unattainable and grim
To the hearts 
But the wall 
Appears safe and reliable 
To the places we fall asleep...

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after Katrina
bodies floated in the tide…
     rooftop watchers feared

storm surge broke the dam
New Orleans underwater…
     both lives and homes lost

city known for saints
by demonic sea consumed…
     more than a Cat Five

nature lashing out
protesting the harm we do…
    history repeats



*Entry for PD’s Nature the Destroyer” contest...

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I remember when
bell-bottom pants were a fashion;
I wore them not thinking I was a hippie
protesting war with contention...
mom was afraid I'd be drafted and lose me.


I remember when 
an ice cream cone cost only a dime,
all its ingredients were truly natural;
now, all vendors compete and mime...
one can't find that one that's sensational....

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Twelve accusers hoping
Eleven charges pending
Ten summoners summoning
Nine lawyers proselytizing
Eight defendants screaming
Seven protesters protesting
Six reporters reporting
Five ambulances on call.
Four morticians digging
Three activists sitting
Two clergymen preaching
One hangman salivating
And zero politicians waking
from their dreams....

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I hear snapping jaws of intolerance
and hatred, dripping with bile of
irrational anger: stoked, stroked, fired
by pseudojournalists and narrow-minded
commentators spinning fabrications
like deadly spiders in darkened holes,
each web of deceit mending the false
strands, repeatedly sheared by truth,
how dare they take the sacred name
of painted Patriots protesting....

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MESSAGE LEFT

While you were out, the world came to an end
There was no cataclysm, no protesting cry
No final trumpet call to comprehend
But long exhaling breath, communal sigh

I tried to call: lines busy, no connection
I suppose I was not alone with a message, above
all other concerns and issues of every complexion:
this one universal assurance of unending love...

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