Short Spurned Poems

   words churn
     heartburn

   U-turn
     friend spurned...

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Her hand she'd offered
  Her heart he'd spurned  

Tears torched her pillow        
  as Equilibrium burned...

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We were off to school
  and oh-so-brave
We spurned the love
  our parents gave

But now that they
  are in the grave
Too late we find
  their love we crave...

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Of the neighborhood virgin Lenore

Who spurned every young man at her door

With just one little kiss

Had a moment of bliss

They say now she's a virgin no more...

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She wrapped her gift
  of outstretched arms
In passionate embrace
  of myriad charms.

He turned away
  He spurned her prayer
Love unraveled--
  Dread silence shared....

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There was a courtly gent name Hearn.
Who was fastidious from stem to stern.
He showered morning and night.
Kept his teeth pearly white.
But couldn't find a wife worth a durn....

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Strelitzia reginea is utterly pretentious!
Its claim to fame is so contentious!
For it is not a bird, that's absurd!
As sinner impenitent, from paradise it's spurred....

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there was a young cad named O’Byrne
who dallied with the lasses and then spurned
till one day he tangled with Molly
who wouldn’t put up with such folly
and poor ole O’Byrne got burned
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And what is the heart 
But a fractured organ 
Throbbing with pain
Spurned and broken 
By a departed lover. 


        W.A CHOLT. Copyright Fergal O Reilly. 2018.


        3/10/18...

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she spurned the jewel I offered
thinking it of lesser value
than one she could wear on her finger
then why did I try?
because I am a poet
and have no greater treasure
than words from my heart...

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Respect is not awarded
Respect is always earned
Excepting our President
Who usually gets spurned

Mrs. or Ms. inclusive
In Trumpland now are known
As sTRUMPet in his tweets
Because they spurned his bone....

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Positive poles keep me grounded
even when all efforts get spurned.
Love intrudes with hope unfounded
while hatred proves bitterly earned.

Our coupling tethered in the lash
scorches my core with friction rash....

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Fame in life,
forgotten in death
Vapours of fame,
burned in the flame-
Experience hard earned,
lies dormant & spurned
Crushed by the fear,
not invented here-

Better,not to look back,
Travel blind,on this track....

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“S” 
by Lanier Thomas

So,
Seeing
Successful
Salubrious
Senators sitting
Supposedly serving
Silently subordinate
Society, so sickening
Stomachs, several sundry sullen
Students spurned supporting such senators....

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Cranky crusty Codgers

Skeptical scornfully scowls

Youthful yearning Yonkers

Heartful happily howls

Spurned spiteful Spinsters

Graying gracelessly grumbles

Marvelous merry Maidens

Ravenous richly rumbles...

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 She said, "play with my fire, you may get burned!"
He played, he left, she was  a woman spurned
She started a false rumor
In his groin a tumor
His love life was done... a hard lesson learned....


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Two virgin lovers, now have learned
A lesson they wish they had spurned
Of the birds and the bees
His poor carpet burnt knees
Next time, to the bed they adjourned


Nick Bagnall
Contest entry for : THE BIRDS AND THE BEES...

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i've trapesed many cemeteries
all once wildlife sanctuaries
now rows and rows of houses
nature spurned, again thwarted 
not one stone left unturned.

Missed the deadline for the 'Two Word Challenge - One Stone' :(...

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Once I had the opportunity
For hard-earned, sweet success
But I yawned instead and spurned my chance
To labour and progress

And so my potential festered
Scorned sourly in defeat
Now I am left with vinegar
In place of honey sweet....

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mornings
sometimes, too soon
come, thank God for hope (blood)
that part of my day I take Home
planet holds wonders, dark ambitions, too
could we forget the abused child?
the spurned woman, mother?
God weeps blood tears
returns...

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Shakespeare and me
   just didn't agree
Neither did reading
   'great poetry'

The classics I spurned
   and when they were finished
     did happily burn

Now that I'm older
   their words still smolder
They've lit quite a fire
   deep inside me...

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I have always thought it prudent 
To love only when it is returned,
After all, nothing is to be gained 
By giving all, then getting burned
And walking away with nothing
But an aching heart so spurned.

Written September 21, 2022...

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She awoke
to a blazing sun,
brightest orb,
day’s lover.
The moon, jealous of her love,
cried for the night’s loss.

She, sleeping,
missed the soft caress,
silken touch,
palest rays
that beckoned her to waken
and taste their sweetness....

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November Song 

No suitor knocks on her door
her hair is white and uncombed 
children think she is witch.

Once she had been the belle of
the royal ball, spurned lovers
in her perfumed air.

Old age came creeping, first 
slowly than rapidly… and know
she is quite forgotten....

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Why can't I enter Nirvana 
in one fell swoop
'cause that's what I wanna
to end this endless loop.
Old deeds done--new lessons learned
pre Karma lost---post Karma earned
all things positive--all negatives spurned.
row row row your boat--------------------
Life is but a Dream...

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