Short Suppressive Poems
Short Suppressive Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Suppressive by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Suppressive by length and keyword.
Tell Yourself the Truth
Jealousy and envy differs;
Jealousy is mild;
Envy is wild.
Jealousy may not be seen;
Envy is a sin.
Jealousy progresses;
Envy regresses.
Jealousy is suppressive;
Envy is expressive.
Jealousy admires;
Envy conspires.
Jealousy imitates;
Envy eliminates.
Jealousy wishes to heal;
Envy wishes to kill....
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Categories:
suppressive, 9th grade,
Form:
Lyric
A Shifted Responsibility
A sunken face on all sides pale,
As the owner’s head keep supporting a pail,
Then, to the also saddled younger,
He flung a suffocating order:
That he his own suppressive load take over,
And if he so wished bear it forever,
But must not any bitter tale,
Dare to their daddy tell,
About a sudden disgraceful inability,
Or a shifted responsibility,
As all hearers would judge it disguised hostility,
And to him ascribe lesser agility....
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Categories:
suppressive, bullying, business, cheer up, child abuse,
Form:
Rhyme
Memories
My memories... They glisten like dew on brilliant blades of grass bathed in the morning sun...Each of them twinkling from that place where memories dwell...
Some are faded from the weather and the heavy, suppressive time...
Some hide in the shadows, cowering into the forgotten,
while others taunt me, refusing to succumb to age or dementia...
All these memories...
My own little pieces of immortality...
My own little curses...
My own little gifts......
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Categories:
suppressive, memory,
Form:
Free verse