Short Tolerated Poems

Hurt me and be tolerated;
Hurt mine and be decimated....

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Technical difficulties happen rarely
Not like the old days that made us hairy
Black and white
Focus out of sight
Tolerated it but still made us edgy...

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N...Noose
E...Especially overrated
C...Choker with pendulum
K...Known nuisance to many men
T...Tolerated by status quo
I...It spells discomfort
E...Evil symbol

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Houseplants reproach me,
and show drooping stems
and mottled leaves.
Death cannot be tolerated
Even at this level.
But then again, 
I'm far too lazy to do anything about it.
Conundrum....

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Ivory hunting's disgusting, it's against the law
It's not to be tolerated, sticks in my craw
A practice inhumane
Boggles the brain
Proof that greed is a real major human flaw...

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quietly spoken 
whispers tolerated screams 
visually heard

can not tell unclear 
the voices of Harmony
 keeps calling on me


12/14/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020...

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One need only entertain Evil
to encourage a performance – 

Evil need only be tolerated
for it to proliferate and thrive – 

Evil need only be feared
for continued power over humanity...

Love and Evil cannot share the same
space and time.......

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Tolerated me with
relative intimacy.
He taught me my
funny one legged walk,
and let me make up my theories.
Different views
arguments with
opposing teams,
the glories of conspiracy,
he wanted me to stay 
for a few more years in Maryland.
I don't know why I left him....

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sijo

Earthly terror comes to me deep within my mind lies malaise.
All things are tolerated, no constitution have we left.
Judges whisper slow regret; disobedience mushrooms.

May 29, 2020

sponsor: Jenish Somadas 
contest: Let the Pens Flow - Sijo Poetry...

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Of being prejudiced Clyde was accused,

   Leaving his reputation a tad bruised.

      "If I'm hateful, so be it,

         But I hasten to admit,

            I hate pizza with anchovies", he mused!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(c) 2015 All Rights Reserved...

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Inside of the tiredness
Is a different place to think
There's a clarity about what 
can be tolerated
But I slide into wanting peace
I drift from standing my ground
To needing to heal
I wouldn't not want you
But I can't be not wanted yet held
Unloved
It's senseless misery...

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TIGER, TIGER

Our only cat was
a serial killer.
First visit to vet
“Please do not
bring him back”.
Channeled the purr
of a cougar,
low growl
of a tiger.
Tolerated the dog.
Attacked sleeping
restless feet.
He still stalks
the gardens
of my mind.


John G. Lawless
©2/11/2018...

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M: Methodology
O: of
T: treatments
H: humoresque
E: etymology
R: repository.
Mum, you are only one you tolerated pain of my birth.
Related ideology is a passage of love and enjoyable myth.
A cycle of growth, you and me and me and you are all kith,
Over the centuries, a male and female has time swathe....

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Degeneration
Children in beauty contests
Shame on their parents

I have written this haiku after having seen on television that some people brings children 
of 2 to 6 years to beauty contests to win money and with the scope of launching them in 
show careers. This cannot be tolerated: children must be respected!...

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Memories
Happy or not
Unforgetable though
Will slip from the hands
Like time from the calendar
Cruelty, hardships and hatred
Unforgetable though
Have to be tolerated and ignored
As new confrontations of life
Are still waiting for you
At your doorsteps today
So don't forget to
Empty your heart and mind
For a better tomorrow...

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Is this the final crack in Putin's armour
The world awaits in anticipation
His murderous acts can no longer be tolerated
The world no longer has the patience

These low-life's will continue to gain power
In an imperfect world we exist
They'll probably be here till the end of time
To think otherwise I'd be remiss...

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I think I hear a train,
better stop, look, and listen,
I must take precautions here,
is there something I am missing?
People talking, but not making any sense,
nothing seems as it should,
now the bad is tolerated,
and doing away with the good.
Laws protect the outlaws,
money passing hands way to fast
rich are getting richer,
who is looking after the working class?...

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They thought he was a harmless fool.
His hair dyed black
And eyebrows pencilled in,
The silver outfits -
Shoulders huge -
And platform shoes.

His lyrics less than lyrical,
Chanted, shouted
At his concerts;
His hits always played at parties.

A has-bean humoured,
Perhaps patronised,
His antics tolerated.

But Gary Glitter had a dark secret…


Jack Horne for Nette's Glitter contest...

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One picture appears to be ovaries.

said our rosaries
please protect our ovaries
here and overseas

on sabbatical
that had become tactical
being  radical

investigated
then we had contemplated
interrogated

seemed stimulated
proving prevaricated
so poorly stated

had tolerated
was never educated
eradicated

while an allusion
would have caused much confusion
disturbed by delusion...

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We got confused
They could hurt our feelings
But we were not supposed to hurt theirs

They could do evil things to us
And we were supposed to turn our cheek
Allow them to increase their target

We were supposed to be doormats
And allow them to wipe their steel toed boots on us
We did not question it; socialized the way we were

By a woman
Who would not have tolerated
Any misbehaviors from others....

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Picture perfect,
A snapshot of indifference,
What is perfect?
A picket fence?
With a dog and pasted smiles?
Definately not,
Perfection is to be in good company,
With a man or woman,
Not to be tolerated,
But enjoyed,
Equality for all,
A democracy of love,
to me,
is not to you,
So in all,
Perfectionis within,
And it takes someone,
To bring it out,
Picture Perfect,
manufactured,
Perfection is intangible....

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You have tolerated big storms,
you remain imposing after the winds.
You seem weak in the fire  
then the nature gives you another opportunity.
You sleep every winter
but you grow every spring.
Your branches go up to the sky
and your trunk looks like a giant.
How old are you?
Nobody knows.
How many battles have you seen?
Nobody can count them.
You live the History
and see our mistakes.
Always… the same mistakes....

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a decuain

Undoubtedly, some statements are untrue; 
No dispute, the speaker is out of place. 
Denial of facts without follow through;
Empathy missing; the style, in your face.
Negativity, the way to showcase
Indemnity for faults critics might find.
Accusations searched out from cyberspace
But blame haphazardly changes its mind.
Lying is accepted, in fact embraced;
Excuses now tolerated and graced.

July 29, 2016...

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Michael Scott
A well-meaning manager who enjoyed a lot
On peers and employees to crack jokes
For racial bias shown exit door, left fellow folks.

Dwight Schrute
His title created by Michael who deemed it cute
For the salesman who dutifully assisted him
And tolerated colleagues’ pranks of whim.

(The Comedy Series : The Office)

October 1, 2021
Rhyme checked on RhymeZone.com
Contest : Clerihew 2
Sponsor : Joseph May...

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Greatly he played the flute of God in India fully
Beautifully he played the lyre of light in Persia
Gracefully he played the drum of power in Babylon
Skilfully he played the harp of wisdom in Parthia

No land welcomed or even tolerated his music
Though his beautiful song reached the sunrise of the vast Earth
Shadow was vanquished by his splendid and bright appearance
Know that this musician was named Mani who brought rebirth...

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