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Short Changed Poems - Poems about Short Changed

I Samson wannabe feel aghast at latest turn of events regarding Gaza
...I (Samson wannabe) feel aghast at latest turn of events regarding Gaza Omnipresent grief and horror abounds toward ceaseless killing fields impossible mission for me to summon forth fading magi......

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Categories: short changed, abuse, anger, angst, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Prince's Adoptees
..."I have been a stranger in a strange land." Bible, Exodus 2:22 [X]X[X] * X[X]X * [X]X[X] * X[X]X * [X]X[X] Hungry eyes seek substance, food matters naught-- sees the unpleasan......

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Categories: short changed, abuse, bullying, corruption, fate,
Form: Ballade



Premium Member That Was Then
...We'd go tenting away from city lights; friends, living on the cutting edge of wow. And gaze up at the stars on summer nights, connecting with the universe somehow. The world was our oys......

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Categories: short changed, angst, anxiety, boy, change,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member D R E a M S
...In my dreams I am limitless Laws of nature Are suspended Force of gravity Is amazed. In my dreams I can fly Visas are Not required Immigration officials Are bemused. In my dreams I a......

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Categories: short changed, dream, imagination, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Zen Mode
...layered silence ego subterfuge a comfort zone if there be not self-existent light and ineffable peace in a singularity that is in self renewal absolute and complete abiding thus in itse......

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Categories: short changed, i am, peace, silence,
Form: Free verse



Gay Or Straight Or Anything In Between
...Thirty years working as an Early Childhood teacher, With spells working with children of all ages, Including teenagers with messed up lives, Has taught me that gay or straight, Or anything in bet......

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Categories: short changed, age, appreciation, baptism, care,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Letter of Inner Re-Evaluation
..."LETTER OF INNER RE-EVALUATION" As I think about the future moving forward, it seems that I miscalculated the opportunity laid before me. In this moment of strife and turmoil, should I act, withou......

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Categories: short changed, emotions, feelings, heartbreak, introspection,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Beggar
..."A hand that gives receives" Sad ! Sad to see we've been reduced to nothing but beggars Lining up on the streets to receive The same streets that we lined up our voices Chanting out for chang......

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Categories: short changed, absence, abuse, betrayal, community,
Form: Free verse
Is There a Need
...Is there a light you cannot see? Is there darkness you cannot feel? Do you need to know what you’ll be? Do you need the world to make you feel real? I’m a little lesser when I have more Explai......

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Categories: short changed, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A New Perspective
...Life has changed rearranged feels deranged; I've been changed and short changed... Still I breathe without seethe; Losing speed I choose need over greed January 14, 2022 Sp......

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Categories: short changed, appreciation, life,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Swan Lake Doom Dance
...In the midst of myself I see all a named through a blame of crystal ball garbage self imposed heaps of anarchic monumental fever itches slowly coalescing compost inflaming frolicking one step beyond ......

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Categories: short changed, analogy, confusion, leadership, parody,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Write Me Wdj
...I was really impressed and refreshed after reading a piece written by a ......

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Categories: short changed, change,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Feathers
...fluffy delight left by grateful spirit found sometimes on headdresses or risqué fan dancers or Bob Mackie’s Cher costumes decorative in all ways especially if you are a bird owls are short ......

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Categories: short changed, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Folsom Prison Blues-F
...It is 9:17am on Wednesday, October 14, 2020. As I was leaving Folsom after an early morning doctor's appointment, I crossed a very familiar intersection that I have traversed many times before. Bu......

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Categories: short changed, children, family, god, memory,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Thats Settled Then
...The shock that I felt was enormous, as the tab on the cat food I pulled, a fountain of biscuits shot out of the top- the box, it was actually full ! I stood, disbelieving, bewildered, this never......

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Categories: short changed, food, humor,
Form: Rhyme

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