Spite Poems - Poems about Spite

...My Cat Named Shadow I had myself a cat, Who wore a coat of black, And a little tuft of white, Around his collar tight He looked just like a priest, But I think the devil he, For he never rea......Read More

... Author’s note: The following is in haibun form—poetic prose (microfiction with less than 200 words in this case) coupled with a haiku. It was written in response to a writing prompt to (re)tell......Read More

...As I walk through the market in the early light I see the vendors and the buyers in a constant fight I see the goods and the prices change every night I see the scales and the weights that are nev......Read More

...Afghanistan is the place to go Lapis Lazuli is brought out in buckets Her blues shining in the sun Healing me in spite of myself A stone that boots your immune system sooths inflammation, alle......Read More

...Light shining through stained glass windows Rainbows tearing light from worldly shadows From the windows of aeons With Valentinus and Seth as icons Banners of the sayings of Christ From the ......Read More

...A couple of bands disbanded and found each other Forming The Grateful Dead in 1965 Their rock, blues, jazz, gospel, reggae kept them alive For thirty years, although they lost three keyboardists.......Read More

...The Busy Office In the busy office, where the papers fly And the typewriters clack their endless song There is no room for beauty or for joy But only for the drudgery of the throng The worke......Read More

... So much of yesterday I can clearly see. There was a man duly a part of my history. He lived up the road a short distance from us. We passed his house every day to catch the school bus. Ever......Read More

...Consciousness Correction – 11-20-23 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Consciousness Correction Envy sneaks in unseen A thief robbing light from my house of ......Read More

... When faced with or confronted by an enemy, May we not run. Whether the foe is human or some other entity, May we not run. Though our soul may quiver from fear or the heart may pound from......Read More

...What does S stand for Not the best of meanings Let's learn a bit more And with synonyms, I'm teeming Sinister, Satan, Snake Someone who's fake? Stressed, Stirred, Spite Somone not feeling ......Read More

...Ode to Pain: Springing forth and flowing in energetic liquidity. Emotions in motion in chasms far reaching me. Of hearts preaching unbalanced in teaching thee. Lessons in life. In balance. Far f......Read More

... It came to me in moon’s soft shadow, As it will at times, still as the frost Withering the leaves, branches unsheltered, Buried in embittered … On December’s naked chill, Startli......Read More

... In the shade and slip of paternal seas, a daughter dwells, known to all, consumed in thought by maternal deceits. Angel's flared bells blow a squall, in protest of her love for only me. ......Read More

...In spite of all your riches you eschew what prophets do Basilicas you build to self with time but empty pews Wealth deadly suicidal when wielded as a gun Whose target sits between your eyes ......Read More