Defiance Poems - Poems about Defiance

Freedom isn’t a delicate flower, it’s the fist that breaks the ground, the teeth that gnaw through chains, the howl of a wind that refuses to ask for permission. I won’t bow for the leftovers of tomorrow, won’t let my bones...Read the rest...

If this is the end, let it resonate— let them hear the sound of our resistance, the clash of our resolve against their empty boasts. We are not mere animals, not victims of the chase. If this is the...Read the rest...

It hit the glass like a question, sharp wings cutting through my focus. Each tap—a reminder, each chirp—a call: “Wake up. Look at me.” Its gaze was burning, a challenge cloaked in feathers. Not a plea, but a dare. “You can’t ignore me...Read the rest...

It's not a stillness, really, but the noise fading into something else. I am the forgotten beat in the rush, the space between clashing symbols, drowned out but unbroken. They circle around me, a frenzy of flashes, their words...Read the rest...

To my last breath, I will live and defy, unyielding in resolve, my enemies, know this: I will never, ever yield. Each strike you planned has only sparked my blaze, a light so fierce it sears the world itself. I...Read the rest...

I refuse to be what you call normal, To fit in with your jealousy, or bitterness Your world is small, tangled in negativity and hate I refuse to shrink to fit in. You want me to bend, to belong, Folding...Read the rest...

Cling not, to currents of kleptocracy. Seek not, slithering shortcuts. Like molding wood in molten guts - Revolutionary, make that your story. Slanderous slogans of snakes dull deep, deaden desires. Drudging dogma deludes the mind, souls shattered, silenced in stupidity. No magic...Read the rest...

The pain you wish to inflict, Is your quandary as I resist. Grovel, you demand with hate. But my resolve hardens and will not abate. You capture my past for all to see. But you...Read the rest...

With hair ablaze a jester unconfined. I scoffed at the mundane its life declined. My wardrobe a riot a rhapsody bold. Mismatched socks my standard stories untold. In classrooms of tedium rules I'd defy Grasping forbidden knowledge 'neath watchful sky. Craving for wisdom...Read the rest...

U drag everything into a black hole and take. I break and clear space rocks in my wake. We are not =, I am extraterrestrial! Ure contacting a being who’s perennial. Look at my spaceship! I’m out of your...Read the rest...

Written: October 30, 2023 __________________________________________ Amidst bouts of deep pain and hellacious strife When anxiety overwhelms and exhausts life. Hyacinth should be allowed to soothe the...Read the rest...

snow-smothered season defiant daylight dwindles ~ penguins parade past 06 December 2022 Winter Nature Themed Haiku Poetry Contest Sponsored by Tania Kitchin www.howmanysyllables.com...Read the rest...

We live in the shade of the wood That’s called the Ancient Wildren. It’s been there since creation. We are it’s Chosen Children. Strangers have arrived and Our prospects are not good, They are bringing in machines To destroy...Read the rest...

Ukraine is putting up a brave fight and is not giving in A two finger salute to that murderer, Vladimar Putin For eight months now they've held out in their cities Dispite missiles, murder, rape and other...Read the rest...

The distant pings of a windchime Dance around my head like fairies My lungs fill with the warm breeze But my eyes are distracted By a white stamp against the blue sky Everything I've learned as a child Whispers that this...Read the rest...