Tagged: new poetry

surreal poetry 0

Supposing I Said…

Surreal Poetry   I take it the granting of wishes line Starts here The squeak sound of cheap soles against Silicone, empty chambers of What was that? You’ve got your three Lined up nicely?...

haibun poetry 0

Another Renaissance

Haibun Poetry   The maple tree by the deck blooms. Small leaves sprout from the tiniest tendril branches growing from her moss-infested trunk. She wasn’t supposed to live this season. Now sparrows perch on...

Love Resignation Poem 0

Of An Autumn Winter

 Love Poem   You starved the emotions out of me as a winter’s frost Bringing forth the sugars from the leaves Turning them to the rusts and yellows that bleed out through these pores...

finding yourself poems 0

Becoming

Poem   I could never explain the process it took for me to access the real me. There are few who might understand the intricacies and difficulties it took to appease, please, and peel...

poetry online 0

Carnival

Poetry   This is the game writing down lists of barely graspable desires. Crossing out one, two, if only I had three I’d be happy, certainly it’s within reach. This person, place, thing, like...

free poetry 0

The Faded Man

Poem   On the bed a shadow of a man can still be seen, If you squint enough, And there is still enough. They say he had it rough; He won’t say anymore, So...

poems about fear 0

Not Afraid

Poem   The wind was trying to outspeak me, the sky was a frozen sea, my hands, my legs did not believe me, I could barely see, the dreadful night was almost there, it...

Surreal Poetry 0

Add – Ambiance

Surreal Poetry   Undeniable is a word That I can leave out of my vocabulary when I hang with you There’s…there’s just too much of A take away in your midst People reflect upon...

haibun poetry 1

Restless Day After

Haibun Poetry A Nickelodeon version of Cinderella plays in the family room. Bella, our neighbor’s golden retriever, barks at a passing dog and walker. The pine-scented aroma from our freshly mopped tile floor reaches...

poems about time 0

Portrait — Part III

Poem   It’s fate. There’s nothing to grasp — but worn air of a future lapsing. It’s how we mitigate, how we squelch to years, minutes and the hour. It was the drag of...

Flower Poem 0

Flowers In The Darkness

Flower Poem   The vengeful light, it breaks along the hill. Your eyes are wide, but all is silent still. You lie in creeping phlox and rose’s hand. The night has died and I...

free verse story poems 0

Esther

Free Verse Story Poems   Esther had not gone to bed that previous evening; instead she went into the bathroom and took a whore’s bath. She washed her face and neck, brushed her teeth,...