Tagged: poem

Abstract Poems 0

At The Rally

Abstract Poems   Grab your coat tails! An encroachment on slippery slopes Because your megaphone gives you Ephemeral rights over the air It pierces using your voice Would it give a permanent View to...

Family Poems 0

Sleep Over

Poem   My nephew turned five and asked me to sleep over the other day. We’d spent most of it together: going for dim sum, then a puppet show, kicking the Hover Ball, building...

haibun poetry 0

Our Post-Mortem

Haibun Poetry   I sit on your beige sofa across from you in your living room. Mike — your husband, my fraternity brother— prepares the VHS tape. Of your wedding. There is a moment...

Short Poems 0

Yarns

Poem   What’s more beautiful than a story? I’d dare to say music Where each letter becomes a note each phrase an emotion each movement a chapter Where words have no meaning how I...

English Poems 1

Battling Myself

Poem   My voice flows in time, I am the energy. All eyes on me, climbing steadily. My words etched in your mind indelibly. One of a kind, a pedigree, top dog, better believe...

Free Verse Poem 0

Habitual

Free Verse Poem   Everyone told you you’re life would change forever. You even took the class the old lady in the black dress said you should; the woman who taught the class said...

Inspirational Poem 0

Bury Me With a Smile

Inspirational Poem   When I die, bury me with a smile So everyone will know my life was worth while. Put me in the box, but leave out the suit. Let me wear street...

poem about beauty and death 0

Dreamy Beautiful

Poem   Let her beautiful silky texture wear you out When she rushes at you and slowly retrieves. Let her get exhausted at your feet. Allow her to let you breathe. For how many...

Love Poems 2

My Proclamation To You

Love Poems   My proclamation to you I proclaim to you, You are the soul Bringing my life to life. Your nourishing love Is the instrument To my salvation. Encompassing my heart ardently. Possessing...

Free Verse Poem 0

My Horizon

Free Verse Poem   It is key to understanding this entrapment- this sentence within the fleshy jail of mortality- to realize that we cannot change the bars or the walls, or the height from...

Inspirational Poems 0

Playful and Sweet

Inspirational Poems   When we believe that Soulfulness is the embodiment of Perfection We tell ourselves that we are imperfect, and incomplete. When we believe others must seek Perfection We negate their inherent Beauty...

Haibun Poetry, Still Life 0

First Easter after Dad

Haibun Poetry   Chocolate-centered pastries; strawberry shortcake; sliced pineapple, melon and cantaloupe: all on platters spread across the row of tables. A pitcher of homemade red wine sits near empty glasses. Mira and her...