Offhand Poems - Poems about Offhand

...I leave the auction sick, my mettle frayed A ghost, I fear, in oil clutched near my side No doubt, a ghost for which I've dearly paid! How best to next proceed, I must decide The painting I hav......Read the rest...

...My soporific slumber seems offhand, But I thought it through then thoroughly planned - On winter I'd pass Till I smell the grass - That scent will nudge me out of my dreamland! February 8, 20......Read the rest...

...So many more. Just a sampling of favorites, per contest instructions. For each poet I have included a sampling of titles in parentheses. THREE OF MY FAVORITES Gersho......Read the rest...

...Eternal Surprise Productions presents the It's Time For Your Enema show bringing news of the day coast to coast reading every offhand inflection as though it were a rescue beacon from the consta......Read the rest...

...Clouds loom drifting, passing by, The west wind gently tempts them on Though no one knows what cause them cry And no one hears their pleading voice As all their acid tears well dry. Snowy wh......Read the rest...

... Belief systems rigid: enslavement to a cult, offers mind some solace; type of self-hypnosis but of God, not a trace. Belief systems rigid: hymns and mantras we chant, address b......Read the rest...

...I do like poems I can understand Written with plain everyday words Thought out, not merely offhand, Observing basic poetry standards. Written with plain everyday words I want to fe......Read the rest...

...With thoughts of getting fish-faced on a Friday night, I dropped anchor in a portside bar To contemplate the crooked path to closing time; Couldn’t guarantee I’d get that far. I ordered a te......Read the rest...

...Oh great divide you stand to look at me while I on bended knee grope for you between this world and the next we are like ocean book ends , meeting in the center of the Universe ; Oh great ......Read the rest...

...When you are confused, anxious, in pain, your stomach in a granny knot. Near the end, nowhere to go, no friends, no family that understands. "Stand in a field and scream," it helps, they say. I can......Read the rest...

...The Lord offered His wondrous love Bringing forgiveness from above I’m handpicked. Upholding my faith’s fervent zeal His truth-covenant shows great seal: God’s handshake. Saviour’s ......Read the rest...

... Some people don't have habit to listen when one talks, it seems words go in one way; speaker regrettably fails to convey; May be one can find, why they don't listen. One can spec......Read the rest...

...Last Halloween was scary with evil brewing strong when Peggy planned a party and things went off all wrong In tatty robe, her hair awry she slaved all day with care her neighborhood to satisf......Read the rest...

...A pity I couldn't comprehend What is happening to my homeland?! Utter disarray harming my stand Lives in the clutches of evil hands The paths we are to walk have no ends Face demons or bury hear......Read the rest...

...60's Child I found myself at the tail end of childhood then, Coming out of its long sunny sleep; The days and nights of pleasures, terrors and wonders Strung together to make up the pitted land......Read the rest...