Retreat Poems - Poems about Retreat

..."The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff." Carl Sagan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We’re all stardust, remnants of Divine Magnetism and celestial fi......Read the rest...

...confusion overtakes you as the fog swallows the leaves above leaving wind soundless when you boil the sea rain falls and yet you ask why as a child shocked by thunder hiding like a rat ......Read the rest...

...In the chambers of dreaming, where the night drapes itself with crow feathers, A harbinger of the end weeps silently over the meadow towards eternal rest; Waltz, waltz in the canvas of darkness tha......Read the rest...

... Written: April 25, 2024 For Edward Ibeh Contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Young souls stalked by predators at night, They aim to inflict chaos upon an elfin si......Read the rest...

... Metaphors written in psychedelic ink inside my mind like a projector slide show of insanity. The flying pig in the boiling sea chastises me, I must uncover the cosmic key or the bull will ......Read the rest...

...These are villanelles by Michael R. Burch and and villanelle-like poems... Villanelle: Trump’s Retribution Resolution by Michael R. Burch My New Year’s resolution? I require your money and ......Read the rest...

...In the evening's ebbing twilight I sit beneath the arc of a tree's bending bough and wait for my love to appear on the hill atop the meadow Here in the calmness of the sunset I see a sky of l......Read the rest...

...continued from part 1 Through corridors of steel and stone Her steps begin to trace. To face the fate that's now her own. With dignity and grace The guards around her, stern and tall Ye......Read the rest...

... Written: April 18, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another atrocity: letting stone or lime tears slick. A majestic sight—an albatross-nurturing chick. Midway......Read the rest...

...Oh, a shadow of the being in the tattered drapes of day, You play upon the stage of the world with a smile borrowed from another vision. You are a dancer in the whirl of human bustle and retreat, ......Read the rest...

...feellings of verticality grafitational guides advance &retreat stability surrounds apearance deceives the eye perspective recedes illusion lives ......Read the rest...

... Line Of Inquiry : "I saw God but now what" It was Easter and I was kneading bread on my kitchen counter. A nanosecond flash and God's face appeared on my backsplash,......Read the rest...

...I stand unapologetically me; Unafraid to be different, unafraid to be bold, I stand for the truth for it is gold I raise my voice; let it be heard With all due disrespect! I rise above the fra......Read the rest...

... In shadows deep, where dreams retreat, Hope deferred, a heart's defeat. A whispered promise, lost in mist, In longing's grip, where souls persist. Each fleeting glimpse, a flicker wanes, Ho......Read the rest...

...In the brisk embrace of dawn, a robin toils— A flutter of wings, a rustle of life reborn, She dances on the breeze, her beak a weaver's tool, Arranging sticks and strands, a tapestry takes form. ......Read the rest...