Ghairo Daniels Poet Free verse

lips rubescent glance

hair porcupine quills glow 
white hot needles sow 
I watch roaches breed with 
gecko crap pasted on walls
black confetti malls do not stock
rock steady my vacant dock
graves float gaping gasps
sister screamed a wall they 
will erect ! 

lips rubescent glance
packing, clacking, hacking
cups singing neurotic with 
chaucer saucers doomed 
gossip eating fish with chips
I observe shadowed eyes
kohl pen did not snore
shattering nerves like flies

east winds carry me
blustering mission
profile glistening white 
aura black magnetic
authentic not synthetic 
marshmallow lips raspberry 
rouged, black cat may not 
grasp an inch of caboose 

I will return afresh  
karma is a vixen witch 
clicking switch
when signals hitch ~ 
 
©GhairoDanielsPoetry 

HONOURABLE WINNER 
IMAGE  POEM, Allpoetry.com
June’26


Assessor: “The chaos of darkness brings a cracked smile, the quizzical design of words has the reader wanting to pull up a chair, and stay awhile - whimsical and quirky…”

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Paige Hind June 9, 2026 at 8:24 PM So cool like Daniel says, how your words just flow...this work is great!!

Daniel Henry Rodgers June 3, 2026 at 7:18 AM Dear Ghairo, Congratulations on the well-deserved win! The assessor absolutely nailed it,this piece has a brilliant, jagged energy that makes you want to pull up a chair just to study the chaos. It’s got a wonderful, rhythmic grit to it, almost like an off-beat percussion track running underneath the imagery. I also love the jittery, over-caffeinated momentum of the second stanza. You’ve got a fantastic ear for how words sound together when they hit the page, that crisp, rhythmic snap at the end with the vixen witch and the "clicking switch" leaves a real sting. It’s authentic, beautifully strange, and entirely synthetic-free. Blessings, Daniel Ghairo Daniels June 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM ThkU for read & comment, Daniel. I’ve not visited your pg for a while & there is a valid reason which I’ve not completed processing yet. Trust you understand. Blessings returned., Ghairo.