Awoke Poems - Poems about Awoke

REMIX OF MY TOBÀCCO In the time of leech to the time of leash, came I from the sojourn of papyrus writing the pain on the wall of my heart with a golden exudate from my galls that embittered all. So gross with all I found that none waited to witness what becomes of the lines...

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The final sentence that I wrote – Ragged words I could not speak – And so the sentence for me spoke The letters written on the sheet – The words I wrote but could not speak Read my sentence back to me Like shards of glass in bas relief Spoken there for me to hear – It read my sentence word...

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I awoke from Illness at the age of forty-five, calm and lucid, In reasonable health, with a weakened liver and a face of borrowed flesh, The sunrise made its way through the window, settling on my shoulders like a veil, As if, stepping out of the fog of suffering, I had entered a world forgotten for its beauty. My...

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women did not travel alone it was not done in 1856 not kosher or safe which is why she left at dawn to travel west to become a mail-order bride...

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we awoke to five machine guns staring at us all were American made therein a comfort another American in a foreign land the caveat, Federales were holding them we were naked Sally from the Alley and i wanted to ask us a few questions i made my way to my pants promising God, if you would get me out of this one i will never touch another...

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First thing after awoke I push out the window To see the weather To recieve my first ray of sunshine Hoping it's a fine weather White clouds blue sky Reddish flowers Soft wind Bustle and rustle in the bushes Clear in view The faraway mountain the faraway sea The road to the end of the skyline Meeting my dearest sunshine Before a strenuous day starts As though...

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I dreamt the world was suffering at the mercy of a wild pandemic prisoners in their own homes families kept at bay turmoil overwhelming nations whole countries swept by death Nightmare haunting darkness of my nights broken when I dreamt earth awoke one morning everyone cognizant of their godgiven gifts their talents and their passions overnight our planet becoming an artists’ haven AP: Honorable Mention 2021 Posted...

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there is nothing more, to life, than a fantasy. death jolts us awake. Written: July 4th, 2021...

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And I awoke, But as in a dream, And I saw, 100 thousand Chinese Lanterns Floating silently across the sky, Lights carried gently by the wind, Together, Dancing souls lifting higher, Pieces of Love, now free, drifting home, Free to fly, To a bigger place, Towards the glowing Dawn. John Roberts...

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a petal from a blossom falls to rest upon the earth all is carried upon the back of that which lies between...

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(Otherwise titled poetic gobbledygook trot - oven chilly cooked confusion eliciting faint thanks a lot unbeknownst this tasteless, senseless, rhymeless... lettered Rorschach test tease I jot interpretation, viz hitting analogously like amorphous melted ingot watch yourself... d's lines iz still smok'n HOT, now I puzzle regarding how to extricate mess elf aye got into try'n to strut and trumpet hightailing to Hong Kong entrepôt yea, that dot on the map embroiled...

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Initially, an attempt sought regarding Das scribe, yours truly donning checkerboarded rawhide collared, cuffed oversize raiment, pride and prejudice obscured courtesy hand-me-downs couture also decking out alley oop trapeze artist bride of Frankenstein grooming in attendance with her bonafide circus motley crew, a veritable monster mish mashup happenstance didst decide unlike traditional feted newlyweds swingers airborne did only abide. The law of gravity aerial pas de deux bodies...

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All hallows eve festooned, spooked sight, tricked out ghostly haunted house fright especially 'pon dark and stormy night courtesy creation gnarled skeletal hands iron grip strength steely bewitched might fashioned superior eerie abode I write vampire fangs drip blood, hooked warty nose, plus bulging popeyes will delight ghoulish welcome invitation only will incite blood curdling screams within hermetically sealed soundproof ghostly abode airtight dark shadows creep...

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Awoke in Paradise I awoke inside a cloud No-one is here just me I feel a tickle between my toes In my hair, a golden rose If I find a way out, I will not leave In this world of paradise, My hair i’ll weave A clothe so fine floats by my feet Its rimmed with silver its mine to keep Silver raindrops above...

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I was drifting in a senseless daze. Comfortably numb, unloving and unliving. You awoke something deep in me. Something lost since the time of innocence. Life, returned, love, returned. Longing as new and old, as beautiful and wrenching as I could ever remember or imagine. I wish I didn’t have to miss your face, your laugh, your eyes and wisdom. But I...

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