Barriers Poems - Poems about Barriers

...In the thicket forgotten of deeply anchored thoughts, Where ideas nest, across time and tailored spaces, There I stand, guardian of the undimmed realm, the archivist of the flame That knows not ex......Read the rest...

...My beauty was a pledge I took Beauty hidden in plain face In the small secured, kind place Beauty beyond what was seen What I had become from what I had been From the impaired to the mended......Read the rest...

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beyond the veil of the known world, where ancient forests stretch and bend, there lies a glade, untouched, pristine, a r......Read the rest...

...In the desolate temple of the soul, flesh weaves over bone a silent epitaph, Spirits lock thought within the ark of thought, and sometimes, a divine spark, And women in furies pour vessels into fra......Read the rest...

...They were exhibited as strange curiosities, They all had a face, a name, an identity on this land soiled by negrophobia. They looked without seeing, their eyes lost in the ruins of their humanity......Read the rest...

...Is it Spring? How long has it been? Is it Spring? I don’t see the grass growing, the lawns are dry, the leaves are falling off the trees and the temperature is burning at a hundred and thirty degrees......Read the rest...

...Waves of knives piercing through the barriers, their judgement infecting the defenses built up over time... claiming that's what they see, unknowing the backlash it will bring, think before you......Read the rest...

...She's a rhapsodic tale of might beyond falu dynamics sailing through heartbreak's stormy strikes and Lupus fight. In an exchange of blows with darkness, she steams in granite, kindness gleam......Read the rest...

...Turn away from monotony, kick off what is boring, go to calmer places and meet Miss Harmony; over there folks sing, they have better days! Stop and watch me smile, and this smile spreads fo......Read the rest...

...In borrowed plumes, a masquerade we stage, Thoughts echo doctrines, passions preordained. From broken families, where fractured spirits weep, Mothers of sorrow, With eyes that never slee......Read the rest...

...("Windhorse", 2023, original encaustic) Wind Talk Children talk to the wind A skill, a talent, a desire Most adults have lost And forgotten they ever had. Anyone can talk, but May......Read the rest...

...To put it quite simply we are all overly complex Uniquely individual yet come together to coalesce While it is true we march to our own beat We share the same ground to plant our feet Making us m......Read the rest...

...In Ouachita's murmurs, where pine needles sigh, I trace the mountains' ancient, weathered crown. Silvered river forgotten secrets float by, And fills my heart, a sonorous chamber now. A flame i......Read the rest...

...As The Rising Sun, The Dawn Came In Softly & Slowly; & So Did My Suffering. Maybe Unexplained Or Unexpected Feelings; Which Have Been Ignored; A Sudden Melancholy Skulking In The Silence; Awa......Read the rest...

...Something seems missing Just what is the Ameripoe Society? I am glad you didn’t ask, but will explain It’s a society involving and encouraging current and inspiring Poets with embattled hearts St......Read the rest...