Best Abstract Thoughts Poems


Premium Member Muses In Gold

To glide with inspiration above quilted clouds
 Where birds so often soar
 Glimpse a sunset hued in gold
 With many colors to adore 
 
 To grasp  the muse that swing from creative vines
 And sway from abstract thoughts
 Upon the page release the lines
 Which meander within the plots 

 Clasp the quill as the ink flows
 And carefully craft each verse
 Clutch the metaphors in rhyme or prose
 As throughout the page they intersperse

 Sometimes the ending can hold a surprise
 And cause a gasp in its trail
  The words flow subtly and with guise
 Its meaning you then inhale

 6-28-2021
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© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.

Dancing With Shadows

Poet's minds have abstract thoughts
emerging in waves from their hearts.
Words are unraveled and untangled,
where once their meaning was mangled.
All too often, as many readers would,
they're found baffling; misunderstood.

But oh how genuinely lucid and austere
when read aloud, to the discerning ear,
are the sentiments written by a poet's pen,
distinctly implicit enough to comprehend.
Perhaps, based on his/her life's anecdotes,
but with imagery a poet sows wild oats.

The Poet

I would say, Poetry is an art in verse.
From deep inside the Poet brings out
Revelations of self, nature, life.

Poet, Poetess - skilled writers in verse,
Paint for us imagery of abstract thoughts,
An art that can "move" us to the core.

We "see" what they write and reflect
On images conjured up in thought,
A master-piece created for lovers of the 
craft!

Craftily, pages come alive with expressions
That emotionally move and sway,
Removing the unwanted yesterdays leaving 
only the now.

The Poet captures and engages the minds of 
the audience,
Whether from the platform or silently reading,
Spoken or written words echo in the stillness 
of the air!

Poems can ignite passion, calm the soul, create
Thoughts and provoke eloquence in speech,
Which awakens the "sleeping" soul as the orator 
reads.

Bursting with passion from within,
Love stories come alive and, O,
Climax slowly like crashing waves
dissolve upon the shore.


Isolation

Alone, Lone Wolf,
Reticent and aloof,
Abstract thoughts,
Introspection taught,
Introvert innate,
Not a lonely plate,
Fun book friends,
Delights never end,
A pleb, for what that's worth,
On lonely Planet Earth,
Jewel of the Universe,
Cosmos, one vast church,
Life is creation,
Have we found any aliens?
Reticent and aloof,
Alone, a Lone Wolf.

Nothing Left To Write

There's nothing left to write.
No more textbook vocabulary to relay your state of mind. 
No more analogies, similes, or metaphors to convince others that your abstract thoughts could ever be compared to concrete concepts. 
No more iambic pentameter to give rhythm to your flat-line emotions, or play-on words to give your conscience a personality. 
No more diction with an optimistic connotation to give negative issues a striking charisma. 

Nothing. 

No more can be written.

Leave it the way it is. Maybe someday it will grow on you.

To Build a Better Human

To build a better human use a robot
Genetics are overrated and outdated
Androids make the perfect man
With nuts and bolts who needs a soul

Love your machines
They come with metallic hands
With instructions to construct
Transgender bathrooms built to last

Humans make great pets
When inoculated they are the best
Venereal diseases are a breeze 
Hmm.... Are they really needed?

Bots speak bot languages
Abstract thoughts are optional
Don't need visas to get about
Robots work non stop for free

No clocks to punch or dirty thoughts
Void of affection and infections
They follow the instructions of God's plan
To build a better man


Blind Mouths

blind mouths would abide my way
towards the fantasy   that I require
longing of Abstract thoughts
are my beginning
kisses form where I adore
your eyes bring forth 
the song that form the sun
holding me to your form 
kiss me once I do declare
kiss me twice now I'm crying
kiss me thrice I am melting
holding me with your strong strong hands
keeps me from falling but not away
so sing to me your kisses just once more
hold me and show me what you would say....

Spore-Eater

To gain insight about the world around, 
I will eat the spores which sprout from the ground.
These fragments of feeling are so fleeting,
Which make up my entire being.
Knowledge or solace will surely be found.
Some new sensation will echo its sound.
In feeding the hunger, I’m all-consumed,
And still picking at my aging wounds.
Joy and agony are momentary creatures,
Details and lines in a portrait’s features.  
Without my peripherals, context lost.
Focus turned inward toward abstract thoughts.  
I find myself never lacking surprise.  
Inspecting the world with blood-shot eyes
© Samuel Lee  Create an image from this poem.

Contemplations

If I were to write a poem, what should it say? Should it be a dabbling 
of abstract thoughts, a fantasy, a tragedy, a meandering? Should it 
come from my imagination, a charade, an abstract of image, a delusion,
a fabrication? Should it not come from life experiences, lessons learned, 
a guide line, a compass, an anecdote?
The wisdom gained from our experiences in life is the most precious 
of all.
The love, loss, pleasure, pain, sacrifice, struggle, happiness, despair, 
grief, sadness and sorrow are our teachers if we are wise and our
spirit and heart open to receive the knowledge. It is of more
value than diamonds, emeralds, or any other thing of temporal
value. It is a truth, a spring clear and purifying, a well of 
experience, a song in our spirit, a familiar voice. It is a gift, 
a companion, a lesson to teach us humility, a measuring rod showing
us how we have faired compared to our fellow man. It is wings to
lift us up, to open our minds, to compel us to have empathy,
sympathy, to give and help our fellow man. It is love unbound, a
stream overflowing with kindness, compassion, desire to make 
ourselves better and shine so others see the way clearly.

I Should Have Won

Now, 
I'm not one to jest, or protest,
-or say "I'm the best".
And I'm not one to pout, or put down,
-but I have little doubt...

That I should have won.

Oh yes, there were good entries,
Thrilling tales, brilliant reads.
But among those submissions getting recognition,
were poems of old entities.

Random words with abstract thoughts.
Tired rhyming, splats and gobs.
Nonsensical, gibberish disguised,
as wisdom for eyes that bought the lines.

-But MINE,

was brilliant, fresh, straight to the point.
-Funny, original...and something else that rhymes with point.

So I leave you now with this one fact;
My poem should have won, and that is that.

Something Like Superman

I’m something like Superman
you know, one of a kind
the way I write
wielding my pen
dissecting all my rhymes

Flowing through the stanzas, verses
riding waves of rhythmic lines

Sorting through my abstract thoughts
weathering my mind

Premium Member A Daydream

An ornate vase brightens the dimly lit room
 Where a beautiful girl sits,  deep in  thought
  And as her daydream begins to bloom
 She reaches for the the dreams she's sought

Perhaps she's composing a symphony
Or playing in a concert hall
Maybe she's had an epiphany
Where rhapsodies enthrall

She may have a song in her heart
Whose melody she's trying to find
And as I watch her daydream, in abstract thoughts divine
Her song she thus imparts
upon this page of mine 

 She  places  one hand  on the piano, in delicate sleeve of lace
 The other   rests   thoughtfully on an open book
As  she journeys to that distant place
Where  only the mind can look
© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.

Resting With the Birds

Spiritual concepts, quantum physics
Intellectual topics or gymnastics
Abstract thoughts, passion for words
Finding his center staring at birds 

While meditating or daydreaming
All that was heard were kids screaming
I believe this, Larry would tolerate
Because on some level he could relate

In himself a young man he saw
Why he despised the term Grandpa
Flirting at every opportunity
Fueled his soul with energy

In his own mind he would get lost  
The price of inner peace was the cost
His focus, enlightenment and joy 
Connecting with his small inner boy

His deep spirit was so strong it lives on
He’s still here, though physically gone
He’ll show up during the holiday
Sneaking into your heart some way

At Stony Gorge you’ll sense he’s free
His smoke encircling nearby a tree
While taking a walk or on the phone
His spirit will hug you, so you’re not alone

He is blessed with a family that’s intense
The love surrounding him is immense
Though God took him too soon to comprehend
It’s only the beginning for him, not the end

Palette of Dreams

Colors of the sunset
painted on the sky canvas
mixed emotions
abstract thoughts
impressions of love
cloud strokes lost 
a palette of dreams
sits by the waste side
a talent of words
a misguided brush
a nervous hand
so many imagines
can't comprehend
a gesso of emptiness
search for a masterpiece
a work of art within a universe of undiscovered 
sunrises

The Canopy

the canopy of comfort caravan of curruption

leads to a path of no return a road of self-destruction

in this crowded cafeteria no creature has a table to itself

and in this darkened forrest of death the canvass that shutters out the light is its shelf

your soul is like a forrest without a summer

and the beat that you hear has no drummer

your ignorance is as vivid as abstract thoughts not yet seen

and the desires that you seek are nothing more than mere illusions conveyed by dreams

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