Best Disappearance Poems
Into the woods the three did wander
Graceful teenage girls carefree
I had great cause to ponder
Surely someone held the key
When they were never seen again
Suspecting things grimly gone awry
What evils lurks what evil men
Might dare beneath God’s watchful eye
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
I told them several times
This is not my place
Certainly I will go beyond!
It’s their turn
They appear in my dream
One by one
For a few minutes even
They make me feel, they are around
Soon I open my eyes, they disappear!
Shocked!
Mystery of these two worlds!
I live in one, disappeared they live the other!
In search of the other world
I dived deep
My goodness! It’s same! Commence with the event disappearance!
The one I live, appears real
Moments I live here, stepping stones
Mason in waiting in other side, path is disappearance!
THE DISAPPEARING ACT
Been a while since you left for Dubai
You said to me, ‘it’s not that mbali’
You would soon be right back
And my bags I could start to pack
Swing low, Sweet Cheruiyot!
I gave to you all my savings
Had to ignore all my pals ravings
You were off to make some money
Coming back to be my honey
Swing low, Sweet Cheruiyot!
Very soon will be baby’s birthing
I feel so anxious in this my bedding
Guys now starting to ask hard query
‘When’s he coming, this unseen daddy?’
Swing low, Sweet Cheruiyot!
Why haven’t you called, my dark Raven?
Take me away to that Arabian haven
Please come back to carry me home
Stop me moping like an empty dome.
Swing low, Sweet Cheruiyot.
I know I should not whine or frivolously fret,
but I believe I have lost my pet marmoset.
I have also lost a blue barrette, a red tea set,
and a beautifully carved purple aigrette.
They all went down in the drain,
putting me in a particularly uncomfortable cold sweat.
I did not mind losing Jeanette,
a snake who was never an exceptionally kind or loving pet,
I am sad about losing my baby’s bassinet
and a tiny edge of my bathroom’s finest moquette.
They both fell down the storm drain,
when I paused to look at my rapidly disappearing tea set
Way down deep in the bowels of the sewer,
and I am especially sad to lose my pet marmoset.
Here comes another person.
She has lost a briquette, diskette,
and a sliver of yellow georgette.
Written 2-28-2019
Contest: Down a Storm Drain Gone Forever
Sponsor: Eve Roper
as the moon begins its disappearance
leaving silver caps atop the waves
soon becoming an illuminated path
i am denied to journey upon
knowing it is rising for you
i am held captive in the sorrow
that life has left us
more than an enchanting moon
more than a captivating gaze
more than an ocean of separation
a distance we will never close
yet my heart holds you in a quantum entanglement
not even the breadth of the universe can ever separate
a heart who keeps you embedded in adoration
where quantum tunneling fails its mathematical model
impervious to any assault by the rust of time
it is a barrier clothed in eternity
it is where i will forever be
in love with you
Abilene 3/2/18 Omnium Gatherum
Disappearance
Like delicate snow that melts
in the midst of our breathe
Can you feel the heat of what we say
taste sexual precipitation
When our tongues drag across
sensuous excavations
delivering a pause
where we examine protrusions
Practicing a more deliberate
artifact extraction.
A woman's golden place.
Let me taste your snow,
as you melt away, I'll claim your
disappearance,
making ecstasy reappear
two or three glimpses at first
then you visualize that final surprise
Capturing tiny bits of rain drops
that tickle my tongue.
Everytime I speak I want to feel
your wet interruptions
In midst of my pardoned eruptions
from this lust entwined love affair.
We taste rain
even when
skies are clear.
The muse has disappeared
My eyes are heavy with tears
Writing seems to have vanished away
It has left me so I deeply fear
Stress has entered my humble home
It has left me feeling robbed and alone
Will the quiet and peace come back?
Or will my spirit just be racked...
I need the Great Spirit to guide me
Show me the way to better see
Relieve this pressure upon my being
As I fall down upon my old worn knees
I need to leave worldly problems
Worship in spirit and in truth
Oh! Holy Spirit surround me
Grant me the feeling of love's proof
Thanks for your presence
Thanks for the feeling of peace
Oh! Holy Spirit your tent has covered
The feelings now are relief....
Malicious brigand of thought
Shadow dancing about
Times dark mastermind
Of sand felled memory
No deliberation granted
On the adequacy of crime
Here the confidence breaks
The vibrant glow dulls
This slow compiling of theft
His character torn away
The sum of his being lessened
Accomplishments sponged away
Slowly losing earned identity
Burning one chapter every day
A life story without its voice
The
Scary
Bermuda
Triangle
Lore
Legends
Ghostly planes
hundreds missing
books
ledgers
documents
first hand accounts
fine
tales
campfire
conversation
so
many
pulled from sky
no survivors
i fell out of bed
into rosy dawn sunshine
gerber daisy world
birdsongs in my ears
i had woken up dreaming
on summertime street
from the house i walked
into deep color and sound
nowhere to be found
A hen lays her eggs,
Planning to have many chicks;
Surprise, empty nest!
D- Do you know where he/she is?
I- I cannot find him/her?
S- Shouldn't I have been with him/her, then none of this wouldn't have happened?
A- All I can say is, "Look what I've done!"
P- Please don't let them disappear like that!
P- Please don't...
E- Every single person doesn't care but me.
A- All of them were... calm.
R- Right in the middle of the night, they are completely calm, and they seem to not know about the disappearance.
A- And this thought came to my mind, can I be like them?
N- Nice to think about that, because then, I wouldn't have to deal with this.
C- Calmness should be the thing that I need, and I won't need to worry about the disappearance.
E- Evening comes by and I rest a little bit, and then I felt something leave my mind, and then all my worries went away.
Left so overwhelmed
with all the tomfoolery;
Drowning in why try;
Operating in my lane,
never meant to set the pace;
Not made to follow,
they go right as I turn left;
Throw in a white flag;
My heart eviscerated,
I’m stuck between fight or flight;
Thinking of the group
that already forgot me;
A disappearance
from them and an about face,
you just can’t save everything.
When you a petty thief house,
Expect a dramatic disappearance of your blouse
And one other filmic vanishing and sure goodbye
With his waiting, believable alibi.
When you all . webs browse,
Not against this holding a grouse,
You’ll definitely see
What shall make you feel at sea…
When you can’t from your hair extract a louse
You might not out-smart a cornering mouse…
If you can powerful emotions arouse,
You can a spitting fire douse!
Serious times have overtaken our world,
The dramas continue to unfurl.
Leaders are getting assasinated
by those who swore to protect,
A disappearance of reverence has
commenced upon our land,
calling for reign with iron hands,
The hemisphere is out of control,
Satan has taken hold of significant
souls,
Soon, there will be no future for the
younger generation, if reverence
continues to endure obliteration,
The world has spiraled out of control,
without proper guidance or leadership,
we'll all end up lost in a whirling black hole....