Best Infect Poems
Effect, Affect, Infecttear-filled eyes
sweaty palms
a horse voice
weakened limbs
a quickened heartbeat
how could I speak?
"others" have called poetry the medicinal god/goddess of the 21st century
- but not me.
lately
poetry hasn't been feeding me
lately
poetry hasn't been the thirst-quencher
yet I never starve or desire to drink
it is...
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Categories:
infect, adventure, anxiety, love, pain,
Form:
Free verse
The Malarial SporozoiteMy mom and dad met in the gut of an insect!
As a kid, I was packed in a sac not so perfect;
When I am mature,
I make myself sure
To infect a human when the insect does inject...
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Categories:
infect, care, death, extended metaphor,
Form:
Limerick
ClackersWhite crisp shirts
The clackers make their way to
The central
Sea salt is in the air
Frown lines and stress lines
Upon canvases of many
Wooden benches
To rest your heavy heart
Red blisters
Warm conversations
To ease the ache
The Achilles heel
In this big central
The lone white swan
Hiding near
The banks of the lake
Folding its...
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Categories:
infect, career, city, courage, day,
Form:
Free verse