Best Inflection Poems


Inflection

and then they looked to the sea
with eyes floating the currents above

to look beyond the sea, they thought
to look beneath the sea, they wondered

'not too far', they cried out
'not too deep', they said

'let the waters comfort in the strength of tides
as we listen from far away'. still and quiet
in his response:

'i have but yet another night
to row the sediments discarded into the sea
another night is this
where i learn the thoughts of the ocean. and
this night is different
this night is different
a man dissolving
to his final destination
of bodies apart, floating weightless'


the story when the night became different
a man laid out by the sea. let alone
the sky cannot forget
a hymn to the sea
a hymn from the sea. that night was different
that man was different,

parted to the heavens
the stars became his eyes
close enough to see 
how he met himself 
at the bottom of the ocean.

Inflection Point

Just writing on paper clip the best                                                                                                                                               my mind jumping jack said just rest                                                                                                                          but to write the word processing my thoughts                                                                                                        to paper is right angle that he has I fought                                                                                                                                                   so I write on about life span the moments                                                                                                                for the right memory stick to the components                                                                                                                 to see something radiant energy to complete                                                                                                                      this task of the heart attack the concrete                                                                                                                                       lying in the grass root out the problem at hand                                                                                                            got my rhythm back street is the band                                                                                                                                this will work boots on the ground                                                                                                                                stay the course work abounds                                                                                                                                        just to see the comic strip the necessities                                                                                                                       it may not be virtual reality is one’s abilities
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Inflection

Holding on …soothing music…...waiting, patiently,
Then I could sure, hear a voice, calm and flat.
With some precise questions…
Questions... indeed, there will be a genre always. Likely.
Wandering moments float by, lives bonded with legit answers.

As I was answering those questions,
Somehow, I knew slowly for sure,
There was a happening, destined, on the other side, too
And I observed an inevitable happening of inflection in the voice
While briefly stressing a point, putting viewpoints to bring it together.

This, very one-sided conversation, mostly- a matter of mine
Gradually turned into something more profound, an implicit metaphor.
Shifting scenes, crossroads of lives, touch on a merging …
With all the naïve eagerness for an alibi of dreaming….
And never returns empty-handed, never was an utter defeat.


My darkness corresponded with the voice last night to explore a meandering river trail!


Premium Member The Inflection Trimeric

He said ‘With relish.’ like a soft light,
erasing the line that never existed.
Pulsating with what was uninhibited,
the phrase exasperated her hunger. 

Erasing the line that never existed,
an inarticulate murmur left his lips.
Was it in everything she didn’t say?

Pulsating with what was uninhibited,
she could taste his shallow breathe.
It was coming with such regularity. 

The phrase exasperated her hunger
for she could feel what hid behind
the subtle inflection of his delivery.

Inflection

Is it wrong to be different?
If it is. . . I don't ever want to be right.
You just sit there boring me with politics, your philosophy, and judgmental remarks.
While I'm up on my feet, owning my own skin, walking with dignity, and shrouded with humility.

No matter what they say, I'll always be true to me.
I may be stupid. . . but I'm not dumb.
I may be carefree. . . but my heart is not numb.
I'll let you be you. . . while I do me.
I know you're only hurting, you need a real friend, someone that will embrace thee.

Love's Infliction, My Inflection

Summer’s sweetness lies upon the shores of tomorrow
As today’s bitterness is cast upon the craggy jettison
Left to die is the presence of torment and sorrow
As the only cure is this symbolic medicine

As I stand on this shore now daydreaming
My eyes have then focused on the view
While my heart’s inside screaming
I can’t get my mind off of you


Premium Member Inflection

Intoxicated by the inflection 
nothing like that catch in your voice;
Falling for the hope and healing, 
leave it to you to level the agony;
Every piece of every word 
carries with it a mark of you; 
Tasting the tip of what you say 
itching to pull the mask away; 
Oh that smile,
naked as that catch in your voice.

Premium Member Inflection

Morning glory songbirds fly over me singing ever present trust.

New Year Inflection

The year is dead, long live new year
Don’t dwell too long, don’t shed a tear

For what is gone, is done, goodbye
There is no how, no who, no why

Instead go forward, see far, head up
Drink joyous gulps from the loving cup

Tomorrow’s a glow, this moment burns bright 
So embrace yourself, your star, your light

Tonight is magic, an inflection in time 
It’s not about rhythm, but more about rhyme

So be safe, be happy, and healthy always
And let love be with you all of your days

Premium Member CADENCE IN INFLECTION

instinct
  over thought
independent
 of
form
  prose with cadence 
in lyrical
   expression
 where emotions 
  are 
   the driving force

pause awhile
to listen

the winds
 of ephony
revealed
 in
pause 
& undertone
an
esoteric 
sensation
    from within 
the
         voice
                 recites
                   to
tickle
             the
                   ear
showing
                when
                   pause
so
      silent
                can
                      sound
      perfected
on
pause

Premium Member At the Point of Inflection

In the beginning
there was a shapeless void.
With no axis, no curve, no trace of motion—
Just, the stillness of a dark blank space,
echoing the hollow absence of intent.

A point appeared, a tiny taut singularity.
A black pirouette spiraling in the void—
Potential perhaps, but not quite enough
to suggest that something could follow,
beyond a pinprick of stars 
from the impending fireworks.

From the impending quietude, a line unfurled,
like a pick-up stick, a praying mantis—
quivering, trembling, trying to pivot
before the point grabbed one end,  
and fastened it into place.

Now, the silent void had edges—
left and right, up and down,
front and back, over and under.
The void had gained direction—
but only with rigid, unbending lines.

Then nature arrived on the scene.
A tree sprouted from a seed.
Growing in fast-forward time
ignoring the rule of the straight line—
bending, branching, dancing with curves. 
It blossomed into whorls and circles, 
joining the ends to shape buds, leaves and flowers.

A wind rushed in to play in the curves
twisting and swirling, loving the sway and swerves.
A stream joined in, flowing in beautiful, sinuous meanders,
defying the cry to flow straight. 
Even the far-off horizon, once seen as flat,
bowed gently, curving to nature’s rhyme.

Time and light are straight.
Nature is gloriously curved.

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