Best Pouring Poems

ALONE IN THE POURING RAIN

I’m standing between 
twilight and the night...
out in the pouring rain

I haven’t got a clue, 
of what to do…
or where to go from here…

I’m stuck between my courage, and my fear

Chorus
Now, I’m all alone, and
everything just feels so wrong
With no clear...

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In the garden
Of my memories
Remains... but one rose

Her voice
No longer lingers
It’s always, the first to go

What once grew
In the sunshine
From the light of.. our love
Is now just a memory
One I can’t give up

I’m pouring whiskey on a rose
In hopes to, ease the pain
A picture of...

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A kiss in the night, in the pouring rain
She knows real passion, makes me quite insane
I love the romance that she exhibits
Blowing me away into little bits

Each part of me still burns with loving awe
I kiss her back by, I do grab and maw
Exploring every...

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Breathe in and out and don’t fall for the lies of society
We are breathing in pollution of poverty
Heartaches are blameless, but I am blameful 
Shattered and insignificant…left on the floor…wasteful

Apparently, you are different and better than me
Aren’t you lonely and fading?
Running my mouth and flipping...

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The New Griots—Pouring Down Raining Words
From the wombs
of our pregnant minds
may our charged words
drop like God’s tears
reaching the depths
of the precincts 
 of your souls
seeping like His raindrops
to swollen  roots
anchoring life anew
birthing thunderstorms
of revelations
missed in oral tradition—now 
staining sheets of thin pulp
with silent echoes—silent...

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(after a drawing by Ghirlandaio)

We see that it was dashed off in a trice,
without a trace of reticence or nerve.
The contrapposto thigh, the shoulder’s curve,
are perfect. Nothing wasted.  All precise.
And yet it has the power to entice,
with just a hint of maidenly reserve;
vitality and...

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Written May 23, 2016


Seems you'd hide
Cornered in the stairwell
Hugging concrete
Slowly ascending
Holding onto railings
But in your head
You're always singing

The neighbors throw
Their doors wide open
To hear all the commotion
To see your mind in motion
In a world all
To yourself
You're only human after all

If we could
Only find
The answers to...

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The brink of collapse,
Your permission is given,
My lust pours from me.

(c) 2015 PJ Bayliss

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kiss the hand that keeps drink pouring
Doesn’t matter when the night gets boring
Your not going to remember this is the morning
Home before they all start snoring

Hey there nothing to worry about
All you did was dance and shout
Stalking guys, had a stakeout
We were there to help...

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~Tasting winter's bite as nightfall drowns this grief, my ink begins to pour.~




JCB Burl's Contest:How My First Poem Was Born
10/3/2020...

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It's snowing outside today
and sticking in spots
it's as cold as an icicle in the airway
our heat is kicking on lots

I've been thinking concerning messages
that gets sent by our work
I believe a misunderstanding regarding images
that aren't what I meant to perk
if that is the case I...

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Deep down pain is buried,
deep down the soul, from within.
As always, ready to continue on,
pretending happy, with a phony grin.

Placing the pain, aside, to not deal with,
in the distance, like sailor, sailing out to sea.
No matter, where one then truly goes,the pain,
is still there, where...

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When the day seems gloomy and nothing seems to work out right 
And life, love and friendship seem so far off
When the rain beats violently against your window pane
And the storm seems as though it will never pass.

When your tears never dry and your cries...

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The raindrops sparkle,
cunningly on your lashes,
jewels in the mist.

The wetness of silk,
reveals a woman's beauty,
only once just imagined.

As the sky pours down,
little beads of ecstasy,
a kiss warms our lips.

Your soft, warm, damp skin,
riling imagination,
in the pouring rain....

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'Love Story' Poetry Contest. 
Sponsor: Regina Mcintosh
1st Place. 

“I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” 
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