Best Quelling Poems
When Scorpio Goes Dark
...Antares' red glow bears firmly down
upon plush, chartreuse carpet
lying prone against the obsidian expanse,
blanketing sections of a remote
blue sphere, purling,
spinning helplessly
through......
Continue reading...
Categories:
quelling, space, stars,
Form:
Free verse
Her Brittle Hands
...Another layer of lavender scented lotion
Rubbed in vehement laughter
A quelling of sadness
Covered up in mascara insanity
Livid strokes of feathered paintbrushes
Hoping to see the big picture
She ......
Continue reading...
Categories:
quelling, character, corruption, lost,
Form:
Free verse
To Isolde, a Gift - If Only You'll Be Mine
...You asked me for a dance one night, ’twas late one New Year’s Eve,
and as I held you in my arms, your shape did wend and weave;
a sudden kiss as midnight struck (I thought it make believe) -
for s......
Continue reading...
Categories:
quelling, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Summer, Stay
...An end-of-August day, the air is crisp--
the only hint that fall is on its way.
And we’ve gone to the park to share this bliss,
for school will soon cut short his time for play.
The wide, paved......
Continue reading...
Categories:
quelling, childhood, son,
Form:
Sonnet
Christmas Mourning
...I question Adam’s hymn, O’ Holy Night,
while I retreat upstairs on Christmas Eve
comparing his to mine to fill the night:
His was a quill that spilled of quelling leaves,
of grace cont......
Continue reading...
Categories:
quelling, anger, christian, christmas, daughter,
Form:
Rhyme Royal
If a Goodbye Echoes
...If a goodbye echoes when you say hello
And tears concealed admonish your smile
As life abandons you without hinting why,
Did you miss the sound of her silent cries?
If you need to ask how long......
Continue reading...
Categories:
quelling, heartbreak, love hurts,
Form:
Verse
My oblivious eye
...
Here on the cusp of all things, is where I succumb
Ceding my stuff blindly, toward oblivion and none
Unwilling to persevere, without a modicum of fun
Listing in perpetual stasis, til the spas......
Continue reading...
Categories:
quelling, deep, life, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
New Never Is - Charles Wood
...New never is...
(Charles Wood)
We are but voyeurs,
peering through the iris
of the painter’s eye’s recording
details of a scene
not meant for sharing,
when wealth and power
are ......
Continue reading...
Categories:
quelling, love,
Form:
Free verse
Autumn's Adieu
...Fall's colorful leaves are most appealing to me,
Gilding the hillsides with gold, touching every tree.
Hay rides on a wagon bed add to Halloween fun,
Impossible not to enjoy the painted setting su......
Continue reading...
Categories:
quelling, autumn, friendship, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Burning Candle
...I
am a
candle
made of
wax. I may
appear to be
soft and fragile.
My body shaped
......
Continue reading...
Categories:
quelling, encouraging,
Form:
Concrete
Gift of Recovery
...
A black cloud envelops my sky
Threatening to rain down a torrent of pain
Oceans of commotion swirl in my brain
And I try to bandage the wounds in vain
I see only the receding vist......
Continue reading...
Categories:
quelling, angst, growth, hope, motivation,
Form:
Rhyme
The Fires of Hell
...THE FIRES OF HELL
The fire of hell which warm the devils dwelling
Now the Land of Oz are quelling
They rage and burn, galloping on
Taking life and homes, leaving none
The path they raze blow......
Continue reading...
Categories:
quelling, fire,
Form:
Rhyme
Tempest Deep
...I ride the waves of innocence
on the ocean of The Now.
From the depths of dank
a demon stalks my bow.
On deck afraid, alone I stood
quelling fear the best I could.
Furled the jib and reefed t......
Continue reading...
Categories:
quelling, death, deep, introspection, ocean,
Form:
Couplet
Mr. Lopez and Mr. Ayers
...I flip the history of Bojangles
On a cool Sunday evening
Los Angeles coming down
A flow of oboes breathing
Through the lung of the street
The hobo not stopping for air
Fingers moving in a dance......
Continue reading...
Categories:
quelling, friendshiplove,
Form:
Free verse
The Days of the Knights Shape
.... Back in
the days of
the Knights
Lack of
wood to
cook food
......
Continue reading...
Categories:
quelling, encouraging, fantasy, feelings, humorous,
Form:
Shape