Best Shock Poems

She held a seashell to her ear
But heard no soothing sea,
Just choking gasps of life caught in
An ocean of debris.

05.11.19


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My friends come home draped in flags 
I pause at the edge of the airplane door
Facing a tunnel leading me to a muffled joy
Strangers tell me I am related to them...
I deny a woman with three kids... her kiss
My friends are slipping in trucks with...

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why seek true love 
when even the truest love is fleeting
the thing you should desire is 
for lasting love to transpire 
take my hand and hold your breath
this is a love test
do you have a single doubt
about how it will turn out
are you afraid they...

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I'm sure this has happened to most of you
You come up with this brilliant thought
Before you have a chance to write it down
It vanishes like a shot

You try and try so hard to remember
This amazing new invention
But your mind's gone south for the summer
And has...

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When the majority is accustomed to having their say,
it's a shock to the system when it's no longer that way
Dwindling numbers has turned the majority into the minority
Welcome to my world,
where having your voice heard is an exercise in futility
Go grab a megaphone,
or dial some...

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the war was well 

on its way
mottled and coddled
 battled  and  bottled
before the

            front was modeled
      the frontline was hobbled
the forefront was cobbled

dark hearts be doubled
light hearts...

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It came in with ice cream and half empty sunscreen
And went out with goosebumps and “EEK!” Halloween
That autumnal breeze and the fire in the trees
Gave way to demons and trembly knees

Leaves all relinquished their sure Summer grip
Fluttering down they would duck, dive and dip
To settle...

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She opened her door
  stepped outside
Her walk best described
  as an easy glide

She looked around
  blinked her eyes
No moon, no stars
  pitch-black surprise

In shock was she
  the world gone mad
no light or hope
  her heart so sad

She pinched herself
...

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Shock and awe




You can take away my freedom
You can take away my rights
But you will never take away
What I believe is right

You can hunt me and chase me
You can try with all your might
But you will never take away 
What I believe is right


For 100...

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“Shell Shock”

(for my father J. D. Bowles
U.S. Navy Seabees- World War II)



I can remember, at an early age,
    Hearing him cry out in the night.
       Defending himself again against some 
     ...

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An opening sarcophagus in a pharoah's tomb,
   Started emanating light into the room,
 The mummy screamed, "I'll put a curse on you,
          All your progeny I will pursue,
    One should never...

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Inside out sun hole
Navigates concave pea bowl
Full degree skin jump...

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gasping for air
she let the shock
sink in...

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How was I to know a lightning bolt
would zig-zag into me? My body lies there on the ground,
a nurse, doing CPR.
Shocked voices. All eyes focused on the victim.
	
While over the way, I stand. Separate. Watching. 
I move to tap a friend’s shoulder, saying,  that’s...

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there he was
in his white coat
afraid of our reaction
as he dropped the C word

we watched it bounce off the floor
and hang there suspended
no one reaching to grab it
we all sat there with a blank stare

pretending to be deaf
frozen in disbelief
biting our tongue
holding our breath

limp arms...

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