Best Swallowed Poems
Swallowed By the Moon*Super Moon 3/20/19
I was swallowed by the moon
Its brightness captured me
It hadn’t come too soon
Needing light to consume me
And so it did, from a dark winter night
My soul moved to and fro
With its endless moon path in sight
Glimmering all over the snow
Nothing but a lift,...
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Categories:
swallowed, beautiful, light, love, moon,
Form:
Rhyme
swallowed by the night -
the heavens yawn a sea of suns above me
each shining gem to countlessly attest
to how I conned her barren heart...
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Categories:
swallowed, analogy, break up, heartbreak,
Form:
Rhyme
Swallowed DeathI wade the waterside enticing death.
The sea extols the brash to th’ outermost
Abyss. A ‘know it all’, I challenged this
Watery host.
I capsized in the tumultuous seas;
I’m in the heart of the abyssal deep.
The billowing waters; they crest and fall,
Enmesh and sweep.
Disjointed and astray from...
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Categories:
swallowed, death, loss,
Form:
Quatrain
The Cat That Swallowed the HatThe hat in the cat, that swallowed it whole
Then jumped in my arms, and he started to grow....
A cain for his paw and taps for his shoes
He then leaned over and whispered
"But have you heard the news?"
I opened my eyes and I lifted my head
Yet...
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Categories:
swallowed, lifecat,
Form:
The Boy Who Swallowed the SeaI once had a friend
who swallowed the sea,
with a thirst so great
it was awesome to see.
Gulping down water,
in large mouthfuls he drank.
Then into the sea,
I was pushed and I sank!
Sitting on a sea turtle,
I yelled up, "Please stop!
I'm sorry I poured
pepper sauce in your pop."...
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Categories:
swallowed, child, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Swallowed a BugThere once was a man who swallowed a bug
Put his hand in his mouth and started to tug
He hemmed and he hawed
Even pulled out a saw
Now he smiles with only one tooth on his mug...
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Categories:
swallowed, fun,
Form:
Limerick
Floods Swallowed My BeamerI loved it very dear
A unique find it was
I drove it very far
Without any fear
Driving was pleasure
Travelling in, a pride
Its presence a delight
That many saw in awe
It was a fairy in white
Darting across milestones
Skimmed on Highways
Carrying family to places
Safely, surely and quickly
It sped...
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Categories:
swallowed, best friend, car, creation,
Form:
Ballad
The Night Swallowed WholeThe night passes onward
The fear of sleeping, like a coward
The dark past is drilled into the back of his mind
Just wish he could go back and rewind
Back through the broken hourglass overflowing with the sands of time
He can’t drown his demons, they know how to...
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Categories:
swallowed, absence, anger, character, children,
Form:
Rhyme
Swallowed
"Swallowed"
Swallowed
in the belly of the whale
epiphany rips my waves
more than a stone ripples 5
12 disciples
bare feet floating on yesterday’s grave
walk on water
Survive
Swallowed
in the belly of the whale
epiphany rips my waves
saltwater tears taste
an elixir
Communion of the Brave
A wake
Awake
Wave
(LadyLabyrinth / 2020)
"The Test" / The...
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Categories:
swallowed, courage, future, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Swallowed Arsenic, It's Finethe orange of the burning house
is the most comforting color i've seen in years
it's better than the red that's been coming out
of my eyes and nose and ears
as a compulsive liar and a pyromaniac
i know a thing or two about hell
oh yeah, i'm doing fine,...
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Categories:
swallowed, mental illness,
Form:
Rhyme
I Swallowed a Fire FlyI Swallowed a Fire Fly
Birds of words perched
On branches of life
Love streamed from mind
Like a melody.
It's getting dark
A soccer game of fertility
Hot rain and plough furrow,
Seeds in labor pain
A fire fly flying around.
Volcanic ashes shroud love
Desert storm howling over life
I sitting on the...
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Categories:
swallowed, passion, fire, fire,
Form:
Imagism
River Ethiope Has Swallowed Another Big FishRiver Ethiope has swallowed another big
...
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Categories:
swallowed, adventure, africa, beach, bereavement,
Form:
Personification
Swallowed the LieAre you not aware of this flailing virus,
This erroneous contagion of mass manipulation,
This corrupt monetary infliction that has enslaved us,
This pervasive forge toward death and destruction?
Awake, awake! End the illusory dream
You have swallowed the lie,
A deadly cocktail in your bloodstream,
A numbing mirage has caught your...
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Categories:
swallowed, corruption, society,
Form:
Couplet
Categories:
swallowed, devotion, friendship, husband, loss,
Form:
Lyric
Just Swallowed It HoleI just swallowed it hole
the whole
hole is gone
down the gullet
round the bend
debarked
embarked
set sail for deeper seas
in my heart
head...nostrils are in fact holes
but not the one I swallowed whole...
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Categories:
swallowed, anger,
Form:
Free verse