Best Unhinging Poems

Alice in Wonderland 
Was my favorite book as a kid
I used to pretend that I was Alice
Having tea with the Mad Hatter 
And the March Hare
But now I pretend that I am the Mad Hatter
For my mind is unhinging itself
Breaking away from reality
Till I can...

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UPSIDE DOWN
inverted, topsy-turvy
unhinging, disorienting, confusing
puzzle, somersault; details, viscera
twisting, wearing, turning
front to back, socks
INSIDE OUT

written October 10, 2021...

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The hurricane leaped onshore
dancing with delight
unhinging the tops of buildings
releasing them into the air
like balloons
whose knots are untied
then kicking the hapless battered bottoms 
far down the road
before spinning madly on...

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despair knocks the door
hallucinating the mind
tormenting the soul

darkness dispels light 
sinister black shadows loom
unhinging spirit

an evil fiend tempts 
execrable ideas
drowning to abysm





3-31-2016...

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The past got a wet way of coming back
to unsettle the present
	with haunting future dreams
Who moistened the bed
with such troublesome memories?
There are dark terrors in the night
for the children 
of those whose fathers ignited the fright
Colonialism terrorism days
are washing back on the European shores
Time has...

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Jagged
Edges
Of
The
Mind
Serrated
By
Ghost
Memories
Badgering
Unhinging 
Looping
Sanity
And
Insanity....

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Blinks of teary-filled eyes see on at a diplegic self 
yet mindful transparency is willing me back
Back to my body as sinful warning zones 
alarming   have  deluged  my mind 
Seized are my winks , my signals ,  codes in tact
I...

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My childhood in a box
Years and years gone by,
Only now time stands still 
Looking through that window;
Distance closes the past 
Heading towards memories
Outside the door 
Unhinging the lock, 
Scattered on the floor , images
Each moment there connects
Seamlessly,  my life's puzzle...

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Unhinging her jaws the earth swallowed the sunset
And smiling in eternal dusk
Did she first taste bitter regret...

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So many, too many students had COVID two weeks ago. My parents were supposed to come for a visit, and midterms were on the horizon - so I decided to go ahead and get covid - to get it over with. I’ve been around a...

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I hear no ambulances at night
            Secure sleep brings wishes accepted
            When the sirens are whinging
       ...

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AI

Can create an

Unending string of

Amazing new stories

All for now depending

On a vast store of data..

On the horizon is

AGI (artificial general intelligence)

Which is a leap

An unhinging from the

Data as needed to solve

Problems as humans..

In immediacy......

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The blood-curdling screams through children cringing

A creaking voice of caskets unhinging

Vampires feasting in a paralyzed scene

A diabolical hell for an abduction fiend

Masses of wolves, mobsters and ghouls

Utilize debauchery and tricky on common day fools

With a hero or alien carrying flashlight to follow

The cautionary fright causes...

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Heated by sun and rock
a mottled snake licks the morning air.
Last night, stones were its eyes,
a blood-chill had frozen the flavor
            and flicker
of tongue and taste.

The daylight is already sun-crushed,
    ...

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From this angle the bushes do not conceal them.
Are they hinged or unhinging?
Each body is a prison gate for the other,
both seem stuck together by a pungent lip spit.
Feathering fingers pulse-play over gulping skin.
Greedy eyes zoom in,
unbuckling muscles sift and trowel,
modelling the creaming and palpable.
This...

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