Best Unlatched Poems
-unlatched-
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So young, I was, and so naive
There was no doubt, I did believe
this babe who's latched inside my womb
with ties we had,... would always be
Latched on was he,......
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Categories:
unlatched, childhood, family, mother, son,
Form:
Rhyme
Unlatched
...So young myself, I was naive'
Without a doubt, I did believe
the babe, then latched, inside my womb
would cling to me eternally
Latched on, was he, as he was fed
Then later on, our hands inste......
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Categories:
unlatched, children, day, family, happiness,
Form:
Rhyme
Ella Hyde 1857-1898
...Ella Hyde
1857- 1898
That cad with the freckle on his forehead,
That rascal man beast,
Handsome as a Greek
But devastatingly insecure,
And so deliciously young!
He was the one who stole ......
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Categories:
unlatched, death,
Form:
Epitaph
Floodgates-------A Title Contest
...She remembers the shimmer
of one Sunday morning
The sun had grown dimmer
on the overcast seas
The color of yellow,
spread long amber fingers
And the sycamore trees
......
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Categories:
unlatched, nature, rain, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
The Director
...Looking out through the panes
of the window of time
The curtains pulled back
by a sad aging mime
actors and actresses;
(there was no lack)
The produc......
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Categories:
unlatched, allegory,
Form:
Rhyme
Three
...Thence they come, these thoughts again
As I brood, on mind thus dimmed
Fraught with doubt, crossed by light
Naught but rout, mine sublime such night
Shall I muse on love or war
Fall on fuse or......
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Categories:
unlatched, introspection, on writing and
Form:
Rhyme
Runaway Train
...It was dark...
I was on board
A running mind off the long board
A sleeping mind across the board
A winning mind over a long sword...
I saw children around me
Abducted, crying before me
Cri......
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Categories:
unlatched, abuse, children, dream, grief,
Form:
Verse
Show Me
...A bright light engulfs the room
and suddenly disappears
ushering a blazing essence
that abruptly evolves in the atmosphere,
buttons unlatched
zippers break loose
shirts collapses over skirts
flesh......
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Categories:
unlatched, change, kiss, lost love,
Form:
Free verse
The Get-Away
...His hard eyes stared me down
The remnant of a smile
Now a distant memory
It’s funny how the eyes can relate hatred
Out of nothing came a blow
It made me see stars-for how long?
I can’t count ......
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Categories:
unlatched, abuse, dog, feelings, life,
Form:
Free verse
House of Ruin
...
The howling wind causes the unlatched shutter
to bang incessantly against the faded gray wood
The upstairs window, that the shutter shields,
has spider legs of cracked glass
A black widow ho......
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Categories:
unlatched, corruption, dark, house, political,
Form:
Verse
In Response To My First Poem
...-UNLATCHED-
So young myself, I was naive'
Without a doubt, I did believe
the babe, then latched inside my womb
was bound to me, and would always be
Latched on, was he, as he was fed
The......
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Categories:
unlatched, child, love, mother, mother
Form:
Free verse
Picnics At the Park
...Picnics at the Park
I wished that I had stopped
The hands of Mother Clock
From ticking on its tac
As time flew by steadfast.
Bye, bye my toddler sweet
Hello there little princess
New adven......
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Categories:
unlatched, emotions, grandchild, granddaughter, missing
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Thanks For Your Time
...THANKS FOR YOUR TIME: To everything there is a
season, a time for every purpose under heaven; -
Ecclesiastes 3:1
A young man learns what’s most important in life
from the guy next door. It had be......
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Categories:
unlatched, analogy, bible, blessing, books,
Form:
Prose
Tossing Hand Grenades and Bullets
...Off and on they signaled, always in rapid fire
casting munitions across my window blind
A garish platoon of aggressors engaged in war
all tossing hand grenades at my haggard mind
Their ......
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Categories:
unlatched, angst, sleep,
Form:
Rhyme
Friends Childrens Story
...FRIENDS
This story begin's with Tommy the turtle he was brown and big green with yellow
spots on his back.He was always talking to himself because he didn't know how to
make friends.A rabbit cro......
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Categories:
unlatched, children, friendshipfriend, friend,
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