Best Unleashed Poems
UNLEASHED
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I used to bury it,
under layers of ‘shoulds’ and ‘musts,’
beneath the weight of expectation,
a small, frantic bird trapped in a cage of ribs.
but the cage is rusting; the lock has sprung.
and the bird, oh, the bird remembers flight.
it remembers the sun on its feathers,
the wind beneath its wings,
the boundless blue stretching,
a promise whispered on the breath of dawn.
so I listen.
I surrender to the insistent pull,
the magnetic north of my own true north.
the voice within,
the one that refuses to be quieted,
is finally, gloriously,
unleashed.
Rain rushed in like a concert audience.
There’s nothing calm about Spring’s arrival.
The specter gusts regrets and survival,
Strip limbs for whips — a sore obedience.
A path cut through, a cold subservience.
The robin’s heavy breast with cheep revival.*
A rose depressed in past Spring’s archival.
Absence of warmth, enrages audience.
A sip of dandelion wine — desire
spurs wholesome cheat, complete with snowy seeds.
Remembrance of unwrinkled hands - youth’s lore,
A marshmallow on spit, and rosy fire.
Enhance the peace and love of daisy beads.
Unwind the twister’s coil, unleash Spring’s core.
3/21/2018
Greg Cornish’s Petrarchan Sonnet contest
cheep - to utter faint shrill sounds : peep, to utter a single word or sound
(from Merriam Webster dictionary) Also mimics the word “cheap”
The wind brushes her red mane wild and untamed, lifting her gown
A trance sweeps and sways her figure while bright orbs surround her
Transported to other realms where forestry scenes blend far away
A wistful lean body revealed thru a sheer dress, she is lifted into thin air
As she twirls around to celestial sounds, with spirits she dances free
In this pipe dream phantasy I imagined it were me, on this blissful day
Complaining - the price for sure!
The brand of the gas not pure...
TP was Gold then
In line like a hen...
Would love to give his rash cure...
for Carolyn Devonshire's contest
Nature’s force unleashed
Tornado
Ripping up the land
Lune
Wind and heavy rain
define what’s a hurricane.
Nature’s force unleashed.
Unleash the beast,
from way deep down,
stand up for whats right,
or your going to drown.
Don't get walked on,
stand tall and proud,
unleash your inner voice,
from your soul scream loud!
Don't cower away,
or hide in the night,
unleash your emotions,
be a star shinning bright.
Love all people,
in sickness and in health,
for only when you do,
can you unleash yourself!
Cold night of winter forest asleep
Nature's spring miracles silently keep
Morbid air through skeletal trees
Chilly atmosphere of deep unease.
Decaying debris all that remains
Tree roots suggest dehydrated vein
Lifeforce of forest drained away
Underground waiting another day.
Nature orchestrates harmony
Seasonal change brings sanctuary
When bluebells raise beautiful heads
Forest's alive, no longer dead.
Green fern and moss carpet ground
Sleepy creatures shuffle around
Trees stretch old arthritic limbs
Buds unfurl and springtime sings.
Cycle of life nature's design
By this humanity is defined
In tune with season, we also rotate
Climate change horror~ is it too late?
The mind is a dangerous place,
Wid creatures trapped inside..
In hidden nooks and corners,
Behind thick,high walls..
Struggling for release..
The untamed desires,
Writhing and scraping for escape
Escape and turn into reality
Leashed for too long,
Unchecked and forgotten,
Its now grown stronger,
And is on the brink of release..
Its fueded a war,
Between two mighty forces:
The brain and the heart,
No matter who wins,
I'll always lose...
She has completely unleashed all forms of hell
What power she’s unleashing she won’t tell
Absolutely hurtful
Very purposeful
You’ve unleashed all this pain so very well
Entrant into Paula Swanson's "Unleash" contest
2/18/2012
I'm not going to whisper
I will speak my mind.
I will follow my intuition
Abandon judgements
ignore unkind.
Allow my car to steer
me in the right direction.
even when I do not have
a destination.
I am 30 and full of unique
knowledge mixed with naiveness.
I met a man, my heart did fall
I danced without my watch.
I sang without volume control
I walked never looking down.
I looked life straight in the eyes
never bowing down or retreating.
I fought my battles with no hesitation
I rarely apologized.
I had a heart with more love than it could contain.
by Kristen bruni for nette onclaud's AT THIS AGE contest.
A time in history, August 30, 2005
Katrina unleashed her fury
Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama lost lives
Days pass, no help in sight, people become weary
Scenes of tragedy, despair, and suffering
Chaos abounds in the midst of the storm
People struggling for survival, the government buffering
States, cities, communities, neighborhoods torn
Katrina unleashed a colissal fear
With an amazing speed and power
Leaving death in its path, far and near
Swift rescues critical with each passing ghour
Quarter million people abruptly displaced
Multi billion dollar cleanup to be faced
Economies and jobs were lost
Katrina unleashed, what a cost
Dedicated to the people in New Orleans that lost the most
Adventurous spirit within an introvert
No longer can they contain the animal
To be hidden in captivity no more
Scaring those who thought they knew the real individual
Unfamiliar to friends and associates who observe this unforeseen behavior
The explosion is the manifestation of destiny
The future is bound to be epic
god has taken away,something from a soulmates soul,
nothing precious,nothing glod,nothing precious nor old.
but the thing which is gone is like a pearl from oysters mouth.
and like the door which shows the was out.
what is gone is like the sun's rays,
and is to never come back like those winter dark days.
what is gone is somthing very colse,
and was so attractive like bulb which always glows.
who or what this "something", i am sure you must wonder,
it was as bright as lightning and as loud as thunder.
it was "he",
a father of 1 year old,
a husband of 25 yera old,
a son of 60 year old ,
and an uncle to who ever he called "gold".
god called him at a very young stage,
where no one was ment to be laid.
he was someone who no one betrayed,
he was we called a "SOLDIER",
he went to heaven with pleasure.
A time in history, August 30, 2005
Katrina unleashed her fury
Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama lost lives
days pass, no help in sight, people become weary
Scenes of tragedy, despair, and suffering
chaos abounds in the midst of the storm
people struggling for survival, the Government buffering
states, cities, communities, neighborhoods torn
Katrina unleashed a colossal fear
with an amazing speed and power
leaving death in it's path, far and near
swift rescues critical with each passing hour
Quarter million people abruptly displaced
multi-billion dollar cleanup to be faced
economies and jobs were lost
Katrina unleashed! what a cost
Dedicated to the people in New Orleans that lost the most.