Best Unnamable Poems
Descartes' Rule of Signs
...I. Noise in an empty hallway:
My old leather shoes protest as I hurry down the linoleum tiles
Like I'm wearing a little piece of history older than I am.
II. Headlights on a dark road:
Speeding......
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Categories:
unnamable, god, humanity, life, math,
Form:
Free verse
Carrying Onward
...As a boy
I explored shallow river beds.
I carried home in a jar unnamed water-bugs,
minnows, tadpoles and
little frogs that glowed yellow
when the sunlight swam in the creek.
Now the su......
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Categories:
unnamable, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Two Sights, and the Lessons They Taught Me
...Upon a time, not so long ago
I saw these things, and locked them away
In the treasure room of my memory:
One sunset, Apocalyptic in its brilliance;
Clouds of opal shimmering,
Flying across a ......
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Categories:
unnamable, imagination, introspection, mystery, visionaryme,
Form:
Free verse
Dreamer
...Once upon a midnight otherworldly
My metaphysical, I could not awaken
Eagerly I looked for the literal
Through which came thrilling, thrilling, thrilling
The absurdist seemed happy instilling
Th......
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Categories:
unnamable, 12th grade, dream,
Form:
Light Verse
Sweet and Sour Man
...He makes a cradle with his arms
for the pup to sprawl in
and languidly lets his swarthy body
sag in the rocking chair.
Something about him smacks
of black magic; maybe his eyes.
Sometimes, l......
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Categories:
unnamable, friendship,
Form:
Free verse
Bicycle
...The sun has centered me
into a fascinating glare,
humble reason
amongst simple people
no to be misplaced.
They carry a hidden regret,
that constant abstraction
makes them survive
the unnam......
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Categories:
unnamable, day, journey, rain, river,
Form:
Free verse
Darkest Light
...Here at the heart of the darkest day
Darkest light at noonday and midnight
The shadows show the holes to a different realm
A different reality, negative images of creation
The opposite of l......
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Categories:
unnamable, allegory, allusion, anger, art,
Form:
Rhyme
Beautiful Shivers
...I was sitting in a church filled with light and beauty
listening to an organist as he gently fused my soul
Even the flowers on the alter seemed to be entranced
in this ethereal place where harde......
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Categories:
unnamable, faith,
Form:
Free verse
An Uncomfortable Moment
...jenny & johnny
(two hetero-swingers)
were enjoying the sunrise for their first time
with swirling rays of blissful first contact,
animalistic scents filling one another’s nostrils
(faces all stuffed......
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Categories:
unnamable, life, sound, sound,
Form:
Free verse
Marco and Laura Coming Together
...It could be seen in the rough surf
Marco and Laura traveling towards French style turf
Touring the gulf
Showing the teeth of an angry wolf
Winds swirling
Waves curling
Water hurling
Lik......
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Categories:
unnamable, horror, howl, hurt, storm,
Form:
Rhyme
A Great Unknown
...(“The Search For Unnamable Things Merit Badge”, 2011, original oil)
A Great Unknown
I figure there are just a handful or two
Of friends and family who really know me
But last night in ......
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Categories:
unnamable, dream, perspective, relationship, self,
Form:
Narrative
Trumpasaurus Extinction Highly Unlikely
...Huge life like mockup
rigged up to bark
dare buzzfeed outsize monstrosity
diet coke, McDonald's and meatloaf
pet banality, execrable, and misogynistic words
greets visitors at formerly named
M......
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Categories:
unnamable, allusion, anger, animal, anti
Form:
Rhyme
In My Spiel and Storied Telling
......dead mice thus far do gnaw, splintered mirrors
neck and rubber yet with scant regret.
Ropes both for hanging and climbing, good grief,
bad love, honey-do-dew in a salty brew.
In my closet, p......
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Categories:
unnamable, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Inner Visions
...Upon a time not so long ago
I saw these things, and locked them away,
Treasures in memory's secret stores:
A sunrise of Apocalyptic brilliance,
Clouds of opal strewn
Above a sapphire sea.
W......
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Categories:
unnamable, hope, imagination, inspirational, introspection,
Form:
Blank verse
Divination
...Weave together twine, yarn, and natural hemp ropes.
Tie 9 knots after you've braided and blasphemated 9 popes.
Do this accordingly to restrain all within this bind.
All while chanting hypnotic ......
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Categories:
unnamable, growth,
Form:
Concrete