Best Washout Poems

on valentines day  ~
night of hot passion cancelled
punctured water bed  ~






Written on 3rd February 2019

For Valentine senyru  poetry contest

Sponsored by Tania Kitchin....

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Meteoric warning of storm's danger, 
still awed nonetheless by its brute force.
And those giants along the tree line—
submitting to its dark, amorphous power—	
bow in the...

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I thought I heard you calling in the rain from afar
What do you need on this gray day without a star?
The fog is lifting, revealing...

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Dust & Ash

Meteors falling from the sky
like stars sparkling in the night.

The volcano’s dust forms
below Iceland’s clouds.

Life stops.
Pilots stand.

Air traffic is discontent,
as the volatile atmosphere...

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Vanished is the sun that had peeked so exuberantly
around the clouds! Our new beach chair that broke sits taunting me.
The castle that our children built...

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Precipitation:
Culminates in a washout
Stuffed camels get soaked...

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Who gave this world the right to judge me?

 

Everywhere I look, all I see is the jury,

But I'm not getting a fair trial.

 

Before...

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She’s my beautiful infection,
                  My toxic allure,
 ...

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Phoenix and Phoenicia

They had both been victims of their own sad minds stories lost told and untold
narratives to be re-authored livid experience lived in silence...

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Yes, I am fine thanks for asking
Am I? How do you really know?
Could it just be feelings I am masking
Always trying to protect others from...

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Within this world I live, is ascertain destruction of humankind.
The crystal ball has reveal to me a blaze in time.

The strongest man will not overcome.
The...

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ONE:
At three in the morning the Internet calls out.
Come to the computer; visit friends round about.
All of a sudden, soon pulling hair out,
The lights go...

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Strong winds hovers the land..
Rooftop, leaves are flying...
Heavy soulful rains abound...
Thunder and lighting visibly surrounds..

Each one is rushing for shelter..
Running and risking in the highways..
Vehicles...

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Innocent dove of the flame
What we cannot see but what we rely on 
If only there was you and
I Enchanted forever without hope we shall...

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Kicks tires
Checks wires

Full stop 
Revs prop

Must heed
Airspeed

Thumbs up
Climbs up

No sweat
(Not yet)

Alas
No gas

In spin
Chagrin

No chute
Oh shoot

Bad day
Mayday

Crashed plane
On plain

Washout
No doubt...

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