Betwixt Poems - Poems about Betwixt

Midnight Chrrysalls

This clinging dark
not death, not bloom
stilled in air. 

Soft walls resist what dares to come
The skin forgets its former hue,
Will light find purchase there? 

A hush before the body breaks,
not wing, not wound, but something near...
The splitting shell reveals a vast, cold, bright despair.

Betwixt

no sun, no storm
a silence shimmers sideways
no blue sea

I reach without knowing
am I the lock or the key
held in the shadow’s plea

both edges draw their border
this breath is not yet a name
I live between what will and won't be



Tesla 3-6-9

Betwixt The Between

Writing
in margins
where words never go
The meaning
bipolar
whose ink doesn’t show
Living
inceptive 
divorced from the light
Married
to emptiness
— unstringing my kite

(The New Room: July, 2025)

Wrung Betwixt the Sky and Sea

Blue on blue
a sandwich
of the sky and sea
clutching on
jealously
to the distant horizon.

They both join hands,
laugh, 
and emit their
features, 
creatures and apparitions.

Streaming towards you
like they're on 
washing machine wringer rollers,
one spinning out and up
the other,
spinning out and down,
painting the scene 
blue on blue,
silk-screened.

Seagulls soar.
Flying fish leap.
Dolphins hobby-horse.
Fishes flip, flop and swim.
Clouds billow and wallow along.
Waves rush

Betwixt bliss beats

Body consciousness, once bliss energised,
entwines toroidal heart with the head shell,
whereupon truth of Self is realised,
after stark fears and dark desires we bell,
freed at last from ego’s hypnotic spell.
As we are we be and so we become,
the flame sublime, synced with the cosmic hum.

Betwixt the Nature

betwixt the chaos and happiness 
I'm feeling something 
In the tranquil nature of wind
In the tranquil sounds of birds
In the tranquil calmness of the pond
I see a reflection of mine
and hope for the eternal peace
to put out the fire
to challenge the eldritch figure
who has destroyed my home

I've been vexed by my haunting dreams
I've been vexed

Untitled

betwixt and between
caught in the middle of doubt
no way to turn

A Merrie Discourse Betwixt Two Ducks

Upon the pond, where lilies float,
Two ducks did meet, each fine of coat.
Their feathers gleamed ‘neath gilded light,
And thus began their feath’ry fight.
Quoth Drake to Dame, with pufféd chest,
“Good wench, thy quacking lacks finesse!
Thy tones do clatter, coarse and crude,
Like pebbles cast in solitude.”
The Dame, unruffled, gave a grin,
“Thy jests, dear Drake, art weak and

Golly Gosh Betwixt

a whole manner of oodles saw
stuff piled under a shelf
a sofa on the ceiling
and a light fitting on the floor
there were gardens
in the living room
all his worth beyond the door

he walked off to the north aloud
opening a gate behind
tipped his hat at Jupiter
his shadow walked to the south
passing statues
in the street
and words flew into his

Betwixt

It seems evil flourishes time after time.
Men follow cycles of hate, greed and crime,
mixed in with apathy, jealously, fear.
I’ve wondered the cause but it’s really quite clear.

For the war rages on betwixt Satan and God.
God requires faith in him and here’s what’s odd -
Satan does not require that we believe.
He has an effective gig going

Betwixt and Between

Betwixt and between
Sadness and mirth
Happy but sad
For dear Mother Earth

Feeling sorry for
Adding to the mess
Not really aware
Of my part I confess

Betwixt and between
Feel guilty at times
Having so much
While others are crying

The worldwide problem
Of hunger and disease
Is difficult to remedy 
Impossible to ease

Betwixt and between
I sit here and cry
'Bout the inequality
Don't understand why

Do we throw up

What Lies In the Betwixt and the Between

What Lies In The Betwixt And The Between

What lies in the betwixt and the between
Heaven and hell, this world's darkest of scenes
Mankind wallows in the deepest of sin
Parades in blackest deeds, from early teens
Dare we to such foul actions then decry
Whilst our own deep darkness we seek to hide
As we walk under the malevolent moon
Into

Betwixt Bliss Beats

Betwixt bliss beats, our soul’s aware
That all that is, is but God’s grace
And thus side stepping ego’s snare
We choose to exit life’s rat race

Childlike innocence paves the way
Betwixt bliss beats, our soul’s aware
That fears and desires make us sway
But we flow with nary a care

We wish to share but none can pair
With love’s vibrance we

Betwixt the Moon In June

God, make your shanty in my room
I firmly fathom, what's your doom
Your handle caused a million streams 
Moonlight that bliss, within my dreams
Among moon insight, we'll resume

8th Place Contest Winner

Written: June 9, 2022

The Moon in June (Choose One of Five Forms) Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Andrea Dietrich

Betwixt - Between

Betwixt-Between
      

    I woke up
               in a dream.
     The smell of
               tastes gone before.
 

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