Black Eye Poems

I am a person who is very confused
This world has given me much to cry about
I was torn to pieces and left to weep all night
My mother killed me with a black eye
But tonight , I have a vision
And believe...Read More

I’ve started writing letters,
I’m sure you have gotten many;
Women who threw themselves at you;
Those who hung on to everything, 
and wrote down anything about you;
Women who’ve  had you, 
perhaps some you wish you had gotten to; 
Perfect signatures but...Read More

How I wish you knew ...

Do you know?
Do you realize how beautiful you are?
Do you notice the people whose heads spin as you pass?
Do you feel ANY worth after he's done with you?
I watch you walk past each day as...Read More

She did not mean to kill him
But she did
A never before unknown self
Had risen from the bowels of preservation

He had approached her with a claw hammer
And something snapped
Possibly because she had already had three hospital visits
Black eye, broken jaw, bruised...Read More

Christmas Cookies Cut like Ice

You brought presents for the kids. 
They hesitated at the door, I watched. 
I had to ask myself, why?
I could not help it. 
(…)

You brought a broken doll in a fancy dress, 
A train without track....Read More

Its beak is just above the oily mud.
Head resting on the thick sludge.
One black eye looks at us.
There is no accusation in that gaze.
No recriminatory stare,
not even a plea for rescue.
Only that dimming lens
that looks at a clean patch of...Read More

BLOOD ON THE MOON
 
WRITTEN BY JEFF R HILTON  OCTOBER 2019
 
 
WOUNDED WARRIOR
BROKEN WING
CONSCIOUS OF EVERYTHING
MOVE IN SILENCE OF NIGHT
TRAVEL LIGHT
THE HOURS BURN AWAY
RIGHT INTO THE LIGHT OF DAY
KEEP ON GOING
OR DIG IN AND STAY
 
HE LIVES EVERY...Read More

WHERE THE NOR’EASTER FLIES

what is the weather, dear.
oh my! where we last sailed
the Nor’easter flies.

oh my, i’m blown over
my darling, that’s clear.
forgot you’re docked over there.

i’m inhaling (yes i do)
the counterclockwise winds
that are keeping you.

piloting your plane
without delay
spurring you South.

see...Read More

STOP

Barking. 
The dogs are barking again. 
It happens every night about the same time. 
I think that is the exact hour, the man comes home…
from the bar.

He lost his job, because of drink.
He lost his job, because of drugs.
He lost...Read More

A collaboration with Kim van Breda - honored Kim

I've tossed some dreams
       into corners
where they sit rusting -
dissected spare thoughts
for a restomod old body
smartly attired with
polished imperfections

swum life's streams
through currents
undulating promises
the color of sandstone
desert...Read More

WARNING Don't Read


Before we get down to your last sites,
I think I should, really, try to relate.
That theyre, now,
only one, very hateful look,
away from you-and I must say!
That it appears,
they're real sick of your face to, too!

You should have never...Read More

He is sorry after giving her that beat down.
He has never been this sorry. 
His wailing sobs can be heard all over the hospital.
Begging her to forgive him. She decides to not press charges.
He is like a contrite little boy.

She...Read More

UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: L (50) - Tongue-Teasers

The « early bird catches the worm » only because the worm has not woken up yet.

« I don’t love you ! I hated your father ! » - must be the real reason why...Read More

sweetcorn tied snug to a white pillar 
tobacco leaf em-prisoner of soul 
seasonal grey ragged tint 
cancer causer to rot 
a beady black eye 
the war tattoo 
calls bodies 
rusting 
grates 



7/1/19
written by James Edward Lee Sr.  ©2019




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I always thought she looked beautiful, 
In the morning before the blame,
When she’d smile at those around the office, 
She’d smile right through the pain,

And colleagues and mates and other staff, 
Would compare her eye to wine,
The blackest wine you...Read More

I remember standing on your feet to dance with you, when I was a little girl,
I remember how you taught me to waltz, around the dancefloor we would twirl.
I remember watching you dance with Mum and Auntie Kath, you always...Read More

I watch her sitting there, and I'm amazed
that she can grin exultantly. It's clear
she's just engaged in a horrendous fight, 
but on her rosy cheeks, there's not one tear.

She looks to be about ten years of age,
this girl with a...Read More

I have come to the end of my tether today and although you think I’m adorable
Enough is enough put your camera away for what you are doing is deplorable

You promised to take only three or four pics that you want...Read More

This is about the three, who had a master's degree, very snooty and got great glee treating people crappy.

They stayed busy as a bee with plenty of money, couldn't see the forest for the trees, they remained peewee.

Couldn't figure why...Read More

Some think a vulture is the ugliest bird.
Her red-black-eye beak looks a little absurd.

Ruthless and greedy, she can make you wretch.
But if you get to know her, she will easily fetch.

She is big and strong with gorgeous black wings.
Carrion feeder,...Read More

Today I see her crying
Sunglasses are well placed though
She doesn't know I heard
Last nights trouble So
I walk right past her door
She doesn't know I see
The black eye she received
Courtesy of He
I slow down a little 
Just to give her a...Read More

The wind is a howling a gale,
there’s thumping and bumping outside.
There’s moans that sound very ghostly
and it shrieked like somebody cried,
so I stepped out into the darkness 
where mystery I hoped would unfold,
then whack! I am flat on me back.
Someone...Read More

I have a horrible secret my 13-year-old best friend confided to me one day at school.
We were between class, and we had two minutes to sprint to our next class, as per the rule.
In opposite directions off course.

I did not...Read More

About 9 months ago, a girl came to class with a black eye. I didn't ask any questions. I just cut my potatoes, made the soup, and kept it moving. 

Six month mark, young cat stopped cutting his potatoes a...Read More

Brown eye to black eye
The movement of colour when you lie
Less conversations,more fights
This tension between us is really pushing me above my height
No good morning texts,nor goodnight ones
The stress makes me lose weight,tonnes and tonnes
Sleepless nights and a broken heart
I've...Read More