Water Blank Verse Poems

stream of consciousness 


A laughing clown filled the heavenly screen
full of malic, behind him, men were eating children
Wine and blood ran down their chests 
they had the...

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From the morning papers


We read the woman, a former actress
who stole a prince and was hated by the kingdom
is a duchess selling jam and pottery
Her...

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Rural Sunday
I sat on a milk ramp by a road
that has not suffered the indignity
to be covered in a black trickle 
Sunday!
the sky was eternally blue
I...

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She firmly gripped the cardboard box as though
it housed the formulas for happiness,
longevity, and peace, as if it held
a million dollars and a bag of...

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A glass of water

He got up late and thought of coffee,
he had to drink it in black
Forgot to buy milk yesterday because it was raining
...

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Automobile industry

At the seaside, the water signaled many colors
pale sober gin, dark hue, then bottle green and pink like a nursery rhyme
no one took notice...

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I didn't borrow it, it's apart of me
Like the rainbow fleece
Like a trophy waiting for me
Like the breath I breathe and need 
But it leaves
Flowing...

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A Brisling (King Oscar sardines)

I opened a tin of sardines in olive oil for supper
Headless and nicely packed, except for one
that had a head and...

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Languages Blossom Like Flowers: A Whimsical Theory 

In the tapestry of human existence, languages weave intricate patterns. They are the vibrant threads connecting us, allowing...

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No more can I live on the meat
Of living things (nor on corpses).
Their milk, too, is for their newborns
And their eggs are their future kids.

I...

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A day of sunlight


Cascais has had a few good days with sunlight and no rain
already, the meteorologists are worried, interviewed on TV
They display concerned faces,...

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Have I really been working on myself or did I just change from my work clothes to something more comfortable
Is this depression or is it...

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Winston’s black dog visits me once again,
forever prowling round on these dark days. 
I’m forced to consider the real problem -
and try to take a...

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Sun in your eyes

in the white sea of sun-bleached straws
I saw a crow struggle and drown
in the glare
I was given a chance to see and...

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survivors

The captain called up the harbor authorities needed a birth a ship no one had heard of, but its manifest stated Sydney-bound 
They let the...

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