Bodiless Poems - Poems about Bodiless

Summer Perdition

...after 'Berck-Plage' by Sylvia Plath

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A sheet of glass, this expanse of water.
How its tranquillity mocks my unrest.

Bloated beachballs and balloons
travel the park and...

A Fly Taught Me to Fly

...It came like a whisper
on wings too dirty for angels,
a fly with no gospel—
just bloodlust and fire.
I don’t remember the bite—
only the stories they told me—
the brain-boil, the silence
of a ...

Undoing the Disarmament of Venus de Milo: Aphrodite Gets Her Biceps Back

...Tombs begin to bloom like raw, bloodless wounds.
Tomes are written with truths of her dead moon’s
tones. A keening lunacy keeps the dirges alive, while
bones rise out of repose. A degloved hand on...

Wandering Spirits of The Sea

...Wandering Spirits of the sea find your way home back to thee, wandering spirits of the sea my heart is crying out for thee, you roam the sea day and night dragging innocent souls into your fights, yo...

In the labyrinth of thoughts, where the soul and mind intertwine like the vine

...In the labyrinth of thoughts, where the soul and mind intertwine like the vine,
A dance of shadows and light, where memories whisper like the wind through leaves,
There lies an abyss, deep and wide...

The Hungry Stones IV

...I felt a sharp thrill in my heavy heart, 
But hardly knew if that tip of a dart 
Was caused by delight, fear or curious mind, 
And felt an eerie, strong urge truth to find, 
But naught was seen b...

Peace In the Nowhere

...
"Peace in the Nowhere"

Ghosts remain in this place
they read their words 
marked each day on walls
like prayers, it gives them
peace in the nowhere

someplace relevant ...

Reverse Polarity

...Why does my consciousness get swiftly corroded?
Why my conscience finds itself in contradiction?
Why with strange thoughts, words, and actions mind get loaded?
Why betwixt likes and dislikes there...

Scattered Sheep

...I see them running around the town searching for a new home; everyone is moving to where destiny is bound, broken hearts, with no one to mend the hole, wounded bodies left bleeding on the streets and...

The Whole Flowering

...Yes, the full bloom is pretty
all that culmination just short of perfection,
            that opening,
a hasp and harbor for light and warmth
a wide-eyed blossoming
raised up in a blind glory
 ...

The Closet Held Secrets

...The closet held secrets
    his deepest fears
  It hadn't been opened
    in nigh on ten years

  He'd painted it over
    sealed it so tight
  its eerie green glow
    flickered ghost-white
...

Let There Be Limericks: Two For Halloween 2022

...Dinner Date or Date for Dinner?
When the harvest moon is full and bright,
And the wolf bane blooms on an autumn night,
If the guy whose kiss used to make you swoon
Starts to lick his lips ...

The Sleeper and the Supernaturalist

...
"The Sleeper and The Supernaturalist"


The Sleeper
shone as she walked 
through the Woods

shining alive 
like nothing
natural could

caught 
in the moonlight 
una...

Angels and Our First Parents

...The Chief creatures of God are men and angels

Angles are bodiless spirits created to adore and enjoy God in heaven

The first man and woman are Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve are innocent and holy...

Ode To a Long Ago Ghost

...Right before dark in the middle of June,
Between the setting sun and the rise of the moon
I feel an eerie vapor, damp and dim, 
Exhale from a distance fence and over its rim 
It steals like magic...

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