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Bottlenecks Poems - Poems about Bottlenecks

Premium Member I'm Just Slow
...I'm Just Slow Absolute Truth Takes F'ing FOREVER To figure out. Out. Out. Out. Yes, and that needs some Cleverer Adjective above. Insistent Bottlenecks. Hang on... I'll get it.......

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Categories: bottlenecks, appreciation, life, self, truth,
Form: Free verse
The Bereaved Employee
...Quick to forget the Off-Duty Grant That makes bosses not rant Easily treating An Observer, To a levity of A Grieving Server All stops are boldly pulled out Like irritable errors struck out, All......

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Categories: bottlenecks, anxiety, business, career, death,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Isn'T It Nice
...Isn't it nice when the world's upside-down when people are crazed with-OUT Covid around When so many dark things seem to happen when nuclear war can again be imagined Yes, isn't it nice......

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Categories: bottlenecks, cool, crazy, perspective, poetry,
Form: Couplet
Las Vegas
...City of illusion Colourfully lit alleys, gaming joints Millionaires, millionaires in waiting Chattering, dining away Divulging beautiful illumination Of a paradise on earth Devoid of stress an......

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Categories: bottlenecks, addiction, imagination, myth,
Form: Prose
Full Disclosure
... Half wits spouting half-measures, never fully investing in the future of flesh-and-blood commodity — You and me Air head bottlenecks spewing half-hearted promises, full belly l......

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Categories: bottlenecks, corruption, metaphor, truth, word
Form: Dramatic Verse



The Injured, Desolate Jericho
...Where silhouetted sentinels silently stand in vain bleeding shades of layered shame on blight-lined highways below, their ghostly shadows remind us of dreams we dared to drain. Interred on......

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Categories: bottlenecks, america, city, community, jobs,
Form: Villanelle
Toys
...Toys Too much of everything, no equanimity, ipods and emails engulfing your brain; snafus and bottlenecks, traffic and tie-ups, endless confusion will drive you insane. Perhaps it would be......

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Categories: bottlenecks, uplifting,
Form: Verse
Toys
..."Teach us to care and not to care; teach us to sit still." -T.S. Eliot Too much of everything, no equanimity, ipods and emails engulfing your brain; sn......

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Categories: bottlenecks, writing,
Form: Quatrain
Toys
..."Teach us to care and not to care; teach us to sit still." -T.S. Eliot Too much of everything, no equanimity, ipods and emails engulfing your brain; snaf......

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Categories: bottlenecks, writing,
Form: Verse
Toys
..."Teach us to care and not to care; teach us to sit still." -T.S. Eliot Too much of everything, no equanimity, i-pods and emails engulfing your brain; s......

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Categories: bottlenecks, fun,
Form: Quatrain
Lost
...Lost am I In the bottlenecks of sorrow Those hunches about you Smug an empty tomorrow, I lock the doors Yet you appear Behind those silhouettes I tend to disappear, Burying my head Dee......

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Categories: bottlenecks, absence, bereavement, deep, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Equanimity
..."Teach us to care and not to care; teach us to sit still." -T.S. Eliot Too much of everything, no equanimity, ipods and emails engulfing your brain; sn......

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Categories: bottlenecks, inspirational, writing,
Form: Quatrain
Meet Her At Byzantine
...She has nothing to hide She bathes from phoenix waters Her face is a painting of emotions Joy, fear, anger, sadness Triumphs over lakes of unbelievable Her body is a shrine Of Lady of Morals ......

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Categories: bottlenecks, adventure, allegory, beauty, best
Form: Free verse
Dare To Dream
...Dimmed and crestfallen You object for the vices! Your trimmed hopes Your dampened spirits See what has befallen you You played the prey You braced for the claws In the grinding grip An en......

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Categories: bottlenecks, change, courage, dream, heartbroken,
Form: Lay
All Bottled Up
...All Bottled Up Bottlenecks are one thing driving down the road Making one late for work is another Cumbersome, slow and an all time low Containers made from glass have their ups and downs Mostly do......

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Categories: bottlenecks, conflict, drink, history, silly,
Form: Free verse

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