Clung Poems - Poems about Clung

Aurora in the Ossuary - Broken but bold enough to bounce back

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Written: August 14, 2025, for Contest Sponsored by: Anoucheka Gangabissoon
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I writhed in the womb of a necrotic hush,
a stygian silence where barghests lurk—
My ...

The Weight of Unspoken words

...I carried them, these unsaid things,
Like rusted locks without their springs.
They clung to bone, they pressed on air,
Yet no one knew they lingered there.

They filled the room when I stood sti...

Masks and Boundaries

...Eighth grade brought a boy, a spark,
A clumsy light in the growing dark.
His gaze would stray, and so would hers,
A quiet game without the words.

Not for hunger, just the role,
A mask to shiel...

When We Shed Our Old Skin and Grow More Beautiful Than Ever

...It clung like ivy, patient, green with hunger —
wrapped itself around every beam,
crept beneath shingles,
rooted in the cellar’s damp breath.

I mistook it for the house itself —
fed it rain, f...

The Golden Toll

...The Golden Toll

His hand, a gift, they called it then,
The goose, a feather of shining rust.
A simple gift for a simple man,
A tale of virtue, turned to dust.

But from the goose, the gold wo...

The Man Who Carried the Flame

...(A Poetic Prophecy)

He walked not with crowds, but with silence.
A hush clung to his steps like a prayer.
The wine of the world he did not drink—
He stored his storms in chalices of fire.

Th...

Oh The Flowers !

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Sponsor	Tom Woody
Contest Name	Alice Through The Wormhole 

Flowers outside the schoolroom grew bigger and brighter of their own volition. " Alice, Alice !" the teacher called.  All she saw was ...

Carnival Nights

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There was a chill in the air that night, as the taste of spun cotton candy and stale popcorn floated through the breeze. Lifeless clouds hung in the sky, moving swiftly past an ever-broken moon...

When the Truth Broke in Two

...I remember the first question
I never had the courage to speak.
I feared I would not receive an answer,
and feared even more if I did.

words were born from hunger,
not from dreams.
I had no d...

In The Beginning

...In the beginning two lovers were born
In the campus parking lot behind the student union

They clung together for 60 years
Until one day my wounded bird knew
Her broken hip would not allow her t...

Shadows of the Heartbroken

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Wipe away the tears and listen to the voice – of a heart who knows, love is the only choice ~ by author


Tears didn’t come when I first heard
The words of this illness, so absurd...

In the mystery of the night, when stars weave their dance on the velvet black sky

...In the mystery of the night, when stars weave their dance on the velvet black sky,
I embrace the echo of love that resonates like a symphony of unfulfilled dreams,
like a sea whispering desires in ...

A night at a graveyard

...A gossamer hung on the graveyard's gate.
A spider clung to steel, consuming its meal.
It had no need to know dinner was served late,
Nor sensed ghostly keels the summer winds conceal.

Th...

SELF-INFLICTED WOUND

...Like a storm trapped in her chest
she moved in circles
footsteps restless
heart pounding louder than thought.

She had lived inside a lie
vowed to love through anything
clung to promises alrea...

In the Cradle

...Forged in the cradle of crumbling stone,
The river murmured like an elder's song, 
A silver thread through earth’s old bones,
Unraveling what never should belong.

Like lightning shaped in liqui...

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