Constricts Poems - Poems about Constricts

Ode to St Korvin

...“For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.” (Galatians 1:10)


In exile ‘midst the southern timbers’ walls,
M...

Heavy

...My terror grows with each passing night,
As slow, steady darkness steals away sight.
Footsteps and whispers add to my fright —
Is there an end to such desperate plight?
How long, too long, till d...

The Fable Of Two Snakes In The Grass

...Allegory (Fable-Parable) Poetry Contest
Crystol Woods

They were two snakes in the grass buried in the pit of life
now bemoaning their past with hisses, coils and strikes
she constricts he restr...

The Feel of My Anxiety

...Anxiety is like obsidian piercing my heart a thousand times, 
As a king snake contracts against my tired heart muscles.
It can be as simple as a cheetah flying off the ground, 
As it chases its pr...

Accidentally: THE END

...Sand scrapes my skin as I wake,
Warm water around my shoulders break, 
Spluttering, I shake my head and open my eyes,
Palms and dunes to my surprise.

Shock constricts my body as I cannot regist...

Surviving in the Post-Truth World

...In the realm of post-truth and misinformation,
We find ourselves adrift on a turbulent sea,
Deceit's waves rise, falsehoods obscure the sun,
Facts, like elusive phantoms, fade from view.

This t...

The Way Light Changes

...("Incantations", 2014, original pen and ink and acrylic)

The Way Light Changes

There are times when the very fabric of reality
changes; alters, loosens and expands,
and for that matter...

Consumption

...Unhinge your jaw, snake, what’s a little more?
You’re eating worlds faster than they make them
And nothing fills you better than a tale of love and war.

You’re ravenous, really, making feasts ou...

Obsession

...Love is a writhing mass of tentacles.
Its immense and undulating form sits deep in the depths of my core.
It constricts me, so everything I am 
and all that I feel gets pulled back and transmuted ...

Hedwig

...Hedwig


Her house, a memory lane of sacred spaces:
the cobwebbed attic travel trunks, 
high heeled shoes, pink taffeta gowns, 
skirts that open into spinning parasols, 
cool musty wine cellar...

Above the Quay

...Some will say I have paid my just, spiritual Penance 
Though no crime have I confessed before the bar. 
With bitter Perfume in my nostrils, with Poise, I stand 
And ponder quickly the maddening ac...

Yearning For God

...
Yearning for hope shadows her thoughts
Blazing through her heart and soul
Her stomach is all tied up in knots
She longs for love that will make her whole

Grief constricts her arid thr...

Halloween Poems Ii

...Completing the Pattern
by Michael R. Burch

Walk with me now, among the transfixed dead
who kept life’s compact and who thus endure
harsh sentence here?among pink-petaled beds
and manicured gre...

Going To the Hospital

...I'm going to the hospital again.
I'll see some new and old friends.
The doctor must like me for he likes to see me,
At least once a year to attend,

To matters concerning my throat.
Seems it sl...

Love Has a Southern Flavor

...Love has a Southern flavor: honeydew,
ripe cantaloupe, the honeysuckle’s spout
we tilt to basking faces to breathe out
the ordinary, and inhale perfume ...

Love’s Dixieland-rambunctious: tangle...

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