Counterweight Poems

the weight

...The weight
He had written two short books
needed to show her his work,
Not now, she said, I’m watching TV
Around the beam that keeps the heaven’s roof from falling,
He slung a rope fastened to a...

Thrust In The Centre Of The Storm All I Could See Was You

...Serrated swathes of overwhelming savage gusts without compassion,
directionless dilatory daydreamer that  I am  ostensibly vulnerable,
to the serendipitous intrusion at a wispy sapphire cloud flacc...

A Tipping Balance

...
We all have moments when happiness rings true
When everything seems to finally be going right
No nimbus clouds to spoil blue skies or the view
until fate steps in and our lives turn dark as nigh...

a tipping balance

...
equipoise had eluded him
a counterweight of feathers
failed to lift weights
from the other side of nowhere

maybe it was the fulcrum 
that needed new balance
a pivotal shift in the light 
o...

Raised By Hidden Love

...Maybe there was love shown 
the cooking and the cleaning 
it’s difficult to have known 
with all of the demeaning 

When you can’t tell the difference 
between a trophy and detention 
awards t...

Weights

...The weight
He had written two short books
Wanted to show her, his work,
Not now she said, I’m watching telly.
Around the beam that keeps the heaven’s roof from falling down,
He slung a rope fast...

Fanal In Retreat

...The lighthouse shivered in relentless gales on its rocky foundation

Stood the test of time but now it seemed that the clock had gone back

The keeper was sidelined to retire in the Sea Mission’s...

The Weight

...The weight
He had written two short books
Wanted to show her, his work,
Not now she said, I’m watching telly.
Around the beam that keeps the heaven’s roof from falling down,
He slung a rope fast...

Europe United Not European Union

...The British Empire was built by fate
made rich advanced to stand up straight 
Have knowledge and allies to collaborate 
prevent Europe a Russian satellite state

Hitler became leader of countrie...

Lies Are Wise

...Uncomfortable confronting 
your continuous consumption to which you're accustomed, 
the crunch, the chew, it's all you do, 
most munch at lunch while you the whole day through, 
can't get a grip ...

Counterweight

...Poetry can be like prospective recovery

	unveiling rising feeling when time allows

		It sows a seed that wants to germinate

A reader a receptacle for hidden meaning

	for a pod casting sha...

A Critic

...A critic
Claiming to run as a counterweight
Together on walks
Parallel but not in one line

Any policy of the authorities
Any mistakes always shown
You will act as whistle blower
Or supreme j...

Cyril Brown

...What to Submit?

1 original, poem on the theme of ...Give me your zaniest funniest Poem you can Muster up~~Be Silly 

Cyril Brown

Oh his name was Cyril Brown ,
An he weighed 300 pound,
An the Sand g...

Soul Eaters

...Turmoil
God awful gut wrenching 
nightmare riding
turmoil.

Throat clenching
acid rising murder of crows,
False importance on the trivial grows.

A gag reflex of learned fear
turmoil roils ...

Illucifer

...When
the
angel 
of mercy
spoke of Light and Love,
they not only failed to listen,
they invented a false symbol of pure evil, a
counterweight to the voice of Truth that gave credence to worser ...

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