Curling Poems

Submerged Continent

...Fingers pull at sunlight, warm and trembling,
curling it around small, unstoppable palms.
Dust sparkles in the air like fairy particles,
twirling and whirling as if the sky itself,
is shaking sec...

The Stoop

...they sit outside the penny candy store,
old men slap dominoes on chipped tables,
smoke curling up like prayers
their wives gave up saying.
i lean on the fire escape,
watch them call me mami
lik...

Re-shaped by Spinning Wheel Churning

...
Spinning to re-shape
on the lathe of misfortune
tools of memories
slice the old dead-wood away
shavings curling around feet

Round and round I go
ghostly hands remake my form
what I was, is...

MORE THAN A SOFT TOY

...Infants begin
with closed fists—
white and red,
like the sun
about to rise.

They grow,
thumb resting in their mouth,
fingers curling around
the saree’s edge of the mother,
the sacred threa...

Alphabet of Light

...the early sun drapes gently across the branches
a whisper of promise, of new golden chances
A BRIGHT MORNING OPENS EVERY QUIET DOOR
and shadows retreat where the sun will restore

love clings te...

The Silent Kiss

...Contest:silent kiss 
Sponsor: Constance La France 
Written: 8/21/25 


“Some kisses speak louder then words ever could” 
Quote by poet 


     Your shadow leans close… I… I freeze
   No wor...

The Solemn Knight's Sky

...The spiritous sky rests in veils of light,
A mystery to show great courtesy.
In his heart, he's faithfully a Star's Knight,
Rooted in green, he lives life earnestly.

Behind the Elders, the moon...

A man of Rituals

...
I fell in love with a dangerous man,
a man whose shadow walked ahead of him,
whose eyes carried the silence
of graves unmarked.

He spoke in the language of fire,
his whispers smelt of blood ...

When the Tide Remembers!

...The sea was a whisper before it was water,
cleaved through the wind.
I stepped into its silver mouth,
waves curling something pressing in
a wistful longing for a past I never knew.

Seagulls tr...

NEMESIS

...NEMESIS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You are my nemesis,
a shadow lurking in the margins,
your whispers curling like smoke
around the edges of my thoughts,
taunting the ink from my...

It Sounded Like You Were Trying To Evict The Words From Their Home On Your Tongue

...I have been watering it for months—
the small black bulb in the cupboard
that I never let touch sunlight.
It swelled in the dark,
fed on steam from my cooking breath,
fat with the whispers I nev...

The Poet's Vigil

...In the quiet corners of his own mind,
he walks alone,
a poet whose pen drips with moonlight.

He counts the hours by the hum of his thoughts,
each one a lantern swinging in the wind.

A thinke...

Morning Light

...Two days fold into quiet hums,
breath held beneath a calm pulse.
Words spill like rivers too fast,
caught before they reach the sea—
soft currents pulling me past.

A new path flickers, shadows...

YEARNING

...YEARNING
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Upon the cliffs she stands,
whispers of salt and time
curling around her. 

Below, the sea murmurs,
the burdens of yesterday
swept away ...

I Am The Blueprint of My Own Quiet Ruin

...The door swells in its frame each winter,
paint curling like old tongues —
still you press it open with a finger,
leaving soft dents in the wood.

Inside, the walls hum from hidden wires;
plast...

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