Daylights Poems - Poems about Daylights

Alice in Fantasy Land

...I drifted into a reverie, 
where space time unraveled
into a vivid dream.
I was a child again, a butterfly. 
Reveling in the hallucination
and visualization 
...

A Dare

...I pressed my body 
into gravel and oil,
the earth shuddered 
like it knew my name.
Wind tore at my hair—
hot metal screamed above me,
the stink of burnt grease 
and fear beside me.
Too late, ...

Joe Don Baker

...He was born in Groesbeck, Texas and his name was Joe Don Baker.
Sadly, after living for nearly nine decades, he needed an undertaker.
He attended North Texas State College on a sports scholarship.
...

Beneath Darkling Coverlets

...Some flowers bloom well into twilight,
moonlight mesmerizes them,
leads them into dreams of distant dawns.

The velvet drapes of summer
do not offend them,
rather they entice
as they bathe
wi...

Ordinary married sexagenarian mortal feted as savior incarnate

...Ordinary married sexagenarian mortal fêted as savior incarnate...

Courtesy a plethora of marriageable females
dogging, hounding, and lowing the living daylights
forcing yours truly to go underco...

Poet who exhibits panache

...Poet who exhibits panache - meant...

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Bully me you I exemplified archetypal scapegoat

...Bully me you, I exemplified archetypal scapegoat...

who suffered cuts by a thousand knives.

Even as old (dish) married 
(spooning) curmudgeon, 
who receives social security disability 
linke...

The haunted train of Schwenksville

...The haunted train of Schwenksville

After dark every Halloween
since living social in Perkiomen Valley
for seven long years,
a shrill whistle train whistle
(often compared to the sound
of a bi...

Inside the raindrops

...Sure as the sun breathes with daylights colour 
Shadow of a thought twilight's inside hope enters 
as we build this world together 
Stepping forward unto the plate sharing within peace 

Stars v...

I live in a world of brutal ice and cold

...I live in a world of brutal ice and cold

Despite the temperature being five below...
these fingered handy limbs
awash with profuse sweat
dripping palms analogous
to a bloody busted gushing wat...

Ghost Moon

...A mirror moon stares out
from below a lake,
an eerie up-light
that should entrance the eye,

and yet
ghosts rarely do.

Above, a displaced luna glow
dreams in its dark cradle.

The earth i...

No Separation

...A thousand stars bore their pinpoint holes
into a centimeter of dark sky.

If that drifting cloud disappeared,
ten thousand more
would pierce through perception.

If we were to shift our sight...

While attempting going to sleep after midnight

...While attempting going to sleep after midnight...

December 27th, 2023,
the missus pounded mine posterior
(she played paddywhack 
on me blimey buttucks)
not only causing contusion, 
but flayin...

Bully me you, I exemplified archetypal scapegoat

...Bully me you, I exemplified archetypal scapegoat

Even as old (dish) married 
(spooning) curmudgeon, 
who receives social security disability 
linkedin with social anxiety)
chose the fork less ...

Leafless

...Rain has laid the leaves out beside its long dead tears.
The sidewalk is sick, slick with the drowned.
The war last night between all belief systems
and daylights harsh flush of reality - is over,...

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