During Poems - Poems about During

When the Language Merge** I walked into Bobby Department Store and yelled, “Where are the Jamaicans and Barbadians?” This might sound a little strange to most people; however, it’s that time of year when all the languages and dialects merge, accompanied by the authentic accents from their respective places. Plus, there's always a bit of rudeness...

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Just wanted to make a few things clear for my fellow poets If you are going to use A I, to write a poem for a particular contest, then be sure to let the sponsor know by adding A I on top of your poem, so the sponsor of the contest can then decide whether...

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When dogs and cats are flung about Taken high in the sky inside a tornado funnel Do they find a new owner to lay around with? Are they ever recovered? Does anyone know?...

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Sheila had never felt this cold Her feet were pink and freezing She needed a new pair of socks Her grandmother gave her two pairs Put them on top of each other, she said Sheila’s teeth were chattering She could not get warm I will add kindling to the wood stove said Gram She also brought the quilt off her bed Sheila stood next...

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.of lateritic soils --------------------------------- steamed bread 4 cups of cooked rice white rice cooled put into a food processer and blend smooth add 2-21/2 cup of sifted flour 11/2 cups to21/2 cups of milk 1 egg 2 Tablespoons of sugar 3talbespoons of shortening 1 package of quick rising yeast blend to create a ball in processor. remove place in a bowl with a towel let proof for about...

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There are three distinct stages in any relationship that stand out undeniably. Three phases of any connection we make with our pets, friends and family. There is the time before we were blessed to know them…before they came into our life. The time before partners, pets, children, grandchildren, friendships, a husband or a wife. There is the time during...

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A runaway growth of weeds alongside the road, greenery gone wild, a stagnant wilderness unwinding, seedy leaves scatter but cannot flee. Dust bowl squalor chokes down scrawny roots. A gray sugar rush from speedy cube trucks sprinkles what wiggle room is left to sweeten ameciated tongues. You Are a coffin lid with nails pulled out, a quake's handrails the paws releasing snails a Rorschach of Swiss trails the...

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When dark thoughts begin to consume your life. And your days are becoming filled with pain or strife. Call out to God, is where you should begin. Then God's Holy Spirit moves in like a friend. In the darkest of times his light will shine. Bringing amazing peace to our heart and mind. He separates our darkness with his light. Relaxing us...

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Brief introductions Compact conversations Abrupt move aways Thirty-minute lunches Timed in ten-minute intervals For singles who want to remain single...

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I don't know what it is when I meet someone I like, instantly I think we were meant to be I can feel it but the whole time I feel what he feels and it gets deep that we both need to heal. In due time we'll cross the line and spiral back around; maybe in another...

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the plane ascended. i yelled it. this straw in the wind; fly fly fly i felt it was a necessary affectation to ensure a safer flight or rather a calmer form of passenger bring out the java i want to ride the bean we soar, slope upward i greet the turbulence with grit i summon over a flight-attendant and offer to help up...

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I see thee yet, mine eyes on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, Thus to mine eyes, o'er th'one half world 'pon the sacred curtained sleep, Seek thou sure and firm, set stepp'd earth nigh summon thee to Heaven, for 'twas echoed knell, Thy very soul hath prate of thy whereabouts, hear it not, 'tis seeming rest, Was't...

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IN THEE EVENT OF MY UNTIMELY DEATH I WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW IT IS DUE TO MY WEARING WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FROM CORRUPT COPS SELLING DRUGS THIS LEAD TO MY STALKER JAY TOWNSEND JOHNSON HENRY OBSESSION TO MY LIFE MY POETRY AFTER BEING WITH MY ABUSIVE EX SHE...

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During Infancy During infancy the wires on the TVs, which transmit or get signals, were responsible for my fast brain growth at 4 weeks. My first words: declare to be true and affirmative. The metal pole leaning up against a backyard veranda square post gave off this comfy vibe that quickly made better my visual acuity, especially...

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“A bowl of pound cake for breakfast?” “Because I can, and I will,” I say. ...

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