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Falters Poems - Poems about Falters


Before My Conviction Falters
Sunlight fading on my excited brows Her image embedded to the very depths of my soul The clouds turn dark and cold wind blows, I quickly drag my feet to the washing bowl Then I lay in my memories of her beauty to behold With a smile that could further brighten up a sunny day Eyes that sparkle like dew in...

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Categories: falters, allegory, emotions, feelings, first
Form: Sonnet
When Life Falters
and light flickers. When a bed binds bones to last words let those words not disgrace you in a dying time. Let then your silence be eloquent as words at last leave to find another poet, one that can speak of all our endings with new lines....

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Categories: falters, poetry,
Form: Free verse



When My Life Falters
and my light flickers. When a bed binds my bones to last words let those words not disgrace me in that dying time, let silence overcome, and words at last leave to find another poet, one who still has doubt and anger enough to explore and reveal. In that afterward I will find more silence to write, there will be invisible walls to breakthrough still. Perhaps words will return In a...

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Categories: falters, poetry,
Form: Free verse
A Husband Falters
Better take his wife to lunch after what he said yesterday. A slip of the tongue. But where to take her? The Chinese buffet? The Indian buffet? Maybe the Japanese place. She likes sushi and tempura. But when he asks about lunch she says not a chance. She has to clean the house. Cleaning lady comes today. Donal Mahoney...

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Categories: falters, marriage,
Form: Blank verse
A Love That Falters
I wish for an end to come A welcome I spoke; untrue now The progress of time, showing me pain Saved me than, to severe me again An arid mind, pleading for lines to flow. Upon entrance, my improbable dream tempted reality My artistry had granted me a title, of weight Dragging me down, before a rise begun A love that fluctuated,...

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Categories: falters, absence, appreciation, art, life,
Form: I do not know?



Pride Falters
The Sun was once High up in the sky Looking down on us Head held up with pride The moon no more glimmers The stars impact is not felt In the big blue realm The Sun is is prominent But as the realm changes The Sun departs Even if once Mighty He cannot last For if you are filled with Pride And your head is heald way too...

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Categories: falters, moon, poems, pride, sky,
Form: Rhyme

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