Fluorescents Poems - Poems about Fluorescents

Arian's First Breath

...That morning, I prayed
to flickering exit signs,
to humming fluorescents,
to anything that would listen—
in that sterile room.

Then—
your cry shattered the air,
like dawn cracking open night...

The Radiologist Will See You Now

..."Where does it hurt?"
She asks, clipboard like a shield,
pen cocked like a firing pin.
"Here," I say,
pointing to the silence just beneath my ribcage.
Not the lungs. Not the liver.
The place wh...

Give Them to Me

...If you have them for me
If they are in you to give
Then give them to me...
If I've been good
Or, at least you thought I was good
Give them...
I receive them humbly and wholeheartedly
Don't hol...

Cadaver Elegy

...They handed me the scalpel like a crown- 
Queenship of the pail and prostrate.
I ascended my throne of sterile steel,
The body laid bare, my unwilling courtier. 
Death they said was merely a text...

my obsession with cartooning and painting

...cartooning relaxes me
I love doing it
a precursor to my paintings
I adore acrylics
fluorescents entice me
fuchsia, orange, green, red, blue,
anything that dazzles under a black light
I never w...

Unfounded Hatred Toward a Young Stranger

...The subway station heaves with muffled noise,
The shuffle of countless feet against the grime,
I am aware of unfounded disdain,
Coursing between strangers in the city's bowels.

The ancient fluo...

Entranced by Beautiful Painting

...the painting popped like fiber optics
like fluorescents, like neon acrylics
in hot pinks, magentas, turquoise and tangerines
with the precise amount of purples to make the hibiscus glow
I was ent...

Running Toward Christmas

...Lee was running toward Christmas with her lights flowing.
Some were twinkling on and off, and her hat was glowing.
She is always dressed in fluorescents, a neighbor observed.
Always ready to help ...

Inspired By Johnny Cash Gods Gonna Cut You Down

...You can try your might
You can run all night
What's done in the dark will come out in the light
It can be messy
Pathetic 
Distorted 
Corroded 
Be ready to flight 
But what's done in the dark ...

We Are One - Nigeria Remix

...We Are One (Nigeria Remix)

Ever seen an eagle feeding like a vulture?
Dignity trampled on, where corruption is a culture?
Darkness threatens her future, cause of her shapeless structure 
it’s s...

Death Becomes Art

...There, on a sill of contentious decisions
Glass shards sit waiting a wavering hand
Reflective the memories wrapped ‘round the curtains
Lost in a pane that she can’t understand

Chill...

Last Call

...Last Call
	
	This is where I feel at ease. Senses heightened subtly by the mixture of light and darkness. The night time lights; bar lights, street lamps, flashing fluorescent advertisements, candl...

Reading Gaol

...Well, we spent a couple of nights in an all-night laudramat somewhere east of Marble Arch.   We had completely run out of money during that phase of our London experience.  At least we had shelter, a...

Foggy Night

...foggy night
a cobweb catches
the glow of fluorescents


haiku part of haibun


Published:  Contemporary Haibun Online...

Thrift Shop Foreshadowing

...Thrift Store Foreshadowing
                              by Odin Roark

Inventory of past life inventories
Poised in dress-parade attention
Obliging his obligatory inspection,
Seeking the suit ...

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