Groundless Poems

Emotional Shrapnel

...Continuous cathartic resonance of black bashful veil,
imposing the darkest recess and its tangled tantrums amassed,
phases exist without problematic manifest intrusion illusory but for a while,
th...

I C E : ODE TO SELF

...[Sponsor : Crystol Woods
Placed 5th in Contest]


 I C E : Ode to Self

few Hearts can fancy dress their
nakedness in icicle Presence
fewer minds will slip into cemetery’s dusk 
soul...

Courtroom

...The jury sits stoic and pensive with unwavering eyes
Set upon me like a lock on prey
Persecution for the crime of being small
Groundless accusation I have yet to discern
Though it seems the world...

Words and Me

...Now I nourish words,
or the words nourish me!
Trust me now it's groundless,
as in each other's vicinity, we feel glee.
And black nights pass by,
and we remain close but free;
not as caged in a ...

Creaturely

...Rough hands upon her,
not near, there, or where,
nor the seashell tip of a fingering care
            or other
            lack-lustering lapping's
but the groundless clubfooted grasping
      ...

Don'T Miss Me

...Don't miss me for I'm never very far,
glimpsing your days from a secret star.
I'm among flowers that grow by your side,
resting on rainbows when hoping to hide.

As stars sparkle in the misty mo...

The Neon Gods We Made

...


The PC’s a must, don’t you know?
A laptop, a few iPads or iPhones.
How else can we get on with lifes’s show?

Calls are fewer, texts, you betcha.
Emojis now equal to beautifu...

Mink's Manifesto 1

...All over pure and white, all over plain and bright,
we're inborn peace embracers, true tranquility tracers.
All the time abstaining from vileness, violence and violation,
we've lived our self-disc...

Loyal Enemy

...turkety,  lurkety
Saul, king of Israel
green-eyed with envy shouts,
“I’ll cut your throat.”

groundless, irrational
obsessitivity.
David, the next king squeals,
“I cut your coat.”

January ...

Impossible Mission To Identify Mine Heretically Rooted Hair Issue

...Worrisome male pattern baldness
never recedes from forefront of mine noggin.

Though loss of hair
NOT characteristic within genes,
nor hearty chromosomes,
nevertheless, anxiety prevails,
that ...

Too Late

...I wish I could change it, truly I do. I just don't know if I can tip toe around the fact that u placed me in a box and buried in the back of ur mind. All thanks to me doing time and the fact that I l...

Whine Not

...Wanted sleep – “death will guarantee it, one un-promised morrow”
Hunger panged – “a meal or two skipped, will not ruin your health”
Icky grossness – “psyche your gut strong and start gutting the Ah...

Our Long Time Catered Chef

...Our long time catered chef...
prepared a meal fit for (psst... me) a king

Actually professional cook
(trained since infancy)
long a staple of our family
since... oh way before
my bubba's zayd...

Breathe Deep

...Here you collapse, crying alone
Does the ocean make you feel 
Like all your desperate appeals
Break futilely as waves 
On impassive stone? 

Let me shake this icy rain off you
Let me drape thi...

The Lies

...The Lies
9 October 2019

Who do you believe?
The eyes that see
The ears that hear
Or the story been told and read

As fast as the bullet
And swift as the eyes blink
The catapulted mouth hau...

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