Halter Poems

ST FRANCIS AND ST CLARE : TWIN SOULS : PART 2

... no turning back at nineteen years of 
age with bonded Love no eyes could 
see or earthly arms could hold dear
into a fold of aligning human Heart 
with Divine injunction none could ...

i still got sum

....

       'neath thuh prairie'z
                 thickets
        'long it's lush open
                 hidden
                 mostly

          'twere that pink
               halter yo
 ...

make it take it

....

                 yesss
              ourn first
                  met
          i were try'n tuh
           make my new
              basketball 
              in the hoop
            and...

Breaking, Escaping My Doldrums

...Being in a rut is driving me nuts.
I feel trapped in this doldrums.
In my mind, I am screaming …
Please, somebody! Get me out!

Writing is hard, nothing comes to mind.
Going out is tough, even ...

Ashen-Cradle

...A haunting past that trails behind,
An unnerving shadow that fails to blend.
The harrowing voices that curve the bend,
Sending your sanity off to the other end.

The gleaming red eyes that tend ...

Anguish And Admonitions Of Eve

...No! you weren’t born
to be beaten
raped
chained to a life  bloodstained  ingrained with pain
wordless  worthless  voiceless  choiceless  

No! you can’t live
being beaten
raped
chained to a ...

Kentucky Mustang

...
October gallops in as stolid as a gray mare,
a blunt wind snorts furiously through autumnal trees.
Foliage rattles, but does not fall, it clings still
to green stems.

Appalachian backwoods ha...

Horses

...Horses, hearty and hale,
Hither they hurry, hooves hitting the trail.
Hear their harmonious hum,
Heavy with history, homeward they come.

Heads held high, with haughty grace,
Hair flowing free,...

Mountebank

...
Written: April 25, 2024 For Edward Ibeh Contest

1st place contest winner

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Young souls stalked by predators at night,
They aim to in...

transformation

...

quicksands bleak inside
breathless danger spreads arms wide…
choked desires subside

frail footsteps falter
life’s flow hindered by halter…
fortune doesn’t alter

time sands never...

Our Stolen Moment

...Our Stolen Moment
*
It is early morning,
we are on our way to
Provincetown, Cape Cod.
*
The radio is playing 
one of our favorite songs.
I smile at you
in your white halter top,
blue jeans ...

Dance of Life and Death

...Written: September 15, 2023
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In the halter of destiny, we are all bound.
A monody of souls dissemble and found
With eve...

Dress De Flor

...Dress De Flor
 
Red Gladiolus
is the flower of August,
fashion fabulous.
A dressmakers dream?
Spaghetti stringed halter top,
and blouson waistline
Made of real flowers?
Fabrics wired to flar...

What the Boys Thought

...When we were just young kids hanging around 
the one grocery store there was in town 
drinking Yoo-Hoo and chewing Bazooka Joe 

While we were joking, cussing and spitting
playing baseball, swim...

I Will Marry a Poet

...Poet will use all it takes 
To travel our works all over the world
Meeting poet celebrities with handshakes
The ones figurative words twirled 
Monsters of us flowing lakes 

Our works will run ...

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