Handrail Poems - Poems about Handrail

Velvet Glove Compartment

...Age defiant was this spruce and spirited citizen slinking blithely past the burgundy red doors of her enigmatic country dwelling.
As her olive skin neatly curved fingers 
slid over an intermittentl...

Turbulence

...A wild night tucked-up
riding a storm in my bed.

Late digested cheese and crackers
are crumbs in my head
that now tumble like rocks
in a landslide.

Spumy sprays of dawn
crash upon my toss ...

My Curse

...Beads of sweat roll down my back,
Feeling sick I nearly yack.
Body quivers, hands now shake
Tremors of my bodily earthquake.

Heard my name; I've been called
Stairs handrail I tightly hold.
I ...

All the More Poignant

...a baseball hides in shadows on the landing
  glove and bat nowhere to be seen
a football perches oddly on the top step
  helmet and shoes sprawled across the handrail

cries of 'nice cut,' 'home...

The Final Word - With Apologies To Edgar Allan Poe

...The man wore motley, so I whacked him...

Hello, my charming neighbor; 
How you grace me with your wit.
You’ve really got the spirit 
And I like your costume’s fit.
What’s that? No, I’ve had pl...

Cautious Optimism

...Human foot-traffic is flowing along slightly faster than 2020,                                                                                                  
but most signs clearly read, "Please ...

Scar, Revised

...I had seen the train leave the station
I had said goodbye, for the last time
A cold day in autumn, I decided to do some cleaning
Putting summer away, preparing for winter
I found a grey woolen ha...

The Turth About Childbirth

...It's claim
To fame 
Is pain.
Through this we gain
An heir.
There 
Is nothing like it to compare.
To break the chain
Of some thing this intense I need to completely
Relax mentally, physically...

Forever

...I am empty of tears
nor will welcome again
my wounded wonderings each night
up the staircase to my despair
drunk on the elixir of my pain
love ended
and we will go with it
when I stare down th...

A List of How I Feel Kahlo Inside

...There are at least two Fridas
I think one might be me
We both almost died
Broken similarly

 Her spine
collarbone
ribs
pelvis
and a dislocated shoulder
eleven fractures in her right leg
he...

Another Attempt To Conjecture How I Came Tubby Me

...This aggrieved papa
of two progeny, (female)
holed himself in a
rigorously fortified fail
safe impregnable invisible monastery
barely room enough to exhale

decades before their conception,
w...

A Family That Gained Peace

...Long time ago; in an African land
In a house whose walls with fine flannelette sheets
Whose roof was well made
A house whose floor was well tiled
Lived a family that known no peace 

A family t...

Broken Sparrows

...The seasons passed beyond the glass doors
I could see in detail each of their days
As I wheeled my chair forward-
No one day remained the same
You can always find some difference
Mirrored by cho...

Never Again

...The staircase to a bedroom of lies
creaks,    with worn out balusters
from the palms of lovers
that shook the handrail as they climbed...trapped
with a honey smile  beneath eyes of desire
offere...

Chasing the Seas

...Why I agreed, I’m not really sure
Others had pressed me, gave me a brochure
Ready or not, I’m off to Jamaica
Look Mon, have fun, it’s a piece of cake-a
Don’t worry, be happy is their favorite son...

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