Imagines Poems - Poems about Imagines

The Poet's Vigil

...In the quiet corners of his own mind,
he walks alone,
a poet whose pen drips with moonlight.

He counts the hours by the hum of his thoughts,
each one a lantern swinging in the wind.

A thinke...

Miss Holroyd Regrets

...The cage creaks upward.
The ancient Otis,
ascends slowly from a first floor past.

He dreams on...

Outside the remembered apartment
the fat round nipple of the doorbell
reminds him of her -
...

Endless conflicts

...I'm torn between two distant worlds ~
one steeped in wickedness and sin,
the other pure and righteous;
my mind drifts like oil on water.

Alluring is the glory of heaven,
promised if I remain p...

Dust Devils

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The hegemony of height
gets too much.
The city robs me of the horizon 
and hides it behind towering
cathedrals of concrete and glass.
Even trees conspire to fill 
the gaps and extend their
...

Manic

...He left her for a bony 
with halitosis.
She thinks of humiliating him
recalling that final orga...
hears again his sob of pleasure.

Then his hurried dressing, his coldness.
She wants to humil...

Peters Envy and Rage

...Peters rage never wavering even within the night sweats as cancer ripped through his tiny frail body he still imagines what his brother has if he could just grab his brothers lovers to covenant then ...

Plagued By Memories

...
Memories and images deep in my soul,
They dwell there silently, fond imagines that never grow old.
A little girl holding on to her father's hand,
How she longs to see his face and to be his litt...

Those Moments Don't Last

...She’s afraid of what comes next, afraid that her body will fail her again, afraid that she’ll end up exactly like her parents,  distant, cold, and incapable of giving love.  They never taught her how...

Stuck Separated together , part 5

...She’s awake, though, wide awake, her mind miles away, spinning stories she knows aren’t true, dreams she knows will never come to life.  She imagines, with a kind of detached satisfaction, what it wo...

THE STORY OF A HOUSE

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I pass a lot of houses in the quiet of the morning as I walk the streets alone.
It gives me time to think about how every house has a story all its own.

And though every story of each house is ...

Loverboy

...Loverboy staring out the window, the stars gleaming so prettily
The meadow's bathing in silver light of the moon; it is such a perfect night
Loverboy sighs at the darkness, candlelight dimming as t...

In the silence of the night, alone in bed, she lets her thoughts drift

...In the silence of the night, alone in bed, she lets her thoughts drift,
She wonders what it would be like to feel the warmth of a man beside her,
To have him kiss away her fears and touch her soul ...

If ye benevolent reader count yourself as a wise married man such as m

...If ye benevolent reader count yourself as a wise married man such as me...
(truer words never spoken nor written)
take my word and decline
and absolutely refuse to take masterly crafted bait
vide...

Mind of the Heart

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Written: February 23, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker

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Line of inquiry:
“feeling not thinking, soul with lov...

Dreamer and the dreamed

...As entity in the dream we conjure
 we know not we are both the dreamer and dreamed
how then may we wake up when we are in trance
In bondage to illusions we ourselves streamed
In hopes of escaping...

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