Insectile Poems | Examples


Premium MemberEclipse This

eclipse an errant eon
inhale discordant ions
exhale insectile icons

disarm misfiring memes
take umbrage under a titanic umbrella
recede from seething red-holes in sinkholes

just so you know…
Helga and Zohar orbit the Moon
a harsh mistress giggles indifferently
a cold cosmos says nothing
you are (not) what you think (you are)

forbid fallacious words
forget wordy fallacies
forgo fatuous wormholes

FYI, it’s Awesome
FWIW, it's Perfect
TBH, it’s FUBAR
Categories: insectile, humorous, satire, society, space,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberSummer Solstice Is Coming

given a double whammy
they wanted to double down
on double talk
   in the 
torrid gust

the summer solstice 
   its sundry insectile eyes
   seething with sultry scorn
in this weather channeled
   source of telegenic storms

seasonal shifts are
  lost in translation
poisoned neural flowers
  the root of 
rotting neurosis
  the Earth becomes
Venusian

 profoundly tragic
hypersonic horses
 fly out of the digital barn
they sail over the 
  northern hemisphere
firing blinding arrows
 into the dead brains

The Tropic of Cancer 
  and Capricorn
relax in the tropics
  the Sun lords it 
over the equator
  precession calmly proceeds
(23.44° is the Magic Number)

all is well 
in the best of all 
 possible 
 flatlands
Categories: insectile, dark, earth, humorous, space,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberParasite

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The widow, dressed in glossy black,	
glides from the shadows at the back.	
A veil lies slack across her face	
to mask the grief her features lack.	

Possessed of an insectile grace,	
she sidles to the open case	
and like the reptile smile she bares,	
this too, serves to defile the place.	

Since jealousy insures she cares
less for his death than for her shares,
obsession next finds her engrossed
in leaving with the gold he wears.

A parasite, she'll man her post
and feed from this depleted host 
'til she believes she's bled the most
she can from his departed ghost.
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Categories: insectile, assonance, bereavement, dark, death,
Form: Rhyme
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