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Instant(A) Poems - Poems about Instant(A)

Premium MemberCRIME BOSS CIRO GARGANO ORGANIZED CRIME ABUSE OF POWER HOSANA IN THE HIGHIEST

...AFTER THE HIT ON MY LIFE MY LIFE CHANGED IN AN INSTANT A CICERO CAR BOMB IGNITED MY FACE IT WAS MEANT TO BLOW MY BRAINS OUT THROUGH MY EYE BALL GARGANO HAD EVER THING PLANNED DOWN TO THE PERSONAL INJ...
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Categories: instant(a), allah,
Form: Naat

Devotion in Silence

...My mind bears the weight of you,  
a celestial gravity pulling our souls together  
in an instant—a supernova of connection—  
after an agonizing year of cosmic drift.  

It bewilders me how viv...
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Categories: instant(a), angst, art, blessing, devotion,
Form: Free verse



The inexplicable why

...I watched a lorry
coming down the Route de Lesterps.
One of those rumbling lumbering lorries 
that so disturbed your morning sleep
and for an instant, a moment’s thought,
I wanted 
to dash out ...
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Categories: instant(a), death, family,
Form: Free verse

A MINISTER RETIRES: SOLILOQUY

...A MINISTER RETIRES :  
SOLILOQUY 

I arise as infant Phoenix 
from Akasha ashes 
counterparts frozen 
with foibles intact
a still Arctic of death
sheath for recalibration 

Source Light bre...
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Categories: instant(a), change, character, emotions, extended
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Premium MemberTo Which Image Should we Cling

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Written: April 18, 2024 For Unseeking Seeker Contest

Line of inquiry:

“We have been here a thousand times before
Memory erased, each time we begin anew
Of hands held tenderly...
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Categories: instant(a), analogy, emotions, life,
Form: Rhyme



What The Roses Don't Say

...What The Roses Don’t Say
by Michael R. Burch

Oblivious to love, the roses bloom
and never touch ... They gather calm and still
to watch the busy insects swarm their leaves ...

They sway, bem...
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Categories: instant(a), angst, fear, lost love,
Form: Sonnet

The Kingfisher

...The kingfisher is the diving tip of a rainbow,
a chromatic splinter,
a deadly certainty
piercing sky and water.

All morning it has perched high atop a dead tree.
The sun rose softly (good for ...
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Categories: instant(a), poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMaking Tea

...It's styles of a nameless brand pristine day
an exclusive star-sheathed shadow after 
overwhelming luminous glare fainted
a somewhat true-to-life footpath in
a back of structured quai...
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Categories: instant(a), allusion, analogy, blessing, celebration,
Form: Concrete

Premium MemberTranslate From Speech

...Let's dwell a tiny bit  on that  skill  most hanker after,
of mastering a language that especially enthrals,
infused with magic rhythm so fervent,
pulsing music lilt,  anthem-rich samba,
think fo...
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Categories: instant(a), age, anxiety, art, courage,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberImagining a Devotion Series Poem

...*** IMAGINING (a Devotion Series Poem) ***

My beloved, do you see my eyes
Approaching near to sweet tears 
Whenever your intimate touch 
Comes — as you brush my hair 
    or reassuringly pat m...
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Categories: instant(a), heart, imagination, love, relationship,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberChance Encounter

...Walking the coastline pathways
Cup of coffee in the local Café
Sitting, observing people as they passed
Checking on dress sense today
Shoes, where did they purchase them?
 
Spotted a homeless p...
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Categories: instant(a), desire, destiny, emotions,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Forest, Never To Return, Part 3

...Reggie, what is it?
Who’s there?
Reggie, ANSWER ME REGGIE!
What do you see?

It’s OK Jean
It’s just-- that idiot
Goober Knotts
The milkman

Goober, whatcha doin’?
It’s two in the morning
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Categories: instant(a), scary, words,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberNo One Loves Me-

...No one loves me

May life come upon us
an empty jar on the table, a blueish cheek
there is only confusion
there is only loss

Why?

No one loves me

May life come upon us
the shad...
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Categories: instant(a), analogy, anxiety, deep, depression,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberA Chance Encounter

...Walking the local area coastline, 
Cup of coffee in the local Café 
Sitting, observing people passing 
Checking on dress sense today, 
Shoes, where did they purchase them? 
Spotted a homeless pe...
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Categories: instant(a), environment, friendship, how i
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberA Weak Woman-

...A week woman cries and hollers fusses and skalks 
That she has nobody
A weak woman will settle for any someone to caress 
A physical bond then calling
That true love the weak woman burden 
Stron...
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Categories: instant(a), allusion, analogy, cheer up,
Form: Dramatic Verse

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