Leaded Poems

Premium MemberFill it With Ethyl

Conceded to what the Doctor said 

Said needed to squat over my head

Except for that Gecko 

He just heard an echo

Said need to feed your Head more Un-Lead...
                                                                             Lead...
                                                                                     lead...
                                                                                            leaded!
Categories: leaded, humorous,
Form: Limerick

Premium MemberA Vision Soon Unseen

A wonderland awaits,
For all who dare to enter,
To fall down through the ground,
And to the world surrender. 
There anything can dare to pounce,
Or growl or prowl or prance,
Or break out in black pustules,
Spinning in a dance. 

A world unsure in peachy fuzz,
Airs fizzing effervescent,
Adds new dimensions, onion layers,
A moon of seven crescents.

Down falls the leaded curtain,
Velvet shields the scene behind,
Of sweating swans with bleeding toes,
Cracked from pointe, those hollow bones.
And trichotillomaniacs,
Pluck out their flightless plumes,
So shot-down shrapnel downs,
Are hung on hooks as hunted gowns.
Categories: leaded, dance, dream, psychological, sleep,
Form: Rhyme


Once more


I can hear it crawl towards me
In the infinite moving dark
Claw turns to slither
Echoes without placement
Each sound closer than the last
My heavy breath giving voice
Breath cool on my face
Rancid in deceit
If I open my eyes
I can give my fear form
Not a muscle working in unison
Eyelids like ancient divers leaded boot
Stuck in the silt
Heart and breath in explosive race
Face to something not quite face
Don’t look
Let me see suns grace
Once more
Categories: leaded, poems,
Form: Free verse

Beneath the Rubble

Beneath the Rubble
 

Unfinished artwork waits on the shelf,
     Hidden between dark pages,
Scribbles on paper long to be free.
      
As a lover waits, it too waits, 
      For the breath of life,
Seasons pass without promise.
      
In the womb’s dark, an embryo craves,
      Nourishment, life’s blood, 
“Edit me,” it cries, “Color me crimson.”

Forget not,
     A story to be told,
A poem promised,
     Longing. 

The sun’s rays cascade through the leaded windowpane,
     You wake to the quiet space, 
Between thought and being,
     A stirring deep within the heart.

You pause, reach for the notebook,
     Blow off the dust,
Gently turn the page, 
     Hope.

Pen in hand,
     Flesh exposed.
Red blood appears, 
     Life.

A sigh of relief,
    The long-lost lover arrives.
Categories: leaded, devotion, encouraging, inspirational,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberLudwig van Beethoven


Melodic ingenuity of Ludwig van Beethoven
raised music to the realm of art, cadence woven.
A piano virtuoso, he turned into a composer unique,
initiated the romantic era in coexistent classical music.

He infused momentum in symphony,
sonorous in the ninth with harmony.
     A few love affairs he had,
     but remained bachelor sad,
lived amidst failed romance in agony.

A romantic, he had a strong personality,
struggled heroically with deafness silently.
Despite affliction caused by leaded wine addiction,
composed transcendent music of designed perfection.
Categories: leaded, music,
Form: Clerihew


Turning Back The Clock

the old days were really good
going through your neighborhood
leaving doors unlocked for neighbors
to walk through if they need favors 
or to visit for some fun
when did this whole world become
so scary and out of sync
people need to stop and think
about the way we are living
and realize we should be giving
more love, joy and peace to others
we used to be sisters and brothers
helping out whenever needed
please tell me whatever leaded
to the downfall of these gestures
that were like miracle fixtures
if someone was out and down
a helping hand just came around
to pick you up and hold onto
making sure to see you through
the tough times that made you fall
now there are just hateful walls
being built for us to see
this can't be our destiny
Categories: leaded, encouraging, happiness, hope, life,
Form: Rhyme

The Mirror

Rumi said,
“Polish the mirror of your soul
that it might better reflect God.”

An antique hand mirror,
the leaded glass is warped,
its wooden and carved frame cracked
yet keep polishing it.

One day hope to see
what has always
been in front of your face.
Categories: leaded, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Bald Eagle's Nesting Elegance

Craving for rats awhile 
grippingly standing, leaded by the stomach; 
Barks the hen over the Eagle’s tragedy 
lands the hit on the mountain beak 
sneaking the eye on shadows awhile; 
Heading for the shadowy stones, 
the Bald Eagle stuns the Hen awhile! 
 
Captain hen jumping over awhile; 
Here comes the talking break in a couple, 
heads the cries o’er a mountain hill 
breaking the abruptly weak 
of the dawning sea awhile; 
Shot the stone willingly the captain transiently 
the Stone stunned the bald with it styled. 
 
Sank the dreams of the henly Commander 
Hearing the sound, ”Stared Me Momentarily!” 
Comes home the com inhumanly alive 
stunningly acting on a while. 
Spiritual eagle hisses time and again, 
“Stared Me Momentarily.!” 
The Spiritual Soul stunned the Captain long a while! 
 
Actions repay all the time.
Categories: leaded, 10th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberGrandma Burnout

Home sweet home on Christmas day.
Children and grandchildren
come, but not to stay

Home smells of pumpkin spice,
gingerbread cookies,
ham and turkey in the oven
Yeast rolls rising,
flickering cinnamon candles,
oakwood burning in the fireplace
The taste of eggnog and wine,
all that brings Christmas
and everything nice

Piles of gifts under the fir tree
The grandchildren on their knees
Poor babies, hate they have to wait
They wonder when that would be
After you eat before you can see,
grandma said

Dinner blessing, songs of praise,
singing Christmas carols,
voices in different tones,
barrels of delightful fun

Grandma sore to the bone and drained;
leaded punch didn't help to ease the pain.
Treasured and happy moments
comfort from the day.

Merry Christmas to all  Poetry Soup family

12/26/2021
Categories: leaded, christmas, grandchild, grandmother,
Form: Free verse

What You Are Looking For Is Seeking You

I was really angry at God,
many folks are and many don’t know it.
Maybe you have to fall out with a lover
before you know you can live with them.

My father and mother were angry all of the time,
they lived in a slow simmer of loathing.
I and all my friends were angry,
nor could we explain why,
but the things we did and did not do
all arose as a hidden anger.
The anger came out as pimples, boils,
and blackheads.
Skin is a window for emotions.

Rumi said:
“Polish the mirror of your soul
that it might better reflect God.”

I have an antique hand mirror,
the leaded glass is warped,
its wooden and carved frame cracked,
and yet I keep it polished
for one day I hope to see
what has always been there
in front of my face.
Categories: leaded, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Tearful Clouds Saying Farewell

Leaded fragments lost
        tearful clouds of  september
            as saying farewell
Categories: leaded, allegory, allusion, appreciation, farewell,
Form: Haiku

Premium MemberThe Charm of the Woods

Huddled within a canopy of trees
cozily wrapped inside a wooden cabin
earthy womb of must, dirt and dust
leaded glass windows set the scene 
shadow and light dance through the pines 
tea kettle whistles over a crackling fire. 









Written on 6/15/2021
Categories: leaded, nature, solitude,
Form: Free verse

Hands of Victor Jara

So much to greet
with leaded hands,
so many observed you later
sans life...
Shot so much
 arms in the wind
in so many sentimental 
goodbyes ,
so much to have lived ...
of so much life in waves,
 lacked hands
to applaud your
own life...
 lacked scarves
for so much weeping ...
We were without gestures,
no hands...
and  hands were
everything you had,
 hands were
your love and your
sustenance ...!
Categories: leaded, allusion, death,
Form: Romanticism

Power of Love

My only i love
only one I love.
You are my path.
You are my destination.
Without you, no me.

That is why I seek you, tillseen you.
That is why I followed you over the sea.
That is why I crossed sea by swimming.
And never afraid anything in the sea.
And I never afraid death.

I asked myself that who am I?
I never got true.
Then I asked everyone in this world,
But no one leaded me to the true direction.
That is why I never gave up looking for you.

As I know that you are my true way.
Nothing can scare me to come where you are.
No place can be far to reach where you are.
I can even follow you in the hell.
You are my life and strength as well

poem by munyai ndidzulafhi patric
Categories: leaded, i love you,
Form: ABC

Premium MemberCute Christmas Couplet

Had a little too much leaded eggnog at Target's Christmas party,
sung karaoke with hardy Bullseye, he was a little smarty.

12/16/2018



Poetry Contest: A Cute Christmas Couplet (in rhyme) 
Sponsored by: Andrea Dietrich 

contains 17 syllable per line
 using how many syllable web site

Bullseye (formerly known as Spot) is a Miniature Bull Terrier and the official mascot of Target Corporation. The dog is featured in Target's commercial campaigns and in store sale signage and is used in various marketing campaigns.
Categories: leaded, christmas, dog, drink,
Form: Couplet

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