Leer Poems

The Last Indulgence, Or Maybe The First?

...I butter the toast as if it were a pardon,
its crust breaking under my knife
like a sealed envelope.

The coffee is bitter ink,
a confession cooling in its cup.
I swallow it fast,
as if speed ...

TEMPER

...TEMPER
My love, 
I am pained by my pain which leaves me in pains
Oh!. 


Have you not drank your fill
Of my will's will? 
The tug ever drains me

Temper! 
Temper my love! 
Are you listeni...

You Know You're Past It When

...Do I need normal shoes equipped with cleats?
I’m not as steady as I used to be.
The town in which I live has narrow streets: ...
So where’s this poem going? Bear with me!

I’ve always had an eye...

Slogging Through the Riff-Raff

...Fender-bender over there,
the traffic is awful,
ain’t not space left in the lot,
that’s such a load of bull,
and the punch-in barely works,
that’s almost criminal,
this is how we all start the ...

Nightmare

...Seeping and crawling came my fear.
I couldn’t see it very clear.
Tension mounting as it came near,
Transforming it into a tear.

Anxiously waiting, couldn’t hear,
My eyes were staring with a le...

wooed by a two ton iowa steer

...the two- ton Iowa steer gave me a ***** leer
over hear, dear, come be my ever-loving peer.
Smile sheer, he wore rings in his nose and right ear.
I resolved not to go near until I had consumed my b...

Nothing Like A Thank you

...For the favor you did but never let me forget,
for the “no pressure” laced with regret.
for every “no big deal” that came with fine print,
I paid with a thank you,
and smiled like a flint.

For...

Paper Cranes

...lights crack, breezes of salt drown the eyes
Toss heads of dye, howls collide, the waves still
Pacing the wharf, glances leer throughout, giants tear through the skies
Decrepit soul, thirst of whi...

That Which Makes Me Smile

...From a reddish horrifying gloomy cloud which brings upon a frowning
beast~  I shall overcome and finally a smile shall bring me peace—poet :)

                 Smiles are weapons against pain
   ...

The Sheer Gravity of Uncertainty

...When poised precariously,
balanced on the edge of a precipice,
choice can’t wait for clarity.
For the mass of uncertainty,
tips the balance just enough 
to topple you off the cliff 
into the va...

Abyss Above the Vale

...High in the Eyrie, stone cold and stark,
Where stars peer in and walls leave a mark,
The sky is a floor and the wind is a blade,
And the edge is a whisper where brave men fade.

The stone is sla...

A Grin from Ear to Leer

...I wear a smiley face, the sad world to cheer,
With a red smile painted across my face from ear to ear.
My shoes are monstrous, my laugh billows, raucous out loud.
I'm the jester dancing in your fa...

Babbling Brooks

...When the clouds’ part and the sun does rise,
A glimmer of hope felt for my treasured prize.
Vast above the sky shimmers blue,
Forever in search for a heart pure and true.
Over rolling hills, farm...

Why are Butterflies so Beautiful?

...
From the drab green-brown worm of caterpillars and pupae,
Emerges the phosphorescent butterfly so pleasing to the eye!

But, why oh why, are butterflies so superbly colorful,
That we admire the...

A Humorous Exaggeration

...During the surpossium I heard his voice
as if he were talking only to me: she said, 
in a conversation with a group of women.
 You know how it is< everything is centered around
gaining your atten...

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