Lengths Poems - Poems about Lengths

chromatic undulations

...
she hung her sari out
on a hilltop clothesline

wisps of colours to the sun
playful lengths of silk
toying with the breeze 
flowing swaying dancing
no fanfare no introduction no applause

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The Paradox of Time

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Its elasticity is in fact a mystery ~
while time is free to flee as quick as lightning
sometimes it drags on for lengths of eternity.

And for all our hankering and longing
that time would mov...

beyond limit

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these days I question more and more
        my faiths and what their purposed for
            while evil grows to breadths unseen
    beyond, it seems, where it has been

oh grant me sense and...

Distant dreams of paradise

...alone i walk the lengths of this world 
you’ve been gone forever and a day

you didn’t say you’d be gone an eternity
when you last said your goodbyes

i wander here alone in my wilderness
whil...

National, Not Tribal

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As some Indians
(dot, not feather)
go to great lengths
to ingratiate themselves
by obsequious behaviour
(bob your head if you agree with me)
could it be the origin
of the expression,...

I wrote this for you

...I wrote this for you, every letter that meets your gaze, every word that will replay in your head for days, I wrote this for you, I wrote all of it, hoping that maybe one day you would see, and you w...

National, Not Tribal

...
As some Indians
(dot, not feather)
go to great lengths
to ingratiate themselves
by obsequious behaviour
(bob your head if you agree with me)
could it be the origin
of the expression,...

Resistance

...Their violence Our defiance
Their complaint Not our debate
Their envy Fuels our energy
Their violence We won't be silenced
Their ignorance Can't bother us
Our energy They aren't ready
Our voice...

Proposal

...Carnelian, please, I need my strength;
Tell goldstone to be here in lengths
And dragon stone will guide me through,
With rose quartz here, for loving you.
My pyrite guides me to the left.
Labrad...

The Questions

...Why does no one care?
Why are we here?
Why should we love if it only results in heartbreak?
Why do we run for purpose, to be only crushed by the crowd,
Killing you with every word.

What is goo...

Architecture of anthropological anteaters

...The day the hour,
The meat the shower,
Show no oscillating octopus to an octagonal obelisk and eat a Greek tortilla upside down in a second. It is wiser to tread lightly in a miller’s abode. Round ...

If The Muse Bolts from Me, I'll Love Her More

...If the Muse bolts from me, I'll love her more
     still and pen heartfelt songs of forlorn rhymes;
     yet, I'll still wilt within internal climes
of gloom from her forsaking me before 

I emp...

Lineage

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I sit here with guilt and recent understanding.
I didn’t know what I didn’t know.
I sit here with remorse, and now I’m rebranding.
Because to live is to learn and to learn is it grow.

It is l...

I Choose to Dwell in the Clouds

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I don’t think I have ever written another poem of such emotional intensity! I was bedridden for almost four months. It was at such a desperate moment that I thought of scribbling down my feelings o...

spring breakage

...University midterm periods bring early mornings charged with energy drinks and espresso shots. Evenings are spent trading quizlets in Bass Library or in late night cram sessions in the common room. A...

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