Long Unworn Poems

1. Write a poem
2. Call up an old friend
3. Read a book
4. Make sandwiches to save for later
5. Call your mom
6. Go for a walk
7. Go for a jog
8. Draw fantastical creatures
9. Eat healthy snacks
10....

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I learn now she is no more,
The heart just couldn’t bear the stress,
Cold and still, lying on the floor
With an unworn wedding dress.

I sit here pondering
Over once true love gone at last,
The mind now begins...

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                               A Petal Amongst The...

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It's late or early, I can't tell which one
We're not on some secret island with a picturesque sun
The palm tree buildings; strolling holding your arm on these concrete beaches
Freedom building and living as far as...

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A CHRISTMAS POEM
Scattered floors with scarlet wraps,
A sturdy, firm, Christmas tree. 
The smell of pinecones fill the air
As I search for you and me.

I’m looking for you because
I believe in destiny and fate. 
That I...

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I tied a hangman's noose
Within the womb
Around my neck was slung
And from those gallows swung.

I was six days late
The pressure wouldn’t abate
I’ve always been
Afraid of change.

I came out looking blue
Foreshadowing how I’d feel
Writing this at...

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I thought of a way to hurt you the worst,
destroying you plan by killing him first.
To add revenge from your list to mine
I poisoned the food before they could dine.
Now its time to take your...

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LOVE   FOR    THREE   WOMEN



In bays and headlands of my dreams I hear her sweet laughter:     
She strolls along the beach in morningtimes at low...

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Honest as the night is long
eyes that have no holes and teeth that never show.
Sinews Strewn in Straw-like manner making Shadow Men 
whose bellies all lie lit with ash of Golden Yearnings.
Crawling on this dangerous...

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You belong somewhere in the vast cosmos
where the idiomatic idioms were born

I started to wonder and cry,
Lord, have mercy; this is not I.
I felt as if years had passed! along with age! farewell
oh, we soar...

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caress me with soft love
and a lullaby it would sing a starry night
up above

fierce flame will burn
harmony of passion will light
unworn

breath kiss
by candle light
bliss

fleeting glance awakes Love
bathing in afterglow moon's light
bliss

3/5/2021

Minichu form by: Mohan Chutani
to...

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People buying something new
Can’t wait to use or try it,
Starting with the minute their
Decision was to buy it.

If it’s clothes or jewelry,
They’ll wear it right away,
Just to reaffirm it’s worth
The price they had to pay.

I’m...

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Honeysuckle Spring
© Ben Burton 5-5-2015

We roamed the hills of Ensley Heights
Not hand-in-hand, but side-by-side
For I was young and much too shy
To take that bold first step

A timeless, honeysuckle spring
Perfection was the simple things
Like sharing our...

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"Tell me and I forget. 
        Teach me and I remember. 
                ...

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My snow boots weren’t meant for snow.
I bought them several years ago
In summer – I was Ireland-bound,
Expecting puddles on the ground.

They’re hiking boots, not very high,
But waterproof to keep one dry.
I’d have no reason to...

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Blue topaz delight constantly in motion
forcing up salty waves of might 
Feel the sand under your feet,
feel it ride back to the sea 
Cool wet ocean aroma 
crashing on the rocks of the border 
Spray...

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The Hidden Nature Trail

While I was hiking one soft summer morn
beside a streamlet flowing through a dale,
I found a narrow nestled path unworn 
which led me to a hidden nature trail.

I walked amongst the pine...

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My closet has a few mistakes,
My dresser drawers, as well,
Of clothing that I bought for reasons
That I just can’t tell.

For sometimes in a dressing room,
Though something’s not my style,
I convince myself that buying it
Would make...

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You might be riding a wave of awareness. 
Withstand, endure, suffer, and strive.
Maintain a clear mind to unworn insights and wellness.
Once you've reached your last objective.

Always remember that life isn't a level playing field.
You get what...

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My candle is lit for hope and the future
                         we need...

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firkins and gherkins and whistles and shoes
cluster bombs, punji stakes, death in the news
choppers chattering
napalm splattering
a carpet bombed mind with asian war blues

cracked vinyl records and medals unworn
black and white photo, ex-soldier unshorn
wheeling chair
graying hair
a...

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The world went on without me
No one noticed at all
after I winked out
like a burned out lightbulb
the last flickers of flame
licking what little 
is left of the wick
of a dying candle
before the room goes dark
A...

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I once knew of an intimate warm place 
it was inside your arms soft closed embrace 
we were young and the sky was always blue
words meant a lot and for us still rang true 

time...

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Will there ever be a time again,
when a new pair of sneakers,
holds such promise?

So clean,
smelling of rubber, glue,
and somehow,
faintly, clean rain? 

Hunted down, 
in the forest of cardboard,
crowded shelves, 
overflowing with orphaned high tops,
bursting with...

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Not the conventional topic for a poem
I mean, it’s difficult to engage socks
Emotionally; they provide no loam
In which to seed a rhyming song that shocks

Or indeed wrings a tear, even remorse,
Even remembering drawers sorted through
After...

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