Lurching Poems - Poems about Lurching

...“Doo-doo, doo-doo,” we hear the beast coming. Music gets under our skin. The worst of attacks, narrated by the boat’s captain. Unsettling sink of the USS Indianapolis. Just below the hull, a gian......

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...Curdling wave of denatured purity Milk and acid, perverted mated pair Waltzing, obese ballroom spinners Twirling, breeders spun by children’s fingers A fleet, in concentric circles turning. C......

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...Upon the tracks of learning, a conductor stood at the fore— Not steering a wheel but stirring minds towards motion. Trusting in passengers whose hands would not be still, Grasping tickets of knowl......

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...There once was a sleek silvery sardine Who dreamed of marrying a svelte eel queen With his heart ever lurching, Swimming through seaweed searching In an olive oiled tin, he was last seen. ......

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...The argument of silence, absonant, hammers into the pliant mind it’s hard nails of craving.—a spirit thusly marred will yield to any prickle, every scant pressure to give in.—once the foreign i......

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...Night time again. I ask for god to forgive me. An hour passes, I blink. I see myself in the reflection of my eyes. Pages sit on my bed, unwritten, I don’t dare touch them So they may remain compl......

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...Damp linens flung aside sodden cushions Flank by flank She was damp Nickel sack and bark rings Verdant gaze meet hazel orbs Ripe late April Northern Flatlands moisture Slaughterhouse savory mi......

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...I remember when I followed you in, looking for my mate. In this mirror land, I can't understand this confusing state.  At once, you appear, then you disappear in this mirror house, running and ......

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... Written: April 4th 2025, for contest sponsored by Brian Strand **************** April arises with a gentle promise crocuses awaken from their winter dormancy — while ......

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...I keep lurching in the dark, With the unforgiving feeling of searching for something long lost in the dimness where truth lies, In the prejudice of my mind, My scream an echo to death's heart, An......

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... “What the heart can’t speak of, poetry does.” Quote- Poets own I wish I were the who I used to be Before I began with anxiety So much has happened to stir fear and dread That stops ......

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...Yours truly embarks on wild goose chase after elusive pot of gold alternately titled: incorrigible lottery dreamer big plans to relocate self and spouse to some tropical island paradise by the ......

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...Sea Glass 7-11-24 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sea Glass On strands and shoals, waves of rolling tides, Neither pro nor biased, Tumble castoff vessels, emptied......

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...The limb elongates in the bodies flayed attempt at survival. Internal struggle, intelligently struggling in the maintaining of oxygen in a Bold yet desperate display. Feeble gravities Lungi......

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...POEMS ABOUT SAINTS AND SINNERS Of Seabound Saints and Promised Lands by Michael R. Burch Judas sat on a wretched rock, his head still sore from Satan’s gnawing. Saint Brendan’s curragh caug......

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