Oblique Poems - Poems about Oblique

...My world is oblique Saturday, day of mourning Read books in a week.......Read the rest...

...Night Labor by Michael R. Burch for Rachel Corrie Tonight we keep the flame alive; we keep the candle lit. We burn bright incense in your name and swear we’ll not forget— your innocence, y......Read the rest...

...n icy chill descends on 13 Beaver Veil Cottage as sisters Ester and Ellie walk gingerly up the steps on this wet and windy night. This once charming pied-a-terre was now in a final phase denouement.......Read the rest...

...WOLVES IN SHEEP CLOTHINGS Darkness cloaked in innocence’s guise, Wolves in sheep clothing, cunning & wise. They prowl & stalk, in shadows they hide. Their masks never fades, their true selves ......Read the rest...

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The world aspires toward reflection. Words are the oblique mirrors that hold our thoughts. We gaze into these word-mirrors and catch glimpses of meaning, be......Read the rest...

... as chopsticks for soup like a monkey eating scotch bonnets you have to want it good luck is a myth thin as a Theban cookie as your skin if you don't get it checked-off triggers in ac......Read the rest...

...(Rinpoche in Sarnath, 1987) That’s What A Buddha’s Like It’s hard to know where to start when talking about the ineffable. Maybe starting at the end is best. It’s taken me a lifet......Read the rest...

...Zen Tango Nothing could and should take command If you think you need the punishment Let love get the better you watch the light gun fire Ahoy deep in the skallow of Todd Your trip in the ethe......Read the rest...

...DO NOT MISS THE MOON, WHILE COUNTING THE STARS Do not be carried away by the deceit, Of an oozing chant of a back palm’s stew; For the meat that source and house it, Will slip and off it will dri......Read the rest...

...SENSES exemplary   anecdotes in memorabilia  particularly   impressive &  prominent symbolized   by the  immovable in selfless   love explicit with   ambivalence & devotion a re......Read the rest...

...STRATEGY a spatial   boundary dismantled from   memory tranquil   cropped in an   encoded facade encroached by   eloquent    realms of unspoilt semi- abstract crests   glistening ......Read the rest...

...My tongue is tied around poetry Mind fried around metaphor Alliteration obliteration Oblique technique Enjambment enjoyment ended Ditty writing suspended Poetry smoetry Low ebb tree Bread ......Read the rest...

...When the ocean water is running over your ships hull, And the ropes’ lengths are too short to grasp, Thoughts plunge into your life’s vein, With a sweet prayer that seems to disappear into semblan......Read the rest...

...Running out of road, windshield wipers are useless for tears Close my eyes and count to… not yet! reaper hasn’t appeared Lights flashing across the dashboard, warning indications Speedometer rea......Read the rest...

...Writing the 'straight in the bin' poems today The over explain, this isn't a poem pain fest Obviously there's a shame fest too - I'm not a one trick pony I can't poetically access anything. L......Read the rest...