Obstructed Poems

Reuters and the Associated Press

...No free version
A free verse
And a free speech 
Hunger violates the norm
Behavior is a free will 
Commerce obstructed is conjecture 
A high court or otherwise assembled congressional hearing is...
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Categories: obstructed, america,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWASHED AWAY BY THE TIDE

...WASHED AWAY BY THE TIDE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I see the vestiges of yesterday,
echoes of mistakes,
like footprints in the sand,
that the time of time washed away.

Ever...
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Categories: obstructed, 12th grade, truth,
Form: Free verse


Blessings Unused

...What is a color
obstructed
What is a sonnet
untold
What is the price
of reluctance
Tainted in silver
or gold 

What is the weight
of your damming 
What is a blessing
unused 
What is the ...
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Categories: obstructed, blessing, freedom,
Form: Rhyme

Prolonged offal bout courtesy constipation redux revisited

...Prolonged offal bout courtesy constipation... redux revisited

Upteenth instance where yours truly
experienced assault upon hindquarters.

A worse hellish fate than perdition
and the closest in...
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Categories: obstructed, abuse, adventure, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberHoly Grail of God's Light

...
Our sight is obstructed by a wall and a shadow. 
          ~Nikola Tesla

O2 at 2L keeps Mother's skin
color healthy,
but she's frail, 
more frail each day she lingers 
in this worl...
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Categories: obstructed, age, god, light, love,
Form: Other


JUXTAPOSED

...JUXTAPOSED

Standing either side of a door that is closed
One might feel the other, just an inch away
As two hearts that appear to be juxtaposed

Just a whispered word, that the other might say...
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Categories: obstructed, missing you, relationship,
Form: Terza Rima

Premium MemberHowling Wilderness

...When wanderlust began pounding my heart,
On a beautiful autumn afternoon, crisp and sunny,
I set out on a trek to the nearby woods.
The leaves on trees had begun turning ruddy.

All ...
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Categories: obstructed, angst, animal, heartbreak, lost,
Form: Rhyme

Silent Storms

...A weir holds back the river 
against the flow of the morning tide 
I wonder how many thoughts,
unspoken, lie behind its barrier-
ponderings of love, turmoil, betrayal 
obstructed by the dam of e...
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Categories: obstructed, day, imagery, metaphor, morning,
Form: Free verse

Premium Memberset apart

...

 set-apart 
tactical intrusion 
optical illusions
 set in place
 put in place
 it's all in front of your face 
though you can't see
 what you can't see
 yet you can see spiritually 
attr...
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Categories: obstructed, addiction, appreciation,
Form: Spoken Word

Premium MemberJAY TOWNSEND JOHNSON HENRY JAMAICAN IDENTITY FRAUD RING MARTHA BRAE WITCHES RETURN TO SENDER

...SORRY JAY TOWNSEND JOHNSON HENRY JAMAICAN DEALERS IDENTITY FRAUD CRIMINAL GROUP YOU WILL NEVER EVER IMPERSONATE ME YOU WERE MISLEAD BY SLEEPING WITH MY ABUSIVE EX HUSBAND CIRO GARGANO AND PETER GARGA...
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Categories: obstructed, allah,
Form: Naat

Yours truly me just got acclimated to writing 2024

...Yours truly (me) just got acclimated to writing 2024...
whenever I needed to append the date to a document

Though the situation infrequently arose
for me to incorporate the year (2024 in this ca...
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Categories: obstructed, adventure, age, allusion, america,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberONE FOGGY ALMOST CHRISTMAS DAY

...
On a walk a few days before Christmas…
I was greeted by a morning fog so thick…
to my face and hands and clothing…
that heavy fog did stick.

A blanket so dense when I looked ahead…
the fog o...
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Categories: obstructed, christmas,
Form: Rhyme

What Is Faith

...As I navigate the road of life
Into an area unknown to me
My view is often obstructed
When the road ahead, I cannot see

A sign advises, there is a river
In the valley,  around the curve
Do I ...
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Categories: obstructed, analogy, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberHeaven or Hell

...On a beautiful afternoon, crisp and sunny, I set out on a trek to the nearby woods. Except my camera, intentionally picked up, I hadn’t carried with me any other goods. All along, I saw wild flowers ...
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Categories: obstructed, appreciation, beauty, confusion, happiness,
Form: Haibun

Premium MemberText-ing

...Eyes obstructed, where miles go 
So important, who we kill intentionally 
Even ourselves, risk to injury 
To death do we die desire 
In our own mind silent misery 
Living a life we take, if not ...
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Categories: obstructed, absence, change, humanity, image,
Form: Imagism

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