Offbeat Poems - Poems about Offbeat

...I woke up on the mattress placed in our living room. I found a cat in my house—it’s the size of a Shiba, and its fur a vibrant orange, with stripes raven dark. I said to my mother, “Wh......

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...I am the wrench in the clockwork, a tiny twist in the gears of a universe too vast to notice my pinch, yet enough to reroute the cascade— leverage, a quiet conspiracy of small forces. Like a c......

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...A flutter stirs in my chest, Awaking it from its inattentive rest. As a tiny butterfly wing unfurled, To unleash a quake in nether world. Such chaos reeks as tremor grows, It billows and flaps......

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...Snapping fingers, a low hum in the microphone) Hey, It's Café Jazz/ But we ain't just sipping black coffee and snapping our fingers in polite applause/ Talkin' Bop/ first idiom where being white ......

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...If ye benevolent reader count yourself as a wise married man such as me... (truer words never spoken nor written) take my word and decline and absolutely refuse to take masterly crafted bait vide......

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...EBONY WE ON THE WAY Beating our drums singing our songs rhythmically foot printing our hued feet with eyes still on the prize and the summit brightly in sight we be proudly marching in......

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... A California babe named Lizzy As hot as her best friend named Dizzy These two girls are on fire Desires climbing higher Fanning and licking flames ~ His name’s Izzy ......

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...Sugar cubes and coffee grounds May skies beckon birds soaring Sunlit paths lead to fields of gold An exodus from darknesses’ gloom Sail away to transitional fame In route to where u’re meant t......

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...Hooray for Captain Spaulding... though he played only a cameo role helping me secure corrective eyewear I sport mucho gratitude to all parties involved including the missus, cuz she needed to ......

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... Written: September 28, 2024 For Form J - Jueju Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Constance La France. Rumi Quote: { In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems} ......

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... So sublime my dream that I want to scream, for a guy who is a sweet offbeat character; he is kind, gentle and helps where he can, this sort of wonderfu......

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...When young, stay in the heat of the foam where strange things -pyrite and miracles roll Old age is for picking out supple blue pools counting blessings and mincing what's left of the fool- The ......

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...I feel the need to bounce around. To shake off the lamplight. Then I’m sitting, hopelessly. Then I’m pacing powerfully. The room is offbeat today. I think my body shouldn’t be here. A couch liv......

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...The Dance of Anger… A weary waltz, on a sheenless floor. Offbeat music gyrates an endless cycle. On two, accent anxiety’s weakness Syncopated rhythms erupt. Love songs are a miss.......

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... When I stop and think about it…a poem is like a song to me. As I write…or read the words…the lyrics…my mind fills in the melody. Which is why, I suppose, my favorite songs as I’ve moved along t......

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