Open Eyed Poems - Poems about Open Eyed

Flower Chide IX, Thornpact

..."Eons back, we feared the petal's grace,
called beauty pride, and named it place"
"Mistakes were made, but wisdom stayed"
said Thallorin,"not every path must be replayed".

Each bloom now unders...

Out to Sea

...

"Out to Sea"

In the immediate times 
we rush to consume it all 
before it is all swallowed, and out it all comes salty,
like an Ocean pummelling our crumbling sures 
ea...

The Mirror

...All that you are 
All that you see 
Everything about you  
Is reflected in me 
Reverse intentions 
See just who you are 
Into your soul 
To your deepest scar 
They call me the mirror 
I'm on...

AGOG and ANTSY---

...Agog
anticipant, anxious
openmouthed, breathless, athirst
Enthusiastic, open-eyed wide
indifferent, unmoved such
impatient, restless
Antsy






3/12/24
Writte...

HARD HEART

...Closely watch as those hardened hearts
Solid as a rock blood yet still pumps flows
Stagnated loves frozen disguise as beating fawns 
Ringing like metal clanging iron bells
Open eyed blinded open ...

A Poet’s Fore-blurb

...In my poems you will find
Introspections from a worldly mind.
Some are pensive, some are kind,
But they helped me pass my time.
I hope that you’ll enjoy my wit,
And don’t consider me a twit.
By...

My bondage

...Nights left open eyed 
red eyed mornings come too soon 
restless floating thoughts...

Becoming a Tea-Bag Dad

...Both of my daughters 
have married and moved on
both now have lives 
and homes of their own 

both their “old” bedrooms
now empty of them
their laughter 
and music  

still harbour their pr...

Enigma

...How can you miss someone
Who wasn't even there

What do you say then after the fact
When you've offered the best you could share

Why is the cord left unbroken
A tensile strength of steel

W...

Just Another Extraordinary Day At Work

...pictures of you
wishes on a forklift
another ordinary day
cannot afford to daydream

pictures of you
extended bathroom break
my cell phone comes in HANDY
cannot afford open eyed wet dreams

...

Christmas Eve

...When Simon fell asleep on Christmas Eve.  
Dreaming of presents that Santa would leave.
He soon stirred, when his door squeaked.
Open- eyed, as floorboards creaked.
Now he knows Santa, is not mak...

Tehachapi Waits

...Such a fine future, his
for the taking,
as hers aligned,
also
in fine fitting will..

though Tehachapi waits..,
still. 

There's no such thing
as a bright future,
without a silhouetted pas...

Tilted Nation the Oxymoron of a Leaderehip

...Tilted nation (the oxymoron of a  leadership)

We have heard great news 
Of a land with pleasant views
Where no stranger will refuse
Now lost like Cinderella's shoes

Its now an Open secret
T...

Sonnets Xxv-Xxxii

...Sonnets XXV-XXXII

Archaischer Torso Apollos (“Archaic Torso of Apollo”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eye...

Sonnets X-Xvi

...Sonnets X-XVI


Archaischer Torso Apollos (“Archaic Torso of Apollo”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes'...

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