Parentheses Poems - Poems about Parentheses

Between Margins and the Dreams

..."I would like to see you living in better conditions." Hafiz

Exiled and devoured by smart bombs,
The alchemy of history, rises above
The dazzling explosions, and the fury of shock waves.
Read t...

Liturgies of the Flesh

...You arrived like dusk—
not falling, but folding the sky inward,
your body a benediction
I knelt to translate.

No prayer passed my lips,
only the hush of devotion,
tongue pressed to the script...

Knees

...Pursuing springtime walking sprees
beside our dog, beneath the trees,
I oft detected some unease
amongst the birds and buzzing bees
as echoed by flat monodies
of clicking, clacking, knocking kne...

Ontology of the Unwitnessed

...Her laughter startles the morning air -  
a flock of starlings scattering  
from power lines into  
the cathedral of her collarbones.

She moves through rooms  
unaware of how doorframes  
arc...

Dirty windows and broken hearts, like books left open on the table

...Dirty windows and broken hearts, like books left open on the table,
On silent streets where morning and night share their last pages,
A generation of brave souls, seeking light between the lines of...

The Wild and Wacky Humour of Stephen Wright

...I wanted to build a skylight in my place.
My friends thought it was spurious.
So I went and built it anyway.
Now the neighbors above me are furious.

I got a dog a few months ago,
but he doesn'...

English Should Be Easier

...A semi-colon connects two thoughts together
An exclamation mark screams out its cause
You don’t have to wait until the end to breathe
a comma can give you a pause

A question mark begs for an an...

Emagi Jones In Parentheses

...David Jones ' IN PARENTHESIS'

      .(  PS- a by the by )...

A Silence Knows the Fairest Reason

...I attended three sermons in a row 
In the neighborhood church on Jackson.

Tear dropped there too, on the quran of mine, sky-blue colored
And on the cover of the hymn prayer book, it strangely rh...

Three of My Favorites

...So many more. Just a sampling of favorites, per contest instructions.
For each poet I have included a sampling of titles in parentheses.

THREE OF MY FAVORITES

Gersho...

Tozer-Deep

...Tozer, deep - thoughts
well explored with-
in the realm of man

Thankfulness, for what man
cannot touch -
deep mysteries of an eternal God

our speech, no matter
how profound cannot reach
t...

Mindful

...Mindful  

Startled out of nonchalant light,
Wakefulness stands at attention
Ignited flame from the eternal candle,
Energized vigil of the watchman
At the soul’s dawning daybreak
Tingling in t...

Jesus

...Jesus

Shepherd of my fugitive spirit shower “grace,” 
Emmanuel’s “joy” to hollow “life” in “holy” art,
As nail scarred hands I adore in tender embrace.

Selfless servant your signature of “fai...

A Wish

...Sent home from second grade, a star 
With glitter all around it
Was lying on the table; I was
Happy to have found it.

My grandson had to write his wish
And in his neatest hand,
He came up wit...

Psycho Cat - It

...Psycho Cat - IT

"In my sabbatical dreams after quarantine"
Visions of life run again at full steam
A little stiff, a bit arthritic, like
"The eerie board walk creaks near the beach of white san...

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