Parentheses Poems - Poems about Parentheses

...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'......Read the rest...

...by cherbo geeplay Sometimes I swear I see the clouds closing in, always like a high tide boiling the ocean waves. Now I can't move my limbs and immobile tongue. I am speechless in a......Read the rest...

...By Cherbo Geeplay “Don’t die,” his mother cried by his hospital bed, weeping. “I will be fine,” he managed to mutter under thick breath, the stars visible as he stared at the c......Read the rest...

... By Cherbo Geeplay Have you heard of a voice quiet like the dead of night, rising steadily like ocean currents above the hills of repression, louder from its slumber because the thorns ......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...David Jones ' IN PARENTHESIS' .( PS- a by the by )......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...A Reflective Ploy... it is a reflective ploy; on the part of me, when proofreading all this work of mine; and do I really care? that a full stop. don’t! or that commas; are often too many ......Read the rest...

...There’s a forest bizarre neither nearby nor far, full of sights somewhat scary to spook a soul wary. The deep, darkened jungle, I think you’ll agree is never a safe place for you or for me... ......Read the rest...