Pattered Poems

Blurred Edges of Us

...I still think of that day, 
rain pitter-pattered gently around us, 
clouds were the color of gravel. 

Your smile broke through shadows, 
and our laughter mingled like gold. 

Paint splattered...

The Master of Suspense

...He was a director by trade
With little or no pretense
And throughout the world he is known
As the master of suspense

Sounds of the audience screaming
Was the one thing that mattered
The crowd...

Homeless in the Rain

...The sky, heavy-laden with curdled black clouds,
Burst wide open, and all night long it rained.
It pitter-pattered on the panes,
And rattling on the slanting roofs.
It churned the dry soil to a pu...

It Happened On a Rainy Night - Collaboration

...It Happened on a Rainy Night - Collaboration - 9-5-23
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"Foggy mists engulfed the bright
When raindrops fell throughout the night
The lampposts glowed a...

The Sting of Nettled Showers

...To the sound of pelting rain, she woke in early morning
Upon the tattered tin roof, it rhythmically pitter pattered
No sunlight peeked through clouds on daylight's dawning
She thought of him a...

Poverty

...Humans' prominent promises were shattered
Mingling, striking, searing, poorly down-pattered
They react quickly and pause to stay conscious
And in the face of denial, that's just obnoxi...

Life As a Teenage Witch

...I never asked for this gig, she reminded them.
Her father was apologetic, but wizards are weak.
Her mother rolled her eyes at the weakness of him.
You will see, she told her daughter, there are th...

Shadowed Skies

...The world still sleeps, except for me.
O'er the horizon of the sea
I welcome sunrise as it sweeps.
Except for me, the world still sleeps.

Daybreak dribbles its honeyed glaze.
Dawn is painting ...

Easter Lily

...Eden’s garden manifest
Disgraceful sins confessed
Lily footprints scattered
Nutrient droplets pattered
	
Eve, deprived of paradise
Exiles ultimate price
Misdeeds penance pour
Tethered tis uto...

My Sweetest Gift, a Childhood Memory

...My auntie came to visit when I was three, but nearly four.
    I proudly and lovingly wore her name gifted to me, a sweet legacy.
       I was filled with excitement and delight, her eyes twinkled ...

Jack Speaks

...Although intoxicated within ethereal madness;
bound within the chains of this soulless prison.
I'm desperately in love with this Gothic sadness;
whilst staring into a fog of dishear...

Throb of Bliss Within - Landay

...Spiralling around in pattered grooves
Oblivious to throb of bliss that within renews

Immersed in delusion discontent
Strangely yet hoping on for happiness permanent 

Go in oh hermit into the ...

The Letter

...He fought
Strong and hard
He did
Especially since
He got that letter
He fought
As if
There was no tomorrow
Worth living for
It changed him
It saddened him
He used to laugh
Like a Kookabur...

Don'T Let Your Pitter Patter

...I once met a Spanish high flyer
She wiggled and danced on a wire
Her pitter once pattered
Grew ninety pounds fatter
And now she sings bass in a choir.


  Feb 4 2020
  Daniel Turner...

Immaculate Deception

...Had been perfect and free from corruption, a natural singularity
Fractals proceeding from fractals in perfect regularity
Then, all of a sudden – a cataclysm – this pattered had been shattered
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