Peeled Poems | Examples

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                     suddenly
                it became quiet
                        save
                       to me

                      i heard
                      breathe
                   the flow uv
                       blood
                it's race dashed
                        mine
                       visage

"Fragments and crumbs of life, all the little pieces"

                                           John Ruskin, 1853



A scrap of sleep, a lopsided sky
A slip of verse that wandered by

The universe of a minute, an hour's lag
A poem scribbled on the back of a paper bag

Fragmented lyrics of lost words
Coaxed into song by hummingbirds

Where sapphire moons rise at noon
And ivory dawn reddens too soon

But for lonely love of poetry
Cast aside by conformity

Cloistered, salted tears consumed the sea
Drenched in magnanimous misery

Masking shy scars to look the same
Calling pain by prettier names

Peeled pages from the diary
Of the once and future me.

8/29/20

For 'All the Little Pieces' contest
Sponsor: Constance La France

shifty, beady eyes
      no surprise
 above light-blue mask

J-ust keep our eyes peeled, 
E-very night and every day; 
N-either eye will ever blink 
I-n fighting the evil gray. 
L-et's keep our eyes peeled 
I-n guarding our true faith; 
S-ense the devil's deceit, 
A-s we pray, beseech and wait. 

S-o keep our eyes peeled, 
O-pen them to be aware; 
R-ealize the danger roaming 
E-ven during our slumber. 
N-ever be asleep and unprepared 
I-n dealing with the enemy; 
O-pen our mind to the truth to know the message in reality. 

S-o keep our eyes peeled, 
A-nd always be alert; 
N-ever be caught off guard 
T-o live in peace on earth. 
O-ctober twelfth early morn, be ready in the battlefield; 
S-tay awake and watchful, just keep our eyes peeled.

moonlight trickle
through the 
hands of night
as she peeled
back the 
Shepard sky

soured moments left behind
peeling back the lemons rind
exhausted eyes search to find
an unaffected peace of mind

My eyes were peeled back with fright
From below the awfully terrible sight
Now a bite from a nit
Hurt a tinny bit 
How many tinny bits will it hurt from croc a bite?

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