Pinball Poems - Poems about Pinball

...The machine lit up like a small cathedral— chrome saints hopping under glass, the silver gospel of the pinball spinning wild between my hands. It was my birthday— twenty-one— and free b......

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...Let the eye see, through clear, clean lenses Not a wilderness of mirrored reflections, Echoing biases of misconception, But, with true perception, rid of self. The sound I hear from out there, ......

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...Ariana shrugged, taking her turn, trying to beat his rebound. Josh clapped and mocked her, his grimace ringing through the pinball. Josh pulled a satellite and held it to the wind. His eyes, ......

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...The moon unquestioned has no answers Between light’s reflection the coming dawn One promise chosen to fill the darkness One promise chosen to calm the storm As planets rally the moon ab......

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... Written: March 15, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Sara Jama ******************* Lost in the frozen haze of a bygone era. are recoupable if you can. climb out of the haz......

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...Mr ADHD.... I'm Mr. ADHD, it's plain to see, Just to be my friend, you must be crazy. Let alone my partner, that's my forever Be, I love my girl, as she's crazy like me. My mind's a roll......

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...Carpal tunnel twinges punctuate a torpid afternoon, as row on row we line the aisles and stare at nothing with the guarded anonymity of urinating men. My thumb is on the lever, moving almost......

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...When death said "Hello", a chest was opened wide. A serpent sashayed in, toward a heart and its gloaming. Spitting black pinballs between the brain and soul. A flock of night biters moved into sa......

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...I Remember I remember a time When all was so bright With bustling crowds And neon lit nights Covered wagon caterpillars And bunnies of blue Teacups that spun You sat in them too I r......

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...the ball rolls does it hit the inside or the outside regardless I'm jolted it's all behind the field of vision to be a pinball wizard I'd n......

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...Rising panic I hate that feeling Where I displaced logic and reason Talk to a friend No I can't do that Think about how someone else feels I can't, I can't - I'm in free wheel Articulate what ......

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...it feels foolish these rain prayers deeply pondered stranded in our shared heat is there some unimaginable space where prayers drift to? free from time, reclusive ......

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...He was frightened by direct scrutiny. He frequently was a pinball machine. He knew he couldn't talk in this mutiny. He was frightened by direct scrutiny. After airflow, he repents flu......

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...and then buzzing starts below skin shocks shoot along veins I hold my arm a different pain today it buckles the knee grinds the shoulder it burns the elbow gnaws the hip I rub my back......

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...A dense dusk slots in-between two tall buildings. Just moments ago the busy road was in full flight now it growls low like a wounded beast we hardly can hear it. When dark descends like this ......

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