Rasping Poems - Poems about Rasping

Thrill of Late Summer

...The noon heat no longer burns like dog days,
Storms now caress the leaves with care and grace,
The roughness of summer night kept at bay,
'Stead calmness, peace and comfort take their place.

Th...

Pantomonium

...
Whispers spoken…fears awoken…we all say ..there is no way whatsoever that he can play on the 2nd day..his foot’s broken..

But whatever…this is the.. oh so clever if a tad crazy .. nothing will p...

Herculean hero

...
Our towering talisman…glowering totem…manic volcanic Viking King..

The flowering genesis of a powering nemesis…

Herculean but Sisyphean struggles showering..

The penury of injury…intrigue ...

The Stairway

...Deep in a wood both dark and dreary,
I stumbled on til beyond weary,
Seeking the path that brought me in,
Finding it not my hope grew thin.
When before me burst into sight,
A mystery in the fadi...

Love you Thorpey

...

Nuggety nudger & nurdler 

Thorpey did embody

Epitomise, personify Test Cricket 

Someone small standing tall  


Reliant defiant giant but 

Fragile and flawed

Did he know he was ...

Mrs Moore

...O!
Same place, same time
morning chill and cracks of sun
curled in dark doorway
her shape, her pulse same line
Same doorway she calls her home
‘tween supplements west and bath bombs east
c...

Frozen side of the sun

...The sun having a frozen side~
  a wish like a snowball in hell,
or netting the wind while oceans b o i l
  in  f i r e. 
The rage of its heat needs curtailing.

  I'm melting...
like chocolate...

Blizzard Wizard

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To the skies...cries of have we sinned..the seasons spinned...winter grinned as before it’s really beginned...spring’s been sneakily binned..

That bitter wind does cheekily blow...delivers tingl...

Echoes Of The Silent Shore

...There come those nights—you know the sort:
The ones where the moon is a tear-stained cheek, pressed to heaven’s passenger seat window,
Toying with the tides to the rhythm of some melancholy song th...

Rock Steady

...
He played a rock steady beat,
That rumbled as a train on its tracks.
The echoes rebellious stark.
Moving the nicotine in the chest.
Siphoning joy from the very air.
Distilling it down to a sou...

No Stranger To Love

...The cold night air wraps around my shoulders like a moth-eaten shawl.  
A rasping rain pelts the bitter sidewalk below.  
Visions of what once was flash in and out of the headlights passing by.  
...

Bony Fingers

...Bony fingers, thin and white,
Scratching at the moonlit night.
Shadows dance, a twisted play,
Where whispers haunt and secrets sway.

The wind sighs low, a chilling moan,
As cobwebs cling, and ...

You still look up at me

...An Ingle Farm house on night shift 1984 …..

You still look up at me

You still look up at me 
Down through those long year ago
Rasping and struggling for breath
Your one good eye still stares...

Barren Shadows

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Written: May 26 2024

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Dark, drizzling recesses that pulse and flow. 
A nebulous haze of nothingness, a sad show.
With rasping...

The Hero Code: Decoded

...I was enthralled by each panel 
     a world in my grasp.
Comic books whisked me 
     beyond time's clasp.
Starlight's soft shimmer 
     on planets unknown,
Myths spun with heroes
     on qu...

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