Recoiling Poems - Poems about Recoiling

Silence should not remain so

...His mind a silent sentinel
Ever alert
Sifting the debris
Of forgotten duties
Its allegiance unquestioned
Yet cautious of the angst of authority.

It does not speak its mind
For it roams outsi...

Premonition

...I can see them.
Even after almost being impaled.
Still. 
I could die without even knowing. 
Instead, I don’t.

I saw them outside today. 
Hot tea does that to you.
Makes everything burning ho...

Belief

...


In your eyes, reflected to me
are memories of beautiful,
trembling pieces of laughing hope
still colors of grace and belief
feelings pouring from the shadows
never just make believe
a...

Glass and Rubber

...I know I have a big heart
Because I can feel how often it cracks.
It's fragile like glass,
But bounces back,
Broken, then fixed,
Then broken, then fixed,
Recoiling like elastic
And snapping ba...

The Anatomy of Restraint

...
My tongue curls in on itself,
an unreasonable fist
too stubborn to unclench.
Pulling punches, muscle memory
it never owned, saves
what little flesh hasn’t folded
to thicker skin in the game.
...

I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome

...I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome...

Whereby yours truly presages and doth abhor
nothing short of an imminent civil war
dwarfing insurrection on January 6, 2021
oddly enough e...

The Broken Bridge

...When you stood on the bridge
He along stood firmly by your side.
When you almost fell off the edge 
That courage he never tried to hide. 

With his artful kind and peaceful mind 
The Portrait b...

gaslight me the movie

...gaslight me the movie
of my underdeveloped consciousness 
give me a hand 
take thine arm
without the silent treatment 
and a thank you 
for the mind fook
hoovering is not allowed  

this is ...

The Face In The Crowd

...The face in the crowd

Walking through time

The church on the hill

That day

Etched forever in silent loathing

No word, no reason, long, long, gone

Fifteen years

The face, older

...

A Measure of Time

...timing is everything
pretty much anytime 
anyhow anyplace                    

morning noon or evening            
whatever the birth date
no matter the season
or how tight the G-string
victu...

Faustian Bargain

...Came back for no good reason, other than making a splash
            Recoiling in horror, when my demons emit a flash 
        Anointed by unholy chrism, absolves me from the trash 
          Can ...

Ambush Hunter

...Ambush Hunter

Raining, periodic glimpses
of eyes glinting, stripes disclosing
a tiger prowling through the forest:
peering, listening, smelling,
drooling, stalking, circling, pausing.
...

Cul-De-Sac

...Cul-de-Sac 

Quick steps slow to hesitate
The sudden curve of a straight white line
Into the mists of detour
 Lined with haunting facades
  Of blurred addresses
   And faded street signs
Wher...

How Do You Feel

...Suckled on time's lifetime of pure sadness
where through my life's years were various wars
the men who died were killed by the madness
those who survived have scattered across shores
this darknes...

lets tango Poetry Contest

...Words on the wall.
Go with Paul.
So profound.
Like a crystal ball.
Okay, all coming back.
Should have read.
Julie, will you go with Paul.
But it didn’t.
Surely a message.
A deeper meaning.
...

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