The White Silence
...Seven minutes lingered, an interim of residue,
a trembling partition between continuance and conclusion.
The body rehearsed survival, a theatre of reflex and delay.
Then the stage went silent,
a ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
resembled, absence,
Form: Free verse
When I Was a Boy
...Boyhood was a one-night stand,
So brief and unforgettable,
Full of dreams,
Sweet —like a rooftop party,
Wild and loud,
When the world several feet below,
Full of envy, shouted at us,
“Come dow...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
resembled, childhood, memory,
Form: Free verse
A Donut's Tale
...Here's the true story of a beautiful girl.
How the sun shone on her every curl.
Like a proud oyster's flawless, crowning pearl,
she was admired from all around -
the sweetest angel in the tow...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
resembled, food, silly,
Form: Rhyme
the night’s hours
...The day’s hours were worn down and a sudden sunset, that
resembled a master’s painted glimpse of Valhalla, was upon
us, its majesty of deepest blue, blood red and black.
From our tenth-floor ske...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
resembled, education, gothic, humor, school,
Form: Free verse
After the Static
...She smelled like ozone
and old commercials—
the kind with jingles
you didn’t know you remembered
until your mouth sang along.
Plop, plop, fizz, fizz,
oh what a weird thing she is.
S...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
resembled, humorous, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse
the end of everything
...The end of everything
The master of the old tank ship that resembled a schooner
sat fretting in his cabin; for twenty years, he had been
the master of the vessel, a friendship between the animat...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
resembled, age, art, books, break
Form: ABC
lost my friend to Bipolar
...JY and I met through a mutual friend in 1991.
We strucked a deal with a handsome transaction,
In which we both were in a win-win situation.
Since then, we became close friends,
Every week, she tr...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
resembled, for her, for him,
Form: Free verse
Tattoos
...
Since I no longer fit in my name,
I carry it beneath my heart,
like a relic unearthed
from a dead alphabet.
It is a cracked word,
written in blue ink
on the page of a lost Bible
in my grandp...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
resembled, allah, anxiety, blessing, depression,
Form: Free verse
The Nightmare - Henry Fuseli
...
In vibrations of virtual whispers,
I found her under a satin sunset,
chained to an eerie entity, digging,
its claws into her silken spirit.
Yet behind her dim eyes - I saw
tiny flames of fuc...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
resembled, art, betrayal, lost love,
Form: Ekphrasis
Why Your Cities Burn, Part II
......Finally Gobayth came to
a devastated mountainside,
the trees and soil stripped away,
slaves cutting out blocks of great size.
They led him to a wooden hut
where several gold coins were exchan...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
resembled, anger, conflict, dark, evil,
Form: Epic
Lao Tzu: English Translations IV
...LAO TZU ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS IV
The Roots of Turbulence
by Lao Tzu, translation by Michael R. Burch
Heaviness lies at the root of lightness;
stillness begets turbulence.
Thus the nobleman he...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
resembled, courage, desire, life, peace,
Form: Free verse
Protagonist of George Harrison
...
Written: May 5th, 2025, for contest by Brian Strand
Painting by Peter Doig. A concise abstract on Abbey Road and its pivotal moment. He subsequently produced outstanding music. H...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
resembled, art, music,
Form: Ekphrasis
Grief Never Leaves You
...Grief never leaves you; memories keep loved ones close to your heart .
Quote by poet.
John and his young wife Maria had been apart for a year now,
but every week he'd drive across...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
resembled, death, memory, rose, wife,
Form: Free verse
God Help Us
...I sat there.
Stewing.
Angry at the world.
That day,
on Easter,
I had witnessed a Christian church service.
It was cult-like.
They worshiped beings,
having little proof of their existence....
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
resembled, angel, anger, god, gospel,
Form: Free verse
The Old Victorian House
...I dreamt about an old Victorian house that was abandoned
It was dilapidated and left vacant for years and was starting to decay
It was hidden down a long dirt driveway aligned with overgrown lilac ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
resembled, dream, fantasy, mystery,
Form: Free verse
Related Poems