Retched Poems - Poems about Retched

...T’was perhaps by dint of fate Or some demonic spell That I, a sock, was granted The gift of sniff-less smell I gaged and retched in darkness Of a foot’s pungent aroma Finally, I fled the scen......Read the rest...

...Howling winds flung me into the sea waves lashed kelp ropes around me my belligerence grew when I was seized anger brewed the tighter they squeezed With fists raised and teeth clenched I resis......Read the rest...

...I wish my sentences came with a receipt of words so I could take back what I said, I wasn’t being completely honest when I said I wasn’t scared of him. Praying on the un-expecting innocent childr......Read the rest...

...We'd opened ourselves up to fascist beliefs we'd catered to the raw findings of mental angst an yet we knew going under cover would somehow lead to sudden death threats corruption beyond belief......Read the rest...

...Curse this retched shadow That mocks my sense of self It blocks up my free will an sanity Within its hellish depths Curse its evil wickedness Sending thoughts of gay To grey I try to run To l......Read the rest...

...Across the city the emperor called For recruits to join the legions Travel to new and strange lands And conquer for covetous reasons As sun beat down they trained their men To fight for colo......Read the rest...

...She sought out the secrets of the sinister circle diabolical, dainty dances of death where butterflies flutter, motorcycles v-v-r-r-o-o-o-o-o-m and reputed regime change plays dumb ......Read the rest...

...In the monstrous, glaring, beat-down rage of the blazing sun I rested on my lawn chair and saw the slower racers cross the finish line of the longest race in foot racing They retched, threw up......Read the rest...

...He listened for them, in the wood as daylight blossomed, poised to prowl For breakfast, breast meat sounded good and Cat could feel his stomach growl Soon, struck by a cacophany of cheeps and......Read the rest...

...As I lay in full moons glow Pining for sunrise too take it’s turn I’m trapped in the body of a person I don’t know and with every breath I take it burns My temporary happiness fueled my desir......Read the rest...

...Home, a peaceful state of mind; Indigestible, impossible to find; Raging in a retched restlessness, abstract visions, nothing tangible; Every echo emerging swallowing me, taking with it my ov......Read the rest...

...Poems about Poets Elemental by Michael R. Burch for and after Dylan Thomas The poet delves earth’s detritus—hard toil— for raw-edged nouns, barbed verbs, vowels’ lush bouquet; each syllab......Read the rest...

...Arms stretched wide, I welcome none I look to no one for I am lost And cannot obtain the soul in which you so strongly desire from myself I am pitying Yet all knowing to I So how can I still rem......Read the rest...

...No Backbone Tom’s Opinion 1/15/2021 S-elf centered N-arrow minded O-verly sensitive W-retched F-ake L-iberal A-rrogant K-illjoy E-ntitled S-pecial treatment......Read the rest...

...State of the Art (II) These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry. What the Poet Sees by Michael R. Burch What the poet sees, he sees as a swimmer ~~~......Read the rest...