Reticence Poems - Poems about Reticence

Serpent! Those words were! On the way, is silence Because words aren't meeker this time, to confront grievance Epoch of reticence! On the way, is winter of despair Because hope is true this time, for thy worst nightmare Prognostication won't work! On the way, is melancholic fall Because eyes are ought to be slavish this time, to gaze, they won't answer the...

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‘tap, tap, tap’ your petite knuckles gently attacking my door - I envision their French-painted nails dancing in the shine of the hallway light like a row of bishops bowing to the Pope (your sensual sacrilege) I don’t make a sound though my eye is to the peephole - watching you for signs of obvious despair … or … SOMEthing … anything … a rill of tears...

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perched on the branches of a high verdant tree an introvert savours silence ~ his inquisitive mind flies on the wings of fantasy ---------------------------- A Brian Strand PREMIERE Poetry Contest Placed 3rd Posted May 2022...

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we stopped the car on the corner, about a minute or two and through the wet window we watched the movement of that ordinary afternoon, people running to their destinations, umbrellas open, cars everywhere and at that moment a dismay hits us in full, it's just something people feel, we think, the feeling that nothing...

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stunted emotions in a troubled maverick liberated by landscapes impassioned in pink green & blue fixation freedom in a mountain view the provincial peasant prevailed by 'art of...

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He made me the centre of gravity. Pride dressed, lone like blood moon Whose deserted home became vanity Did I become evil or was I rune? Greater insight and realized sanity, I was the diamond his life festoon....

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Nothing said surroundings environmental still; Nothing's heard still loneliest beats of warmth chills; Nothing said No moving parts stationary Surround -Soundz No moving parts listless Listlessness Incandescent no voices No surround sound Stalled echos laden calls Mouth stops all sound drops Everything all elements are still Nothing said 9/01/19 Placed 3rd place in Contest For Silent Poetry Contest Sponsored by Silent One...

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Having heard the harping howls of a hungry herd on the prowl I realized reticence is a revered gift like the sweet love song of a swift...

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One day When we’ve finally had enough When we’ve drained each other dry We will wander forth Exhausted, and beneath the star-lit night lie. In bewilderment As we wonder how much much time slipped by Reflecting on fleeting sensual moments, Which stood still an eternity in time. Rebecca .A. Huxley...

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O what forgotten providence, to which my soul falls victim on and off and on again, indecision marking each page with dog eared brutality. Know not, want not, we could never truly return a moment as inconsequential as that which marks. . . Providential Dreams whose ends are more mutably cataclysmic than their begins. Can only be born of indecisive wonderlust, Impendent scenes...

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