Salt Poems - Poems about Salt

I climb a staircase of salt toward a memory that never took shape. Each step dissolves into a mist of thought, and above, I am but a drop in a dreaming cloud....

Continue reading...

For Those Who Hold the Field… the Keepers of Resonance To be used at spoken dedications, at gatherings, at endings, or where remembering is needed most. The Salt of the Earth, the Silent They walk without thunder They pass without name They mend what was broken Before there is blame. They carry the sorrows Too quiet to scream And bury lost hopes With the roots...

Continue reading...

Whispers swirl in tides of haze Where the sun fractures time A molten gold drip cascades Melting the edges of dreams Sand writes stories beneath bare feet Footprints fade like forgotten tales Caught between the hum of salt and wind Waves sprawl restlessly and untamed Twilight softly flickers off shells Waves now gently humming a lullaby Being and reflection in endless loops Echoing in the heartbeat...

Continue reading...

For those who still doubt the unreliability of AI detectors. In this poem just change the word "half" in line 18 to "58%" and paste each in an AI detector (e.g. scribbr.com or quillbot.com) you will be amazed how AI just with that substitution magically changed its judgement from "between 58% – 100% AI detected"...

Continue reading...

To campaign in poetry but govern in prose Words stretch till breaking integrity blown Promising everything sins unconfessed Bombast and pander the charlatans — best (The New Room: July, 2025) ...

Continue reading...

I love the blue water, as I am rocked to sleep. The salt air fills my soul, as I dream far away. I am awakening, to a misty sea day. ...

Continue reading...

Salt of The Earth, My thirst for knowledge, Took me to the edge, I wedge myself safely in place, As I face the onslaught, It's not like I thought, Its nothing that could be bought, Taught to endure, I hold sure to the promise, Keeping my heart pure, I search for a cure, A chance...

Continue reading...

Sodom in tatters Gomorrah is ash L.A. lies burning New York in the trash Cowards run rampant Weakness endeared Our heritage shattered With traitors — revered (Inside The Fire: June, 2025) ...

Continue reading...

you who’d not change a single thing in life ~ may not get another chance whereas i’m guaranteed one more presage ~ i’ve sold my soul in advance satan wouldn’t take it ~ so traded with Lot’s wife for her sustained glance By David Kavanagh...

Continue reading...

in most recipes tickles the taste buds pro-superstitious sugar’s opposite potato friendly a stimulant found in ocean necessary sharp white sprinkles pepper’s mate on table tasty spicy salt...

Continue reading...

You cut me here, without ever saying a word. Then you twisted and turned, your knife into a sword. Then you took back your word, so now I'm never sure. Then you took away my soul, not knowing what it's worth. So I cut myself, to show you where it hurts. "Don't look back...

Continue reading...

Pillar Of Salt Do you know the story of Sodom and Gomorrah? Let me tell you. Two cities destroyed from wickedness. Only one family fled to the mountains. Anger provoked by the sins of men. Ancient cities in the sand. A crime against nature. Disobedience toward each other. Evil throughout the streets. People giving burnt...

Continue reading...

BREAKFAST EGG Thought reaches pinnacle plunges into its own mystery cracks open narrow self an eggshell passes personal truth into Cosmic Heart region of Eternal life this is all which is, was or ever will be egg melts into One time collapses we eat it on toast with salt and pepper Time re-emerges ...

Continue reading...

Grace Not defined Immediately obvious.. But seemingly veiled By salt and pepper......

Continue reading...

My salt and pepper shakers were risqué Shaking their booties night and day I told my husband to put them away It was his mother who thought they were gay I brought my boss home for dinner last Tuesday Those nasty shakers were dirty dancing away I said to my husband please take them to Kay That is his mother, who thought...

Continue reading...