Salt(A) Poems - Poems about Salt(A)

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) ...

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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. ...

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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...

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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) ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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

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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...

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Chicken Salt To inherit the properties of chicken salt simply walk on all fours. ...

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Salt cascaded across sharp jagged edges of obsidian glass, forgotten but never in the past. Prominent and worn ,used and torn Once to plague your sin-laden body. twice more as an act of revenge. Now to late to mourn. Old salt now replaced by gleaming pearls now specked...

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I felt the sun on my face today & at first it frightened me because it's been so long since anything had come to me gently. And I thought of you and how you would be so proud of the progress I had made but, when I stopped to share it with you, you had already turned to salt. I ruined you because I was...

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Under cerulean stained glass skies, I bathe my soul in sand and sun, anointed with salt water. Playing like a child in the breaks, I surrender to the flow of the tide as it chases and retreats: a frigid game of tag; then collapse into the cradled curve of dunes, bury sea-numbed toes in their warmth. Beyond the veil of closed...

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