Semaphore Poems - Poems about Semaphore

...I’m done with co-dependence or so I say I’ve burnt so many effigies for others I’m the giver in my codependency The taker burns all my oxygen She used to grant just a puff to breathe Her flame ......Read the rest...

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the forest I am with my tribe of wood and leaf, among the giants whose roots hug the earth. It is a place of ancient souls, of the creatures who dwell with th......Read the rest...

... Hot summer afternoons and the call of glistening water lapped a child's mind with a want. Just home from work we would pester our father until he relinquished and took us to the beach. ......Read the rest...

...knew him as he walked in A Port boy by the size of his grin That went from ear to ear And we shook hands like old friends dear There was sea water in his veins And a story for each move of his......Read the rest...

...sun hat on a yellow peg semaphore light shape-shifting on spanish tiles buttermilk blinds flap broken slats a trapped sky hums lazy crumb songs light spreads sticky wings o......Read the rest...

...It is most important to not hurt a cats soul for it is the perfect balance of nobility and ridiculousness, be gentle with its finer feelings they are more sensitive than yours. Do be not laugh......Read the rest...

...Cockroaches backstroke lazily in pools of condensed milk. Stacked newspapers pile up, yellowing ingrained tabloids. Her bed has a curved spine, her couch is a witchery shaped coven, a semaph......Read the rest...

...Another dawn has won over a defeated night. The wounded and dead, as always are hidden between time zones, a brutality too far away, and not enough to tremble grills in backyards or rock local be......Read the rest...

...Brightness peeps into yellowing net curtains; brief wafts of a semaphore sky. An elderly lady has planted her mind in an apartment, lightbulbs burn out, are never replaced; sunshine squints t......Read the rest...

...Stars blink out; another dawn triumphs over a defeated night. The wounded and dead hidden by time zones. Echoes of a brief brutality, too far off to rattle backyard grills and beer cans. Let us ......Read the rest...

...Recall the midwife To the cenotaph War is over For now at least Nothing but poppy petal buttercup remain in tact to blow away this coming eve Or grow from flounder's red sodden f......Read the rest...

...In my study, against the wall Stands my wish guitar. And I Caress it in my arms, let fly Some chords; Ocean spall. I feel deep deep down I can Play and make up a tune; Sure would be over the ......Read the rest...

...Daylight slips in and out of yellowing net curtains. Sunny wafts semaphore the sky. An old lady has planted her mind in closets, in drawers where an off-white linen recalls lavender......Read the rest...

...On a breezy afternoon I walked at Semaphore As the gulls were wheeling and forever squawking near the beach’s shore And I walked up to the white stone clock there to see the time Standing tall cle......Read the rest...

...You will not need an enigma machine or a code breaking book. A knowledge of Morse code or a semaphore instruction book this message is real simple and not hard to understand there’s no secret h......Read the rest...