Semaphore Poems - Poems about Semaphore

Prior to intent

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Written: July 18, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker

Line of inquiry:
"heart sets up a vibration 
echoing as wordless intent
mind translates in symbols
flight of...

Confessional Booth Number 9

...Streetlight dander. Jawbone asphalt.
Blink razors carve her iris script.
Rib stars ovulate in feral grates,
mechanical tongue juts a bloodline breath.
Keystroke ruin writes in collapse,
a wavefo...

Unintended Innuendo

...We spoke in semaphore of smirks,
A dialect of sideways quirks—
Our mouths full up with mirage and pun,
Unconscious artists come undone.

She, a flower in a field of noise,
Parsed our pose as pr...

Layers of the Unconscious Mind

...In layers of the unconscious mind,
Where desire and fear are hard to find.
Through symbols and there metaphors,
We seek to find those open doors.

Through corridors of thought, we roam,
Hearts ...

Surviving co-dependence

...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 ...

Going to Semaphore Beach

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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.

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Port Boy Or Girl

...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...

Summer Kitchen

...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...

Advice For New Cat Owners

...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...

Cats Not the Musical

...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...

Far Away They Die In Our Sleep

...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...

Lace

...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...

Surgical Strikes

...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 ...

Shells Ii Death Is Dead Once More For Now

...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...

My Wish Guitar

...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 ...

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