Short Parapets Poems
Short Parapets Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Parapets by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Parapets by length and keyword.
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her gaze pinned on that crumbling silhouette~
ribs of stone gnawed by centuries
as violet bleeds through the parapets
When a pair of fighter jets
Buzzed over the parapets
They woke up the entire block
Though the pilots had regrets
But still the neighborhood frets
At each ticking of the clock
This deafening sound they battled
Their dishes chipped and rattled
And went crashing to the floor
With nerves all spent and addled
The block packed up and saddled
No one lives here anymore
The gulls are low, not skimming,
but surfing spray
just above
the rise and fall of crests.
Beaks scythe and catch
tracking troughs.
They seek the in-between fish
thrown
between tumbling parapets
of ocean.
Trawling gullets
scoop,
gulp the spew.
Swigging necks
do not glance back
but plow circles of light
upon the water,
then they dive upwards
into
the wings of the wind.
Esuries (L)
(A lone voice whispers)
Has love's incandescent crimson light bulb
Illuminated your lonely soul yet
To help you forget
Those quiet years
When you walked upon fragile parapets alone
You'd rather now paint
Using poetry as your only form of catharsis
Before you are called home
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
Esuries translated:
Hunger
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