Short Retina Poems

a snowfield yonder
retina stabbing brilliance
a million eyes gazed...

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Opaque
and detached-
a politician's
retina inflamed by 
the facts...

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If i  Could I`d retain the belle nudity
that makes your body thrill,
in the core of my retina!...

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see that array of blackened stars
as blindness
is squinted away
rubbing retina
feel the sun on eyes of lid
feel the light that pierces skin...

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Row 
Rivers 
Retina 
Through calm currents 
Attribute helplessness inadvertent 
To your idiosyncrasies worded
Truly certain 
Your person
Perfects 
Peace 

9/1/21 photo #1...

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bottle of wine shattered 
bay of my lips at the
earth shakes like an
epileptic i am turn-
ing red
closed eyes medi-
tation rain bows
on the retina
greying slee-
p ripples die...

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A bullfrog jumped into my eye socket today.
Pushed my retina aside, and was clearly on his way.
I can feel him jumping around. My sight is blurry.
Doctor, please come quick, as if you are in a hurry....

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War kills

Retina less windows
Bodies were strewn on foul streets
A photo of Grozny
Summary execution
Death sways from unlit lampposts 
Friend or foe
Who knows?
Conspiracy of peace
Both sides declare victory
The truth is debris...

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violent trembling earth
laughing at the joke
of life
spilling glasses giggle
red stained miracle
love descent like
a quake in the
empty womb
erected flags of passion
half mast sorrow
of vanishing youth
ohmmmmm
orange and violet on
the closed retina...

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a giant eyeball 
flashes
'cross the sky

I fly 
to its retina

it blinks
I am trapped
my bed
is soaking wet
my libido
dies

I stand
I fall
to my knees
dragging
what is left of me
gazing
at my oppressor as

a giant eyeball
flashes
'cross the sky...

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Beauty,
what is it,
how can it be
so fragile;
Will o' the wisp,
here today
gone tomorrow,
ethereal;
And yet..
is it skin deep,
mirror made
reflections;
Deeper
in the glass,
the eye tells more..
reveals;
Appeals
to the beholder,
a unique view
ever new;
Enduring
and indelible,
etched upon
love's retina...

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Just like a pin-hole camera's image
The image formed on our eye's retina
Is upside down and cock-eyed
But our brain's used to that,
And tricks us with reversion version
So what we think we see is flipped downside up reality
Our view is an illusion flipped up and flopped over
Sunny side up to go....

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As Eye See It

Beauty,
what is it
how can it be
so fragile
Will o' the wisp
here today
gone tomorrow
ethereal
And yet..
mirror made
reflections

Deeper
in the glass
the eye tells more..
reveals
Appeals
to the beholder
a unique view
ever new

Enduring
    &indelible
etched upon
love's retina...

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Beauty,
what is it
how can it be
so fragile

Will o' the wisp
here today
gone tomorrow
ethereal

And yet..

is it skin deep,
mirror made
reflections

Deeper
in the glass
the eye tells more..
&
reveals..

Appeals
to the beholder,
a unique view
ever new

Enduring
and indelible
etched upon
love's retina...

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A token flash from your azure eyes so fair
The snapshot did my ingratiated lids snare
Your sharpened stare did my focus pair
My singed cornea was left in state of disrepair
Your beaming irises cast a searing flare
My dilated pupils your steam did not spare
Reflecting lenses as mirrors cast lurid glare
My glowing retina could not the intense flame bear...

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Re-post inspired by Julia's contest

Beauty,
what is it,
how can it be
so fragile;
Will o' the wisp,
here today
gone tomorrow,
ethereal;
And yet..
is it skin deep,
mirror made
reflections;
Deeper
in the glass,
the eye tells more..
reveals;
Appeals
to the beholder,
a unique view
ever new;
Enduring
and indelible,
etched upon
love's retina...

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Close your eyes, what do you see?
Excuse me!
See with closed eyes
What rubbish, such lies!
But I see Coloured dots dancing around
Changing colour, falling to the ground
Others see them when they rub their eyes
It's Strange but no big surprise
Do you even know why?
An active retina or a lie?
Do your research, do it right
Hopefully you too will see the light...

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The surgeons took a photograph
And saw her killer pictured there,
Imprinted on her retina:
The Ripper’s face upon her stare.

*People used to believe that the last thing a person saw before death was imprinted on the retina and this was tried in the Jack the Ripper case – I just imagined if it had worked…

For Deb’s ‘What do you make of this?’ contest (the eye picture)...

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wet warden whirring
like lusty figs
tainted passions puking
ignited by breaches
bounty break dance
then leery lance

rusty retina smirking
elated by blushes
birthed per pulses

felon fingers fiddling
hoisted hands filled:
rusty retina's ripped

mystic mood metamorphosed
pupiled-retina gulped gore.
        20:01:11:00:35

Note: Inspired by a picture. Not a contest....

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Unburdened by mass,
star born 
photons
hurtle
through vacuum voids.

They reach a planet
where green continents swim 
in blue oceans.
It is night. A woman
looks up at the sky.

The photons travel
through the gelatinous matter
of her eye and die
on her retina,
sparking electric pulses 
that race 
along the optic nerve,
and her miraculous brain
translates:
I see a star....

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rain lives
in the womb of clouds

black and white clouds
flying over the sky crowd

the sun
on its orbital path as usual

but parched bone
feels the sun hottest

I, the cruel people
kill thousands flora and fauna

luxurious life
dries fully the humane tears

now there is no coolness
in retina, visual cortex, optic nerve of the earth... 


-Wednesday, June 12, 2019 Chattogram...

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The light 
               fades
               silver
birches 
reflect
               the
               setting
sun
a
winter’s
                day
ebbs
away
                     still
                    tranquil
the
image
                   lasts
                    and
       
lasts
does not
die
                 lies
                lasered
on
my
                       mind’s
retina
in my
                  memory’s
eye...

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Time runs through the routine
day and night ordinary happens
my useless memory proceeds
your presence on my retina

You were always pilgrim and distant
my uncertain steps sans hope
dream of you beside  is my fate
eternal dream dweller persistent

How many papers written in vain
unconfessed times paralyzed
memory of moments of pain

your eyes, lips, were glorified
my senses now deadened
portion are dry, portion strong rain...

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Circular and square. And a little glimmer
Of peace -
Or agony.

Cool beneath the waters. A small touch
Of green -
Or sunny coral.

Clanking in mine ears - 
But beauty in these eyes -
Through cornea and through 
…Retina.

A painfully perfect tube is drilled - the long days 
Pierced as if a sharp stare of a swordfish 
Glare. 

And a breath-taking fibre passes through the
Scar…and the blood covered by a glistening 
Price sign....

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I've found someone to be with 
Not knowing much about her desire
My retina and lens get weak when I saw her

I'm distracted when she's staring at me 
Her voice defeats my utricus 
I always feel loved at her smile

I uttered my love to her 
She shunned all my intended feelings
When I confront my love to her 

She makes me feel grief and animosity 
And my love to her will never vanished 
Until she realized the fact and feel sympathy...

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