Short Unhinge Poems

Iridescent glows
Shadowed by that dreary area
That once glistened with gold
The touch of a thousand angels
Could not unhinge this
Darkness...

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the chair assumes its responsibility
the edge of my vision has another idea
red drops of love sweep across the table
significant shapes creep into the linens
the door began to unhinge
and the windows clamor at your approach...

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to time the rhyme or range of orange
when to smile and when to cringe
nothing fits but on the fringe
yet I find red yellow wonder
defining moments to unhinge
My orange dingy dinghey
the cold sea it's under
icily swelling nicely
A weighted wait
To float a boat...

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Night wrinkles on dim hangers.
Bell-bottom pants,
two-toned platform shoes,
a `kipper' tie,
unhinge from time and mind.

The closet door clicks shut.
Empty hangers swing-on in the dark,
rocked now
by the surviving members
of every rock band
that ever broke up....

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NEW AGE DYNAMICS 2


New possibilities call
To brave old souls
To unhinge odd madness
Forge time and space
With good intentions
Surge ahead briskly
With bold visions
As firm attention
Empowers stern action

~~~~~~~~~



Leon Enriquez
03 October 2019
Singapore...

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A vision only my sleeping eyes 
can see:

Night wrinkles on dim hangers.
Bell-bottom pants,
two-toned platform shoes,
a `kipper' tie,
unhinge from time and mind.

Then the closet door 
clicks shut like a shell.
Empty hangers swing-on in the dark,
rocked now 
by the surviving members
of the Rolling Stones....

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To my Dearest,

Shall you read this?

Though this time you mustn't cringe.

All this time the spread of clearness,

has made the fear inside unhinge. 

And yet I know that you will crumble,

just like this paper in your hand.

The time I spent and made you stumble,

now with me gone...

You'll finally stand....

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Being from the city,
Too much quiet makes me cringe.
What sirens do for others,
Silence makes my brain unhinge.

I’ll take it in small doses - 
It’s initially a balm -
But over time, it does
The opposite of bringing calm.

The birdsong helps and music, too,
Yet it’s not quite enough.
For sensory survival,
I prefer the noisy stuff....

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Do I dare jest
With mortal flesh?


Shades, tints and hues
Colours past due


Hallway portraits
Memories raid


This motley few
Soup from ox's stew


Pain and disease
Unhinge sound ease


I wait and watch
Time must dislodge


Now play with pun
Fun on the run


Note shades of grey
Beyond slow sway


Another win
For the dustbin



Leon Enriquez
29 June 2014
Singapore...

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You know not about fear
       when in the spotlight of 
your rage
       snarled in distorted
ugly

your hatred 
       twisting
       my unguarded spine
stunting small bones
   blustering
        bluffing
concealing weakness
       too plain to miss
as
      you pound down 
walls
      and
      hammer
ineffectively on
      my resolve
to
leave you
to
  your
      own
creation...

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It springs upon you.
Gleaming clawed metaphor
struggle to unhinge.

Many-legged adjectives 
commence to crawl over the page
similar to a robotic centipede
but bigger, shinier, brasher.

Then the seductive purr,
the mannered modes, the manicured forms,
the unmistakable reek of poetry.

The first step they say is recognition,
the second step is to find it a home.
The third step is to clean up
after it craps itself....

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I'm a briny whore
wit' reekin' drawers
me honor ter make yer acquenchance
th' skipper's maid
me port's decayed
one doubloon, yer seafarin' urchin?

Yer scurvy rat
a-crawl wit' gnat
orf seadog scourged wit' rabid 
yer cannon's immense
'tis cocked 'n tense
yer cutlass be yearnin' me scabbard

Yer stench o' sewer
me bits'll chew yer
bumps 'n boils 'n rottin' flesh
yer britches singe
yer helm unhinge
ter boot yer hornpipe thump 'n thresh

2013-11-20...

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Though tenuous the winds impinge 
on late October's brittle fringe,
bereft of August's saffron glow
when brilliant sky did ardent flow
formidable in cyan tinge,

immutable will frost astringe
hot tangerine of summer singe;
no haven for the zeal to go.

Demurely comes first winter's twinge
as last of maple leaves unhinge.
Soon falcons after doves will go
'cross interludes of vestal snow,
while eaves sketch icicles' syringe.



10/23/17...

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COPLA CINCUENTA Y TRES: This Bad Guy World

People see what they love to see
All that glitters makes them feel bright:
Tip sinking boat

Right now ball craze all films of glee
World of adverts subverts the sight:
Salesmen sail moat

A young woman stands at street door
Dazed by drugs an oozing sex pot:
Short years hence hag

Suckling aids milk son of whore
Whose mind will unhinge smoking pot:
Jet lag lost bag

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2014...

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Coffee
When someone says, 'Let's meet for coffee,' what exactly do they mean? Are they asking you to cheat on your wife? As it all starts somewhere, doesn't it? Offering themselves on a plate for you. Or is it innocent? Two friends unwinding after the office. Seeing the world rush by. Look between the lines; hidden agenda? Planning to unhinge the boss and take over. Or any number of drastic dangerous schemes. So when asked for coffee, stop to think. It may save your life....

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It springs upon you;
gleaming clawed metaphors
struggle to unhinge.

Many-legged adjectives
commence to crawl over the page
shedding endless varicolored skins.
Whole lines turn into robotic centipedes.
Then the seductive purr,
the mannered modes, the manicured forms,
the unmistakable reek of poetry.

The first step they say is 'recognition',
the second step is
to bleat indignantly about poetic license.

The third step is to clean up
after the poem craps itself....

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