Short Unwinding Poems

Unwinding letting everything roll off your back...

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on a sandy beach 
the rolling tide clears my mind 
driving me off course...

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To end
a stress filled day,
he recuperated-
unwinding aboard a merlot
schooner...

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butterflies flight broke...
living room’s filled with stale smoke
pink elephants would choke...

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Embracing emptiness
I have no-self---service
completeness reigns
mindfulness walks the line....

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coffeehouse sonata
americano in hand
muse with pen all set



posted on September 17, 2018...

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Let me inhale the perfume of your thoughts 

Unwinding the moment and releasing the pain 

Let my love fall on you, like gentle rain...

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A VOICE
A TOPIC
A VERSE
SOMETHING INSPIRING
INQUIRING OF A MIND
IT IS THAT TIME
I AM UNWINDING
FREE FROM IT ALL
NO NEGATIVITY 
ONLY POSITIVITY
TALENTED AND GIFTED
SOONER TO BE SEEN
A VOICE TO BE HEARD....

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birds singing, leaves rustling round
sitting here on a burnt stump
the world stops just for now 
i don't feel like a bump

i am here relaxing now
unwinding till it's dark
i'm watching nature run it's course
sitting in the dark...

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Once tied to 
 her golden hair 
 now loose 
 somewhere 
 out there 

 flowing freely 
 unwinding slowly 
 her silk sash 
 slow dances 
 in the wind 

 he smiles 
 as he recalls 
 her kiss 
 made of 
 lace and ribbon

March 24, 2019...

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Brain-fuzz falls like dandruff,
clearly the clarity of a strain-free smile
is back to work.
Summer is breaking its glass sky.
I'm unwinding a Slinky soul,
after a dark thought
dropped me into a subdivision of hell uninvited -
mind blisters are healing well....

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I'm on the road, and the landscape swims by- 
it's Algonquin, Whiteshell, and Spirit city lines,\
and each place... is a haven, 
truth unwinding in a poet's eyes. 
It's love, 
unbridled, and spilling through the soul, 
it's living,
true, until your life is full....

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Drinking from clear, gurgling streams,
catching frogs, unfolding dreams,
without iPhones, watches or clocks,
sitting high on granite rocks -
my memory is unwinding 
a young boy exploring and finding 
pumice and obsidian flakes 
in the mountains over Mammoth Lakes....

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Finding Halt That Is Grinding

To screaming halt Trump came to a grinding
When hearing that agreement must be binding;
After his body and brain he did further inspect
Results seemed to have a spring board effect
For years has been unwinding and unwinding.

Jim Horn...

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A goose gray day,
I might have places to go
but know not the way.

The dice are under the cup
             the runes are blind.

The hours will unravel,
I will follow the instructions
               of a voice in my car

look for lost paths
and roads not yet found....

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The bud hiding the natures hues,
Impatient for night to come
stands shy among leaves:waiting 

As the sun closes the door
The cool moon with softest shine
Hugs the bud: unwinding.

Soft touches of the dews
Tickling as the petals unfurl
As fragrance spreads : exalting ....

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Feeling the serenity that knows all its powers
Unwinding the mazes not knowing what devours
To sprinkle the liquid as each we do walk
Inside is the garden where we meet and talk
Silence is golden in the garden there is love
Up high in the clear skies
Does fly the white dove...

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Float to freedom
Burst and pop
to winds of change
on tides of red

Break emotion
Logic stops
as words ignite
and flood your head

Call the story
Conjure dreams
to lips still shaking
cold unthaw

Blow the bubbles
to the trees
and then sit back
and laugh in awe......

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Only in time do I see it unwinding 
Its like I’m searching for something I’m not finding 
So cliche but Ive really I’ve been trying 
And straight to my face you’ve been lying 
I don’t believe you or really any words you speak
It’s okay I forgive you and I’ll try to turn the other cheek...

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Throw myself onto the beige softness
I indulge into the hungry cushions
Feeling light and relieved in my feet
I touch the soft floor delicately
I turn the chrome tap and pour the unwinding lavender 
Pounder in my kingdom  its perfectly filled
My home is my castle 
My castle is my feets making...

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Its a fanfare day
feed into my dream
if you want to
all this love and nomenclature
is just a trying zone

I sit with our lives
preen shelter
our days will be blowing
pear nosed

we are unwinding
we are all traveling parallel lines
into the twilight zone
I lightly  throw off my juxtaposition
...

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These blatant lives we lead
with their guts hanging out,
yet only between beautiful words.

I remember (after the failed surgery),
when guts spilled out of my real body;

that unwinding of blank verse uncoiling
in a slow slime of sincerity,

and all those gory details falling out, at last
saying something true....

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Into the abyss we have fallen the drama is so appalling I wonder is this weight worth hailing  I want to let go but I keep on stalling your soul calling I'm caught up in one thing that's your image shooting and delivering the last blow bound to make it blinding I'm unwinding where I'm at is frightening you hit as lightning...

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respectable break
relaxed and refreshed
readily rejuvenated
responsible respite
reluctantly retiring 
rapidly unwinding 
relieved of day to day duties
reducing  stagnation
ready for a well-earned hiatus 
recall joy found during the last one 




Written 2-3-2021
Hiatus Poetry Contest
Sponsor Chantelle Anne Cooke...

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We place a lot of pressure squarely on our shoulders 
Raising the bar on repeat feels like carrying boulders 

Stakes set stubbornly high but can lower to find a clue 
By broadening out our view to see the strain is undue

Realize the rigor we apply isn't required in every situation
Unwinding tension that was a figment of our imagination...

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