Sifting Poems - Poems about Sifting

Sifting Sand

In his
indecision
he changed 
again
Only to 
become more
of what he had
— never been

(Dreamsleep: January, 2025) 

When Autumn Leaves Came Sifting Down

late-summer sky, vast cloudless vault
hued blue as eyes first meeting mine;
soon autumn tinged fresh campus air
as flirting-glance to fondness grew
and verdant leaves donned ochre hues
then blushed rust tones when we would gaze
deep into eyes, hearts warm as spring
in dappled shade beneath spread limbs
of gold and umber, pumpkin-rind,
soft pastel sketches for the eye
while we held hands

Sifting Sands

   Treasuring every moment left
     waking hours become minutes
       become seconds, sands of time 
     sifting through our fingers and
       the very sinews of our beings

Sifting Sad Shadows From the Past

Flour, baking powder, sugar, salt
must be integrated smoothly, to a fault
if what is baked will turn out good
keeping it all in proportion, as one should

"Sifting sad shadows from the past"
to aerate lighter memories that will last
helps break down the bigger lumps
of those times feeling down in the dumps

Having a memory a bit more like a

Sifting Sad Shadows From the Past

This, perhaps, has been my constant duty all through,
My life has been a perpetual stock-taking;
Within which, I, like sparrows, from out of the blue,
Find possibilities of Nestles get shaping...!

The almighty and my kith and kin have been great,
What a life he has given me, it's wonderful!
Who says there's existential resolve and sad fate?
My response-filled life

Sifting Sand Shadows

I sit here on the beach, seaside.
"Sifting sad shadows from the past."
Which like sand flats ebbing with tide,
Expose sadness, in blackness cast.

As I find ashes of loves died,
Sorting it all out, takes its toll.
Hands tremble, heart splits open wide,
Weighing the sorrows, drags on soul.

The shadows lengthen as day dies.
Soon to coalesce to black night.
I must

Sifting Time

always questions always apprehensions
in the process of getting through this life
begins with stunning realization
there is more to this universe than I
flows through doubt and self-examination
into a struggle to simply get by

following rules truly all that there is
why not search for something much more than this
try to find meaning within existence
beyond the needs for basic subsistence
reach

Love Sifting

last third of the night.
sifting through torrents of love.
to feed sky and stars

Post-Thanksgiving Blues

Children have gone, house settling down;
     sitting and sifting through memories found.
How quickly life passes--a grandma now
     I wish I could reverse the clock somehow.
I didn't know how quickly they would grow
     into their own lives--a world I don't know.

November 28, 2021
Bite Size

Sifting

What noble little creatures they are  
tending to eggs through
starvation and storm
in colorful robes of the Gods.

We humans tend to smash our homes
with our wrecking ball souls
sift through the broken shells 
and tiny bones of tomorrow. 
Then we brand it... 
"our destiny".

Tiempo Profundo

 to my son, Tito 


A handful of sand in the angel's palm,
how often you strummed and sifted the metaphor 
of Long Beach (since you were four and rolled 
and unrolled and jotted down the specks of time 
as if you knew what was behind the flimsy skies
that threw your quantum song asunder).

Sifting

sifting through
our youthful fingers
the sands of time



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

posted on April 27, 2019

Memory Sifting

Memory Sifting
(a waste of precious time)
Written: by Tom Wright
3/31/2018

Sometimes I feel forced, by age,
To sift through memories of my past,
Often finding today’s clock intermittently suspended.

My recall, once in hues, has morphed into black and white,
Existing now, from shadows, are few faces, 
And I only detect ambiguous whispers.

A Past can be beastly and only devours my

Sifting Through

sifting through
treasure chest of baubles
reminiscing



posted on August 16, 2018

Sifting Sleep

sifting sleep through her dreams
echoes canyons whispering means
fragrances fondling features
gracious glamouring gems
harping harmonious  hymes
indulging infamous infinities
jewels justification jesters
knowledgeable knee kneel
legendary  lonely leapers
many moons multiplied
offering obsacles oats
pursuing passion pedals
question queens qualms
resisting relevant reasoning
transformed trampling tufts
umbilici understans umbrella
victories  vivacious voice
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