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Slashes Poems - Poems about Slashes

BREAKING THE SILENCE : NO MORE
...BREAKING THE SILENCE : NO MORE Sponsored by Ink Empress Glass shattered a Saturday afternoon tea ~ Silence holds steady black fleeced momentum for its own ripping when lightning as whi......

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Categories: slashes, abuse, change, courage, deep,
Form: Bio
Premium Member GESTURAL EKPHRASIS
... Wilhelm de Kooning in a state of flux spontaneous gestures at the crux Joan Miro with impulsive slashes&spots broken lined perspective dots Henri Michaux painting without a thought arn a......

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Categories: slashes, art,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member Prayer-monoku series
...Prayer open door to heaven - devil’s descent at such prospects teeth and claws - the nails on the cross light seeps through Christ’s wounds - more sheep gather angels take noti......

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Categories: slashes, prayer,
Form: Monoku
I am the bitter taste of gall
...Is it wierd how my scars ache when I think of her (unbled blades, tap of streaming tears) Is it odd how I wish to kick, stab, bludgeon her (the dog hung within the gallows, mellow flesh hung low) I......

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Categories: slashes, death, dog, horror, mother,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fire In The Tongue
... Unkept promises are hard blows that hit the psyche unexpecting. Unkind words are harsh slashes that rip through the essence undeserving. The mind becomes the fire in the wild, burns the ge......

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Categories: slashes, analogy, anger,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Hurricane Milton
...Menacing winds howl through the fragile trees, In shadows, rain slashes windows like a whip, Lightning cracks—each flash a brief, jagged tease, Thunder roars, shaking t......

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Categories: slashes, anxiety, emotions, encouraging, life,
Form: Acrostic
THAT PICTURE
... The picture on our parlor wall Is really not my taste at all. The thing was chosen by my wife; I hung it for a quiet life. She tells me it’s the modern trend, A concept I can’t comprehend. A ......

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Categories: slashes, art,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Chalk People
...Children cherish a summer rain it turns them into unchained frogs hopping around the gushing drains splashing about mud puddle bliss catching those silver manna drops with pinkish frog tongue f......

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Categories: slashes, child abuse,
Form: Rhyme
Walk With Me
...Walk With Me Tonight the storm rages. Is it worse outside  Or inside my head. The thunder threatens  To shatter the window panes. My insanity threatens To take my life. As the lightenin......

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Categories: slashes, death, emotions, goodbye, rain,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Dance Of Anger
... Unkept promises are like brutal blows, ruthless ripping words are the harsh slashes, they strike unaware where latent hope grows, and cleave through ruptured heart as it crashes. The mind ......

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Categories: slashes, analogy, anger,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Jasmine
... Sweet scented, star shaped, Summer sedative, silky spike Shines with its short stature Sign of sensuality and suppleness Supports spirits, slashes stress Scents and colognes mad......

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Categories: slashes, flower,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Emptiness - Soul Hunt
... Written: April 27, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Seraphic, sibilant wisdom, a grace-gorged vista, nestled amidst pristine propinquity verdant gr......

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Categories: slashes, analogy, life, soulmate, voice,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member brilliant photographic opportunities
...shells wandered out onto the beach in strips and slashes from the air it probably looked like a Shriner’s convention God was materializing in the east in the form of an explosion I ran to get my c......

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Categories: slashes, beach,
Form: Free verse
RED SEA
...RED SEA At the mouth I lay splayed blood trickling, slowly dripping into soft mud or red Akashic ink mud of my anus, ink of my sacred septum white flags drench......

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Categories: slashes, allegory, body, color, courage,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Stir
... Written: February 28, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mayhem prevails as calm dries and stirs rise. A ruckus erupts as words and deeds blend. Oh, the wrath, rela......

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Categories: slashes, analogy, fire, riddle,
Form: Sonnet

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