Slinks Poems - Poems about Slinks

Trilogy - Part 2

...CROWNED IN FIRE: THE LION OF THE SAHYADRI

A boy was born where dust ran deep,
Where silence taught the land to weep.
The throne was foreign, gold unclean,
And tyrants ruled the hills unseen.

...

In The Colleseum

...

It doesn't like to be given a name
or a shape to fit within its walls.
It prefers to hide beneath the camouflage 
of noise and sits unmoved by pity, 
stands to lift a downward pointing thumb ...

What My Inner Voice Told Me Simon Says

...
My inner voice, is a two-faced bard,
That takes all credit when a win is starred.
But slinks away and hides when the outcome,
Doesn't match what it said, what's to become.

Can I read its doub...

Depression

...
Beware!  In my Dwelling, a predator
slinks in without Even saying hello -
spirit who Pretends he’s my creditor -
green with greed and Remarkably yellow.
My words hav...

The Difference a Rhyme Makes

...Ominous leaden clouds sink low in the sky overhead.
Tiny sparrows cease to fly and seek shelter instead.
Shadows fade, the sun slinks away and disappears.
The gloomy day only increases all uncerta...

Along With

...Along with 
Rosy afterglow, plump, pads along with the mindscapes. 
Murky metaphor, skinny, along with the maker escapes.
Thin petals,sheded, along with the wind swirl and churn. 
Thick ink, spil...

Dawning

...No greater gift do I have than me.
To give all that I be, weakness and steel,
Handed unafraid, exuberantly tossed,
Into union where none became one.
~~
Innocence dares not question
The mating, ...

The Ballad of Circumlocution

...In realms where thought and tempests meet
where shifting sands outpace the feet
a creature stirs with cunning guise
Circumlocution cloaked in darkened skies
its words like desert viper’s sting
t...

Fickle Instant Osmosis

...

Ephemeral eternity — covers osmosis pinnacles
In a loving natural roots, nostalgia never fails
Welcomed. . .we wander — and cry
It slinks slackly not dwelling in the gloom. . .

Gestalt ther...

Catty Natured

...You know how a cat is? The way it awakes,
how its eyes open, for a moment
not seeing anything,
how it blinks slowly
eyelids washing a mind
of anything but satisfaction.

Legs stiffen, stretchi...

These Are My Words Of Death

...I never could live without leaving something behind—
a trail of words, a bottle of bourbon,
and now these reflections,
because we can’t escape the truth forever.

The world smells like a battlef...

Chilly Hours

...
In the chilly hours of the graying gloaming,
silent shivers rise from the estuary.
Just before the waves churn in frothy foaming,
Goddess Moon approaches Her adversary.
Sun slinks away ...

The Wicked Wizard of the West

...The Wizard went place to place 
In the shadows for disguise 
A wicked smile on his face 
And manic prism eyes

A crooked hat on his head 
And a serpent for a staff
The master of fear and dread...

Regal Reign

...
A subtle shift in the shadows of sunset
exposes the splendid Moon as She rises.
Just as a cunning gambler hedges his bet
She shines Her best displaying Her surprises.
She slinks across ...

Nothing

...She smells like nothing 
To the whole world 
Tattered dress ripped leggings 
Pigtails on the sad girl 
No one sees her face
She slinks around 
All hopes and dreams 
Shattered no fortunes found...

• Short Slinks Poems
• Famous Slinks Poems
• Best Slinks Poems
• Read Slinks Poems
• Long Slinks Poems
• Slinks Quotes