Slip Through The Fingers Poems | Examples

"Sentences"

Experience comes at a cost 
money is not the currency
the weight of useless titles
are now disgarded avidly

the sun 

tastes expensive here
like the stigma of saffron; 
I open my palms to the eyes 
of some strange royal God

who pretends not to hear me

love and life 
slip through the fingers
like sand 
the hourglass is turned upside down

a challenge

challenges now shed like worn out novels
unwritten words slipping silently 
between the sheets like expert lovers warmly known, 
sensuously undressing pages until they’re naked

a kiss 

I turn my head in this dream
I’m not looking for clocks
and as I glance back 
ahead of me I see my soul 

accepted

slip silently out of me 
like this body is empty tupperware
and what lies behind me 
hollow and unnessary 

melting away
into you 
between the lengthy 
unspoken sentences


Candide Diderot. ‘25

Let’s leave the cats
Thinking like cats,
Stretch and sleep,

Let’s leave the turtles,
Thinking like turtles,
Love the green salad,

Let’s leave the oranges,
Thinking like oranges,
With sweet orange juice,

Let the girls
Think like girls
With black rimmel on the eyes,

Let us listen
Soften thoughts
By Jean Sebastian Bach,

Let’s leave the flowers
In the wild
Thinking like flowers,

Let’s leave the French
Think like French people,
Take care of everything,

Let’s leave the sky,
All pink in Oregon,
All blue in Marseille,

Let’s leave the dogs
Bark like a dog.
Thinking that people are bad,

Let’s leave the table, 
Think like a table,
At the lunch hour.

Let’s leave the rabbit,
Think like a rabbit,
Being afraid of everything,
Stew with brown sauce,

Let’s leave the words
Think like words,
Write our poems,

Let’s give time
Slip through the fingers,
Thinking about tomorrow,

Let’s leave the sea
Go down to the sea,
Think like water,

Let the life,
Think like us,
That all ends one day,
Even love,

Let’s leave the cats,
Thinking like cats,
Stretch and sleep,

Let the life
Under the umbrellas,
Let’s all enjoy her.

In the absence of complication
trials and tribulations become distant memories
Above sapphire skies delight sanguine eyes
inspiring forthcoming musings of the mind

Where a restless sea spills upon a barren shore
with concerns for each grain of sand that fills the palm of a hand
Before they slip through the fingers of reflection
where all the grains are washed away with time

To return once again to the mind's sea
of perpetual motion and changing tides
To cleanse the soul and remove the conflicts
that grew beyond the realm of comprehension

Freed of this languished darkness
the musings of the mind now grant expectations
that is greater than an understanding wish
and allows sanguine eyes to find peace in a sapphire sky


11/17/19 contest Complete the Poem

In the absence of complication,
trials and tribulations become distant memories.
Above sapphire, skies delight sanguine eyes-
inspiring forthcoming musings of the mind.

Where a restless sea spills upon a barren shore
with concerns for each grain of sand that fills the palm of a hand.
Before they slip through the fingers of reflection
where all the grains of sand are washed away with time.




11/15/19 contest Complete the Poem

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