Snapping Poems - Poems about Snapping

(Snapping fingers rhythmically) Cobham's downbeat/ A thunderclap birth/ Shorter's sax, a comet's fiery girth, blowing jazz-poet notes, a furious chase, too quick for the tongue, lost in sonic space/ The new head of jazz, they say, has spoken true, searching for the next, the unheard, the new/ Charles Lloyd, a soul song, a sweeping refrain,...

Continue reading...

Snapping turtle  The biggest turtle in the world was gigantic mass of being in Galapagos they said all this flesh and shield was I50 years old To think once she had been charming helped her to find the sea saving her from greedy birds Lucky was the man sitting on top  of her making funny faces she was not a snapping turtle  ...

Continue reading...

I've just painted my nails So have to sit still There's a breeze coming in and it grazed me Woke me up and sent me to sleep simultaneously I was thinking how I'm enjoying reclining right now (I've been ill all week) And then 20 something years ago sitting on the pavement in the queue to Pompidou The queue snaked...

Continue reading...

start writing-she said as if she knew about the contents of her head shave off pieces ...

Continue reading...

air rockets skyward uppercutting inside plastic neon flesh contorting at inhuman angles what does my body language spell? ankles anchored into the Earth to stay grounded as the wave of time and space crashes a flood of stagnant flux there is a symphony of bones snapping and cracking in twisted orchestrations the act of existing for me is a resilient demonstration...

Continue reading...

Snapping Turtle Brawny and mean The reptile is seen Oozing out of the mire Like a prehistoric dinosaur. The snapper stares While smelling the air, Keenly attentive For lurking predators. A thick, muscled neck Poised to stretch With beak agape, that says, ‘Keep your distance!’ Because it cannot retract Its head far enough back To protect it from its enemies And so it snaps at everything. The turtle claws at the dirt...

Continue reading...

Here she is Her smile as if painted on Shining, eye catching Her shell cracking Breaking, snapping Slowly revealing the true little clown Oh, my silly little fool No amount of pain or porcelain could hide something as hideous as you Oh, now don’t weep Don’t fret After all, the show isn’t over yet....

Continue reading...

All summer we would sit and work, from sunup ‘til about sundown. We must have laughed a million laughs, and must have snapped a million pounds. We would whistle or sing along, to near a million melodies. I did not know it, but we were, making a million memories. My brothers and sisters always, thought it was such an...

Continue reading...

In a stream of murky waters deep, Where secrets and shadows forever creep, Lives a creature fierce and ancient, bold, A guardian of tales as yet untold. Behold the snapping turtle, wise and strong, Her ancient shell echoing a timeless song. With eyes like amber, full of mystic gleam, She reigns over a realm of forgotten dream. A warrior clad in armor of...

Continue reading...

Part one narrating snapping crackling, and popping trembling underfoot..., which ushered poetic reverberations across the universe A snippet of careering and careening nocturnal cerebral manifestations attributed to strong medicament creating soundless clangorous din ofttimes diabolical dreams severely disrupt mine ability to function throughout rest of day. An adverse reaction to one or more prescription medications intended to combat anxiety, dysthymia, ocd, and other psychological ills (prescribed by...

Continue reading...

Dedicated to Anil Deo and Belle Bellevue My muse had taken a nosedive. No inspiration whatever. So I was inspired by two great poets, And snapped off a leaf from a tree. - /\ - Incredible I met a dream lass And wooed her with...

Continue reading...

snarling growling snapping staring glaring daring old challenges the young dogs people cows or cats but wait.... have any of us ever seen an old cow?...

Continue reading...

the snapping turtle wandering around asphalt confuses my dog...

Continue reading...

they gather grounded in prayers like leaves beneath trees i stand hollow naked numb in this air awaiting winded gusts in disgusted sighs to snap me as i tumble down around them from life...

Continue reading...

my desires hang golden like autumn’s leaves dancing on the edge of dreams snap of reality sends them crashing back down grounded until the next winded thought sends them adrift again...

Continue reading...