Stairwell Poems - Poems about Stairwell

...the ghost - stitched, fused, tethered haunting! creaturely shadow, darkness entrenched cast on paving, stairwell, at my heel relentlessly matching step for step beyond slivers of glass, separat......Read More

...Faerie was sad that she had lost hope. It was on the couch cushion last night, she thought. This is crazy. Is she kind of a dope? This was said by a stuffed cat, store bought. Hope was on the s......Read More

...He pushed at the open door no sound just darkness inside. Dust filtered his nostrils, a mustiness of lost years inhabited his senses. A loose floorboard creaked in the stairwell, t......Read More

... The elevator shudders - then a muted ping as narrow doors slide open, the conveyance only lifts one person at a time, when it descends it is always empty. I've been here before......Read More

... To *key3 How bad can it get, don't ask me that question I'm on the 97th floor terrified, hanging from a window, gasping for breath You want to know, if I put faith to the test On the......Read More

...I pushed at the open door no sound just darkness inside. Dust filtered my nostrils, a mustiness of lost years inhabited my senses. A loose floorboard creaked in the stairwell, the ......Read More

...I knew you were gone. In the startled-now of a wide-eyed night---I knew, though you were beside me all along, I sensed. A cloying doubt, a premonition of you missing fastened tender gums to m......Read More

...He sleeps in a straw motel at the top of an empty stairwell, at night Moth-Man crouches upon a bridge as silent as stone. If you follow an oxycontin mule into the woods it may lead you nowhere,......Read More

...Sitting on the beach, As dusk falls upon the end of shore, I look at the lighthouse, As I see a faint figure, Looking beyond the sea. She holds her chest, As if she is holding a necklace. She ......Read More

...Our holiday in that old art deco apartment block brought us into each other’s domain little pigeons for us, respite from the Covid 19 devastation a place of shelter for you and your mate. In th......Read More

... The foxglove Summer has tripped away I am farmed out far from home Alone, with strange tongues Winter slips quietly into The far corner of my comfort While the Mouse size room sleeps N......Read More

...Quarry mine in the presents of His glory Rocky mountain are the stairwell to the heaven Key lime pie to the sky Green light deep dark world This be the story Tumbleweed embracing Plymouth Ro......Read More

... Original poem posted Aug. 3, 2021 for Charles Messina's Contest: When I Let One Loose in the Elevator (for those who do not know, SBD means "Silent But Deadly") When I let one loose in the ......Read More

... How bad can it get, don't ask me that question I'm on the 97th floor terrified, hanging from a window, gasping for breath You want to know, how bad it can get On the phone to my wife, sa......Read More

...THICKER THAN WATER I pushed at the open door no sound just darkness inside. Dust filtered my nostrils, a mustiness of lost years inhabited my senses. A loose floorboard creaked in t......Read More