Stairwells Poems - Poems about Stairwells

Ersatz Docent in the I Am Museum

...
Welcome.
I'm the one they left behind.
An alter ego of sorts—
just the keeper, the inventory clerk,
interim ghost.

New items arrive every day—
spat out from my boss's pockets,
sometimes st...

Dreams within Dreams

...As my dream became lucid
I confront a two-sided mirror.
As my image in the mirror moved out of sync with me, 
I was forced to become the follower in the dance,
mirroring the reflected lead's ever...

Liminal Spaces Creep Me Out

...Something about liminal spaces gives me the willies in a scary way. 
They raise the tiny hairs on the back of my neck by my C2-Vertebrae
I feel like an ominous evil spirit is going to whisper in my...

Yearnings of Childhood

...Yearnings of childhood
distant echoes
of mystery, magical trains
broken tracks
the mind —
often late past midnight
senses
the source
strains… reaches…
for stairwells
of 
explanations...

Retirement

...How do I start retirement? With grandsons galore, cooking and cleaning, barrel of fun, and a runway to the twin cities. What’s next, you ask, on this escape from my library duty? Well let’s say it ar...

Reciprocal

...Drainage cracks and fingers of
eroding souls.

Long dim hotel stairwells
are sarcastic chasms to the flood,
like artifacts of insanity
and poet's blood.

We dare to run down as
prisoners on ...

There Are No Windmills

...Third shift often referred to as the graveyard shift oh the company I keep through these hours covered by shadows.Souls to wander about at night the lost the lonely and then there are those who are g...

Darling Angel

...Darling Angel, one whom never dwells
Thorn tipped roses laid in your way
Secrets held close whispering wind tells
Fearing the dark nay one soul will stay
Unabashing lies in your mind they say
Ma...

The White Helmets of Aleppo

...One man
Stands
Beneath his white helmet
And demands,

Silence.

Throughout Aleppo.

His stethoscope,
He attaches
To the dust
And listens
From his knees.

The man has
Ten fingers,
A d...

Flood Warning Collaboration - Inspired By Contest

...I crossed my legs but there was a flood
Blushing red I hope folks understood
But my waters had burst
And the baby's my first
Guess I'm ready to start motherhood!

NOT FOR CONTEST

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Desperate Escapes

...Desperate Escapes
                          By Odin Roark

They see only what they need,
That desire to see beyond
The heat and squalor,
The effrontery to their species' senses,
These sentient...

Evil Walls

...I'm locked up how is it even possible to go lock down? But like clock work or a slave in debt to a master I do. Not because I choice to, but because I have no choice. Either lock down or deal with th...

Unless

...Unless…
        by Odin Roark

Seems just yesterday the sun arced
Over precarious ice
The street’s one elm
Leaned its naked branches with the wind Bringing winter’s announcement

A Coney Island cat c...

The Fuehrer

...The Fuehrer Life raises up its rigid hand
Demands following promises you chose
Its the best thing you could ask for,
 the right to choose
Its what holds you back,
 the fear to lose
 to open the doors...

The Crystal Cage

...It sparkles while you sleep, streaming ribbons through your breath, 
Distilled so brightly, glaring lightly yet so neat.
Like acres covered in forest, it blankets your desires,
Barring great cold cry...

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