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Stairwells Poems - Poems about Stairwells

Premium Member 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......

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Categories: stairwells, metaphor, self,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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......

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Categories: stairwells, dream,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member 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......

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Categories: stairwells, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
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......

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Categories: stairwells, art, childhood, creation, how
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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......

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Categories: stairwells, life,
Form: Haibun



Premium Member 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 ......

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Categories: stairwells, death, deep, introspection, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
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......

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Categories: stairwells, city, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse
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......

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Categories: stairwells, appreciation, best friend, future,
Form: Ballade
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......

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Categories: stairwells, humanity, imagery, inspirational, political,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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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Categories: stairwells, birth, body, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member 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......

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Categories: stairwells, poverty,
Form: Prose Poetry
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......

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Categories: stairwells, animal, conflict, corruption, judgement,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Premium Member 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......

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Categories: stairwells, environment,
Form: Free verse
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......

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Categories: stairwells, forgiveness, life, life,
Form: Free verse
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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Categories: stairwells, fantasy, visionary,
Form: Free verse

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