Stapled Poems - Poems about Stapled

...I think the beauty in living comes along when we shirk our heavy coats And our white-knuckle approximation of old, flake-away skin, which we have Stapled back onto ourselves— The faces we’ve taugh......

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... I grabbed the lion by his mane and slit open the beast’s belly crawling inside, I stapled his belly back. I felt a rush of adrenaline, For the day I was the king of the jungle… The beast w......

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...For all the planning and learned preparation poetry remains part mystery a write only dimly solvable a poet wisely advised to proudly accept all credits, while adhering failures to sacr......

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... your silhouette bleeds a background of tears inside me and flowing out of me the pain of ages held in rages my soul in cages your hand-print touch-less yet pushes me to the brea......

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...Occasions a sign as moonglade o'er lake. Hears lay the sleeper in brevities wake, retold roses red and violets blue, yet best in scarlet as would maroon too and lavender is said truer than blue ......

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...I don’t know why I’m with her still She’s a craving I just can’t kill, She’s a habit I just can’t kick, I’m an addict – she makes me sick She burns like “China White” cut wrong, Harsh as schwa......

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...when I met you, I was dying. for the very first time in my life, but certainly not the last- you made sure of that when I met you I was dying. I hadn’t eaten in three months and my body was a vandal......

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...Then came the checkers of the facts Patting themselves on the backs Moccasin minds that leave no tracks Piling up rumors in stapled stacks. It matters not whether pro or con They all sing a sl......

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...Chapters of this Woman Who am I? An unread story — a book whose cover is waiting to be opened for my pages to be stroked, to be turned, my words to be ingested — to be heard. Who dares to r......

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...All this hair, curly and strong Wiping around the cheeks surrounding the eyes swiping it from where they cut and stapled Growing in storms dark brown and white as a Winter snow who am I who wil......

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...Proclaimed the poster stapled to the side of the old barn, its bold, bright colors in stark contrast to the faded paint of the cladding. The tear-off tabs hanging below the poster, each ......

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... “Britches” 2 Written: by Miracle man July 12, 2021 His younger years are slowly becoming blurred, some think he’s matured into a “tough old bird”. He’s been sewed up, stapled, wired......

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...Torn up mattresses stapled to the walls deafen the sounds of the screaming. I’m talking, talking to the man with no ears, when I look, he’s not really there at all. Coming at me with outstretche......

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..."Time is the thief you cannot banish." Phyllis McGinley, Writer, 1905 - 1978 Time Passages I drift midst some pleasant sensation~~from a morning mist, th......

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...One dark night takes me on a ride to an isolated hill where I inhale unpleasantness .. Wide gleamy monstrous gate opens as the mighty wind blows, creepy ferns crawl all over the floor. ......

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