Startled Poems - Poems about Startled

... Written: September 29, 2023 ____________________________________________________________ Walking through the corridors of my dream, Down the boulevard of anguish, it seems, Breath......Read More

...It startled me awake, screaming raw obscenities Blaming me for something I did when I was five Before bed, we reverently spoke prayerful entreaties In the morning hours, our alliance took a nosedi......Read More

...Dream making bubble maker floated in and out of my slumber I saw him once, but was distracted by a tiny roar of thunder I am afraid said my younger cousin, with her head down under. I slid into he......Read More

...I made my way into the clearing, headed for the congregation. I dashed out and she followed me with all four legs. We, excited and startled the lady with a backpack. Her eyes and countenance ......Read More

...At harvest time Where a white ghost flies Across a blood red moon Behind the fields the rolling hills Are purple, pink and blue Over a dreaming wheat field A barn owl......Read More

...From the window of my chic city office, lost in thought, I gaze out. The pedestrians scurry like frenzied ants below, caught up in their bustling state of holiday insanity. In his haste to cross th......Read More

...Desharah woke early morning 8 am. She wanted to check out her new House. But she waited for Sedanah To come out of her dreams. "WAKE UP SEDA." They roomed Together. That's what her mother ......Read More

...Sundown came fast, the fat Blue Heeler lolling under the low picket fence suddenly jerked his head up as if someone had turned the lights out. A startled Magpie scuttled over the hedgerow maybe......Read More

... *Inspired by a comment Marikate Kingston made on one of my poems. Not for contest. First I was small, shorter than flowers around me The world was so vast, a kingdom to see Then tim......Read More

... "Pop! Pop! Pop!" goes a squeezed Desert Eagle. Two innocent bodies drop; funeral to be held for one. Fleeing block party crew scatter like startled lemmings. ......Read More

... I was walking a lonely road, When lo and behold, I met myself! Startled me to the depth of my soul, Surely, it must have been someone else. Feeling indignant and distraught, ......Read More

...While filled with rage and madness near, I made my wife disappear. 'Cause I found out love is fleeting, With my friend, I caught them cheating. Both giving me lame excuses, Tried blaming me fo......Read More

...In a quiet trailer park, Just a short walk from the middle school Where we all felt our way Through literature, science and math, Often silent during the worst – Passing, but only with average ......Read More

..."When God given gift is mistaken as self earned power, people become arrogant and arrogance leads to fall" By Poet. The crow we see, was once a beautiful bird Sweet as a lark and w......Read More

...I’d seen him lurking in the shadows He’d been stalking me for hours All alone in the house I was at his mercy Finally, he backed me into a corner I let out a blood curdling scream ......Read More