Startles Poems - Poems about Startles

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...From sunrise, when the breath of the new-born day
Kisses my eyes, information startles me.
Waves of my sleep leave the froth from my mouth,
Youthful and earnestly fresh with the harassment of
Bot...

Interview On Mirrored Deja Vu

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ME:
Deja vu-
   It startles me at times.
       Like a mirror, coming before me;
          A conversation
               An interaction
Almost anything-
   Exact in every detail
       ...

A Spectral Owl

...Cloaked in a fitting grey suit and bow tie,
She floats like paper kites across meadows.
From a hollow in a tree, her eyes pry~
Her loud hoot startles nearby sleeping crows.

The spectral owl, wi...

Ontology of the Unwitnessed

...Her laughter startles the morning air -  
a flock of starlings scattering  
from power lines into  
the cathedral of her collarbones.

She moves through rooms  
unaware of how doorframes  
arc...

Winter's Coming Kiss

...A-rush
In a feather ruffling frenzy
cooling the flamboyant sunrise
muffling the warblers
with waffling winds

chilling the audience
in an ice-like stare
your shivery essence
ricochets throug...

My Dogs Have Fun Outside

...Beau my young dog gazes toward the west
He stands, barks, and runs up the driveway
He comes back from the east
Meaning he has circled the house

He stares at me
plunks down and puts his head on...

october noon sounds

...weird bird tweet
cheep cheep cheep
traffic in the distance
barely perceptible breeze

rooster crow
dogs chase squirrel
his get away is lickety split
up a hickory tree

wind chimes a merry m...

Morning Miracle

...Sun surprises moon
Startles her with light and flame
Frightens her away

Then spreads wide his arms
And creates a new morning
Miracle complete
...

Laughter

...Laughter bubbles up from deep within 
it foams, gurgles, exudes joy, and spreads
until it bursts forth
and erupts into a jubilant noise
that startles me as it takes on a life of it’s own
and spr...

In A Whisper

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In a whisper, love poured out its light, its truth, its purpose… a still, small voice who told me He is worthy of the worship, the truth, the praise that promises to stir my faith w...

A Gentle Rain

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While the dawn collects its rhythm, 
Quietly protecting the whispers of a new day,
Tangerine sunsets composing chrysanthemum hymns,
Risk their gentling tones in rarest glimpses,
T...

Homer Translations

...Surrender to sleep at last! What a misery, keeping watch all night, wide awake. Soon you’ll succumb to sleep and escape all your troubles. Sleep. — Homer, translation by Michael R. Burch

Passage h...

Homer translations

...Homer translations

Surrender to sleep at last! What an ordeal, keeping watch all night, wide awake. Soon you’ll succumb to sleep and escape all your troubles. Sleep. — Homer, translation by Michae...

Your indifference, the breath that sparked the fire beneath bridges

...Your indifference, the breath that sparked the fire beneath bridges,
Where my once sure steps now breach bonds and ridges.
Your scars are but an alluring landscape,
Their call, an echo urging me t...

It Feels Real

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True love, the kind that lasts,
Remembers to give, with an open heart,
Remembers to listen, to hear what’s being spoken,
Remembers to laugh, to smile, to kiss,
Remembers to embrace the music,...

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