Straitjackets Poems - Poems about Straitjackets

...When it comes to rules of etiquette be warned: Flackmoth’s easily upset. Most rules are arbitrary, he insists, promoted by the bored and idle rich who see themselves as haute bourgeoisie with a ......Read the rest...

...Dickens Christmas carol revisited by nicked saint Frigidaire - from upper atmosphere hammering and whipsawing debris ferociously with an angry flare, cuz mother nature - fed up to here (re: ......Read the rest...

...To my Poetry Soup friends - this was written as a thank you note for all of your beautiful, uplifting gifts of poetry and comments. Your words can mean the difference between a dark day and ......Read the rest...

...scariness), which ill affords this unlucky husband to maximize tasting, savoring and relishing every sacred moment lest any given instantaneous moment find me in dire circumstantial straitjacke......Read the rest...

...Sometimes in churlish chains Fed up with ribald refrains On my mind inflicting pains and strains In the morning, afternoon and night When from life I gain no delight Sinking into sorrows on th......Read the rest...

...Human life deserves a platform to unfold Away from straitjackets of pious scrutiny Whose eyes, ears and hands feel so cold They reject freedom and project a mutiny Born from the scorn society......Read the rest...

...In my mind somber sorties unfold When morbid movements scar a hundredfold. Normalcy dead, transparency scared Empathy bearded, intransigence endeared. In my mind sordid scenes grow cold When ......Read the rest...

...Mental illness affects one in four Yet we still close the door Terms- crazy, mad, lunatics, kooks Let’s confine to history books Images of Bedlam and straitjackets distort our minds Screamin......Read the rest...

...You bite your lips whenever I call your name with my native accent. You smile dreamily whenever I look into your eyes; sometimes I doubt you hear what I say. Your soul feels like a supernova, wh......Read the rest...

...They orbit long with brief visions of each, four pitch-lit eyes strike the shapeless hour. How handsomely becoming is Houdini ‘pon a coward, and who, really, is he, to hide away the breach? Hal......Read the rest...

...Paranoia: short circuit to madness Walking around freely, Yet our minds are in straitjackets All these voices & choices Will offer mental hazards Control your action As thought misfire accident......Read the rest...

...Finally Doctor, it's been 7 months The MEDs aren't kicking in My dreams are getting stronger, The blood remains to run code red It's getting harder and harder to get out of bed Dark ima......Read the rest...

...A few of the famous had their preferences. Jack Kerouac went on the road with his Underwood early thirties portable Royal Standard. Isak Dinesen, the Danish Dinosaur, (said with love, she was my h......Read the rest...

...No more water hosing or truncheons beaten on bare feet, no nightsticks cracking skulls on Bowery streets. No cold water straitjackets or rubber padded rooms, no laudanum doses sweeping minds lik......Read the rest...