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Stretch Out Poems - Poems about Stretch Out

Busy
...Some days are busy, while others are not. Still, you must deal with whatever you’ve got. Even with planning, you never can tell When life will get hectic, at least for a spell. It’s great to ex......

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Categories: stretch out, life,
Form: Rhyme
Early Poems XXI
...These are my early poems, or juvenilia. Stars by Michael R. Burch, age 22 Though night has come, I'm not alone, for stars appear —fierce, faint and far— to dance until they disappear. T......

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Categories: stretch out, dance, loneliness, night, sea,
Form: Rhyme



The Moth Man
...The headlights of a tractor drew my great-grandfather to his death. Anglerfish of steel, power take-off a maddening buzz – Was the barn dark? Could he see the terrible twisting machine? And did he......

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Categories: stretch out, allusion, death, light, violence,
Form: Free verse
Roots
...Beneath the soil, where light cannot reach, Roots stretch out in secretive silence, Unseen, they twist and curl, Drawing life from the depths, A quiet connection to the earth’s pulse. They reach......

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Categories: stretch out, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Complete
... The horizon ablaze with marmalade embers whisper upon the edge of blue sky Vibrant pastel bush strokes stretch out to electrify a calm emerald lake as a slight breeze touches the tr......

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Categories: stretch out, beauty, emotions, feelings, inspirational,
Form: Free verse



Sun-Drunk Cicada Song
... The golden haze of summer, thick and slow, Where time dissolves like honey in warm tea, And fireflies ignite a gentle glow. The air, a velvet cloak, starts to flow free, Through sun warmed ......

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Categories: stretch out, summer,
Form: Terzanelle
A Lonely House in the Steppe - 3
...In the Wake of Fear Some have fainted, collapsing in fright, While others are weeping, lost in the night. Tears of joy mixed with panic and dread, Flow from the heart, where fear once had sprea......

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Categories: stretch out, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Moving Forward
...MOVING FORWARD REHAB Record 2025/01/25 09:57:23.webm Moving forward, my time at rehab. One door and corner at a time. On time here at the door. There, at the table. Eat or play. Group it......

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Categories: stretch out, abuse, addiction, depression, psychological,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member The Open Road
...The windows down, the wind in my hair, The open road ahead, taking me anywhere, I didn't need a driver's license to be free, My heart and soul, that's all I need to be. No tears on my face, no ......

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Categories: stretch out, adventure,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member YOU
...I walk slowly through the garden Swirling colors of deep blues and white My arms stretch out to drink in the sun Dancing on the ripples of a blue-sky ocean The cool breeze running through my fing......

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Categories: stretch out, appreciation, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Thoughts- A duet
...In the summer I stretch out on the shore And think of you Had I told the sea What I felt for you, It would have left its shores, Its shells, Its fish, And followed me. Duet: In the spri......

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Categories: stretch out, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Where, Caterpillar, Where?
...Caterpillar, where are you going? Somewhere the cold wind ain't blowing? I will surely hate to see you go. Take care, the gardener likes to mow. First, you stretch out, and then up you bunch......

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Categories: stretch out, butterfly,
Form: Couplet
Silk, Falling to the Floor
...Step across the threshold, Step into my world. You can be my Summer; We will languish in the heat. Lying sweaty on top of messy sheets. Our time will seem to stretch out endlessly before us, An......

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Categories: stretch out, desire, lust, romance, sensual,
Form: Free verse
Between Us
...Sometimes, it’s the way the light falls in the quiet hours, when the day is almost gone, and the shadows stretch out like secrets waiting to be whispered. It’s the soft hum of a song......

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Categories: stretch out, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member THE STRETCH
... One thing I love about the heart…as each day we grow a little more is it’s amazing ability to stretch…a little more than it’s ever stretched before. As a child…how easily it stretches to cover ......

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Categories: stretch out, heart,
Form: Rhyme

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