Stretched Poems - Poems about Stretched

...They say eyes are the windows to the soul, Hiding behind a facade taking its toll. Saying you're fine when you're anything but, In your mind, chaos beginning to strut, Behind a smile so bright......Read the rest...

...He is the son His mama’s proud son She called him Bonny when he was born Proud to have a handsome man she says He is white as snow and black but not as coal His intelligence is beyond my br......Read the rest...

... Unlike her eastern twin of the ocean, she’ll shed no tear for the lost and alone. No emotion for the wretched masses, because her heart shall be as hard as stone. In her fist she’ll carry no......Read the rest...

...Four months pregnant show them the belly. Real not plastic, Ultrasound glares pierce a lack of eye contact stuck at the Papa John's on Fountainbridge. Eleven PM. Drunken men to be avoide......Read the rest...

...Firm hands planted these precious bulbs. deep into the hard ground. Keen eyes watched it as the ground above it was pound. Seasons of change seeped into the soil above it Did the early foun......Read the rest...

...I’ve known the streets: Places where the night lingers and the echoes of passing cars feel distant. My feet have grown accustomed to the dim-lit alleys. I walked past shuttered windows when the......Read the rest...

...What is the taste of happiness, ask the trees rooted in tale, And the wind brings on southern wings answers hidden in crests. Is it sweet, like golden apples from immortal orchards, Or bitter, lik......Read the rest...

...INCARNATE It stands there on a hill, silent and tall Looking down on us as we pass along With none of us likely to heed its call Do we really know right from wrong And do any of us actually ca......Read the rest...

...A border is a line drawn in the sand Constantly shifting if you have time to see A personality is a borderline ebbing Time ceaselessly flowing us away One side unreachable as the far sho......Read the rest...

... Stretched out, On a daycare cot. Told to take a nap, Didn't want to! A lot! I might miss something, So didn't make a peep. Closed my eyes and preten......Read the rest...

...YOU ARRIVED ON CUE I SUPPOSE RIGHT AFTER THE CHRISTMAS DAY ARSONS MURDERS PROCLAIMING MY LIFE WAS IN GRAVE DANGER WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ARSON MURDER 8 ELDERLY PERSONS PARISHES PROCLAIMED MY EX HUSBA......Read the rest...

... Written: April 19, 2024, For Robert James Liguori Contest Inspired from the Lyrics Gettin' Tighter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <......Read the rest...

...Memorized His T-Shirt Your eyes I’d memorize, emotive brown. I think you memorized those lines, oh you… Tinged pink, the peaks of youth, don’t let me down. You knelt at my curve......Read the rest...

... Why should we hire you? I guarantee this is the only conversation we will have while I work here Why did you leave your last job? The tried to make we ask an 95 year old if she needed i......Read the rest...

...In stillness sedate, heart creates, rapture borne by God’s magnetism, rhythm sublime that never abates, igniting fully, body prism. Stillness is but time stretched silence, where we’re poised ......Read the rest...