Subtleties Poems | Examples

WORDS OF LOVE

An etymologist…(from an article I happened to see)
is a person who studies words…their origin and their history.

This particular article…(I am happy relate)
mentioned in the English language there are more words that describe love
than there are that describe hate.

The article did acknowledged that throughout our language’s history
both love and hate have had a wide range of terminology.

But here’s something to keep in mind…
(something this article was positive of…)
in our language there are more subtleties, more complexities…
and more nuances to love.

Because it has more subtleties, more complexities and more nuances…
(if you’ve listened I’m sure you’ve heard)
love can be expressed with a greater variety of words.

And it’s comforting to know…(this news I am also happy to relate)
love has been in our vocabulary for a much longer time…than hate.

As I was reading this article….this thought occurred to me…
Something it doesn’t take an etymologist to see:

To begin to make our world a happier more joyous place…
one everyone can adore
we should be using words of hate a little less…
and words of love…a whole lot more.

The Poet

To take a thought and shape a poem
Takes patience, and a clue – 
The patience for the diligence
Required of a muse
The clue for clever subtleties
Engaging poets use

To form connections yet unformed
Reveal with clarity
The mysteries that men have known
Throughout the centuries
Unraveled with apparent ease 
In fonts of industry –

To trace the riddle of a thought
Decrypt it as it bends
To find epistles in a phrase
And coax it from a pen
One finds a poet at his craft
Plying, with keen intent

The words with which to move the earth
And all the universe

I Don't Understand

So you say and do things I don't get 
I don't understand 
You treat me in ways I'll never forget 
I don't understand 
Then other days I cant read you 
I don't understand 
Amazingly I see straight through you 
I don't understand 
Are you aware of your actions 
I don't understand 
Am I apart of your infatuations 
I don't understand 
What does everything mean 
I don't understand 
We're just like a movie scene 
I don't understand 
Why do you look at me that way 
I don't understand 
And you wonder why I stay away 
I don't understand 
You remind me of a light switch 
I don't understand 
Friendly or flirty which is which 
I don't understand 
How come you can't be straight with me 
I don't understand 
Especially if you don't see what I see 
I don't understand 
Your secrets and subtleties are way overdue
I don't understand 
It's easy for me because I'm so over you 
And this I do understand.

Impasse

they say actions speak louder than innuendos
so true and when you speak in riddles
know that your subtleties are lost on me

i'm left not knowing how to feel

so if my responses seem anything but direct
i admit that it is absolutely so
i'm often in a quandry and have no words to say



AP: 3rd place 2025

Murphy's Law: REVISED UPDATE

*NOTE subtleties emphasized in their articulate closures contain a quantum message.  

I think we're in trouble mate
why, what's wrong
I saw the pilot reading a manual
was it how to land a plane in a storm
no, how to fly one
???---!.

there's no life preservers on this ship, mate
I heard this captain say that the ship has a full complement on board
so what does that mean
well after the ship sinks
we'll just sit tight
with no life preservers
there'll be plenty
just wait a while
give or take ... !

Choosing a Ballad for the Karaoke Contest

I choose to sing
a gentle song
in a soft ballad
I find my time and place.

A gentle song
in peace and love
I find my time and place
on a makeshift stage.

In peace and love
in subtleties of verse
on a makeshift stage
a new life I create.

In subtleties of verse
and in nuances of lyrics
a new life I create
intimacy found.

And in nuances of lyrics
feelings of my heart are conveyed
intimacy found
my performances graded and scored.

Feelings of my heart are conveyed
as I take my turn.
I chose to sing
a gentle song.

Snaffle Rein -Destra and Sinistra

As one might want it to be
might two find it to be
of which in collaboration
I love you for your
dedication

get me right and I'm yours
Keep it real and I'll endure
we gotta a love thing You and me
great for each other
humbled from loves subtleties

yet as sweet
and more distinctive
flavorful and might I mention
Put your kiss on my mouth
sweet as sugar
Darling what that about

Don't get me up
if you aint down
don't show me off
to make me into a clown
tell me you know
what you doing
what's going on

Charlotte

Charlotte

You were smiling at me
As you were looking right 
Through him
Or were you 
Looking right through me
As you were smiling at him?
False subtleties 
From dew to dust
From dawn to dusk
All the things that you have to weave
I’m sure didn’t mean to deceive
Well I never really had a doubt
After all the things I found out
I can’t get out
Charlotte
Too caught up in the web you wove
In the lies you told
Head first for you I really dove
The web you spun
Right here where it all began
As I sing along
The cricket’s song
Just as I realized
Summertime can’t last forever
AsI  hang onto something 
a little tighter
I wondered if I
Should  hold on to nothing
A little bit longer?
Your hourglass body
The bristly patch I crave
Too many things on my mind
So many past better left behind
That also told my woes to you
That is all I can do
No one can ever take your place 
In my heart
Blood thirsty 
Looking pretty 
That’s all you do
Charlotte
I’d still like to believe 
That you really 
Didn't mean to deceive.

Life's Highway

Speeding along life's highway
With the scenery flashing by
Must stop and smell the roses
There's more than meets the eye

We miss the tiny intricacies 
Subtleties that mean so much
Life's delightful wee treasures
The warmth of a babies touch

A gentle breeze at daybreak
Welcoming a brand new day
Puffy white billowy clouds
Trees as they swing and sway

Life's a highway, enjoy the ride
The end comes far too soon
As you look for it's hidden meaning
You reach life's final swoon

Reflecting back over the years
Of the good times and the bad
You realize it's been a blast my friends
Thankful for the life you've had

With heartaches and some sorrows
To get through it all unscathed
Is nothing short of a miracle
In your memories you're left to bathe

Redamancy

it possesses me
white tangling leaves beg a stay
cool springs wake in your favor

nature has its ways
swayed subtleties magnify
white willow awards patience

Autism Masked In My Spectrum Of Color's

In light of the world, I wear a mask,
A cloak to hide my daunting, task.
Autumn leaves dance, but I stand still,
Concealing truths, by force of will.

A spectrum woven, colors defined,
Yet, in this masquerade I dance, in solace I find.
To navigate a realm that seldom sees,
The beauty that resides in subtleties.

Behind the mask, a kaleidoscope spin's,
A spectrum's grace my quiet, dreams.
I weave through echoes of a neurotypical sea,
Yet in my heart, I celebrate life, this life this being, is inside of me.

A dance of words, a rhythm I own,
The mask protects, but I'm not alone.
Autism's whispers, misunderstood and vast,
Yet strength arises in the shadow I cast.

So, let the mask be a shield, not a guise,
Revealing layers beneath the quiet skies.
In every line, in every truth, a vibrant hue,
Autism embraced, in both old and new.

Embrace

Life has a way of humbling us in subtle ways, and it's important to
recognize when these subtleties are at play. I lean to either the right or 
left depending on the day, because each day is as unique as this life's
born day. I'm honored to share this life with every one of you for
it's a gift to be present sharing what I was born to do. I encourage
you to love all as everything is a part of you, for in the grand scheme
of things loving others is loving you. I'm loving the truth that life brings as it's helped me awaken to real things. No longer being asleep is a good 
thing even if your slumber brought good dreams. Life isn't easy & sometimes it rains but do what you can to run with the pain. Don't run from the mess 
instead embrace the stains, as life's blemishes inspire us toward change.

Phoebe

sings “phoebe phoebe”
subtleties over coffee
a cast over day

Wallart Tinted Fresco

I’m building a wall
Ochre color, tan and tall
I hired an artist to paint a mural
Graffiti subtleties that will unfurl
White-washed and Chicano like me
I fell hard for him, exposing clarity
I knew there was no chance in hell
He’d choose a brown, White-washed Chicana for a spell
So, I’ll just play the victim and twist truth around
And make myself feel safe and sound
With my awesome poetry that I have in a bank
After twenty years of writing, I should be swank
There are plenty of Chicano painters in stock
I'll pay 'em with personal poems I keep under lock
I hear Cheech paints, Keanu Reeves too
He’s Hawaiian but he’ll surely do 

5/29/23

Glee Days

“Be happy in the moment that's enough. Each moment is all we need.”
                     Quote _ Mother Teresa


As time brings glee days,
As we sojourn on bloom ways,
Let’s treasure the clime,
For it's a fleeting sublime.

Life is a stage of variant entities,
They come in subtleties,
It’s a walk across meadows,
Nightfall brings the shadows.

Happiness is a choice,
A punctuating voice,
A light that can be reflected, 
As gloom can be deflected.

Like a child on a swing,
Away from life's other wing,
We can walk oblivious of gloom,
Permuting our desired room.



May 24, 2023.
Writing Challenge - B Quotes - Poetry Contest,
Constance La France.

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