Tripwire Poems - Poems about Tripwire

Buffalo City

...He took a plane to Rapid City
Hoped the bike trip would be pretty
Took a cab to where the trail began—
He had the spark of a younger man.

Next day he cycled on the Mickelson Trail
Though he kn...

Tripwire

...She had been indoctrinated to believe her country was free
But she hit the tripwires, had nowhere to flee
She learned the hard way that what she'd been taught
were lies from a regime that couldn't...

Untitled

...Does the feeling left linger on the tip of your tongue?
Looking for sense in these empty-full strokes
To overstep bounds missed in the rush
Begging to see behind the puppeteer’s eyes
      Too qu...

Taken To Task Rondine

...Taken to task by a hot tripwire trap 
hitting the ground I fell flat on my face;
My legs were totally frozen in place;
Landmines sat all connected to gift wrap,
charisma always leads to a mishap;...

Controlla

...blue haze
mental acupuncture cliff
habitual word tripwire


(hiku a form of haiku with 16 syllables. 
Did this only to enter a contest.)...

Faded Curtains

...Love Marriage divorce
mutual tripwire cocktails
think for yourself peace...

Faded Burroughs

...Tripwire slumber hush
blank catastrophic soulstice
cashmere solitude slush
tangerine blue hue cocktail
last summer older brother...

Anger and Numbness

...Does numbness set on fire
Sparks fly from a speeding tyre 
Racing towards a funeral pyre
Cutting through snows crossfire
Ice can also start a wildfire
Crystal beads a mind occupier
Spilling ove...

I Asked Myself a Rhetorical Question

...I Asked Myself A Rhetorical Question...

Asper daily expounding fostering
     inchoate manifesting mod
     er writ writing quality,
     solitary scrimmage tackling
     undertaking, yielding...

Like Daisies On Stalks

...Besotted winged pollinators
roistering barrage drowned
amidst general insectivorous cacophony
indistinct auditory signals communicated

intermingled with bounteous wafting fragrance
midwifed ed...

Space Outlaw

...
3.28 parsec out
We’re making an impromptu flight change
Windstar is gonna have to make 
				a low-grav burn and turn
towards the Big Rocky asteroid belt border
It’s a risky nav m...

Time

...Time is a tightrope...a tripwire...a twisted toy in bloody barbwire
Time is truth...more or less...where the rich and the ruthless write the history text

Time dissolves inside of dark dreams wher...

Perfectly Breakable

...Mother buried hacked-up carp beneath 
pink rose mallow. She knew the filthy cats 
would come. A balled-up dirty rag 
and coffee tin of smelly kerosene 
were garrisoned behind a red berry twistwoo...

Comedy Club Slapstick

...tripwire with spiked barbs 
two trite puns joined at the hip
slapstick jabs that bruise...

Dreams To Dawn

...I meander through dreams looking for you
cloaked by darkness, confusion
I traipse through tall prairie grass and dense forest
observing from the shadows within, you wait
soundless, stoic, statues...

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