Unaccompanied Poems

Silhouette of a Stranger

...The bloody stranger stank of rank grass and
Animal grime and strutted unnoticed on
Our threshold on a long, misty night.

Lightning, unaccompanied by rain,
Exposed his grisly image,
Comprehende...
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Categories: unaccompanied, horror, society,
Form: Free verse

poem number 10 from saltmilk

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… do you love me, woman
it is cloudy in this street             
as that sandalwood perfume
stretching between our arms
here everything of it is gone       
with the floods and good


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Categories: unaccompanied, anger, angst, anxiety, character,
Form: Free verse


Fireworks

...They rise and sparkle and crackle,
Shaming the nakedness of the skies
And the city, with one frightful flame of
Youth,
Burning with the zest of
Seasonal lore.
At Christmas, they salute the days...
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Categories: unaccompanied, anniversary, celebration, christmas, easter,
Form: Free verse

ABYSS

...  ABYSS 

Abyss, a Place of Redemption
solace space curling then unfurling 
here we sail drowsy dark seas
no boats or oars, unaccompanied
converse with walrus and whales 
black shimmer...
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Categories: unaccompanied, allegory, change, character, color,
Form: Free verse

Sceaweres

...Foundation.

Mixing Old English within the 21st Century.

Titul:

Sceaweres

(An all ana voice hwisprian's)


For although our pæþe 
Are divided by Wyrd

By The Great In-Betweonum
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Categories: unaccompanied, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberThe Echo Returns Not

...	I sailed an olive boat 
into the center of the sea 
alone
	to find a cure for my loose heart 
not the spring-back type, noble with elasticity 
but leap-forward lecher-wild
binding to any skirt...
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Categories: unaccompanied, conflict, irony, mental health,
Form: Free verse

Hermann Hesse translation of 'The Poet' and 'Without You'

...The Poet
by Hermann Hesse
translation by Michael R. Burch

Only upon me, the lonely one,
Do this endless night’s stars shine
As the fountain gurgles its faery song.

For me alone, the lonely ...
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Categories: unaccompanied, hair, lonely, love, night,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberSeagulls and Saints of Emmaus

...Seagulls and Saints of Emmaus
David J Walker

I see Seagulls and Saints
	And icy sills of Window’s
Restraints of blurred realities 
And unaccompanied Complaints
But clearly every pray ends 
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Categories: unaccompanied, faith,
Form: Rhyme

Sappho Translations XIV

...Sappho Translations XIII by Michael R. Burch

In these translations the fragment numbers are mostly Lobel-Page. All translations are by Michael R. Burch and should be so credited if they are used i...
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Categories: unaccompanied, dream, father, girl, god,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberPLAINSONGISTA

...unaccompanied*
liturgical
        melodies
sans 
   notation

universal
  utterings
of
musical
  uniformity
with
  glee

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Categories: unaccompanied, music,
Form: Didactic

Premium MemberMay Day

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Oh, the memories of yesteryears
Many were filled with happy tears

Unaccompanied by painful fears
Laughter and chatter filled our ears

Time must not be allowed to steal
Those sacred tim...
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Categories: unaccompanied, childhood,
Form: Couplet

Premium MemberWinter Sonata

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Like the breathless air of twilight,
As the moon softly rises and tempts the stars
Into the quiet revelations, admissions
Grace, splendor, magnificence…
Painting the dreams with a quivering i...
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Categories: unaccompanied, love, romance, winter,
Form: Free verse

Air France Unaccompanied Minor Policy

...Send your kid aged 4 to 11 for air travel alone under the Air France unaccompanied minor policy, and for 12-17 its optional....
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Categories: unaccompanied, 10th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse

Observations

...As he sat unaccompanied I saw no ring on his finger
Trouble in paradise perhaps
Lines at the edges of his eyes which still sparkled 
the same brilliant blue as before
his cheekbones a bit more pr...
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Categories: unaccompanied, age, break up, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberIn Memoriam Quietly Always Close

...In Memoriam Quietly Always Close

Are they whispers, then, settling
So gently upon that slightest breeze wending
     Over the granite crosses and statues of cradling angels,
     Which stand in...
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Categories: unaccompanied, grave, heaven, love, memory,
Form: Free verse

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