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Unasked Poems - Poems about Unasked

Iran and Israel: Mirrors in the Dust
...In courts of shadow, thrones are made, Not by virtue—but by blade. From Persia’s gate to Zion’s hill, It’s not peace, but will, that breaks the still. Two lions stare with burning eyes, Clad i......

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Categories: unasked, conflict,
Form: Free verse
The Undeniable
...He walks in — not enters. Like dusk folding over day. No swagger, no need, just the echo of boots and the hush of questions unasked. Black coat, black eyes, black thoughts he never spills. ......

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Categories: unasked, dark,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Ether
...Darkness. Drip. Not absence, but a rarified vastness thick with hush, like a cavern carved behind my eyes. Drip. Drip. Somewhere, water— not seen, just heard, each dr......

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Categories: unasked, 2nd grade, childhood, color,
Form: Free verse
Nocturnes of Surrender
... You speak, and my spine remembers that I was built to bow. Your breath: a nocturne in C sharp minor— unasked, entering… disarming, following. You lean in like Chopin leaned on silence— p......

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Categories: unasked, betrayal, character, conflict, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ironies Within Ironies
...The morning sun filters through dust-laden windows of the district education office like an unwelcome truth trying to penetrate wilful ignorance. Shelves buckle under the weight of untouched research......

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Categories: unasked, education, irony,
Form: Haibun



When Time Looks Back
...I never liked how time passed, So many things are left unasked. It can be slow and dreading, Threading softly through. Or as fast as a lightning bolt, So speedy, it makes you greedy. And wh......

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Categories: unasked, 7th grade, age, time,
Form: Rhyme
Exclamation Point
...I sat with the mark, sharp and bright, Curved at the tip—a flash of light. "Why the flare?" I asked, "What’s the need For such a wild, untamed stampede?" With a shudder, it shook, then did confid......

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Categories: unasked, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Butterfly's Wander
...Once upon a time the old songs were new On prairies unplanted invaders were few Where rivers rolled onward no ferries or towns All riverboat minstrels new ages impound The time of the se......

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Categories: unasked, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Unasked Prayer, The Unspoken Plea
...When whispers rise, 'Pray for me,' From lips that claim no they have no belief, Don't let judgment......

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Categories: unasked, atheist, conflict, confusion, faith,
Form: Free verse
This World That Takes
...This World That Takes I gave too much. A chalice filled to the brim, pouring over, love spilling, although unasked for, but the world took it anyway. It takes. All it does is take. It abs......

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Categories: unasked, anger, dark, deep, depression,
Form: Free verse
Silent Atlas
...It's 5:30 AM, sky bruised and quiet, And he’s there at my feet, my loyal companion, Eyes bright, no judgment, just need. Out we go, one steady step, then another, Field sprawled wide, we chase th......

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Categories: unasked, anxiety, courage, depression, fate,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member MY Capt'n
...TIS thine bottled tat's tasked whence be thine edge Be naught in wallows dew supine vogue cast Youth triumphed hour as a young promised fledge Barkeeper, be thoust days numbered--till asked All s......

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Categories: unasked, appreciation, character, destiny, father
Form: Chant Royal
Premium Member Ember of Intellectual Acuity
...A spark ignited when our paths first crossed, Your knowledge kindled, my ignorance tossed. From a timid flicker to a steady glow, Our bond, like embers, began to grow. Your wisdom blazed, a g......

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Categories: unasked, teacher, tribute,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Father-Daughter Dance
... I once made a stranger bleed out from his eyes After transcribing his skeleton, and then reading His scratched-up bones back to him. I was thirteen when it happened, English class When I fi......

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Categories: unasked, absence, age, anger, hate,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member After The Floods
...Cracked castles are in dilemma. whether to fall or stand Waters whirl like a lake and sea, with a lean sign of land. Among the carcasses of beasts lie humans, as though mixed In destiny's destruct......

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Categories: unasked, life, natural disasters,
Form: Rhyme

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