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Unbuckled Poems - Poems about Unbuckled

ALPHABET OF AWKWARD AMOR
...Awkwardly he made a pass Bumped his head against the glass Cheesy lines flew far and wide Didn’t notice spinach fried Ego big, but brain quite small Fumbled trying to make a call Gave her flowe......

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Categories: unbuckled, break up, fantasy, heartbreak,
Form: Abecedarian
An Old Tree
...An Old Tree Bails unlocking their way From the soil of dystopia to the branches of sonnet. Wind wavering and crossing mountains away And I yet holding onto the branches un-cleft. When clouds b......

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Categories: unbuckled, imagery,
Form: Imagism



Premium Member Stella
...Stella by Edmund Siejka We were visiting our grandchildren And heard that one of them Was having a hard time Freeing himself from a car seat Concerned or Perhaps just a little curious......

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Categories: unbuckled, life,
Form: Narrative
WHEN RELIGION BECOMES YOUR OPIUM
...WHEN RELIGION BECOMES YOUR OPIUM When religion becomes your opium you slip into icy pre-dawn to mosque then lie in fever flu at dusk as bilal calls again for you to stumble towards bec......

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Categories: unbuckled, 12th grade, deep, god,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member It Is Not Your Time
...Saturday, wouldst be Sadder Day nineteen seventy-five purple skies dusk twilight display friend and I, still alive Sleepyheads, car seats unbuckled Russian roulette enroute shut eyes ......

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Categories: unbuckled, recovery from,
Form: Quatrain



Pink Sundress
...When we were little, I was big. I held her hand crossing the street while mom watched the other two and carried our supplies for the week. She wiggled and pulled and fought just to run, pi......

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Categories: unbuckled, addiction, appreciation, family, sister,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Are We There Yet
...Are We There Yet David J Walker Are we there yet? We whispered in prayer As if asking from the Back seat of our old Desoto The father driving The mother smiling Across the bench seat Fr......

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Categories: unbuckled, allegory,
Form: Free verse
Iamb Beak Peck Tammy Eater
...Every friggin day mother hen runs amuck, while all chicken's beady eyes appear awestruck drawing particular agitation, irritation, perturbation... of Punxsutawney (Doctor) Phil (well grounde......

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Categories: unbuckled, abuse, father, grave, marriage,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Oh, Lord, Forgive Such Hubris
...Oh, Lord, forgive such hubris as would sum up the quotient of an immortal soul…… I have… spared the dandelions, forgiven the birds, washed the car, parked again in the same spot….. prayed......

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Categories: unbuckled, life, self, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Roaring Twenties
...Roaring Twenties Nostalgia and age like bacon and eggs, With buttered toast and jam on the side for breakfast; And coffee, and a glass of orange juice to drink, And a memory in-between t......

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Categories: unbuckled, america, culture, education, history,
Form: Verse
Dummy Behind the Will
... This fleeting love was so Mustang GTO One zero zero mpg galloping flow Past percentages said: don’t make the wrong turn Cool convertible joyride took a cardiac slow burn, lip swerve a......

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Categories: unbuckled, allusion, heartbreak, love hurts,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Prey
... He had her just where he wanted her Naked and helpless Her lips were quivering He could smell her fear It smelled like “prey” He could smell himself He smelled like “lust” Stun......

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Categories: unbuckled, abuse, body, death, deep,
Form: Free verse
A Cowboy's Life
...You could see the lone figure in the pale, fading light, Bedding down the doggies for a restful night. He had been in the saddle since early morn', Now feeling the aches of the drive that made h......

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Categories: unbuckled, adventure, environment, image, nostalgia,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Into the Blue
...Into the Blue Pain faded into the blue purplish clots pooling beneath welted skin interstitial fluids coalescing, coagulating, collecting swallowed tears. Day had broken the grasp ope......

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Categories: unbuckled, abuse, pain, repetition,
Form: Free verse
Disappear With the Sun
...tonight as i was sitting in the backseat of the car i leaned my head against the window my family was going on about something, probably about politics or other topics that would ring in my ear i p......

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Categories: unbuckled, absence, analogy, anxiety, depression,
Form: Free verse

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