Unclaimed Poems - Poems about Unclaimed

Conspicuous by his absence Entrenched in his abeyance Condemned in his reluctance All feelings askant Forgiveness but a carrot From a garden long estranged Those closest to his exit point Bereft — and unclaimed (Villanova University: January, 2025) ...

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In the echoes of your whispers, I heard the words you spoke, "I wish to be the last," a promise gently broke. She, the canvas of your dreams, painted in hues divine, A masterpiece of beauty that, alas, will never be mine. I'm selfish, I confess, I can't let you slip away, Yet her name dances in...

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Spring winds clean winter branches Leaves billow far from home A maple tree sheds its own in tune No one is around to collect them Flat and perfect to be pressed in a book Unlike humanity’s tree in March It sheds its leaves year-round We gather around its floating remains We mourn our buds yet unfurled We cry when our crimson leaves fall But some...

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Living in the present living in the future One conflates the other betrothing joy and hope Moments breed contentment from wishes left unclaimed Tomorrow rules our nightly dreams — and all today holds dear (The New Room: December, 2023) ...

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We've decided to sell our souls, for the pursuit of Utopia, But it seems that it's still there, In between two heartbeats, Of the opposite spirit. Written: June 27, 2022...

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Ten siblings though an only child Divorced fraternal bastardis wild Ten reminders of what I’m not Isolated dropped not caught Ten siblings that share my name Whose backs have turned with eyes that blame Regret incessant to live outside This name a prison —wherein I hide (Dreamsleep: May, 2022)...

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Writing in obscurity, musings unrestrained Words to live both free and clear —nothing to repay (The New Room: April, 2021)...

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Standing in baggage-claim, watching belongings go round again waiting for something that will never come, an army of strangers grab their bags and run leaving me distant adrift and alone, as the carousel stops —my location unknown (Shangri-La Airport: January, 2004)...

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con conveyor ~ belting blame ***...

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A Poetess schemes A Poetess dreams In the thick afterglow Of what’s never to know Her feelings unsure Her words premature Her voice still unnamed —her suitor unclaimed (Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)...

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Dropping its bomb, always missing the mark Your echo implodes, a sound hollow and dark Answers unquestioned, all bombast enflamed Drifting abandoned —in silence unclaimed (Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2016)...

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Present ordained, past—future in shame The Poet and Jester as one Living unclaimed, free and unnamed Archangel and Devil —undone (Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)...

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UNCLAIMED FREIGHT I offered myself to you - Rejected many for you, made myself Exclusively yours - You never understood that I was not here To endure jealousy, hate or envy – Only to serve you and teach you how to include instead of excluding... You looked over and under but never really looked at me. Patted my head most appeasingly. I...

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Present ordained past future in shame The Poet and Jester as one Living unclaimed free and unnamed Archangel and Devil —undone (Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)...

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Drowning in utter pain black dog bites Once again I can't breath I cannot cope Heading for the torrid gutter via the slippery slope Lost in the srounding confounding darkness Where I blindly fear to tread I crawl into the sanctuary of a shell of my bed A bed of nails that stab so deep My only escape and allie is sleep But when I awake My overwhelming hits...

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