Unclipped Poems

Beware the Ides of March

...Lately, the hedges go unclipped
    as apples lay rotting on the ground...

Old and New 2 : Boardroom

...OLD AND NEW 2 : BOARDROOM 


Jackal preyed on dimpled dolls
smiling gold on slender wrist
nosing down a slippery path
scowling schoolboy promoted
beyond his mediocre castle


Mammals sat on...

Within

...
“Within”



Shadow dreams 
down silent roads 
never taken 
less than travelled, 
the winter breeze 
of the world within,
pulls out the hidden
message planted, 
withi...

Clipped Wings

...They think it “cute”
when I do my perched two step
not so much when I repeat
words I wasn’t meant to hear.
They took the mirror out
“It confuses him”, they said
“He thinks it’s another bird”
N...

Requiem of An Attention Deficit Dream

...“‘Tis elementary my dear boy,” said the unclipped fuzzy lips,
Whose bristles were littered with the debris of remnant chips.

Whatever before the professor had said was forever lost in time,
For ...

Rescue Them

...Sometimes I spend too much time
Remembering when, remembering where –
Realizing, once again, the truths of then --
When a boy of, maybe, ten (or younger),
Shoeless,  ragged, unclipped, wild-haire...

Smile

...Smile
By Valerie Odom
2-20-17

A feeling in my head, a feature, expression
A positive position that always taught me a lesson
Hide your pain, don’t let others see the real you
Shut your mouth,...

The Eidolon of Endymion

...Inside a grotto scooped out by a wealthy earl for his seated pleasure,
There sat a bard amidst the edelweiss strung 'round the hole of leisure. 

Fallen droplets of acidic water pitter-pattered in...

In Another Time

...My worst fear is to be trapped in a world, where nothing is real;
A terrestrial nightmare that's just a façade.
Existing in a realm where there's nothing to feel;
Living beneath a Heaven, where th...

My Worst Fear

...My worst fear is to be trapped in a world, where nothing is real;
A terrestrial nightmare that's just a façade.
Existing in a realm where there's nothing to feel;
Living beneath a Heaven, where th...

Manchester United 1958-Part 2 of 3

...Manchester United 1958 part 2 of 3
by Robert (Bob) Moore © 2015

the wing tore off when it hit the house, the tail was hanging free
the fuselage hit a wooden hut, and the cockpit hit a tree,
the...

Dark Side

...Hide it before they see
Put up that smile 
That everyone believes
Hide it away
Hide it quick
Hide it and draw that shield

Its alright
I won't tell
Of the silent screams
That lurk within you
hiding t...

My Madness, Me

...My Madness, Me...


Confined by this straight-jacket,
strapped in, numb and dumbed,
a washed-out, has-been, also-ran,

body, eyes, the equilibrium of mind,
rattling like stones in an old tin-can.


S...

Unclipped Wings

...Dark eyes black feathers placed
what's in your hands
an empty space

A heart that was held yesterday
Wings you unclipped
has flown away

All that remains carefully placed
These few feathers
no other ...

High Up

...I can climb trees all day
At night I will rest
Every tree I climb
Is different
Some have ants or bees on it
Some have thorns
Some have branches only birds can climb
Some move from side to side...

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