Uncomprehending Poems - Poems about Uncomprehending

...An “ex” phones up to tell me that she’s broke: Republicans get beaten in a vote: unwary tourists, chowing down on goat: some moron doesn’t understand my joke: uncomprehending, tells me that I’m “......

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...In the deep silence of the night, every whisper about her was an act of betrayal, A knife hidden beneath the tongue, and to know her was the ultimate sin, A slip into the abysses of guilt, a dance ......

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...I am a tempest of words, aching to burst forth. (Years of structured lessons simmer beneath my skin.) The most important thing is that I'm drowning in metaphors. Being a poet shapes reality, an......

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...Lost in the melancholic embrace of twilight, I found myself anew, a soul drifting on the winds of fate, Created to belong to that solitary spirit For whom my heart would beat, rhythmic and thirsty......

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...Burger and fries At a roadside stand Constant buzzing of the flies Under an angry yellow sun The mustard dripped down from the hamburger Onto her brand new dress She stared down at it Wh......

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...I am appalled..Sickened.' uncomprehending..! Why a medical facility 'namley fort sanders' Small s...' Intentional..) discharged this suffeing Woman..? How could they.? Are they a care facilty? Or......

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...Thoughts of Love, Like Flames Dream away, dream away... Come with me to unbounded seas Of peace and hope. Stray afar. but seek one another's embrace. I shall not despair of time, my Lady, my......

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...World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems - IV - Primo Levi Shema by Primo Levi translation by Michael R. Burch You who live secure in your comfortable houses, who return each evening to find......

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...They had kept me imprisoned there for three full days, In that sparse, solitary room, of scarce sunshine rays. Having good food to eat, had never been a problem; They brought hot meals, but the......

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...A blank screen faces a writer Intimidating All that open space What are the writer's odds? A blank face stares dully at the psychiatrist Unwavering, unblinking Unengaged, uncomp......

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...They gave me a small watch on Xmas Day But with a watch a little child can’t play I envied both my sisters with new dolls As on the old settee the dolls were lulled I stood there uncomprehend......

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...Enough! by Michael R. Burch It’s not that I don’t want to die; I shall be glad to go. Enough of diabetes pie, and eating sickly crow! Enough of win and place and show. Enough of end......

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...The arrogance of justice In foreign eyes is seen When dealt by hands so callous And minds uncomprehending; That justice served not justice won Is not justice at all, But fear which drives the m......

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...Greys, Part I These things I ask, uncomprehending: How is it we all come to be together, In this particular place and time? Also: How is it this world, its teeming billions, Holding togeth......

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...The singularity of my voice,  Wailing out in this dark, wild, and philistine-infested wilderness Today; Its uniqueness alone amongst several million babbling,  Balbutient tongues, and inked pens a......

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