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Uncoupling Poems - Poems about Uncoupling

Death be not my bride

...Sometimes I pretend I’m Death's groom
I find my father’s sperm still inside
I find it nestled in my mother’s egg
I find the original template
I find dead things like DNA replicating

Sometimes ...

Categories: uncoupling, death, depression, life, moon,
Form: Free verse

Conscious Uncoupling

...Requiem for Henry and Sylvia

The papers arrived today. I gaze out the window of our posh villa and witness yet another spectacular Tuscan sunset. To my delight, a red-billed leiothrix is fl...

Categories: uncoupling, divorce, memory,
Form: Haibun

Angel of Mercy Please Intercede

...Angel of mercy please intercede

Weakest most lame specimen
among human breed
control of my life I willingly concede
wordless son of a gun fires off 
following capricious poetic deed 
done dir...

Categories: uncoupling, 12th grade, adventure, angel,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

As Loyal As a Dove

...*VIDEO of Barry Lyndon's Final by YouTube.
LYRICS by numbers.

As Loyal as a Dove

Whereth a realm ebbs loyal subjects  0:06
Causeth Spring to be it forever more  0:16
Whereth be i...

Categories: uncoupling, boy, death, family, happiness,
Form: Lyric

The Uncoupling

...The day I left 
A true surprise
As you sat in a tub
soap suds in your eyes

I've called your mom and dad
And am going there to stay
until my mom arrives
whose currently on her way

You coul...

Categories: uncoupling, abuse, betrayal, peace,
Form: Rhyme

Fait Accompli

...Everyone hates me eventually,
so why don’t you do it now

Saving us time, uncoupling the rhyme
—your anger my presence endows

(Martin’s Dam: January, 2021)...

Categories: uncoupling, anger, fate,
Form: Rhyme

Stillness of Emotion

...Quasar pulse time moves 
at the pause ratio of 
radioactive query change

A long anticipated moment of attraction
did quicky supernova boom, 
then it slowly did mushroom
into repellant ...

Categories: uncoupling, heartbreak, imagery, science, symbolism,
Form: Romanticism

Conscious Uncoupling

...Telephone rings
Announcing your name
Caller ID pings
This is so insane
Selfish acts of subterfuge
Leaving us both confused
Despite the tightening noose
Calling you is what I choose-
I can’t l...

Categories: uncoupling, anxiety, break up, conflict,
Form: Rhyme

Piecing Together Harris Kuritsky Tattered Family Tree

...Piecing together Harris/ Kuritsky tattered family tree
(Betsy Ross would beam at unflagging effort)

Ah, here all along yours truly
thought himself an abductee,
and/or zoologically
linkedin wit...

Categories: uncoupling, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

End of the Story

...to spend their fathers treasures
on women and men.
This their father shall barest his new born son which
he had thought to have been his grandchild.
now he rallies to take back with pride
someth...

Categories: uncoupling, art, betrayal, blessing, character,
Form: Ballad

The Coupling of Our Souls

...don't let our coupling bodies
be the uncoupling of souls
don't let what's tried and true
then attempt to fan the coals

perfunctory caresses
meant to bring desired gain
when not infused wi...

Categories: uncoupling, how i feel, love,
Form: Rhyme

Ojo Caliente

...Where the chug of boiling water pumps
and spills its acids, oxides,
to dye the ice-slabbed hillside orange-red
desert colors, we loll naked in a pool
 lulled half-asleep; first drugged in a broth...

Categories: uncoupling, art, life, drug,
Form: Classicism