Unfeathered Poems

A child cries in a mirror

...A child's joy was taken at gunpoint
in a long, dark tunnel on a winter night~
as clouds drifted, whispering subconscious fears,
stirred by music played by demons,
loosed like wildfire in a room o...

For The Life Of Me

...Not For Contest

Note-Again Connie reads the contest rules after she writes the poem,
missing the fact that the poem should have ten lines or less. I told you
I'm walking on eggshells.





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The Laysan Albatross

...We are mislabeled as sea birds and should be called
big birds, like that yellow one but we're not yellow.
We never land on land for a year or longer, and we
been told that we have known Go...

Featherless Angels

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Our featherless angels have no wings;
Each one- a blessing to us brings.
Heavenly spirits, they are not;
from earthly beings, they are wrought.

A special friend, or maybe more-
t...

Featherless Angels

...Featherless angels are sent from above
To show the world the true meaning of love.Quote - poets own
The featherless angel who never flew
The one ...

Autumn's Mornings

...tiny crystal balls 
on an early autumn morn 
dew drops on grass tips 

unfeathered birds' nests  
shells around the baron trees 
three are on the wire 

blankets of colours 
brown, red, oran...

Flight To Midnight

...O albatross guide my loosed soul  
from the shipwreck seized by sandy shoal

persuasive Polar Star in quiet pull
a sailor’s tired eyes gone dark 
I will dream while we fly 

on wings that span...

Chicken Hero Kaalnek

...I
In a land of crime, pets too are killed
A goose was struck by an upset Ouma
I saw it in a fenced yard, life bleeding ...
It came close to home, with Kuiken

II
Kuiken is Afrikaans for baby c...

Canopy Peace

...There is a vast canopy encircling the entire earth and capped in skies of blue.                                                  Under that canopy, sometimes storms come up and raze in the form of
t...

My Darling Charming Song

...a  song is charming,
And so are you;
my darling
Orchids are white,
And so you're sweet as a summer flower
The effect is dazzling,
as your eyes;
my darling
Foxgloves in hedges,
Unf...

Tribute To a Vulture

...Antithesis of avian beauty
Monstrosity of the bird family
Head and neck very hideous looking 
In dull black wrinkled up unfeathered skin

Exposed decaying animal matter
Can produce unhealthy ba...

Reflection

...Oh, innocence of trust unchecked
How stare you back at me?
T’was you who fled this heart laid bare
Oh, barren calamity

Empty now the heart ill used
So used to gentle dreams
No more to see the flower...

Independence

...Independence suffices by will and dream a upright rise
Nurturing inspiration like morning blessings to produce
Developments in which the industrious share. Let's prize
Emancipation of genius that fro...

Limbo

...Some days we feel as though 
We’re living in limbo
Not fully alive or deceased;
Can’t get no satisfaction,
Traction, motivation, meaning, sense
Of inner peace. Idling awhile, waiting 
For this cloud ...

The Captain and His Dove

...The Highland Princess
Berthed again
Freshwater Loch
Beautiful Highland Glen
 
Tranquil pined hillside
Log cabin picturesque
Captain and his dove
Lovingly blessed
 
As winter sets in
Snow f...

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