Unknowns Poems - Poems about Unknowns

Edgar Alan Poe Is dead. Seriously, I read it. He died in October 1849 - or did he? Do we really know? Poe wrote about death a lot, he teased with it, it was his favorite tool. He kept death close and twisted it like a knife. His profession was the macabre, the shadow, the summoned dread and the gruesome aftermath. He was...

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Do you know, static clocks move faster than moving clocks? Do you know, silence is not the best response to a fool? Do you know, a man is also a woman? Do you know, snakes don't like to bite? Do you know, monkeys hate banana trees? Did you know Africans loved being colonised? But do you know, every African is...

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When we get it all wrong Life just keeps moving along No time for us to stand strong We balance it all out like a delicate love song Carefully sorting out what lies in our path So we don't get tripped up in the aftermath Handling this busy life on the fly Unable to just let all things ride As hard as we...

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Today, my spirit is as a wild stallion Free to rear up and paw, my fears A mother bear protects her young, She shelters her cubs, from the feared unknowns The unknowns are her presumed enemies Who cloth in darkness, from her prejudiced light Unknowns are uneducated, they lie today And, millenniums have passed Furthermore, the stallion still rears ©2016 Bonnie Jennings....

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trapped fish swim about behind clear, aquatic walls; do seas haunt their dreams? January 20, 2016 ...

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Lord I don’t know how to do all things But I know that you will teach me I am kind of apprehensive and nervous about it Help me to be calm and let you ride me through I usually get nervous of the unknown But you always show that I can master it Just like the Calculus class Lord I was nervous...

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Around this globe American heroes rest in hallowed grave, Fallen upon the field of battle, our precious liberties to save. Most have their honored names forever etched in stone; Other stones display that simple phrase, "Known But To God Alone." Who could that gallant warrior be? we will ever wonder, Why him, Lord, who in the heat of battle was...

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Quiet shivers, exploding from head to toe Pulses quicken, heart's race Each crawling out of their own skin Wanting, longing to touch, But too scared of what comes next Unknowing, unsure, no words to cure Every sensation, every spark, filling up the dark One moment everything bare, By a kiss that would dare Passion and fear, all things made clear Where they go from...

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