Unscripted Poems - Poems about Unscripted

Improvising Existence

...Improv is an unscripted comedy form.
Starting with an idea for a sketch,
actors interact with each other,
making up things as they go.

As one person responds to another,
“No, but…” squashes sp...

An Arctic Story

...At first light trudging through the Arctic Snow,
Is it for thrill or just a Facebook photo show?
As the Arctic wind buffets our flushed face,
The long-awaited walk soon becomes a shambles of a rac...

Summer Solstice 2025

...Summer Solstice 2025

Friday, June twentieth
at 10:42 Post Meridian
Eastern standard time
will find Earth's North Pole tilted
closest toward sun. 

This demarcates
most daylight hours of the...

Written in Silence

...Some souls don’t chase the blinding stage,
They live between the lines of age.
Not carved for fame, nor shaped by fame,
But born to set the stars to flame.

I wrote a script in desert sand,
A t...

Last Curtain Call

...
Days when it rained
Tapping rhythm on the rooftop 
The children stayed inside 
And would put on 
short plays 
unscripted theatrical performances Impromptu entertainment 
With a stage made of ...

Who I'm Not

...Who I'm not 

I'm not who people label me to be 
I am me unapologetically 
I'm not the bottom of the barrel 
I'm not the dirt 
I'm not useless 
I know my worth
I'm not an ordinary person 
I ...

Life, in its cruelest joke, gives us only enough time to discover ourselves

...Life, in its cruelest joke, gives us only enough time to discover ourselves,
we toil through the years of uncertainty, forging identities like soul blacksmiths,
sharpening our talents, enduring bet...

The Slow Rot and the Coming Storm

...We built it with soft hands,
stacked comfort upon convenience,
turned our backs to the gears turning in the dark.
Fed by silver screens and full stomachs,
we let the fire flicker,
too drunk on t...

Nepenthe

...P o e t r y
the timeless nepenthe
to my aching soul,
a cluster of calming couplets
caressing the ventricular vortex within my heart.
When dark is the dawn,
when cold is the air,
and heavy ...

Vision

...The eyes perceive the unscripted,  
A light emerging from oblivion,
Faith enhances its brightness as it draws near,  
While tenacity serves as the driving force,
The unscripted emerges from invis...

chamomile clemency

...f o r g i v e n e s s
is the window
to unknot the twigs of tainted trees,
where cuffed anklets
around the star-struck skin of
seraphic silhouettes
feel the suppressed sighs
of the ice-moon...

My Thing Is This

...As hapless vapors of decay, surround us, suffocating the fecund earth. A blanket of suffocating grey, born from the diseased aspirations of humanity. We, the self-appointed masters of a planet in sha...

A Soul Unscripted

...I wanted to write a poem,
that wasn’t poisoned with my pain
and lack of optimism to prove
to myself,
to others,
that I’m rising from the ashes,
stronger than before.
Back to being that free sp...

autumn's entrance

...
in change of season
autumn makes a grand entrance ~
with subtly chilled winds

twirl then arabesque
leaves are dancing a ballet ~
unscripted, unstaged

one last performance
their swan ...

The Daily Star Thursday issue

...The Daily Star Thursday issue...

announces Summer Solstice 2024
regarding purr ray zing planetary earthlings
paying obeisance to god/goddess of the sun 
Thursday, June twentieth
at 4:51 Post M...

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