Vented Poems

Hot Breath

...Hot Breath

excited crowd waits impatiently
earthquakes shake the ground
lava heated boiling water
pushes towards the surface
hot steam spews from the vent
anticipatio...

STILL HOLDING MY OWN

...STILL HOLDING MY OWN

There once was a broken sink
The repair cost makes me think
Much porcelain gone
Shards to step upon
It’s taking me right to the brink

Broken pipes and a dented junction...

THE Drought -

...Prickly are the waters drought
 no more do drops collected 
gallons of waters evaporated
 once was a lake than a pond
 now it's not even a fishing hole
 dust rise up we're vapors onc...

Chapter 158 --DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: CRUEL Ball Continuation -same day

...Date:  May  2051

Damian CJ Adonis and Kyon watched
As did family and other relatives did
Also, while quite many new players
Replaced other younger players
That needed a break. CJ  announced 
...

Leaving a book incompletely read tantamount to being sacrilegious

...Preface: 
On February 4, 1861,
the seven states that had seceded
by this point convened and created
the Confederate States of America
under the leadership of Jefferson Davis.

Just under two m...

The Music Of Heart In Verse Softly Whirred

...
What seems now old 
Used to be utterly new
What was previously told 
We cease to over chew
*****
All that is old hold a treasure 
If only we all knew 
Just weigh and measure 
Under the veil...

The Art of Being Blind

...She never got spoon-fed and started licking off the knives
But knives cut her tongue
Her home is in the white spaces but not the words
You claim to know the flower, but do you know its pollen grai...

I Am a Tree Standing Strong --

...Embrace me my trunk
I have roots, grounded
My arms and hand are branches I am who I am encased
Energies in wood circle vessel

Even in the rain
 I'm covered I stand
 in the fires I'm e...

Bruised Syllables

...A letter to my wounds,
fragranced with powdered incense,
every word woven from carnelian ink,
beauty lies in the readers heart,
bruised syllables define nothing,
when everything phrased and vent...

Broken Is Spoken Quiet Marks the Spot

...  Spoken said
Verbalized declared enunciated
Given aired voiced
Brought out whispered
Proclaimed commented
Blurted breathed broadcasted

SPOKEN

Asserted affirmed promulgated
Sp...

Trills of Petrichor

...The birdie whistled
A wet and wild song;
Damp feathers bristled.

Wild song, rain-scented;
Trills of petrichor,
With flapping, vented.

Petrichor afresh.
A hot steam, released.
...

Cold

...11/18/22

Heart is
Cold like the Arctic
They bark quick
Gosh darn this
You wanted to start it
Now you're wrapped up in carpet

Walking barefoot across hot coals
Soul cold like the North Pol...

Jessica's Mother's Hands True Story

...Little Jessica was six years old. Her mother walked her to school
everyday and she would pick her up from school and walk her home.
   As Jessica and her mom would walk to school, Jessica's little ...

The Werewolf

...Wreaked with the scent of a wet dog
the werewolf stretched it's neck and howled

to the bloodred moon

Thick red fluid dripped from his long fingernails
the werewolf vented thick steam from his...

Graffiti Traces On a Crumbling Wall

...My sister stopped to visit on her flight home from a tropic isle.
Are COVID mutants on last legs? (Most think their death’s long overdue!)
Trump’s naive crimes seem more passé though Putin dreams h...

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