Wearers Poems - Poems about Wearers

In the Mouth of Desire

...in the mouth of desire, inverted spires
lean toward the grots of Hell.
tongues forked, skewered with sapphires
in the mouth of desire, inverted spires.
Adam's apple burning cores, as moths fo...

Jaun Elia English Translations II

...These are English translations of Urdu poems by Jaun Elia with themes of solitude, loneliness, alienation, love, life, death and loss.

When you come, you will find me lost,
for in my solitude the...

When Evil Hides Among Their Smiles

...
She whispered to me, "I hope you suffer well."
God heard her words, and he smiled,
for if suffering is what she wanted for me,
her hopes would soon be smothered in hell.

To give my best to th...

Smuggler's Boat

...Migrants on the move from violence
their only possession
breath-space on a smuggler’s boat
secured with back-bent harvests 
in pretzel-bent systems
weight of crates of strawberries 
hoisted on ...

The Clarion Call

...Serving my father's land is a badge of honour
—this I wear with pride,
Like a radiant star shining bright in the darkness.

The call to duty was music to my ears,
A melody of purpose,
—this ech...

Sperm Whales

...Sperm Whales

From this Tuesday until I 
die sperm whales will 
no longer secrete
the waxy stuff used in 
producing make-up. That’s why all the 
make-up wearers are
no longer talking to 
spe...

In the depths of a world breathing beneath the vast and silent sky

...In the depths of a world breathing beneath the vast and silent sky,
Where shadows are memories of days that were never ours,
Someone, an architect of dreams and fear, stretches their invisible fing...

The People with Wings

...
 The People with Wings
 It was a huge photograph of an eye – an amazing eye that now drew everyone to Mecca.  It was said to belong to one of the ‘People with Wings,’ and, was the only evidence of...

The Moth

...What is mist in my demeanour,
makes me fray when I am touched,
the thread is just a little leaner,
when the rug is pulled too much.

Adjust the light, 
reduce the glare,
the eyes will compensa...

The reign and rain of terror

...
The year ends on saddest notes
of crying, dying babies in Palestine 
and obstructed efforts 
to throw them a lifeline 

They ought to have long halted
this ethnic cleansing 
of the indigenou...

Who Should Wear a Scarf

...Male wearers it makes women by half,
Even the man with a bulky calf;
In my office won’t be excused staff
Save female ones, “You save me your scarf!”

Quickly change their sex some men can,
Wise...

Blood

...So far, the reddest river
But does not flow forever:
A coursing through enclosures
Vessels furnishing closures…

For journeys should Heart Pump thank:
They would cease, if The Heart Sank
To be...

Tight Miniskirt

...A fiercely tight as light garment
You won't spare cruel comment;
To put it on a self torment,
To take it off: you shall lament.

Garment's troubles wearers foment
And the needless pains augment...

Feelings Carefully Disguised

...Scrambled emotions masquerade among ourselves
Greed pretends to be concern for others
Sadness wears a well-placed anger mask
Feelings disguised cannot be used against us, right?
We insist upon ou...

Shedanger of the Klinedyke

...SheDanger of the North Sea and Klinedyke  will cut your heart out 
Feed it to the body wearers, and give you a blood curling shout. 
She was raised by the most fierce king who ever existed on the e...

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