Whorls Poems - Poems about Whorls

At the Point of Inflection

...
In the beginning
there was a shapeless void.
With no axis, no curve, no trace of motion—
Just, the stillness of a dark blank space,
echoing the hollow absence of intent.

A point appeared, a ...

silent for a change

...ideas swirled in outrageous loops and whorls outside her mind
others could not see, but she could feel them on her face
some were gentle, romantic, and kind
Others were harsh, mean, angry, horrify...

Fingerprints

...F acades of whorls and aches 
I ncantations of dents and ridges 
N umbness felt, freezes and pleat
G entleness of touch, rubbed so neat
E mblems of lights and shades
R olling like thunder of gla...

ink

...Big leap from pencil
Exclamation marks
Scribbles and whorls
Paragraph writing
Not erasable

A cartoonist
Writer of prose
Middle school
Soiled fingers

Permanent
Poetry
Penmanship

Blui...

Crazy Crow was not Born Yesterday

...Crazy crow flew in loops and whorls
Flying pattern as scalloped as mama’s curls
Wee witch said he’s the familiar for me
Invited him to sup on blueberry afternoon tea

Crazy crow flew in the wind...

You Planted a Garden in me

...The rosa blanda embroidering your face
will become the veins in my tongue reaching to clog my throat
go past the tonsils and vocal chords and windpipe
down and down still, burrowing into the esoph...

Love’s Hearty Plea

...Love’s in the blue, the sky, the bird, the ray.
Xanthous flicker of  light - the brilliant sun.
And white, the vellum space - she spills her day.
Emerald gown, her dress; hair golden s...

SATURN GOD OF TIME

...Saturn ! You magnetised with 
enchanting icy rings
promised white gold
endless skates on 
Chrysalis circled cates
said we would go round 
like fairy rings 
said you had so much
Love to give I...

CHAKRAS BOLD

...CHAKRAS BOLD

HE designed root red via 
a laugh so raucous creating 
world wild rumbling random 
rubies rolled ruling red
thunderous winds whirling 
shimmering shocking floods 
Emperor Suprem...

Patience's Palette

...In canvas of existence, a masterpiece unfolds,
Beautiful things take time, like tales of old.
A symphony of moments, intricately designed,
Each stroke of seconds, a work of art divine.

Like pet...

Chihuli

...Any Subject - Octtava Rima - Dedicated to the artistry of glass artist, Dale Chihuli
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Chihuli

Spells of flames, winter moons, blue su...

Eihei Dogen Kigen translations by Michael R Burch

...This world?
Moonlit dew
flicked from a crane’s bill.
—Eihei Dogen Kigen translation by Michael R. Burch

Seventy-one?
How long
can a dewdrop last?
—Eihei Dogen Kigen translation of his jisei ...

writing

...specks on a page
whorls
loops
squiggles
dashes


writing means the world to some
nothing to others

readers
writers
dreamers
thinkers
living in a world

unimaginable and unattainable
...

Call for Corn Awe

...
I wanted to make something drawn from bosom
      You & I gemini'd, 
From the wells extract'd virginity untouch'd 
     by compounds—
Forgot to send it out, forgot to hit send,
Hello,...

painting soothed him

...Van Gogh’s paints were his friends
they understood him more than most
spoke to him through relaxing swirls and whorls
he would never be famous
others did not appreciate his art
but he was compel...

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