Widening Poems - Poems about Widening

Spirals

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r = f(?)
Spirals
Archimedian
Logarithmic
Fractal
Mirabilis
Uncontrolled
One point to the next
Ever widening, no end
So with arguments

~kcm 
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Coasters Stop You From Seeping Into Me, Do I Secretly Want You To?

...I cradle you in both hands—
the cup is hotter than the blood in me.
I sip until my tongue blisters,
as if pain is the only proof
that I can still be filled.

The table is a witness—
its pale s...

A Poem for a Year's Ending

...By Michael Parker

Days have flown quickly by like fearsome comets. 
Here then gone; here then gone. 

My hair is colored moonlight. 
My bones are brittle as the limbs 
of the trees cracking 
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The 'Whirlwind'

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     Despairing of lightening her mood
        ten children her burden
        her life spent
          pushing and tugging 
          at a grindstone 
          of darkest despair

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demise of my horses

...demise of my horses

I had been away for a few days
visiting an aunt in Cascais
on returning home
my three stone horses are gone
a cheerless hole where they 
had been tethered
Widening the  r...

Point of No Return

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Written: May 31st, 2025, for contest by Kai Michael Neumann

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In the stillness of twilight, shadows sway.
and a delicate craft rests on the shore, 
embarkin...

A Spiraling Song Widening Downwards

...Why?
“To rise,”
explain I.
“To grow strong, wise,
to live and defy,
evolve. Expand in size,
in mind, spirit! Then you fly
to higher levels; win the prize,
by transforming when you choose to d...

Cracks In Quiet Love

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Written: May 09, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Constance La France

Quote: "There is a loneliness more precious than life, there is a freedom more precious than the world." By Ru...

Leo The Lion

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I'm Leo the Lion, I am, I am
From the mystical world of Astrology
I'm generous, strong and warmhearted
That's if you believe in symbology

Not making this up, check it out
Masculine, ...

Those Nightmares After Midnight

...Have to keep the door closed
(after that midnight treat)
The coyote or wolf far off
(too close)
Can’t remember the plot
(salsa has tightened its grip)
upon awakening
(not at all sure of that)
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Ironies Within Ironies

...The morning sun filters through dust-laden windows of the district education office like an unwelcome truth trying to penetrate wilful ignorance. Shelves buckle under the weight of untouched research...

Wilderness of Mirrors

...In the wilderness of mirrors,
light unravels,  names forget themselves, 
   ghosts slither between shards.

her maundering gaze ~ branches bleeding black~
finds the noir stitched in afterimages....

The Seance

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“The Seance” 

It was macabre you see,
we were all summoned,
and therefore found ourselves
in the front parlour of Ballylee;

In our dreams
we thought we were poets
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The Weight of Silence

...I’m tired of this constant pain 
I keep asking it why won’t you just go away 
but the only response I get is a sting in my chest
As if to humble me in jest; mocking me
They say our tears were giv...

Skating Upon Saturn's Rings

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One small step for woman 
One giant step for womankind 

I have reached the rings of Saturn 
I never thought this day would come 

The first step is icy and cold 
But a blast of hot wind...

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