Withstood Poems - Poems about Withstood

...As Barbarossa roars into the East. its southern barb cut swiftly to the core. And as it raged the slaughtering increased, consuming any force that stood before. His swift barrage devoured the ran......Read the rest...

...A new command would counter their attack to stay the storm that harkens at your door. ‘Twould be a feat that stunned the iron pack for nothing dared defy the wolves before. And though his pack c......Read the rest...

...Preposterous Eros by Michael R. Burch “Preposterous Eros” – Patricia Falanga Preposterous Eros shot me in the buttocks, with a Devilish grin, spent all my money in a rush then left my heart......Read the rest...

...Does, like birds and beasts, gratifying daily needs suffice? What's more? What should I aim at? Like a sage, where should I go? The things and beings I see here are, no doubt, nice and wise. Has a......Read the rest...

... The Sun and the Moon are twin flames. One from the other is Never far away. Always 11 seconds, 11 minutes, 11 hours, 11 days, and 11 months apart, nothing can stop the chasing of each other's......Read the rest...

... Dear America. My name is Common Sense. A few people still respect and utilize me, but in many if not most places, I am no longer welcome. Nevertheless, I beg of you to bear with me in thi......Read the rest...

... Dear grandma, you were my litchi s u n r i s e, encasing stars in honeydew of h e a l i n g, as d a w n s used to wake up from deep s l u m b e r with sil......Read the rest...

...Seasons bring ... the nights, Machiavelli's Corvus corax or ravens, hints, rallies birds of good and evil, biblically, and birds of a feather, ominously, fed Elijah; 1 Kings 17: ... good, left N......Read the rest...

...Ding ding ding The bell does ring Another round What's that buzzing sound Open my eyes Dark skies So many why's Trying to last the round My hands feel bound With a left life hits me hard I......Read the rest...

...Proverbs 16:18 (KJV) “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” I’ve been ashamed, Ashamed of my lack of understanding, My lack of consideration, My lack of care and......Read the rest...

...Now a hollow cloud I remember Drops me from so high— Melts off this forever. My red in the thermometer's glass— For I to ghost's gloom run By mercury's clairsentience. The frost's white blu......Read the rest...

...Only the two big houses were in the broad Street, My mansion was at the dead end street meet , It was covered with green creepers like sheet, My......Read the rest...

...Ono no Komachi Translations These are my modern English translations of the ancient Japanese poems of Ono no Komachi… "It's over!" Your words drizzle like dismal rains, bringing tears, as I ......Read the rest...

...Written: October 31, 2023 __________________________________________ Wobbly words wrapped in weal walnut-white wood Silk snare souvenirs and sturdy struck stinks. Your w......Read the rest...

...I'm silk-fire, curled in emblazoned quartz horizons, Of aurous equator, rising in smoke as a secular bird, From own fossil-ashes, flying to distant honey-shores, scarlet spun, Stretching across ......Read the rest...