Tagged: sadness

spoken word 0

Do It…

Spoken Word Untimely I pray it comes Yet the Grave seems To pop up at the worst times Tapping its watch With a hurrying gesture When you reach The best part of your dreams...

travel spoken word 0

On The Revisit

Spoken Word   Hanging up the motive is harder Than breaking habits Braking at a stop sign From 50 to six miles At the drop of a dime Sets the teeth on edge Be...

Christmas Poem 1

A Karaganda Christmas Dream

Poem   The snow, mixed with mud– Like grey diamonds Glitters underfoot. Presents wrapped in newspaper (No ribbons for us) We have wine and candy Listening to the old familiar songs. I can feel...

failure poem 0

Burned Down

Poem   Dark and murky, seeping under doors and into the soul, the smell that awakens memory, and bittersweet air of loss. Warm and sticky, it curls around the heart and grips her, makes...

Melancholy Poetry 0

And The Rain Is Falling

Poem   I sit on my desk, the rain is falling, an open window, thoughts are coming, passing by like train in fields of flowers, like night in day, it’s light in darkest hours…...

poem about perseverance 0

One-Sided

Poem   I don’t want to write about the gray cement Or the gray sky or the gray buildings and clouds I don’t want to write about how I feel too embarrassed to talk...

read poems online 0

Ten Minutes

Poem   Ten minutes early and I bide my time Sliding into the corner Of the cafe sanctuary Not alone am I We hide Savor the few minutes That are our own Ten minutes...

haibun poem 0

His Own Assembly

Haibun Poem   Frankie squats on the living room hardwood floor. He grabs a blue, semicircular plastic connector. Then he stares at the directions, makes adjustments and adds a short yellow rod. The “Demon...

poem about romance 0

Crystal

Poem Incredibly sharp Cuts soft with no pain Speak plain my words can go With anything you have on And highlight the best of what you Look to having, lovin’ gets embraced And the...

poem about memory 0

A Great Way to Displace Unwanted Matter

Poem about Memory   Fume Fret Fumble over hands that fail to pay attention where needed Yesterday we all but shared Tonight stand alone is the order Fumble Easy words stick in the throat...

Haibun Poetry 0

A Cathartic Question?

Haibun Poetry   Her eyes hold a distant look as she lifts her head from her book. A question Shirley asked her earlier still haunts her: How do I feel about Robert? After she...

sad poems 0

Surprise Party

Sad Poems   The dates of my birth and suicide Ironically, coincide, Party goers see the inside Of my brain against the wall. I didn’t invite them anyways to this occasion – my special...