Spectre of the night
You feel a breath a icy chill Cold to touch You stand and stir on edge Was something Thier From corners eye you spy This thing a person stands and stirs Icy breath that chills your bones You stand and watch for no person there they see y
That shopping bag
You carry that bag Where ever you go Full to the brim It took you to carry it contents within Why you want to burden with this stuff why you want to carry a full load You shop by day you carry your stuff away Only to chuck some straight i
This Paper Stage
A poem dedicated to writers in voices of different forms/genres. Of the styles to chose from- chant seems the most close to my poem’s style but that doesn’t quiet nail it for me. Any thoughts on this?
Small Surprise
Social discourse brings about high and low surprises ~; ]
Near but so far
I dream of you to kiss those lips wanting you I dream of you each day Shy to talk shy to approach I dream of what to say Your hair dazzles me takes my breath I can hardly breath I drown in breath To be near you to hold you close
Six walls
Six sides I can not move look within These six walls Contained ears closed To the dreams around I can't bare the sounds The scream the bangs Locked within these walls Of others locked in these walls Where I am now stripped of motion o
Old Friends
I adore old people
Upon the Air of Halloween
Some ruminations on Halloween.
Pandemic
Streets silent Lockdown begins We hide from the unseen for the silent killer lurks On winds of breath carried blown in the wind can't be seen can't be heard you are there unseen life turned upside we hide inside alone in solitude in bu
Lightning skies
Darkness hails Purple blue flashes White lightning Booms and cracks Stretch across darkened skies Hail wind blows gust those teeth of flashes Boom s across lightning flashes freezing rain lashes whips of light cracks the blackened sky
A Cowboy's Night Before Christmas
A new poem as has been requested. :-D I'd had this one in the pipeline for quite a while as it was re-told to me recently by a local cowboy who emphatically swore up and down that this actually happened to him out West. . This is my interpretation (which I shared with him and he absolutely loves by the way) and now with you, Dear Reader.
LOVE POEMS FOR HIM
These romantic love poems also prove that men deserve to feel special every once in a while. If you think men don’t cry, these love poems will prove you wrong. The words from these poems will surely touch the very soul of your man. It doesn’t matter if it’s long or short, as long as it’s sincere and pure
Silence rewind reset
Silence Cities once loud lies now on silent ears Inside they hide Afraid to go out side Locked away Thier own prison cell TVs on 24 /7 Solitude they hide Only venture for food and pay the bill They hide from the unknown unseen dan
Poppy
Poppy's lined in rows Thier petals flutter in the light winds they flutter in the silent breeze Thier red petals glow Remember them the fallen now remember them Lives given the pals the friends the sons taken away now the fallen Soul
LIVE LOVE LAUGH
My blueprint to life!
Do you feel the breeze
Do you feel the breeze Wind envelopes sways the tree Branches now blown away Dancing in the breeze Birds hold on tight Blown from their peaches That wind howls tonight winds gather up Rain facets paces darkened skies night and day da
Woman
A poem about woman's day celebration 2021. It is all about being a woman in the trying times of pandemic. Positive affirmations for emotional healing.
Reindeer Flu
This was written one Christmas while ill with the flu. After the past couple of years, it would be nice to hear about the regular old flu. May this bring a good chuckle to you and may you all have a very Merry/Happy Christmas!
Poem 209
209 poems in, 800 is Steve's record..
A Beautiful Day
One breezy day suddenly this simple idea came in my mind about the day. I had some sort of tranquil and ecstatic feeling at that time.
Love
It a love peom
Hurt
Just trying to express my feelings, to let go off the pain I am feeling
Adversity
This crazy world!
Friends
I'm looking for someone to meet up and hang out by me
Not left and right nor up and down
Composed on my daily walk. Wanting to clear my head to enjoy my walk, I felt some unease. I endeavored to construct a negation of meaning to quiet the mind and could be remembered. With slight changes as I stepped, this was the final result.