1stpoet
1stpoet archive of published lines and poems on Linespedia.
"Hard Rain The storm is advancing the thunder entrancing the winds begin to wail time to take in extended sail on the horizon, flickering light waves crashing in dead of night sailors, we shall stand..."
"Clockwork The walls resound with echoes a constant drumming of ticks and tocks for there are many faces hung there those belonging to the clocks as I hear the ringing of the bells and the tone of ea..."
"Infrastructure Roadways reach around the city the way my arms reach around you no area uncharted a driving force causes thoughts to travel within the highway of my mind my love flows as water throug..."
"Chivalry Forever young I will stay From drinking at the bay Of tranquillity you provide You refresh my sapped strength For you I would go any length I venture on quests of love I have no fears of d..."
"Sometimes (a poem on depression) Sometimes I am hurting inside I try to hide myself, to no avail for I feel as if I am wearing a 3 inch mini skirt and people are staring, in hopes of viewing my most..."
"Cliché My memory floats like dust within your mind radiantly reflective when candles of pleasure are present Settled, heavy coating you if the dampness of sorrow sheds tear in your heart Your finge..."
"From Halls To Walls…A Tribute for the Fallen Training camp the first step, to marches Forward facing enemies only seen on maps Tags on chains, numbers and names stamped upon steel Fatigues, called s..."
"Brian How does one address a man who lives under a railway bridge? there were no raspberry candles glowing upon crystal stems only the smell of creosote prevailed I saw Brian that evening as I walk..."
"Entrance When death smiles at a man the man can all but smile back What shall the day bring when death steps up to my door and I enter his in return the darkness, the sleep the cold earth surroundi..."
"Duality The battle of good and evil prevails deep within the entrails of man and beast who for the least may stand the test of time there is yin and yang and innocent do hang for sins they do not ..."
"Biblical Loving In the beginning, I was void darkness moved across my surface chill air was the atmosphere around me The light of your eyes and the warmth of your smile touched me it was as if the h..."
"Budwieser or PsychoanalyzerNow tell me, who needs a shrinkI'll just sit and nurse my drinkshare my thoughts as the music playsremember my fonder daysThe brew is drawn, as voices singI hear a sad song ..."
"Rustles Walking, I became intrigued by faint footsteps rustles in remains of fallen leaves, dry Winter was looming on the graying horizon and winds sang songs of snow my hurrying stopped to watch th..."
"Changes Those words that were written the me of long ago, penned to the white parchment the black blood of emotions spilled filled verses now lost and gone, drifted off into boxes or buildings left ..."
"Deep Breakfast We made love passionate, consuming and drifted to sleep I awoke to make you breakfast and my thoughts returned to last night As I took the potatoes and onions sautéing them, I connec..."
"Mother’s Day 2001 Mother I sit beside you now silent nine years since your passing beneath the cold ground you are as dust like the fragile seeds of the dandelion your memory floats in my thoughts ..."
"Timescape If we have come from worlds distant times of old, transported to this moment we find life to be a glimpse of dreams I, a knight bold in valor chivalrous, I shine in the eyes of your heart ..."
"Beach Bum She lay on the beach, not near me Trying to get a dark tan I saw her string bikini And started devising my plan Somehow she must notice me As to not catch her completely off guard Do I app..."
"Making Love The times when passion rises and bodies mingle and melt is ever oh so special when the fruits of love are felt as the sun breaks through the window in those waking hours the fragrance of..."
"Ingested Ecstasy I want to strip the meat from the bones of your soul taste the sinewy sweetness Devour your emotions swallow you whole, Savor the flavor, the sour sorrow Compacted so deeply into t..."
"Cry Wolf It was high noon that Friday the first one of the month like clockwork the civil defense sirens blared commuters and the like housewives, bankers and such acting as if nobody cared they we..."
"Morning Kiss She walks around in slippers shuffling on Sunday mornings In her sweats, still, walking past I find her beauty breathtaking it is on these quiet weekends when the sound of sipped coffee..."
"Forecasting Flurries The grass has turned that shade of brown signifying winter is looming near the trees reach skyward barren birdsong has become winds whistling as gray clouds steadily build to th..."
"Sensual Sailing I have felt passion’s fire so deeply the marrow in my bones became ash her lips were lava as they coursed the landscape my body presented and as steel in a vice I bent to her touch, s..."
"Racing Mind My mind is set for speed I question if I shall succeed on capturing the seed of inspiration oh thoughts, please don’t erode for the rubber must hit the road within, I feel emotions explo..."
"Red Flannel I love her in red flannel color of a bright apple and that of my eye she is the delicious taste of her kisses my mouth begs for those juices and I hunger for her beauty I love her in red..."
"Mental Optometry I went to the doctor today hearing- ok heart- ok muscle tone to body fat- good cholesterol- excellent I even have 20-20 vision it is my mind’s eye that needs glasses sometimes I se..."
"shower As the steam in the bath thickens through the fog I see clearly a glistening body mirrored am I in your eyes my fingers cascade down your torso following the trail of the water droplets I p..."
"Don't Drop Anchor Here I was looking for safe harbor calmness to surround me balmy breezes, slightly cool and a tinge of salt. She was alluring arms outstretched like channel walls Eyes signaling a ..."
"The Hangin’ (Ode to Rufus Wade) ‘Twas 90 degrees in the shade the morn they hanged OLE Rufus Wade to rest already had been laid a pair killed with cold steel blade Left behind was the bloody knife ..."
"Bliss of Marriage Her dues to him they seemed to be obligatory the bliss was gone, yes 'twas grim not quite heaven or hell, but purgatory on their wedding day he was her sire now he asked for sex wh..."
"WORDSPACE If rhyme is the reason for writing One may surely find a word But it must make sense when seen And even when it’s heard Some say meter is what it takes To get the point across Throughout t..."
"Black Widow I was languid for love had left me wounded You were an arachnid waiting for a feast You watched me with what seemed like Eight eyes, for you missed not one step As the web woven by music..."
"Emotional Blindness My blindness has become vision for by not seeing the seen and seeing for the first time the unseen knowledge, itself, has come by watching the world and all that is around me I l..."
"Existence Will I be gone tomorrow like a warm front that passed bringing sunshine and storms within fleeting moments to your mind Not living, nor dead male nor female….. just thoughts that entertain..."
"Transcendence You have begged for entrance into my head to experience my joys, and also my dread plunging your fingers into wounds that have bled and tasting the salt in the tears I have shed Askin..."
"Confined He kept her in protected tower she said to his royal highness “thou hast an awesome power” speaking out from behind her shyness he ruled this, his domain and her, the captive he gave no lig..."
"Black Hole She stared at the gold band Bonding her to spouse In her mind when she chose it to be Opportune In the reflection of diamond from starlight the twinkle of the stranger’s eye caught hers a..."
"Bonsai The tree, miniaturized and twisted shaped by the wiles of a man bent on control set facing the east in the morning the west in the eve trimmed and wired to look like the thoughts of the tende..."
"Lyncean I awaken to a screeching cry a piercing from a clear blue sky my eyes to the heavens they do pry but the sight of the hawk I am denied my eyes are watery as I stare I am blinded by the sun’s..."
"The Blood When I was born mamma the morn waited I came that day in April 18 days into the month, the year ’61 Oh, the blood mamma I arrived crimson coated your young body, a child yourself, 18 yea..."
"For The Clowns Now this poem may start out hoakey but with protrusions that were pokey I had no other choice but to speak out with this voice clowns are supposed to make one smile but it seemed rath..."
"River’s Roar Rivulets flow through ridges of cerebral cells love cascades over cliffs that edge of sanity so closely clung to as sensuous sensations are surrendered to on the brink of release to the..."
"This I Ask Why does it take a nation brought to its knees to bring the people to their knees in prayer if love is stronger than hate why does it take such hate to bring out the love of people if w..."
"On Dying I lay on cold cement dying Knowing that stone would stand where I would eternally lay The blood from the gunshot seems as quicksand as it pools and coagulates, pulling me, and my life into..."
"Limbless I am called a vagrant slovenly seated upon my chair Vagary is my only hope for dreams are all I have My legs, gone, I no longer run like the wind more so with the wind, breezes blown throug..."
"Frets She had a voice like a fine tuned violin when she sang the sounds made by the bow pulled across her heart strings , taut with emotion and the notes drifted in the room lit only by candle light..."
"Mrs. Rose I hold in my hand a powerful device into heart and mind, its creation can slice I now remember Mrs. Rose Who thought I plagiarized my prose the proof is here, upon this page I can write, ev..."
"9-1-1 at the 7-11 Through darkness flashed blue and red past my house, quickly he sped through the silence the sirens did wail was someone soon going to jail Is there an accident, a loss of life per..."
"From Halls To Walls…A Tribute for the Fallen Training camp the first step, to marches Forward facing enemies only seen on maps Tags on chains, numbers and names stamped upon steel Fatigues, called s..."
"Nirvana Interrupted It is amazing how the surface that we see of life, is so calm, is so deceptive of the depths and the turbulence that lies just a scratch deeper smiling children, stained faces ..."
"I am your muse Forget me tonight as I leave Do not let my memory linger long For I am just a muse Hoping to touch your inner thoughts momentarily I only want a moment to enchant you To stir a desir..."
"Arrows Fallen (in memory of Jane) Jane married an abusive man, and I lost a friend. Hand in hand you walked down the aisle then that love turned so vile smiling as you became bride and groom then po..."
"I long for Eire The thick growth of carragen on yonder cliff beckons me from my drifting skiff I will clamber hill, dale, trek through bog my eyes will be moistened from the hanging fog I am pulled ..."
"Burn Victim With a twinkle from your eye A spark was cast To my heart, like tinder, dry Small amounts of smoke rose so slow As your breath on my cheek Gave breeze to the glow I began to feel the hea..."
"Crime of Passion I stand before you guilty Of the crime I do admit I will endure whatever punishment I am judged, do not acquit If my charge is that I love you I shall endure the chair For no man ma..."
"Junkie’s Last Ride In a dimly lit basement On the cities East Side Is a lonely illegal chemist Concocting the Junkie’s last ride With flasks and spoons And a dime-store scale He fills little balloon..."
"Sun Sounds Sit and listen to the sounds around the cars, birds, planes the noises that make the day loud upon the ears manholes rattle as traffic passes horns, and bells people talking as if oblivi..."
"Forest Morn Charcoal shadows smudged across a watercolor sunrise dawn slowly creeps, and rain-cloud remnants dance Morning mist moves magically as night seems to end tragically the last billows she..."