Barely Poems - Poems about Barely

almost thirty barely grown spent my twenties learning bones how they break how they heal how to tell what pain is real thought by now i'd have it right feet planted firm my future bright but the mirror shows the same old face chasing dreams at the same old pace bills...Read the rest...

green chiffon prom dresses for my identical twin and myself Spent most of the summer of seventy, not on a hanger or shelf First there was prom, but then we were in a wedding or two Ending up...Read the rest...

I gardened all day so exhaustion would set in It worked too, but fast.... Do I have time to post my poems on a website? I doubt that I have the capability. My eyes are barely keeping open. ...Read the rest...

You barely know me You make lots of assumptions You never listen...Read the rest...

The title said it all… Thank you very much Left an unanswered call All alone and such… I’m reaching to the top so tall I loved you to the cold-hearted touch Catch me I make an abashing freefall I discarded you…you deserted...Read the rest...

Santa is humming as he checks over his list next to the snow. What song is that? Asks Blixen, who truly does not know. Not sure, Dancer answers, but this year we do not have to go. We...Read the rest...

Not much about Goldilocks is really well known, Except she liked to hang out in the woods all alone. Of other customs and habits we have just a splintering: She was whiney, persnickety, And obviously skillful at breaking and...Read the rest...

Warning: Barely Closeted Monsters Lurk Here! Religious freedom’s what’s at stake! True monsters wage this war! God’s told THEM (1) just when life begins (so faith that differs SIN)! My Bible does not say, does yours? Raise hands...Read the rest...

The Second Year of Barely Breathing David J Walker When can we breathe again exhaling the dust Of a long-lost day Safe from the safe distance Look them in the eye and pray a prayer Of resistance to the unknown God...Read the rest...

Barely escaped as a bear chased me down the hall my eyes wide open for the rest of the night Bearing my soul to the roar of laughter… seemed uproariously serious in the depths of R.E.M. 10/6/2021...Read the rest...

We are identical twins believing in none of the same things as alike as a tennis shoe is to a tyrannosaurus rex’s jawbone We used to play and laugh We had a silent laugh that creeped out the rest...Read the rest...

I barely remember the me I used to be the me before I met you that many years ago I hardly remember the me I used to be the me that was in wait of you and did not know it I narrowly...Read the rest...

Was she three? Hard to know now, it might have been more, the "what's that" stage of childhood that loves to explore! She was child of a couple that lived next to us. We were students in college,...Read the rest...

Please can I go past Said the salmon to the bear Sure swim right on by Just licking down my hair I’ve already caught my fill Had more than I prefer That’s mighty nice of you Thought I...Read the rest...

She floated past on a drifting cloud I was barely asleep, but I knew her She was the part of me who listens to our heart I tried to catch up to her, so I could add some...Read the rest...