Best Somersaulted Poems

Dear December, 
Forgive my silence, 
I’m still bleeding from 
         the lacerations,
I still hear the echoes 
from...

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          Onyx of darkness crumbled beneath my bed,
        ...

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The sun blowtorches its way into the water, 
fragments, and the bottom is an aqua sky 
webbed by white-hot lightning. 

Here and there, legs hang...

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Mischievous Cats


Bella and Shadow nestled in their woven beds on the cat tree.

Bella stretches out her legs and purrs. 


"Psst, Psst. Hey, Shadow, are you...

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There was a young fellow called Joe
Who loved to play out in the snow
But he skidded on ice
Somersaulted twice
And broke all three bones in his...

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with collars turned up,
we warm hands in our pockets...
winds pilfer the trees
~
The acorns have been bouncing like brown raindrops
If I could sell them, I would...

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Driving in the city,
I'm used to many things - 
Crazy cabbies, honking horns,
Pigeons spreading wings.

In attentive texters,
Speedy messengers on bikes,
Nannies pushing strollers filled
With bored or...

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Part One
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/mid-summer_night_dream_1482320
Concluded

Elves, dwarves, mini giants, and hobbits all performed.
But last was Fili as he strutted to the middle of the glen.
Secretly clutching his alexandrite lode,...

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COUNTERFEIT LOVE
By Madalitso Jasper Mwaungulu

Painless emotions display the hurt in my butt
My eyes twinkle like little stars
As the watery flow shine out
Reflecting the captive freedom...

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Come come come and dance with me 
Come come come and sing with me
A sweet aroma is churning in the air
enchanting everyone far and near
Nature...

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Lord, today I saw her, like a bride walking down an aisle
Moving in all your glory and glowing all the while
Prettiness with petite cutie and...

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“Why d’you take so much care? Why don’t you dump her altogether?”
That’s the question they ask me for the umpteenth time and more.
She lies upon...

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Sun shines like strong light without burning intensity,
Water splashes on me as it flows down hill with great fidelity,
The atmosphere is different with a pleasant...

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Could I ever forget you my little paternal home?
Your reminiscence haunts me however far I might roam.

That mysterious nook wherein my mother gave me birth,
That...

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