Best Unnerved Poems

UNNERVED

a fresh grave, gravelly dug,
collar gathered and put upon.

the doghouse, below the gloam,
godforsaken with a gaping hole.

guard of gray-glass, at midnight,
hardly hinders gathering ghosts.

unnerved fear grips my sleep,
gangly bedroom curtain grieves.


9/2/2017
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Desires and hopes are strong
When plunging into a task headlong
always fear of  failure comes along
Restricting us ,for fulfillment we long. 




Fear is a slinking  cat Is find beneath the lilacs of my mind. 
Sophie tunnell...

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The Empty Page

It sat there at my student desk
In wait of task to tend.
Write a poem, the teacher urged,
Your thoughts to paper, penned. 

Intently, I perused the sheet,
Pale white and yet unmarked.
It lay there teasing my first move,
“Don’t leave me unremarked.”

This paper, college ruled and...

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