Gasped Poems - Poems about Gasped

...(a university-life vignette) It’s a Friday night, Leong and I are at a small restaurant close to the dorm called “Ordinary.” We’re in a cozy, pleasantly dark, little red booth—waiting for......Read the rest...

...(A throw-back piece, a breakup poem from high school) What a lonely, peculiar, eccentric figure I must be. A girl, in a garden, crying at an iPad, in the dark. Earlier, at school... ......Read the rest...

...M'aider … Mayday, comes from French, that word, with fright, I radio, my engine dead, this nighttime glide, vast sky and ocean black as ink, waves rising, lapping, leaping up until the splash, w......Read the rest...

... Startled, I woke up in a fright. The silhouette in the mirror is there again tonight. Peering closer, the form is ghastly; Pinching myself, covering my head, and lastly Counting to ten and pe......Read the rest...

...In twilight's grasp, the whispers creep, Through shadows where the old trees weep. The Halloween tree, gnarled and bare, With branches twisted, a spectral snare. Under its limbs, the spirit ......Read the rest...

...I walk this road alone, untraveled Dusty, dark, and grey Head held high and boots, untattered Sexy swagger all the way Free my soul from his name Walking alone in this pain If I keep the......Read the rest...

...They looked at me with doubt The light had long gone out I was long past my prime Ripples in a pond subside over time "That's him?", an onlooker thought it odd "Yes" his brother said, "I swear......Read the rest...

...Date: August 10 2051 At the time Dolly Molly and Holly arrived at the restaurant most of the Hakims were there enjoying jazz melodies some relatives were on the second level l. Mama Lucinda was......Read the rest...

...When you placed your hands on the littles ones thigh, When they saw your shadow in stead of theirs, When they glanced up at you, adoration and want radiating from their eyes, There goes your rot......Read the rest...

...I thought I could save you for a lifetime and pass your immeasurable stock down to my offspring. Yet another investment that returned a seed. How false this conclusion has turned out to be; a crooked......Read the rest...

... “Let’s go!” Penney urged, leading the charge through the newfound exit. They raced through a short hallway that led to a room filled with oversized playing cards and whimsical drawings that seemed ......Read the rest...

...More than 300,000 spirits awakened, and rose up that day, Above the pristine manicured and landscaped grounds. They ascended high enough to overlook the shameful acts Being perpetrated on the Capi......Read the rest...

...Fred had a huge sore appear on his head Feeling itchy, he scratched until it bled He risked looking like a fool And dunked his head in the pool Then gasped at the huge tick floating he shed ......Read the rest...

...I felt strange staring at this family cemetery was I supposed to be here? I tried to call my sister back, but she is eight. She was skipping and singing. What do you think? She asked, proudly. ......Read the rest...

...Date: August 2051 "Holannya's new born baby girls!" Dolly exclaimed 7 Friday morning. Molly watched Holly sleep saying, "Yeah finally and everybody's joyful right?" Dolly replied, "Yesss ......Read the rest...