Gasped Poems - Poems about Gasped

...The clock gasped, a single breath, Time folded like a paper crane. In the mirror, a stranger blinked— Eyes heavy with a fleeting name. A drop of rain broke the silence, Its ripple swallowed th......Read the rest...

...There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, science and superst......Read the rest...

...I heard the door open. It was Leeza (Lisa’s 14-year-old sister), she’d been out on a date. I was the only one in the living room as she came in and sagged, dejectedly onto the huge, white sectiona......Read the rest...

...October 2051 Damali and Desharah celebrated her birthday with Sedanah Born on the same date one year apart. "Thank you both And thanks Seda for being older than me!" "No problem Cousin. She......Read the rest...

...(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...