Ungainly Poems - Poems about Ungainly

...Five wild turkeys tiptoe on the lawn Odd, ungainly birds unlike swan Suspicion is the word reserved, withdrawn Quick, go get the camera whoops, they’re gone!......Read the rest...

... Written: September 20, 2024 For: Letters or Photographs Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Ink Empress ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A mound of unsent letters was u......Read the rest...

...Why is it so interesting when someone else falls in love? Is our fascination purely voyeuristic, like the you-are-there of reality-TV? Is it jealousy or some unwavering belief in lovers as heroes? ......Read the rest...

...Have you ever seen a duck come in to land… on land It’s an eventuality that nature never planned For ducks that land on water such a graceful splashdown make But should they land on terra firma… ......Read the rest...

...Serious sibling subluxation... rapprochement somewhat salvaged dislocation Truth be told about following poem mostly written quite some years ago, and revisions made to recreate and revise ......Read the rest...

...Nothing seems real. The cold evening wind stinging the eyes and through a watery squint, a blurred parade of lights bounce and fracture on wet streets sending splinters into glazed eyeballs. ......Read the rest...

...speech derailed tipped off balance a world in fragments when loss follows its own narrative secured to his hospital chair the man stroke weary slumps, ungainly as reeds she caresses his ha......Read the rest...

...Chubby cream grubby against white ice Hungry somewhat clumsy polar bear heist Hopefully loping over to an asylum of seals Tusked beasts bound to become tasty meals ......Read the rest...

...My poor sweet love, what can I say? Although I am a father, I know the pain! No need to tell me what you're feeling, Your sorrow is etched in your eyes. Yet, my little one, there is hope for tomo......Read the rest...

...She was fair, with a sly smile never knew if she was mocking you Her hair short Her face boyish Her eyes deep blue so deep your soul could swim in them A skinny teen girl dressed plain, no mak......Read the rest...

...Luna’s image reflects on flat water; she smiles at her likeness and ripples softly quiver. Beneath the glinting surface another universe exists where subaqueous creatures live, busy in their nests......Read the rest...

...homeless man on the edge of the park devours his gifted pizza crumbs stick to his dirt streaked face like layers of public disda......Read the rest...

...Pulled together by a magnetic avoidance of loneliness, fueled by an insatiable ardor to evade a shortage of love. Mutually splintered souls searching for a place to embed and implement a façade......Read the rest...

...The Platypus: Double Limerick by Michael R. Burch The platypus, myopic, is ungainly, not erotic. His feet for bed are over-webbed, and what of his proboscis? The platypus, though, is eage......Read the rest...

...This is the story of mad Molly Shaw She might be mad now but she wasn’t before she came home to find her man dead on the floor She lay down her bible and let out a roar She walked into town wi......Read the rest...