"tremour" poems
ground shaking at mothers waking... feel the tremour through the dawn
earth is rattled ....showing strength to do us harm
building fall as cities wake to terrors harm
water washing dragging all..spread throughout the oceans breadth
people hoping ,hiding, running fear inside them born
wish them well and all to safety mothers earth be back to calm
Mar 10, 2011
Mar 10, 2011 at 10:52 PM UTC
Breathe deep, fill your lungs
expanding the chest to extend life
slowly release with lips tightly pursed
til the emptyness seems to make you gasp
eyes defocus as if emptyed of life
waiting for the next ******* in of air
when it comes they focus again
taking in the view over the vallys below
Legs give a tremour, muscles exhausted
knees requesting a seat to relieve the weight
hamstrings are tight, threatening to snap
tendons strained at the ankles, stretched just to far
and all you can think as you stand there
looking back from the direction that you came
and shaking your head unbelieving the pain
is why did I attempt to ride up this ****** hill
Jul 13, 2025
Jul 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM UTC
violin strings
taut to the touch
tremble, tremour and break
deepest springs
of holy smudge
turn grey, of form opaque
give us wings
a line to crutch
salve from exhausting ache
a balm from stings
from hurt too much
a limit to chafe we take
soul longs to sing
escape from hutch
to soar the skies as lake
reflecting King's
celestial drudge
the sun in morning's wake
May 9, 2022
May 9, 2022 at 5:24 AM UTC
Is there somethig you're hiding
Underneath that skin?
A black heart maybe
Millions of black sins.
Is there something you want to say
Through those lips which dare to quiver?
Some nervous thoughts maybe
Some to cause a tremour.
Is there something you're afraid of
Although you always look so strong?
A little insect maybe
Or a ghost, if I am not wrong.
Don't just bury it beneath
The stars also do this
They shine and we adore it
But we know we can't touch them
Just say it
Before the tornado comes
And snatches away your world.
Is there something you know?
Is there something which you're afraid to show?
Are you evil or are you kind?
We'll only know when we'll find
Who you are, what you do
The universe plays this game with us
Please don't, tell us
What you hide
You need to confide
Or else the secrets die
With you
Before you even know..
Jun 9, 2015
Jun 9, 2015 at 4:09 AM UTC
Earthquake tremour in the body
like unexpected feelings they
just show up unannounced,
Imposing, it's rude
Seismic startledom
-cj
Aug 7, 2014
Aug 7, 2014 at 4:24 PM UTC
We snapped memories into photobook
Watching the edges of songful hedges
Draw a hopeful singlet of grace of
Testimonies conquered in neglected verses.
We played from the check of honoured
Dimples crossing routes of perfections.
Here are tunes playing from the photoshop
Of our hearts designing graphics cards
Filled with affections &bubbles of love.
Portrait of tomorrow carved an amazing
hours in the street decorated with colours.
these are colours depicting greatness
freshness &braveness of the voiceful heart
Kitchened through the celestial laughter
Of a slighting mother to her joyfulness.
We are similar, singular and opposite,
We are plural of everything humanity,
Sweetness of every singing lyrics & verses.
Let's this fondleness remain captivating
boys. Sweet. Bitter. Acidic. Sour. Raw.
Reflection of the World Series of smiles
Printing names on carved pumpkins leafs
Boys carrying themselves in their shadows
Carrying themselves in memories of their
Parents' pastoral culture and languages.
Boys spinning into crispy treats of white
dreams written on the stream of the skies.
We are fascinated about the rare cloud
journeying towards the stars of our souls
Harbouring our names in a bag of colours
Imagination are doubtful unperturbed pictures
Painted in the innocent face of boys of tomorrow
After the sun bent the tremour of our rushes
The rain came like a troubadour warrior
Between veteran lips of boys who went &never
returned memories of their family portraits.
We are boys carrying our family's loss
We are boys carrying our Father's legacy
Bearing the pursuit of our fathers yesterday
Look into our eyes & see our imaginations
those imaginations created by our ancestral
ancestors for tomorrow to hold our peace.
We may not know that these sands are made
of ridges of boys like us who went carrying
Pictures of dreams that we could not retrieve.
©John Chizoba Vincent
From_A_Pen_Refusing_Frustration
Apr 8, 2018
Apr 8, 2018 at 1:44 PM UTC
we protest
raising voice against molestation.
first we all stand ,
growing in stature.
then we walk robed in skin.
what will you do?
don’t gaze like this.
we sit bare from toe to head
what will you do?
don’t be the pack of snarling wolves
our crannies are veiled
with downy lips which tremour.
bold you are, amorous too,
our booboos swell
don’t take care of them
unless consensual.
don’t gaze like this
our thighs
are neither wheat-toned nor white,
for you to satisfy.
they are as black as possible.
don’t embarrass you jacks
or don’t give a snort of disgust
we are black.
yet we can entice you
to raise your eyebrows
if your gazes and scents
arms and legs and crotches
are consensual.
or else,
not all coquettish,
come hither
to award you all
a ten nautical miler kick and punch
we are strong.
Mar 13, 2018
Mar 13, 2018 at 2:06 AM UTC
at this point, curving bases
the lightless scene preceding stillness
shields that space, that tremour, that wind
hurls you into the night
joy, 'twill expire soon
and this youth in the back harbours each shred
the rejected one's poison
and the price of indifference
I recognise you, cunning, hovering pixel
a synthetic existence trailing my fringe
if you've kept up until now
you've perceived naught
presently this is your realm
witness it vanish
machine keeping me
machine locking me
and everything happens
and it all recurs
the moral erodes but the madness reigns
you careless creature, surrendering yourself to us
the only thing we own is our recollection
-c.j.
Mar 16, 2016
Mar 16, 2016 at 10:20 PM UTC