"woosh" poems
His skin weaved in the golden sand,
Shone under the sun of his motherland.
Hair a tangled meshwork of thread,
Reminiscent of the nets his father spread.
He had no toys but crystals and shells,
that he collected onshore in lonely spells.
His food, the raw salty fish,
Swiftly with skill that he gut and dished.
He goes and lays down in wet sand,
the spirit of which he loves to no end.
He sings to the mermaids and in mud he rolls,
and the sea laughs with him in breaking shoals.
He is made of blood but ocean too,
he knows no music but woosh woosh woosh.
He wishes to marry a girl of the sea,
who'll dwell with him in his fantasy.
He turns his head and closes his ears,
while people run away from the ocean in fear.
Destruction and death loom ahead,
The blue ocean rises violently filling the town with dread.
Like a heavenly curse it fells on the town,
crushes and sweeps like the tragedy bound.
With his holy hand it avenges it's kin,
and his water that was treated as nothing but bin.
It tears every home away from it's root,
just like how the humans did its fish loot.
And squeezes the life out of the fishermen,
that feast on the dead of his homeland.
It starves and suffocates many men,
who made him breathless with oil spills time and again.
Like a storm it rages and plunders.
In minutes, wrecks havoc on the land and rips it asunder.
It gradually descends back to it's nest,
Satisfied with the curse it did impress.
The next day a body lay on the shore.
Like a coffin did it mud wore.
As people looked on it, they could not help but chant;
***The Child of the Ocean lies strangled in its waters,
We feed things love and they destroy us and slaughter.***
May 11, 2017
May 11, 2017 at 9:05 AM UTC
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The clock says in a hurry
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The clock croaks in a constant rhythm
Pit pat
The rain rattling on the roof
Pit pat
The rain runs down in a fast marathon
Dug dug
The heart of your mistress beats
Dud dug
The heart of your lady pulse in a slow dance
Your lady in her white dress
On the floor she lays
Her eyes closed
Her hand closed tight into a fist
Her light lavender hair
Splayed around her head like a halo
Her bottom lip is bleeding
Her breathing unsteady
Kling klang
The chimes sings in a high note
Kling klang
The chimes chants in an attempt of announcement
Woosh woosh
The wind blows harshly
Woosh woosh
The wind whispered loudly
Dug dug dug
The heart of your mistress beats
Dud dug dug
The heart of your lady pulse in chaos
The clock
The rain
The chimes
The wind
Even her heart
The letter clasped in her hand
That contains the news of your demise
Reminds her of what she lost
Drip drip drip
The tears streaming down her face
Sniff sniff sniff
The grief starts to set in
Jan 7, 2020
Jan 7, 2020 at 3:24 AM UTC
4 little steps to one.
8 little steps to his two.
Rustling leaves, and
A full harvest moon.
The price of walking late at night,
Or early in the morning -
Freshly spun cobwebs,
Dew on your shoes.
Little leaf shoots,
Springing into view.
Stillness, and quiet
That honors the day,
Frames the fear and
Freezes the anxiety,
Transforming them into
a vibrant Matisse.
Expressions of self are
On the way. Freed from
The frenzy of coffee brain
By fresh air, and nature.
Because each meme has value,
and brought together,
they are profound.
All tasks have a purpose,
All things have a sound.
The woosh of the wind,
The crackle of dry leaves.
The crunch of cold
Beneath my feet.
This is not a straight path.
This path is cyclical -
Living one day at a time,
One walk at a time,
These moments are mine.
Feb 5, 2012
Feb 5, 2012 at 3:27 PM UTC
U no, eat sins two mee,
u guise knead
two loose wait
sew hear, aye woosh
two
offal ewe sum add vice
Ewe can star art
**** ditto menation
aunt u knead too exorcise
Moove eat, keep mooving
moove mulch; doe nut ****
down two mulch, move you’re *****
inn smell poorshuns
Ant walk two da shups
in stayed off you sing da carr
Dee impotent ding
hiss da wheel
four wear they’re’s
a wheel, they’re’s all weighs
a weigh
goad lick
loose wait
anne stain hell tea
Jan 22, 2014
Jan 22, 2014 at 4:32 AM UTC
harp and round edges of frames make
hard thumps
bumps in your chest that fall
into your stomach balling-up
as you might in a woman’s four-lettered
sphere of a gut
which opens my barren
heart to the other
May 22, 2014
May 22, 2014 at 10:55 PM UTC
Drip drop
pitter patter
the sound of kitten's feet.
Woosh Swirl
the wind tells
the sound of secrets sweet.
BOOM BOOM
thunder claps
the sound of sweet release.
Flash twirl
lightening dances
across the city streets.
Oct 24, 2011
Oct 24, 2011 at 12:47 PM UTC
tsk tsk asterisk
chk chk clap blam boom
sik click arsonic
grip glap drap gloom
wix wax anthrax
hop leap woosh slam
sip spike archetype
cough crash anagram
hark bark blue monarch
wrapped in a summer's day
tick tack heart attack
passing the cabaret
she used to say words like
bump, beep, buzz
until flutter fizz crunch chirp
fell beams of a truss
and tenderly did hum zap sing
in little vrooms and snags
did she meet unfortunate ends
woof, crack, thud, down crags
shimmer shingles whisper dust
ugh, agh, yawn, sigh!
her eye sockets gathered such beautiful rust
and did crunch clink, flick and eek
to crack the numbing morning moon
but break, snap, bash, sink
into the hyphenated royal lagoon.
Nov 18, 2012
Nov 18, 2012 at 6:31 PM UTC
BOING!
The harder the landing
the higher the bounce.
Up here all is clear
A transparent perspective
Wish I could levitate in this space.
WOOSH.
Here I plunge again.
Grasping for anything to hold me
To stop my fall.
THUD.
****
I expected to bounce.
Walking around the gutter
looking for light in the dark
I am disoriented.
Lost in space.
I'll just have to find a new
height to scale to get outta this place.
Next time I'm up there
I'll hail cab to Cloud Nine
And ride around for awhile
checking out the scenery.
With some old school funk pulsing
from the speakers.
pump pump pump
Feb 15, 2014
Feb 15, 2014 at 9:27 AM UTC
Where the dead lie the flowers grow,
The trees shoot tall and the winds blow.
Resting in their eternal peace,
Memories live on and never cease.
Weathered stone and faded names,
At home, broken pictures in broken frames.
The woosh of an aeroplane flys overhead,
To honour their sacrifice and salute the dead.
For they have died so we might be free,
Lives lost inland and those at sea.
For we recall all that they gave,
As we whisper quiet prayers beside the grave.
Mar 29, 2021
Mar 29, 2021 at 5:18 AM UTC
Woosh!
a disturbance
the cool air atop this cliff shakes with reverberence
turning my head
like the flick of a switch
energy ripples out
from the tip of this wing
a pair of another pair
Woosh!
Feb 3, 2010
Feb 3, 2010 at 1:25 AM UTC
*Imagine for a moment that the weather is a *****
She is bored as she peels off the chipping paint on my window
and with eyebrow raised flicks the pieces at my bed
(the same bed I am lying on)
I hear the woosh and flutter of her dress
as she parades and struts around.
She is purposely blowing cigarette smoke to my face
like a high and mighty *****
with painted lips and black stockings.
I pay her no heed
She screams and ruffles the trees for attention
flinging branches and leaves in a fit
she speaks and her spit hits my eyes in little droplets.
Her heavy breathing
and banging of doors and windows
is becoming a little too dramatic
I close the window again,
I've closed it a million times
and with her dainty fingers she pries it open to peek
she sulks in a corner
eyeing me crossly
annoyed at my reading
my writing
my contemplation
and true to her nature
she does it all again...
Sep 29, 2011
Sep 29, 2011 at 8:39 AM UTC
In midst of thunderstorms I could see a house
Standing under a tree, eyes wide open
Rain have never poured more
Wind could not shout more
Sweat was blending with water on forehead
Sweat of failure, sweat of rejection
I knew I won’t enter, I knew I won’t knock
But then I saw lights turned on.
Invitation was mocking, possibilities were low
Will get grains only if you sow
Doors won’t remain open forever
Wait someone wants to enter
Inside was dry and warm
Fireplace was on, bar was open
Took what I see, spent what I owned
This is meant for me, I am meant for this
Attraction hypnotized deeply
Should it be a palace, who else could be the king?
Jolly heart then saw an ugly shadow!
The supposedly king was shown a visitors queue.
Eyes see with minds sight
Brain a diseased brain with optimism
Hunting Bear looks like black pet dog
Only when you are near enough to be prey
But when love hits, numbness surrounds
Considered taming a bear
Reconsidered retried insist pushed
But can a tide be turned
Woosh! Waash! Washed away
How long a castle of mud stands?
It waits for its wave to spread where it belongs
For other dreamers to try there skills?
With the fallen castle i still dream
Had i erected it a bit farther..
Had i put more effort..
But what could be a life in sand castle?
Aug 27, 2014
Aug 27, 2014 at 4:15 PM UTC
Tired yet wired.
Running on caffeine, adrenaline and anticipation.
Like a railway forwarder
grinding on rusted tracks making them an orange metallic fairy dust.
Living in a wind of motion snd flying on my own.
And then I see you: a calm tornado of sense and serenity.
You pull me out and woosh! me up into the celestial realms where they sing a song of clarity and purity.
The chaos of my eyes is poured into a stella mixing bowl: processed.
Then drunk out.
As a flower with pink semi-translucent leaves.
Apr 29, 2015
Apr 29, 2015 at 2:57 AM UTC
They were like gun shots but softer,
They were like firecrackers
without the crack or fire,
There were so many I could not count them all,
then they were stopped in their fall.
The cars driving fast by the house,
were louder than before, a woosh, with a splash,
there was rumbling in the distance and a flash,
those meteorologists were right,
sixty percent chance this night,
of showers.
It is good to be part of the majority
for a change of weather,
how strange,
my dog is now glued to me,
I take no solace in her endearment see,
even in the midst of the slight downpour with
pyrotechnic effects,
she wants me to take her
out the door to do her business, but not alone.
Aug 24, 2013
Aug 24, 2013 at 1:53 AM UTC
-on a decent starting point, or the act of breathing
I'm not fit
to live the life,
to shrug the burden
off my shoulders.
Weep, weep...
woosh - woosh - woosh,
dang-dang, dang-dang:
bye bye, bye...
There goes your train...
Let it go, let it go!
Let the air breathe your lungs,
let the wind bleed your ears.
Then ask
what you really -
what you really want:
what you - or I - really need.
Feb 7, 2017
Feb 7, 2017 at 2:19 PM UTC
Only I
row upon this stream
The oar hits the blue-green water
Only a woosh is heard upove and below
Above the water, the sunset deepens
Such crimson colors
Burnt sienna and deep purple
When the reflection of the sky meets the water
And you cannot tell where the sky begins or ends
The quiet thoughts of the mind
Simply disappear as quickly as they enter
The clouds have left, only stars remain
As they twinkle and shine as a prayer is answered.
This is where hope begins and faith is full
So magnificent and lovely
Heart grows and yearns for only this moment
Forever remembered, always kept as a photograph
Only I am
Rowing upon this water.
Apr 9, 2015
Apr 9, 2015 at 12:54 AM UTC
I write you to sleep
in the other room
the leaves and fire of
your dream wisdom,
a dosha to create
each particular function
wrought in sweet, bitter, uncanny can-can
last night I saw you
in the rain with my
jean jacket
you asked about your face
and read me
catholic gospel/the body’s innate wisdom
free of threadworms, windup toys,
each nasty gut of wind
when I love you
I always see you in white
(this is all the time)
and you clear the toxins
from my accounts,
hold up my husband by
his flags,
tell him to
*woosh
woosh
woosh*
there is a pearl at
the bottom of us
and we touch it with
un-bitten fingers
this essential does not
go unnoticed in
our hearts but
ties our mouths so
we cannot speak—
a grammar lesson on love
and checkmate of birdwings
you awaken
come out for your phone
tell you to go back to sleep
you smile
I have so much to love god for
Mar 9, 2019
Mar 9, 2019 at 9:30 AM UTC
17/30
long walk through a park
an abandoned swing set sits
waiting just for you
18/30
thump-thump-thump-thump
woosh-click-click-beep-thump-woosh-thump
broken radio
Apr 20, 2014
Apr 20, 2014 at 5:05 PM UTC
They told me to write a poem,
Themed “The City Limits”,
I didn’t know what to write,
We didn’t know what to write!
My mind went blank,blank,blank.
With my favourite reddish-brown pencil trapped in my fingers
I slowly, steadily
Using a long ruler,
Drew a rectangle
I drew squares in that rectangle
It looked like a building
I drew more of them, even taller; yes taller ones that towered above the others completely
They peaked at the sky, bathed in an orange hue,
My mind was filled with an image,
Where trees swayed to the breeze
Swoosh! Woosh!
And cars moved bumper to bumper, caught up in the expressway.
Peep! Peep!
Bonk! Bonk!
A lively city, this little red dot is, But the construction works; Enough! O what a pain!
But, there was one thing,
Something was wrong with my city
The people had buttons for eyes!
Their friendly smiles turned into evil glares
The orange sky turned into silvery-grey buttons
Someone was singing, O, yes to me
Orange, red or blue
Whatever you choose
The buttons are such a beauty!
They threatened me
Oh, yes we didEvil Laugh
To sow buttons into my eyes!
I had to escape
From this dreadful nightmare
But you just couldn't wake up
Running away was forbidden!
Ring, Ring, Ring!
Holy Cheese!
Mum was shaking me awake
Finally it's over.
Jun 11, 2013
Jun 11, 2013 at 10:12 PM UTC
SMACK!
Senses dazed as the steel ****** punch connects.
My jaw slacks as the impact sways.
Attention drawn to a new reddish haze.
Chaotic energy bursts from me during my daze.
Kinetic energy purges from my body and protects.
ZAP!
Zips plague the air as my electricity feeds.
Altering the air, absorbing what it needs.
Pale fear encroaches on my opponent’s face.
WOOSH!
Widely he misses in his next death’s embrace.
Opening my eyes I see his next move.
Ornate suit covering his bulging muscled flex.
Side stepping to the left, I upset his defensive base.
Heroic determination roars into grove.
SLAM!
Sudden movement from me sends him into the cement wall.
Lightning ravaging his skin as I push him through.
Alarms ring out as the shocked security officers call.
Manning their necessary posts due.
****
Puffs of smoke rise from the now down attacker.
Odor of burnt flesh sizzles through the air.
On I stand looking down at this villainous charred slacker.
Foot prodding him as I stare.
With a quick smirk I flip on my black leather hooded cloak.
Glancing once more back at my last assailant’s joke.
I hear the hurried shuffling of security officers feet,
I step back through the hole and make my shadowy retreat.
Mar 29, 2013
Mar 29, 2013 at 7:37 PM UTC
tripping, tipping over iron railing:
woosh
caught by my tail
Jan 8, 2012
Jan 8, 2012 at 2:26 AM UTC
A fox sweeps through the pool of light cast from the kitchen window
A soft woosh following the empty air
The trees are telling the sleeping birds secrets that the birds will never keep
The floodlight on the neighbors garage flickers nonchalantly
Wayward branches waking it
A car drives up the street, motor mumbling complaints about the cold
The driver holding a cigarette between two fingers
The streetlamp shivers in the stiff breeze
Light swaying over the ice-tarnished pavement
A stray cat tumbles across the driveway, swift feet tripping sensors
The floodlight comes on
And the house is sleeping
Groaning and shifting and snoring and sighing
The floodlight flickers then clicks off
Feb 13, 2016
Feb 13, 2016 at 11:56 PM UTC
The best silence is the woosh
of wind through trees
on murky nights
Sep 21, 2016
Sep 21, 2016 at 2:10 PM UTC
Out through his window,
Woosh through his little town,
crash through the forrest,
dance across the river,
dive into the ocean,
up the highest mountain,
burst through the clouds,
jump off the tip,
and soaring, flipping, bounding into the sky
he went not long ago
His shackles unchained,
he wasted no time zooming out of here
He did what he came to do,
now he was free-
free to jump and spin and dance and twirl and somersault
in all kinds of amazing shades of blues and yellows
I'll never forget watching him go,
feeling his overwhelming joy,
and my overwhelming grief
come cascading down on me all at once.
All at once the sky became amazingly bluer and brighter,
and my world grew cold as it began to rain.
Feb 26, 2013
Feb 26, 2013 at 10:41 PM UTC
Woosh!
It happened so fast
Skiing down the mountain
This run was our last
Ouch!
I feel a flood of gut wrenching pain
And a tingly feeling
Like electric shocks in my veins
Beep!
The sound of the car's horn
Blasts into my ear
My head hurt so much I could've sworn
Ahh!
My scream blasts eardrums
Tears stream down my face
As I stare at my mum
Then suddenly I feel nothing
Not even a poke
No more tingling
Then I awoke
Feb 18, 2015
Feb 18, 2015 at 9:55 PM UTC