List: 10) Free Verse (asymmetrical)

• Unrealized

  Life came through her garden, humming
  ageless songs within her throat.

  24 lines, 15 comments, on Oct 12 5:05 AM. In Personal, Life, Metaphor
• summer solstice at Bear Tower (2009)

  wind falls on the cottonwoods
  like a soft cool rain

  22 lines, 45 comments, on Jul 1 4:58 AM. In Animism, Alcheringa, Nature, Personal
• reality

  when he slid through nimbus
  hopes on smooth white dreams

  37 lines, 18 comments, on May 2 8:03 AM. In Personal, Loss, Pain, Metaphor, Abstract
• Sunday morning

  He drove home a bright blond
  kiss still glowing warm

  56 lines, 81 comments, on Mar 24 5:45 AM. In Love, Loss, Poems that tell a story
• raven song

  - . - . - . - . - . -
  . - . - . - . - . - .

  14 lines, 12 comments, on Mar 19 4:02 PM. In Contemplation, Nature, Personal
• release

  38 lines, 18 comments, on Mar 18 2:32 AM. In Abstract, Metaphor, Free Verse
• Creation

  They sprouted when your soul was new / in dark brown soils where
  confusion percolated down to nourish / tiny roots of sentience

  42 lines, 32 comments, on Mar 4 11:04 PM. In Personal, Revelation, Metaphor, Animism
• Labor

  Don't ball them up and sigh
  convinced of failure

  25 lines, 11 comments, on Feb 21 2:39 PM. In Personal, Writing, Metaphor, Animism
• paper

  - . - . - . - . - . -
  . - . - . - . - . - .

  19 lines, 35 comments, on Feb 20 11:02 AM. In Personal, Metaphor, Animism, Abstract
• evaporation

  in an ocean of stars
  a ballet sun pirouettes

  22 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 30 11:20 AM 2008. In Contemplation, Buddhism, Alcheringa
• revelation

  perhaps adventurous eve felt /
  constrained / by the ignorance

  64 lines, 35 comments, on Oct 16 8:07 AM 2008. In Religion, Society, Indoctrination
• rainbow

  now but a distant hope for
  greater souls to strive toward

  58 lines, 48 comments, on Jul 18 5:14 AM 2008. In Society, Sad, Loss
• transposition

  the strain of hogweeds
  clung to hillsides like

  32 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 2 7:47 PM 2008. In Personal, Animism, Nature, Spiritual
• rhythms

  - . - . - . - . - . -
  . - . - . - . - . - .

  11 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 26 6:25 PM 2008. In Personal, Nature, Observation
• strange disease

  and your head swells grotesque
  to bursting from your dark black suit

  43 lines, 118 comments, on Jun 18 7:13 AM 2008. In Society, Pen Portraits, Politics
• "He loves me."

  It won't matter then
  when your eyes begin to fade

  42 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 16 5:39 AM 2008. In Personal, Metaphor, Love
• True Nature

  These were trees once
  tall as the changeling sky

  27 lines, 22 comments, on Jun 8 8:53 AM 2008. In Nature, Personal, Meditation
• Glance

  - . - . - . - . - . -
  . - . - . - . - . - .

  20 lines, 57 comments, on Jun 5 7:32 PM 2008. In Nature, Personal, Meditation
• Provision

  - . - . - . - . - . -
  . - . - . - . - . - .

  17 lines, 2 comments, on May 24 8:25 AM 2008. In Personal, Abstract, Love
• cicada dreams

  creatures half concealed by
  cocoon remains rush about

  67 lines, 41 comments, on May 15 11:44 PM 2008. In Personal, Nature, Insects
• fallen

  roots and limbs born out again
  as skyward green

  33 lines, 2 comments, on May 7 7:33 PM 2008. In Personal, Nature, Death, Animism
• puzzles

  th' edges iz easiest to find
  easies' ta fit inta place

  81 lines, 5 comments, on May 1 11:59 AM 2008. In Culture, Personal, Experimental, Depiction
• tease

  a wisp of smoke curled
  round the edge of taste

  10 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 13 6:51 AM 2008. In Personal, Abstract, Love
• A word

  Will you crack the old
  dry twig of language

  20 lines, 62 comments, on Apr 11 3:53 AM 2008. In Language, Personal, Random
• from here

  even then with that blood-chilled future
  hanging fresh like a widow's web

  76 lines, 14 comments, on Mar 17 8:38 AM 2008. In Society, Sad, Loss
• strobe

  death will come
  slowly quietly

  29 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 9 2:17 PM 2008. In Personal, Alcheringa, Buddhism, Death
• deja vu

  the lake wimpled bits of sun
  thin pines stood breathing by

  48 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 27 9:06 PM 2008. In Abstract, Death, Impressionism, Contemplation
• reflections

  22 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 18 8:55 PM 2008. In Random, Abstract, Impressionism
• promise

  from the moment i looked up and saw
  just over my head your memory

  37 lines, 35 comments, on Dec 14 4:17 AM 2007. In Personal, Animism, Love
• loam

  will your long slender roots
  reach down and tickle my

  32 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 23 10:50 AM 2007. In Personal, Animism, Nature, Spiritual, Alcheringa
• Gleam

  Joy came
  whispering through autumn oaks

  32 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 16 5:32 PM 2007. In Personal, Realization, Animism, Free Verse
• Projections

  We are small yellow suns
  suspended together in space

  26 lines, 16 comments, on Nov 13 6:54 AM 2007. In Personal, Abstract, Animism, Love
• ice

  20 lines, 7 comments, on Oct 21 3:00 PM 2007. In Personal, Abstract, Random
• Solitude

  her silhouette flickered about but seen
  from the farthest corners of vision

  5 lines, 29 comments, on Oct 16 6:33 AM 2007. In Personal, Animism, Nature, Spiritual
• contrition

  45 lines, 8 comments, on Oct 4 7:00 AM 2007. In Personal, Realization, Animism, Free Verse
• In Yolla Bolly

  i did not even come to conquer / the death still pits of my fears
  though i stood at the precipice / and pondered their hollow depths

  82 lines, 28 comments, on Sep 22 1:01 PM 2007. In Personal, Animism, Nature, Spiritual
• just a sigh

  13 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 20 9:51 PM 2007. In Personal, Reflection, Wishful Thinking
• Features

  Your eyes recede into shadow
  old dark pits lined ...

  49 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 17 9:56 AM 2007. In Personal, Abstract, Random, Weird
• note to soul mate

  30 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 31 1:13 PM 2007. In Personal, Animism, Nature, Spiritual
• A Strange Anticipation

  How is it I feel the slight wind even now,
  almost breathing on my thoughts, and

  24 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 22 12:08 PM 2007. In Animism, Nature, Spiritual, Personal
• dishrag

  35 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 21 12:29 PM 2007. In Personal, Society, Relationships
• On the Lost Coast Trail

  Nostalgia is but a hollow wind,
  and I a new-grown wood.

  43 lines, 29 comments, on Jul 9 4:30 AM 2007. In Personal, Animism, Nature, Spiritual
• Front

  15 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 4 4:09 AM 2007. In Animism, Personal, Nature, Dedication
• cash-crop

  in the fallows of your mind
  tilled beneath your dreams

  30 lines, 26 comments, on Jun 25 6:52 AM 2007. In Personal, Society, Relationships
• missing

  you never took that one slow breath
  hands trembling eyes twitching

  59 lines, 27 comments, on Jun 6 5:38 PM 2007. In Personal, Sad, Society
• shimmer

  21 lines, 15 comments, on Apr 26 4:15 PM 2007. In Impressionism, Personal, Random, Animism
• Musing out loud

  It was covered in shrubs, / weaves of poison oak,
  and the old fallen branches / of deeply rooted tears.

  122 lines, 32 comments, on Apr 17 11:28 AM 2007. In Personal, Metaphor, Impressionism, Alcheringa
• subjectivity

  35 lines, 23 comments, on Apr 14 7:57 PM 2007. In Suprematism, Spiritual, Experimental
• Presence

  A long strained moan
  struggles from the gloom

  35 lines, 13 comments, on Mar 20 2:15 PM 2007. In Personal, Animism, Spiritual, Dark
• Contrast

  8 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 20 2:07 PM 2007. In Personal, Abstract, Meditation
• investment

  32 lines, 11 comments, on Feb 11 1:00 AM 2007. In Hope, Personal
• To Write a Poem

  29 lines, 22 comments, on Jan 17 3:39 PM 2007. In Impressionism, Admonition, Personal, Random
• markers

  its scaly roots / swam beneath the ground
  like coiled serpents / half risen for air

  98 lines, 15 comments, on Nov 30 3:42 PM 2006. In Personal, Dreams, Animism
• Company

  let us meditate on stars
  fixed in double panes

  32 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 24 10:02 PM 2006. In Romance, Personal, Hope
• regret

  47 lines, 44 comments, on Oct 30 12:25 PM 2006. In Personal, Nature, Love
• Little Bastards

  30 lines, 15 comments, on Oct 20 8:58 PM 2006. In Personal, Nature
• Grace

  take your long lithe figure
  your bright ruby smile

  21 lines, 7 comments, on Oct 18 2:50 PM 2006. In Spiritual, Society, Nature
• unperched

  23 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 6 1:56 AM 2006. In Personal, Society, Nature
• Fuzzy Time

  syncopated snores
  crack the varied drones

  32 lines, 6 comments, on Sep 21 1:18 AM 2006. In Weird, Personal, Contemporary
• Reflexion

  your bed will creak with pain
  a quiet hopeless rage

  34 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 10 7:54 PM 2006. In Personal, Society, Contemporary
• Alone

  arid airs absorb the skies
  blasting tears to streaks of salt

  23 lines, 9 comments, on Sep 9 11:31 PM 2006. In Personal, Society, Nature
• Eye Fatigue

  21 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 29 12:45 PM 2006. In Weird, Personal
• Acceleration

  27 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 25 12:54 PM 2006. In Society, Nature
• Hard Fact

  Consciousness manifests a complex
  ghost in the chassis

  45 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 2 12:56 PM 2006. In Personal, Society, Nature
• Origami

  - . - . - . - . - . -
  - . - . - . - . - . -

  6 lines, 12 comments, on Jul 25 7:10 PM 2006. In Personal, Spiritual
• Opened

  anguished nipples face the wall
  a red fist pounds dry air

  27 lines, 8 comments, on Jun 9 6:38 AM 2006. In Personal, Love, Angst
• Whitewater

  trunks and boughs
  broken into maenad nests ...

  36 lines, 9 comments, on May 24 9:15 PM 2006. In Personal, Spiritual, Love
• Braille

  run your fingertips
  along my scattered thoughts

  60 lines, 8 comments, on May 22 6:50 PM 2006. In Personal, Spiritual, Other
• Forward

  25 lines, 5 comments, on May 20 6:10 PM 2006. In Personal, Spiritual, Hope
• Sacrifice

  in the halogen light
  tiny oak leaves quiver

  21 lines, 30 comments, on Apr 19 10:48 PM 2006. In Personal, Spiritual, Nature
• sheer

  8 lines, 17 comments, on Mar 15 6:54 AM 2006. In Spiritual
• Ambivalence

  49 lines, 29 comments, on Feb 24 9:34 AM 2006. In Personal, Hope
• Dispossession

  razor black talons
  aimed at my mind

  25 lines, 21 comments, on Feb 18 8:59 AM 2006. In Personal, Spiritual
• Disparity

  was it really the tenderness
  you found beneath blue skirts

  29 lines, 12 comments, on Jan 16 7:50 AM 2006. In Sad, Personal, Other
• timelines

  there will just be a pond
  surrounded by grass

  34 lines, 32 comments, on Nov 8 8:23 AM 2005. In Personal, Spiritual, Hope
• Dis-integration

  now it flails in the wind
  an artifact of memory

  30 lines, 20 comments, on Nov 3 3:47 AM 2005. In Personal, Spiritual, Other
• The Mother

  Your surprised face fills itself
  with the elegance of instinct

  44 lines, 46 comments, on Oct 7 7:25 PM 2005. In Personal, Spiritual, Society
• Unfenced

  close your eyes and dream my friend
  no longer can the old pains trouble you

  53 lines, 30 comments, on Sep 27 12:09 PM 2005. In Spiritual, Nature, Hope
• Condensation

  and dreams are set adrift
  wafting like scents through the void

  29 lines, 37 comments, on Sep 25 4:20 AM 2005. In Personal, Spiritual, Nature
• irruption

  walls breathe in darkness
  linens screech at silence

  51 lines, 47 comments, on Sep 17 6:52 AM 2005. In Fantasy, Spiritual, Nature
• Halflight

  who can escape
  the sound of water

  16 lines, 27 comments, on Sep 13 5:43 AM 2005. In Personal, Spiritual, Nature
• Silhouette

  an unstriped snake
  convulsing across the mountains

  46 lines, 43 comments, on Aug 25 11:59 AM 2005. In Spiritual, Other, Nature
• Protoculture

  and i began to tear my flesh
  bruise my bones

  29 lines, 42 comments, on Aug 22 10:10 PM 2005. In Personal, Spiritual, Hope
• The Intertext

  between the lines
  space expands

  24 lines, 62 comments, on Jul 30 4:00 PM 2005. In Spiritual, Society, Nature
• Stardust

  what measure of gravity
  never brillianced the heart

  23 lines, 37 comments, on Jul 26 1:39 AM 2005. In Animism, Alcheringa, Nature
• Starscape

  11 lines, 30 comments, on Jul 18 9:16 PM 2005. In Personal, Spiritual, Nature
• The Terrible Truth

  22 lines, 63 comments, on Jun 18 8:20 AM 2005. In Personal, Society, Contemporary
• Father

  i scrambled from your massive shadow
  but it stretched in stillness like a sundial

  23 lines, 64 comments, on May 26 3:37 AM 2005. In Sad, Personal, Spiritual
• To the Postmodernist

  your words flash
  briefly into view

  18 lines, 26 comments, on May 13 5:06 PM 2005. In Sad, Personal, Society
• Dreamscape

  silhouettes flash in moments
  five shiny black claws tear past my ribs

  41 lines, 53 comments, on Apr 28 10:23 PM 2005. In Personal, Spiritual, Dark
• Hush

  even dreams were impenetrable
  cemented in concrete

  25 lines, 31 comments, on Apr 3 4:22 AM 2005. In Personal, Society, Dark
• The Man with the Scanner

  His face is smug, arrogant
  Ghoulish and gray against the high-backed café chair

  32 lines, 19 comments, on Mar 26 3:47 PM 2005. In Society
• A Christmas Poem

  I want you to know that I hear your sobs
  A sound like a leaking roof

  42 lines, 90 comments, on Dec 25 1:51 AM 2004. In Personal, Dark, Angst
• Finale

  All hopes have ceased to hold meaning
  The shadow of my diffusion draws near

  16 lines, 18 comments, on Dec 9 11:06 AM 2004. In Personal, Spiritual, Hope
• house of mirrors

  in the house of mirrors
  vigorously wipe the dust

  6 lines, 12 comments, on Nov 21 1:01 AM 2004. In Personal, Spiritual
• Beautiful Tears

  Try to imagine / Crystal drops / Gentle wonder

  19 lines, 42 comments, on Oct 23 9:23 PM 2004. In Hope
• Eloquence

  if words / could express
  your loveliness / your depthless beauty...

  43 lines, 20 comments, on Oct 22 5:16 PM 2004. In Other
• Sky

  In overwhelming motion
  Stillness saturates

  12 lines, 15 comments, on Oct 6 7:06 PM 2004. In Personal
• hear!

  water is walking on jesus
  air is flying up through christ

  41 lines, 18 comments, on Sep 28 7:44 PM 2004. In Weird, Spiritual
• Solace

  It stood on a hill / Overlooking the town
  Plain to view / For all to see

  164 lines, 14 comments, on Sep 12 8:28 AM 2004. In Personal, Spiritual, Hope
• choose

  make your choice / how will you live / with or without hope

  57 lines, 15 comments, on Aug 30 8:47 AM 2004. In Spiritual, Society, Contemporary
• not finding

  “what is it?”
  i ask the gray-haired man

  28 lines, 15 comments, on Aug 27 7:28 PM 2004. In Personal, Spiritual, Angst
• Treasure

  It would seem / Your touch within me Through this forgotten dream
  Through the unchartable destruction / Of all I was

  165 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 24 7:00 PM 2004. In Personal, Spiritual, Hope
• Deception

  Fortress yourself
  Within your assumptions

  96 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 23 1:35 PM 2004. In Sad, Personal, Society
• Los Angeles

  concrete blight upon barren land...
  somtimes i dream of you...

  13 lines, 16 comments, on Jul 21 1:44 PM 2004. In Personal, Society, Hope
• sorrow

  rarely are we told that it's okay / to allow it into our voice
  a crackling sound, a wailing pain / to wear it on our face like a hungry infant

  223 lines, 13 comments, on Jul 21 1:27 PM 2004. In Spiritual, Hope, Angst
• Lost

  ripped from the earth
  songlines erased for the next ten thousand years

  50 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 20 8:53 PM 2004. In Spiritual, Nature, Angst
• Thoughts About the Nature of Free Verse Poetry by Zahhar
  Some thoughts on how about the nature of free verse and some explanation of how I use free verse myself.

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