brokenness poems

Tap - A Poem by Cattail Jester - Dive into the Depths of Contemporary Voices

Tap – A Poem by Cattail Jester

Tap you are it

Tag begin

Tap let’s play this game
I’ll begin a word
you finish the sentence
I’ll begin a plan
you smash it to bits

We will go until tired
then tap someone else.

Broken | Steve Denehan - Dive into the Depths of Contemporary Voices

Broken | Steve Denehan

Murmured conversation and cutlery scraping.
Into the restaurant he came,
As out of place as anyone has ever been.
He was older, enormous, bedraggled.
His shoulders were wide, straining against a greasy brown coat.
His hair, matted, above a weathered face.
Stopping, he seemed surprised to have arrived in the restaurant.
He turned to face our table and we caught eyes.
Words, of a sort, fell from his mouth and landed on the floor.
He was escorted out and the silence was filled once again,
With murmurs and scraping.

Consumed | Guy Farmer - Dive into the Depths of Contemporary Voices

Consumed | Guy Farmer

So consumed are they
By their toxic vitriol
That they don’t
Understand their’s
Is not the only,
And surely not the
Healthiest, perspective.

The Human Race | Judy Moskowitz - Dive into the Depths of Contemporary Voices

The Human Race | Judy Moskowitz

who’s to blame
as mushrooms cloud
a once cantaloupe sky
who’s to blame
when you say yes
and mean no
convictions compromised
who’s to blame
temperaments on fire
burn baby burn
the song of the day
who’s to blame
helpless behind the cage
maimed and broken
who’s to blame
melting ice
floating away
all endangered
who’s to blame

Broken Dolls | Tamsen Grace - Dive into the Depths of Contemporary Voices

Broken Dolls | Tamsen Grace

When she was little
she always played
with broken dolls,
trying her best to fix them.
A little girl,
with a trail of broken discarded dolls in her wake, somehow
she never outgrew this.

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