surreal poetry

Surrealist poetry embodies the essence of poetry itself, drawing upon shocking imagery and lyrical incongruities to comment on the inner-workings of the mind.

MY HEAD IS ON THE HAM SLICER
I am walking through a grocery store. It is a normal grocery store, with its searing fluorescent lights overhead, its squeaky tile floors, its stack of coupons piled up on the customer service desk.
By Elodie Hollant4 years ago in Poets
Night of the Undead Bureaucrats
It was a dark and stormy night, The kind of night that fills you with fright. A mansion on the outskirts called to me, To retrieve documents from the attic, you see.
By James Green4 years ago in Poets
Surreal Adventures in the Land of Dreams: A Poem
I was flying through the sky, Soaring through the clouds so high. I felt weightless, free, and wild, As I travelled through this dreamscape mile by mile.
By Ewuranna Smith-Quayson4 years ago in Poets
A Fight Broke Out at the Pizzeria
I was a waiter who wore the hat of a host at times Taking customers to their tables and seating them It was one of those typical Italian Pizzerias
By Robert Marciano4 years ago in Poets
Amitriptyline
You must protect them. The girls Huddle together In our doublewide. You must protect them. He is at the window. Pale eyes rolling in slime,
By Amber Fern4 years ago in Poets
Faking
imagine having to fake your every day in order to continue there is no other way faking every smile faking every laugh
By Bren4 years ago in Poets
On devils, and telekinesis
The devil taunted me, a clacking arthropod whose shifting Janus mask, Round and bone-white, circled as it danced toe to toe;
By M C Treow4 years ago in Poets
Splits in Catholicism
It looked like the longest alley in the world, Beckoning me, daring me, challenging me. My opponent is Pope Francis, SJ and Awesome Bowler--Who knew?
By Gerard DiLeo4 years ago in Poets
The car at the end of my girlfriend's street
One night I was about to leave my girlfriend’s house We sat in my car, parked outside her house There were no other cars around
By Louis T4 years ago in Poets
A wedding with a twist
At a prestigious harbor precinct In a cove surrounded by skyscrapers We celebrate my cousin’s wedding Where the sandy beach meets the fresh-cut lawn
By Louis T4 years ago in Poets
Three Score and Ten
Three Score and Ten In Shanty Town where I spent my childhood, In muddy ditches and narrow creeks, I stood. It was a time of innocence and gullibility,
By Dan R Fowler4 years ago in Poets
The Luminous Beauty of the full moon:A celestial wonder to behold
The Luminous Beauty of the Full Moon: A Celestial Wonder to Behold" Introduction A full moon is the phase of the moon when it is fully illuminated by the sun as seen from Earth. It occurs when the moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun, with the Earth in between.
By Skr travel and insurance deals4 years ago in Poets