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.

The Phallus & The Snake
Birth and rebirth blaze from the flames of a deep red instinct. A force is stirred in the lucid ground of existence, the luminescent silence is interrupted and a dim-lit dream yearns to be consecrated with the wand of creation. It arises in the service of its master, the phallus being called one more time, to seed a tree of life. The snake uncoils itself from the knot of sleeping desires, ready to enter the flesh and awaken the thunderbolt of the union.
By Rashminder Hargis5 years ago in Poets
Ballad of the Blue Cafe. Runner-Up in After the Parade Challenge.
The waitress behind the counter is folding napkins into herons and the menu has been rinsed in sealight so many times it echoes a choreography of ocean.
By Lori Lamothe5 years ago in Poets
The Last Banana
In the past three years, I have attempted to tell the story countless times, but all ended in failure. With more than 100k words written in total and millions of hours clocked into conversations, I was determined to find out the truth.
By Katrina Yang5 years ago in Poets
Southern City Summers
I listen to the cicadas hum in the heat that has consumed the South. Summer is indeed here. Quick but powerful storms stroll through the area nearly every afternoon.
By Veronika A.5 years ago in Poets
Nobody thought
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By Glytch5 years ago in Poets
Tommy and the Sharks
We had always dreamed, my wife and I Since we forged our bond, in matrimony To have our lives blessed, with more than us two
By Paul Douglas5 years ago in Poets
I’m getting tired of my dreams
I’m getting tired of my dreams; strangling me It’s torture when I sleep, destroying me Wrapped in ambitions, hearts tryna listen
By Cadma5 years ago in Poets
i've nothing to contribute
i suppose my fears are choking me, as they always do, i am at a very odd place in my life, dreams i envisioned as a child have yet to come true,
By Eve Winters5 years ago in Poets
clouds
definition a reminder: the sky. a reminder: the clouds. a reminder: the wind. there is so much movement, hypnotizing movement, in the sky. and yet, an infinite stillness that takes your breath away sometimes. to revel in her glory—the sky, the earth, the wind, the clouds. you ache for this feeling. to be like a cloud. to be ever-changing and feel weird sometimes and stretch yourself thin or puff yourself up or disappear completelyand still always be present. you ache for this feeling.
By ayame5 years ago in Poets
Anime Love
As you walk into the room... I am filled with so much anxiety, suspense, and excitement. It’s like the first time I watched Goku go Super Sayjin...
By Famous Taylor II5 years ago in Poets
A terrible prognostication.
Ranks to form, forward march! Board to set, field so parch, Destitute and barely green, Horrid sight, surely seen, Flash of light, flash of steel,
By Jordan Zuniga5 years ago in Poets
The Querent
What’s different in the ocean since the change? It’s safer and managed Managed how? Studied, farmed, care-taken So it’s a healthier ocean now?
By Bonnie Misha5 years ago in Poets