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.

Siren of the Sea
He beckons me forth, my sanded toes dusted like candied fruit, ready to be washed clean by the delicate froth of white salted foam.
By Ellie Hoovsabout a year ago in Poets
The Weight of a Whisper
The words cling like dew to the edge of my tongue, Too heavy to speak, too light to be flung. I gather them close in the cage of my chest,
By Just One of Those Thingsabout a year ago in Poets
The Art of Almost
We were a brushstroke shy of bloom, A melody just out of tune. A clock that stopped at not quite now, A handshake made without a vow.
By Just One of Those Thingsabout a year ago in Poets
A Conversation Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
Yesterday sighs with a voice like old rain: "You’ll stumble where I did—I know it’s in vain. The cracks in the pavement still trip me, you’ll see,
By Just One of Those Thingsabout a year ago in Poets
Instructions for Borrowing Time
To Save a Fleeting Moment: Reach quick with hands of spider's silk, The kind that tremble, soft as milk. Don't clutch too tight—just cup the glow,
By Just One of Those Thingsabout a year ago in Poets
When the Universe Misplaces a Star
The sky didn’t shudder, no cosmic alarm— just a flicker, a sigh, then the absence of warmth. I search the old maps where your light used to be,
By Just One of Those Thingsabout a year ago in Poets
pretty eyes
I know someone with pretty, pretty eyes. Backstage, the lights came on Bright; and they were opened wide. I saw the details of the blue and the green
By Ruby Redabout a year ago in Poets
I Am Chris
It’s funny how the script has flipped Younger me would say I’m whipped And maybe I am Or just exhausted But now I see it
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
No Money in Art
Don’t believe these heartless thieves And the lies they sell There’s no money in art If that’s true Why do all they seek to control all we do
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
Crossing Over
The candle’s flame flickers and dickers. I sit, arms enwrapping my torso as it shivers, the cooling air permeating my night clothes and knickers
By K.B. Silver about a year ago in Poets
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By M Irfan Zafarabout a year ago in Poets
June
Eternally nocturnal Diving through wormhole after wormhole Fragile fraternal bonds Of an era long gone I’d rather stay low
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets