perspective poems

Butter Side Up | Steve Denehan - A Poetry Website Featuring Poems by Contemporary Poets

Butter Side Up | Steve Denehan

I dropped a slice of toast today and it landed butter side up.
As I stooped to pick it up I could not stop smiling.
The day no longer loomed before me.
It stretched on, without horizon.
A straight line of possibility.
Butter side up.
Perspective shifts, the world tilts toward me.
Some day to come I will ask myself how such innocuous moments can matter,
so much more than they should.
But not today.
Today, there will be no more questions.

Perspective | Suleyk - A Poetry Website Featuring Poems by Contemporary Poets

Perspective | Suleyk

Sounds of humming resonate throughout the room.
I listen.
The light above starts to flicker.
I stare.
A cold feeling crawls up my spine.
I breathe.
My vision shifts.
I align.
The room is suddenly bright.
Sunshine filters through the window.
The sound of planes and daily life continues outside.
My eyes are heavy.
I struggle to keep them open.
The fan on my desk blows air swiftly around the room.
It feels nice.
Yet the world soon grows dark.
I awaken to a hum.

Broken Frame | JD DeHart - A Poetry Website Featuring Poems by Contemporary Poets

Broken Frame | JD DeHart

So, you see the way
I see. Hitchcock was a master
of this.
Take me inside the mind
of the character. Problem is
once you have run
your gray matter across some
pages, I wonder if the ink
doesn’t leave a streak there.
You once thought the earth
lined up. Now, there is a slight
angle you can’t shake.
A word appears, imposed
on what you once knew.
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