{"id":136,"date":"2026-03-23T19:23:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/defenestrationism.net\/lengthy-poems\/?page_id=136"},"modified":"2026-04-19T21:30:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:30:59","slug":"homelessness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/defenestrationism.net\/lengthy-poems\/homelessness\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading defenestrationism-heading .wp-block-post-content, .entry-content, .is-layout-constrained {  overflow: visible !important; } h3.defenestrationism-heading margin-left: -30px padding-left: 0\">Defenestrationism.net<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lengthy Poem Contest<br><br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading indent-right\"><br><br><br>Homelessness<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left indent-right5 wp-block-paragraph\"><br>by Jeanine Foster<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"indent-right3 wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br>composed of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"indent-right4 wp-block-paragraph\">Without Day<br>Appearances within Troubled Place<br>Being Something<br>Adieu to a Worthy Diamond<br>Surges of Ash<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"indent-right wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br><strong>Without Day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"indent-right wp-block-paragraph\">Indentation riding fingernail comet of murky mentions embellishes soft whimpered afterthought,<br>Abrupt formality tames ewe; an acceptable trick rolled into a ball of might!<br>Saturated follies fight with top-watched fun far and near,<br>Clapping secret for goodness sake!<br>Bloody full destiny from stares of trees winking curiously at brittle significant damage<br>Intertwined burden brine sprinkles frosty normality until too late to haunt moody ghost,<br>Apparition hinders spiky bruise; an imaginary creature to abandon or choose.<br>\u201cShe\u2019s absolutely a winner!\u201d cries crow to rooster skimming lazy script loser talk.<br>Rooster hollers melodious triggers at butterfly lazily sleeping grass growth.<br>Partita passes over beautiful bleakness loving a player\u2019s hands and crow asks owl, \u201cWhose?\u201d<br>The owl spears silence from fearful perch as witness calls mysterious to come forth,<br>Breakage from a mighty fast chop alludes to emerging accident,<br>\u201cStop the watch now!\u201d called crow to owl on roost of early dawn rising,<br>Chance occurs on undefined exposure pronounced,<br>Remnants of noise amongst notions settle<br>\u201cTo be or not to be.\u201d is a Shakespearean quote treading the thousands mark;<br>Simplicity is yours for taking without \u2018now\u2019 demanded command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"indent-right wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br><strong>Appearances within Troubled Place<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"indent-right wp-block-paragraph\">Wasteland fragrant proudly planned both odd and even,<br>When considering flawless want, weigh intricacies magically or roam atop allotted portions <br>eliminating other importance,<br>Survival emphasis lumps the bed of a short truck cautiously steering fright-splintered roads,<br>Passenger exclaims backward exhausting beyond sign instructions,<br>Meticulous mirage germinates furry blossom reiterating factual hope beautifully seeps through ugliest scope,<br>Those who comprehend beholder babble should be wiped with a dust cloth and pitched to vultures!<br>Majority rules without doubt flowers are most attractive.<br>What sane mind boasts sharp-littered pebbles contain aesthetic value whatsoever?<br>Oh the colors, they are more gorgeous than ever!!<br>Purple turnip adds baby breath to bouquet crests and did you see the peace lilies?<br>How is colorless foliage so extremely pleasing?<br>Lilacs interfere with buttercups adorning rosy shrubs,<br>Peaks pause as curiosity stops peering fluttery promise.<br>If only dirty rocks did not tear sheds, the world would be similar enough to heavenly shards.<br>The driver releases the horse to buyer during troubled times,<br>The passenger\u2019s conclusion is now distorted as disagreement boils learned spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"indent-right wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br><strong>Being Something<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"indent-right wp-block-paragraph\">Sunny streets translucently track purposeless stopwatch hands<br>Early eager freedom trips; unending reminiscent shopping sprees spring tears<br>Heaviness heaves with nothing to carry questioning intentions once had, now dissipated dew.<br>Generous gems of strangers appear from nowhere photographing unnecessary pictures of grins; playtime past ritual<br>Anger subsides placated weight graciously observant of small things.<br>Aching chimes of people now gone, lost in halls of what once was nice?<br>Shadow stream park picking, not once ever exposing the soul; a mistake in a tale read long ago.<br>Where is the house? Where is he or she? All these faces are nothing to me.<br>Longing familiar must have beamed up to a place imagined never.<br>Ringing voices frequently heard; lights to be bought for decorative outdoors awaken at zero hour.<br>Blossoming\u2026something always turned wandering fool not to be praised.<br>Shaken from goodness through solitary waltz unable to focus on who is at fault.<br>\u2018Beggars and choosers\u2019 both choose not to stray; players and winners quit the game eventually; <br>tomorrow\u2019s worries reserved for today.<br>Moment after moment once needed to pray, spoiled hours reflect on reject; it pierces the skin, give me another test.<br>Gambler, not I, during fiction or truth, my blinded sight needs a moment or two.<br>Sheerness seeps in swaying trees choosing moment\u2019s curdling age,<br>Hauling\u2026<br>Prodding attention over masses of grapes scattering braided cocoa bittersweet mistake<br>Windy texture raises pale temper; centrifugal forces spin bravery to the grave,<br>Lonely lots of rocking forward, cinder blocking tawny torrid; escaping from arrow cupid never saves.<br>Did you ever see dust tornado for exploration until later? (I did)<br>Weak flying dirt too dangerous to drive, energy brings it mysteriously alive.<br>Wide expanses for open dance; grimy dealings ruin shimmer<br>Abandoned shelters never a dream privilege wet day fighting shivers of pain<br>Seasons of salt fly to existence securing purpose to purchase beauty<br>Passing through every creeping corner of happily saddened tears;<br>Being something finally<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"indent-right wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br><strong>Adieu to a Worthy Diamond<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"indent-right wp-block-paragraph\">Thick slam dunk grooms garnish a peak withering glass escape,<br>Ivy burgundy talk wrung,<br>Tiny stalactites of daunting rat gnarl a new hole through childless mind.<br>Scar visibility damply hunts ills of past bareness; sullen selection<br>Tipped lips point southward crowding space as nothing evermore imitates happy dressing of wounds<br>Queen Anne lace weed damage sticks drawer close<br>Dwarf\u2019s frown appeases spotty rumor while sipping a cup of clove aftermath,<br>Pockets tremble tart path<br>Brittle bones for uphill run invade hundredth trap,<br>Sputtering complex webs, unraveling jagged map,<br>Stains adorn trodden mile of diamond rust ruined behind woods of honored gloom,<br>Amplified muses savor purity pails saving stray worthy of respected drink,<br>Hello and goodbye, again and again. Those were the best, how strange.<br>Unaware years of silliness dressed in masks and open smiles!<br>The styles wowed even with brokenness; an \u2018ouch\u2019 here and there of a green thumb <br>or a nose too long with a backstage pass.<br>If only, if only, if only\u2026.hello atrocity! I don\u2019t know these either!<br>Tongues screaming earthquakes eat at morsels shopping for space as avalanche intrudes<br>Wait a minute. Who are you?<br>Where did they go? They\u2019re with you, don\u2019t you know?<br>No, but yes not really and it is pleasing on a Saturday worn.<br>When the clock strikes twelve, what then?<br>Satisfaction stamp to understand\u2026<br>I know, no, I don\u2019t. Closure is stolen as are thousands of days unexplained.<br>Hatred breaks my skull in places of mystery;<br>Lessons learned groove prisoner purpose through fearfulness of intimate exchanges,<br>Crash into tallest pile of opportunity galore from consequences carried drearily by whore<br>Turn the page and skip a few chapters to sedentary madness.<br>Adieu and goodbye, save pleasantries shuffling a pretty tomorrow,<br>Push with brute, open the cage, release the maddening evil slave!<br>Glory hallelujah and more merry years beyond the scope of spilled tears,<br>Adieu to you and forget forever, welcome an acceptable attractive clever.<br>Pursue clarity hysterically at front of line;<br>Seek and you will find but find what you seek satisfactorily so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"indent-right wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br><strong>Surges of Ash<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"indent-right wp-block-paragraph\">Ashen mushrooms shatter epileptic force; weariness wills truthful surge.<br>One\u2019s truth is decent and good as others believe it boasts an anecdote to be extinguished with immediate attention.<br>The bottom reveals ocean wisdom rising for surface gulp,<br>Destitution pales in comparison with gracious circulatory pier;<br>Lamppost\u2019s warmth hints trace of destruction perpetuating minuscule fear.<br>Chances of this or that negativity wills into gutters most usually,<br>Joy of achieving honorable mention or life-long desire reoccurs,<br>\u2018Ashes to ashes and dust to dust\u2019 is expected at freedom\u2019s release.<br>Without speech there remains pushes of terrible lifelessness peering glossy weeds.<br>Observers spout holy monstrosities of new seeds irrigating a lovely fountain laid garden during time of human want;<br>Match one soul to another and there are not two but rather one playing every battle,<br>Surging galactic planetarium soil serves only distraction,<br>Keep in existence from here to eternity written on another year of uncertainty.<br>We will forward the frown into neutral blot for future\u2019s sake during mirage of spaciousness;<br>Patience waits to till a luscious meadow of olden gladness!<br>What a bargain\u2026<br>Piece gratified negotiation covers mouth-putter sleepy tarts,<br>Rumors sketch figurines centrally thieving torn rectangular cards<br>Spicy gentle spirits barter loosely<br>What a bargain! She\u2019s a beauty!<br>Sitting on branch of bothered squirrel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br><br><br><br>Back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/defenestrationism.net\/lengthy-poems\/\">2026 Lengthy Poem Contest<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defenestrationism.net Lengthy Poem Contest Homelessness by Jeanine Foster composed of: Without DayAppearances within Troubled PlaceBeing SomethingAdieu to a Worthy DiamondSurges of Ash Without Day Indentation riding fingernail comet of murky mentions embellishes soft whimpered afterthought,Abrupt formality tames ewe; an acceptable trick rolled into a ball of might!Saturated follies fight with top-watched fun far and near,Clapping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-136","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defenestrationism.net\/lengthy-poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defenestrationism.net\/lengthy-poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defenestrationism.net\/lengthy-poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defenestrationism.net\/lengthy-poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defenestrationism.net\/lengthy-poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/defenestrationism.net\/lengthy-poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237,"href":"https:\/\/defenestrationism.net\/lengthy-poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136\/revisions\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defenestrationism.net\/lengthy-poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}