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0913338 (Semaj)
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Magdalena
Spartalena
Tyrant of Words
Wales 62awards
Joined 21st Apr 2012
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Cold on the outside
not to the touch-to the feel
and under the layers
there are red spots
where warmth resides
scattered intermittently
like staggered breath
hard to catch


easy to find
but out of reach
the Hot rods question
his faithfulness
even in their best red dress
and finest rubber
driving them
just like they are meant to be driven
hard, fast, with absolute intention
the burn out
leaves them standing
for the Oceans invitation
liquor fueled was the way


a grafter abusing muscle
thoughts of "what the fuck am I doing"
doing it anyway


like ice in the sun
trying to stop the meltdown
setting sail
for the next horizon
that winks a promise
the salty breeze
writing stories in aging lines
lost in his reverie
with a smile that matters








poet Anonymous

I reckon I can guess a thing or two about hemi
reckon I know how he was feeling last weekend
when he poured money and luck at a sailboat race
and won it
while jonny went in to the fire

reckon hemi knows jonny was the better man
no question
kinder gentler more inclined to sitting still
and I reckon that winning a sailboat race felt pretty fucking stupid
bunch of white men stroking their cocks by making trials of simple things
and I reckon hemi did a burnout cos he got beaten by a dead man at what matters
got shown who had more class
for checking out
not plowing on

pussies plow on

and then there was the number of people who came
(even thinking about that
comparing
makes hemi a cunt)
but the number there
won’t be nothing like the handful of broken people
who'll come to hemi’s funeral
if a memorial for an areshole even counts as one
and I reckon maybe hemi wished he was still man enough to drink hard
still man enough to actually live
instead of falling behind

I reckon he drives past pubs
and pines for what he was
even if it was nothing

I reckon he might be afraid of having to be sane
and of getting past forty
cos no one can stand a rebel with grey hair
hell that’s just a man who didn’t grow up
so yeah maybe hemi is starting to see he aint got no story no more
just stuck on a cliché
has become what he always said he was
unlovable unloved
only now it aint by choice
and choice makes all the difference

maybe hemi it’s time to sell that blood red cock-mobile
maybe it's time to move onto a boat
find a new drug
or get serious about your drinking
or even just quiet right down
get greyer and limp-cocked
and maybe just maybe
shut the fuck up
hemi
and man up
to die

poet Anonymous

Semi-Head

He's been idolized the way great writers usually are
from afar or in hindsight
vilified by few because there's a lot of "give a fuck"
goes into hatred
and most can't take him long enough to get there

I've got a soft spot somewhere for the hopeless fuck up
who's witty enough with his charm to pull it off
giving his allegiance to no-one any longer than he needs
dirty enough to make a clean break from a dirty snag

he'll find the space in every story where he can trace
his own dysfunction to it's source and fill it
with whatever eases the gap most comfortably
a master of illusion because he's honest

women fiend for the freedom to freak on him
with the assurance of being the unloved whore
no matter how they want or try
like a license to venture to never land
they can be just as bad as him
and that's enticing  

he's got all the problems he needs in residence
anything else is a temporary distraction
but we all need a ride we can forget at least once
one story that isn't marred by fantasy and real life shit

we all need one of him at least once
a shot at a game without rules
at winning before the whistle blows
but who knows

he could be a really nice guy



poet Anonymous

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summultima
uma
Dangerous Mind
India 34awards
Joined 3rd Feb 2012
Forum Posts: 1301

(prescript: to be frank enof, haven’t read any of hh's last four or five or more scribes..I draw the piece below from the essence of what I have of him)


 the Ice-Apple Irony, this Hemi:)


Sighed “Thank-God its Hemi, not DP”

He(DP) once pointed my write’s incoherencies
almost appalled me
though mate’s gentle treatment
infused simplification
DP meant deadening shivers from then on

His(hh) scribes came across
with inductive inferences
from encounters-emotions
and f-word philosophy-
its prolificacy, like advocacy
Revealed angry redsun
with plasmic coolpool inside
ice-vaporous freezing springs
Conveyed  steelclad warrior
with a melting jellyheart
that’s this Ice-Apple Irony!

And nothing plagiaristic, that palmfruit
a desert ‘hard’fellow, Borassus flabellifer
complicated latin (not)humoring him anyways
reminded his stern battle to ward off
one such DU-pest, winning‘(w/v)izard’ly

lovetales in compelling read
enlightened how I missed life’s adventure
that’s what I get alerted eachtime
by his robotic machinery?!avatar

it amazes how du-lovable he is
not just for moving-words, multiple-reading lists
but human touch he oozes in all dimension
that’s the beautifully hard message
trying to emulate that in my lifeslice;)

hemihead
hemi
Dangerous Mind
New Zealand 13awards
Joined 1st Nov 2010
Forum Posts: 1749

Well now....what an entirely decent set of entries....feel free to vote for one that works for you, anyone....or don't.

poet Anonymous

I vote Deathproof. I like that guy better.

Magdalena
Spartalena
Tyrant of Words
Wales 62awards
Joined 21st Apr 2012
Forum Posts: 2993

I was going to say Deathproof also... So him it is for my vote.

Jestalessa
Dangerous Mind
Scotland 35awards
Joined 27th July 2010
Forum Posts: 2329

hah, i've resurrected an old exercise that you set me 3 years ago, hem, because i'm extremely rusty just now. not an entry, just for fun. [:


Hemi! Thou shouldst be wildest in thy breast:
For throbbing veins of thrill bear not the keys
To minutes counted, allocated; sprees
Are not thine only trick and not thy best.
Thine passion, wit and charm, as tools to test
Tell much to thee; thine own observancies
Laid bare across dun shores and sparkled seas
Barred evil from the Fates most thou hast guessed.
Alas! Thou foundest naught within thine eye
But cowardice with mettle for a frame
Free to run and ride, but still you came,
Again, to map thy journey wrapped in heart
And till thy ground for sharing with the sky
For honest earth will grow, or fall apart.


annnnd, i cannot choose between anna_grin and Semaj. but yeah, them. they got my vote(s).

hemihead
hemi
Dangerous Mind
New Zealand 13awards
Joined 1st Nov 2010
Forum Posts: 1749

Right....I picked a write, and Semaj got the nod.

Much respect to all you beautiful bastards for having a go, and for accidently making me feel loved/understood/laughed at and fucking lame in all the same two pages....

Well done.

I'm also especially happy with the general quality of the entries...used to be that comps were great piles of shit with maybe one entry that didn't make our eyes fall out.

Also, Deathproof can, as usual, fuck right off.

hh.

Atakti
Tyrant of Words
32awards
Joined 1st Aug 2012
Forum Posts: 3273

Congrats Sem! I liked both entries, and second had the edge. Now you gotta set up your comp...

Hemi, thanks for awarding me runner-up. I agree, the quality here was high, so makes this extra yummy.

lepperochan
Craic-Dealer
Guardian of Shadows
Palestine 67awards
Joined 1st Apr 2011
Forum Posts: 14449

Good stuff, hat tip to the host, congrats to Semaj and Atari

summultima
uma
Dangerous Mind
India 34awards
Joined 3rd Feb 2012
Forum Posts: 1301

Yes, true to hh, interesting writes..esp. the ones of jesta,anna,craic,atakti..n ofcourse, Semaj! Welldone all..n ty hh for being a polite host:)

Magdalena
Spartalena
Tyrant of Words
Wales 62awards
Joined 21st Apr 2012
Forum Posts: 2993

Thank you Hemi for giving us the opportunity to write about you and inspiration to write.  A brave thing to do is that.

Well done all, especially Semaj and Atakti.


MadameLavender
Guardian of Shadows
United States 86awards
Joined 17th Feb 2013
Forum Posts: 5594

Congrats all around!  I'm enjoying reading this series of comps--Semaj, you're up!  :)

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