Observational Poems Seeking Honest Critique
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Blackwolf
Poem Published
Today 8:12pm
Today 8:12pm
Tom Foolery
Man...
Dat a po' poet dun b suckin' hiss t'um
Wile he t'ink , looka dat !
Btin' hiss na'l , wundrin' iffen words
Flo' purr oplerately ur iffen' hebee needin'
Tu cher ange de sin tense , ur sin tax
Tu makin' de mean in' mur cler
Y u m'k'n' fun o' hmmm ?
Jus Tom Fool'ry
Dat a po' poet dun b suckin' hiss t'um
Wile he t'ink , looka dat !
Btin' hiss na'l , wundrin' iffen words
Flo' purr oplerately ur iffen' hebee needin'
Tu cher ange de sin tense , ur sin tax
Tu makin' de mean in' mur cler
Y u m'k'n' fun o' hmmm ?
Jus Tom Fool'ry
#mirror
#humankind
#misunderstood
#PowerOfWords
#confusion
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3 Comments
drone
Poem Published
Today 6:10pm
Today 6:10pm
Waiting room
When you mix
a profession
with the Genuine
the drug dealers
Apathy
and greed
may your god
help your children
when you take them
to visit
the russian roulette
waiting room
a profession
with the Genuine
the drug dealers
Apathy
and greed
may your god
help your children
when you take them
to visit
the russian roulette
waiting room
#TruthOfLife
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drone
Poem Published
Today 5:54pm
Today 5:54pm
Officially Claimed
There are doctors
without borders
and there are
doctors
held in chains
and when some escape
from the reservation
dodgy brakes
problem with the plane
suicided without help
it is
Officially Claimed
without borders
and there are
doctors
held in chains
and when some escape
from the reservation
dodgy brakes
problem with the plane
suicided without help
it is
Officially Claimed
#TruthOfLife
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MadameLavender
Poem Published
Today 4:05pm
Today 4:05pm
A Day For Rain
NaPo #25, April 25, 2018)
Necessary, it is—
the rain.
I watch my potted seeds, rise
from the dirt, just
a little bit more, and
pollen-hazed air
washes clean, clearing
my lungs.
Bird shit slides
off my freshly waxed truck, in
the showers—dirty bastards
waited until it was clean, to
empty their bowels
onto it.
Everything is new again—
even the side-of-the-road
wooden rocker, bungeed
to the roof rack, a
stellar find
while amassing other
flea market items.
Downpours loosen ...
Necessary, it is—
the rain.
I watch my potted seeds, rise
from the dirt, just
a little bit more, and
pollen-hazed air
washes clean, clearing
my lungs.
Bird shit slides
off my freshly waxed truck, in
the showers—dirty bastards
waited until it was clean, to
empty their bowels
onto it.
Everything is new again—
even the side-of-the-road
wooden rocker, bungeed
to the roof rack, a
stellar find
while amassing other
flea market items.
Downpours loosen ...
#NaPoWriMo2018
17 reads
1 Comment
Viddax
Lord Viddax
Lord Viddax
Poem Published
Today 3:32pm
Today 3:32pm
Vaquero Hero
Forget Worms and Words
when it comes to heroes,
as real ones do not wear a cape
or have long winded introductions
detailing every damn superpower
in an infinitely increasing contest.
No, real heroes
appear when you least expect it
especially if you're the unlucky schmuck
pointing a gun at them,
only to take your eyes off the prize
as they coolly remove their glasses
and grab you in surprise
disarming in alarming speed.
Even if you think you're a though
young punk playing
at being a mean gangsta, ...
when it comes to heroes,
as real ones do not wear a cape
or have long winded introductions
detailing every damn superpower
in an infinitely increasing contest.
No, real heroes
appear when you least expect it
especially if you're the unlucky schmuck
pointing a gun at them,
only to take your eyes off the prize
as they coolly remove their glasses
and grab you in surprise
disarming in alarming speed.
Even if you think you're a though
young punk playing
at being a mean gangsta, ...
#NaPoWriMo2018
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0 Comments
poetryaccident
Poem Published
Today 10:56am
Today 10:56am
With A Scourge
We're all victims in some way
seeking healing dipped in shame
pursued with agency of the one
on their side of parley’s route
top to bottom will find relief
give or take sensation’s bliss
euphoria by experience
negotiation spun to scratch the itch
there are two paths to be traveled
to salve a psyche with a scourge
by the harrier or the fawn
each has a place of their own
sourced from drama of the past
when the virtues are misplaced
put aside to fill a void
what’s then found is...
seeking healing dipped in shame
pursued with agency of the one
on their side of parley’s route
top to bottom will find relief
give or take sensation’s bliss
euphoria by experience
negotiation spun to scratch the itch
there are two paths to be traveled
to salve a psyche with a scourge
by the harrier or the fawn
each has a place of their own
sourced from drama of the past
when the virtues are misplaced
put aside to fill a void
what’s then found is...
#BDSM
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0 Comments
slipalong
Poem Published
Today 10:18am
Today 10:18am
flowery pros
I read thIer works
and I recoil reviled
of wonderful sex
and romance facile
though critics may say
and there gums may bleed
pink Barbra Cartland roots
spreading the seed
and I recoil reviled
of wonderful sex
and romance facile
though critics may say
and there gums may bleed
pink Barbra Cartland roots
spreading the seed
#funny
10 reads
0 Comments
joegracegrace
Poem Published
Today 7:20am
Today 7:20am
All America Is Becoming a Eunuch Like Bruce Jenner
Bruce Jenner dresses as a woman but he really is only a eunuch.
He lacks a uterus.
Plus he still has a male brain.
The left and right hemispheres are connected by the Corpus Callosum.
In males it is 40% smaller.
So he is still a male on the inside.
Thousands of males are paying big bucks for sex change operations.
Where's the $$ coming from??!!
From "charities" that get gov't money.
In short the homosexual lobby in the Democratic Party is using YOUR tax dollars to create a cadre of phony "women,"
(sort of like the "sirens" in Greek...
He lacks a uterus.
Plus he still has a male brain.
The left and right hemispheres are connected by the Corpus Callosum.
In males it is 40% smaller.
So he is still a male on the inside.
Thousands of males are paying big bucks for sex change operations.
Where's the $$ coming from??!!
From "charities" that get gov't money.
In short the homosexual lobby in the Democratic Party is using YOUR tax dollars to create a cadre of phony "women,"
(sort of like the "sirens" in Greek...
#apocalypse
#mythology
15 reads
1 Comment
DecipherMe
Poem Published
Today 3:03am
Today 3:03am
To Know Another
Your evils splash hue in the grimming crevice.
Onto an absent plate its lyrical form
steeped in a pure light's gentle prism and never the pure light bare and full.
Jesus crashed into the makings of the flowered world, there in sinner's gooseflesh, for the holy made them blind.
If those are heaven's throes, then where is your earth?
Or have you provided no place for an amateur?
This pregnancy will last until the telomere is snatched from its clockstand
by the rush of the woodland specie's gulp...
Onto an absent plate its lyrical form
steeped in a pure light's gentle prism and never the pure light bare and full.
Jesus crashed into the makings of the flowered world, there in sinner's gooseflesh, for the holy made them blind.
If those are heaven's throes, then where is your earth?
Or have you provided no place for an amateur?
This pregnancy will last until the telomere is snatched from its clockstand
by the rush of the woodland specie's gulp...
#humankind
11 reads
0 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
Today 2:11am
Today 2:11am
Pop Up Store Poems
That's how I'm thinking about my poems these days
Here today and gone tomorrow
Sales and bargains
Then an empty store like I was never there
Catch me while you can
Reading list not necessary
Here today and gone tomorrow
Sales and bargains
Then an empty store like I was never there
Catch me while you can
Reading list not necessary
#breakup
21 reads
4 Comments
takis1917
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:22pm
Yesterday 8:22pm
Days Of 1971
fine tuned fingertips
always highly sensitized
for silk skin roaming
always highly sensitized
for silk skin roaming
#haiku
23 reads
2 Comments
MadameLavender
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:42pm
Yesterday 6:42pm
Greed and Tea
NaPo #24, April 24, 2018)
They sip, daintily, from
demitasses
as if the world weren't
amiss.
How swift, memory
does fleet
when swallowing mouthfuls of
contenders
belching in victory
after each gulp and acquisition.
Ah, the Fat Lady sings
for us all
since her bloated bloomers
burst
at the seams, in glut.
The hypothermia effect
sets in
where to keep the core, warm
blood and resources
are siphoned from extremities
to conserve the Mothership.
Do continue...
They sip, daintily, from
demitasses
as if the world weren't
amiss.
How swift, memory
does fleet
when swallowing mouthfuls of
contenders
belching in victory
after each gulp and acquisition.
Ah, the Fat Lady sings
for us all
since her bloated bloomers
burst
at the seams, in glut.
The hypothermia effect
sets in
where to keep the core, warm
blood and resources
are siphoned from extremities
to conserve the Mothership.
Do continue...
#NaPoWriMo2018
23 reads
2 Comments
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