Submissions by APissPoorShaman (Ryszard)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Every day I have the same argument in my head. The little devil sitting on my shoulder does this wild end zone dance when he wins, the angel on the other shoulder just gives a little prayer, so sometimes I go with the devil just to see the dance.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
8th Dec 2024 2:12am
8th Dec 2024 2:12am
Bronwyn, Ren Fair, Southern California
It was hot, too expensive
and you didn't want to go
not alone anyway
renaissance fair in late May
everyone sweating
dressed to doublets and kilts
except for a dancing flame
wearing bell bottoms
and low slung swaying hips
she was willowy and tall
parading bare feet
all the adornment needed
with eyes the color of poetry
processing a hawks' way of seeing
into your heart
and into your mind
a new dance beginning
with joyous first steps
you bump into her by...
and you didn't want to go
not alone anyway
renaissance fair in late May
everyone sweating
dressed to doublets and kilts
except for a dancing flame
wearing bell bottoms
and low slung swaying hips
she was willowy and tall
parading bare feet
all the adornment needed
with eyes the color of poetry
processing a hawks' way of seeing
into your heart
and into your mind
a new dance beginning
with joyous first steps
you bump into her by...
#dance
#fate
#romantic
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
7th Dec 2024 7:48pm
7th Dec 2024 7:48pm
Catching the First Bus Out of Town
Philosophers are philosophers to ask
unanswerable questions
and then ask why
the questions are unanswerable.
the world turns,
and circles the sun
time tockingly advances,
all life moves from beginning to end,
it is only the mind of man
that is stationary
and rooted to this time and place,
forever doomed to repeat
the mistakes they will make tomorrow.
unanswerable questions
and then ask why
the questions are unanswerable.
the world turns,
and circles the sun
time tockingly advances,
all life moves from beginning to end,
it is only the mind of man
that is stationary
and rooted to this time and place,
forever doomed to repeat
the mistakes they will make tomorrow.
#disappointment
#greed
#hate
#humankind
#philosophical
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Dec 2024 7:45pm
5th Dec 2024 7:45pm
Halos in the Rain
ozone and diesel fumes
the click of high heels echoing
from the empty shops across the street
streetlights ringed by halos of rain
a hint of aftershave lingering
along with the touch of lips
warm and soft and salt
crying a goodbye
head held defiant walking in the wet and wind
avant-garde styled hair losing a valiant fight
primal patterns of streaked mascara
a night of loss and recklessness
a small café
an oasis for those alone
an even smaller table and a misted window
playing with the flame of a single...
the click of high heels echoing
from the empty shops across the street
streetlights ringed by halos of rain
a hint of aftershave lingering
along with the touch of lips
warm and soft and salt
crying a goodbye
head held defiant walking in the wet and wind
avant-garde styled hair losing a valiant fight
primal patterns of streaked mascara
a night of loss and recklessness
a small café
an oasis for those alone
an even smaller table and a misted window
playing with the flame of a single...
#boredom
#fate
#temptation
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Dec 2024 7:22am
3rd Dec 2024 7:22am
Working from home
working, editing
*how I hate editing*
she slides silently into the room
you need to be quiet, please
not a sound, quiet as a mouse, she says
shit!
rewriting, typing, deleting and beginning again
still quiet, still here
a woman's voice from the gallery
everything goes white, total focus as I slap my ear
fuck, I shout
that's the idea
she mumbles silently but just loud enough to be heard
It wasn't an offer,
exasperated
is there some other poor poet you can torture? ...
*how I hate editing*
she slides silently into the room
you need to be quiet, please
not a sound, quiet as a mouse, she says
shit!
rewriting, typing, deleting and beginning again
still quiet, still here
a woman's voice from the gallery
everything goes white, total focus as I slap my ear
fuck, I shout
that's the idea
she mumbles silently but just loud enough to be heard
It wasn't an offer,
exasperated
is there some other poor poet you can torture? ...
#lover
#passion
#relationships
#romantic
#sex
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
27th Sep 2024 10:21pm
27th Sep 2024 10:21pm
Here be Monsters
Alone in the darkness
lashed by waves
my ship lay splinted on the shoals of despair
pulled out to sea by tides and tears
The cataclysm of lost love tears the world in two
as heaven explodes
with talons of air rending the seas
breathing water instead of air
at last I find solace in the dark abyss
Only to wake on the shores of a new land
a land promising a future and a forgotten past
yet the peace and apathy of the lotus tree
left me empty and incomplete
So I begin building a new ship
to sail the seas once...
lashed by waves
my ship lay splinted on the shoals of despair
pulled out to sea by tides and tears
The cataclysm of lost love tears the world in two
as heaven explodes
with talons of air rending the seas
breathing water instead of air
at last I find solace in the dark abyss
Only to wake on the shores of a new land
a land promising a future and a forgotten past
yet the peace and apathy of the lotus tree
left me empty and incomplete
So I begin building a new ship
to sail the seas once...
#breakup
#love
#rebirth
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
20th Sep 2024 8:52pm
20th Sep 2024 8:52pm
The Tyranny of Time
hell on earth began with the tick, tick, tock of a clock
telling me I'm late for an early grave
but truth be told I've been late for everything
even kept my mom waiting forever in labor pains
that was the first time I didn't let anyone push me around
so began a lifetime of refusing to move to commands
It's not so much the responsibility I mind
but the oppression and tyranny of time
being ruled by that artificial construct of society
once we lived by natural laws
using the seasons, moon, and stars
to tell us...
telling me I'm late for an early grave
but truth be told I've been late for everything
even kept my mom waiting forever in labor pains
that was the first time I didn't let anyone push me around
so began a lifetime of refusing to move to commands
It's not so much the responsibility I mind
but the oppression and tyranny of time
being ruled by that artificial construct of society
once we lived by natural laws
using the seasons, moon, and stars
to tell us...
#acceptance
#escape
#LifeStruggles
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
6th Sep 2024 5:07am
6th Sep 2024 5:07am
And I Ask Myself
And i ask myself,
is all the pain worth this life,
slamming the door wide open,
never to be closed,
emotions flooding like the tide,
pulled under by a turbulent mind
Once you get used to drowning,
it doesn't feel so bad,
losing the life that was,
growing gills,
breathing love,
to give up everything to hold your hand,
as I ask myself one last time
Yes, a thousand time yes.
To be inspired by love,
finding a light shining in our soul
that we might find our way,
knowing the journey is never walked...
is all the pain worth this life,
slamming the door wide open,
never to be closed,
emotions flooding like the tide,
pulled under by a turbulent mind
Once you get used to drowning,
it doesn't feel so bad,
losing the life that was,
growing gills,
breathing love,
to give up everything to hold your hand,
as I ask myself one last time
Yes, a thousand time yes.
To be inspired by love,
finding a light shining in our soul
that we might find our way,
knowing the journey is never walked...
#love
#mermaids
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
30th Aug 2024 11:01pm
30th Aug 2024 11:01pm
Write me a love poem
I tease you
and you tease me back
I say - I love you
and you say - I hate you
giving me a mocking smile
you cry with your heart
but not with your soul
the sadness never lasting long
and always replaced by a devilish grin
.
sunlight streaming through my mind
casting multicolored light
as rainbows playing on the walls
looking into your eyes
I that find rainbows live there too
oh how I love
this endless romance
chasing the love hiding in your heart
I am a cat chasing a laser light
...
and you tease me back
I say - I love you
and you say - I hate you
giving me a mocking smile
you cry with your heart
but not with your soul
the sadness never lasting long
and always replaced by a devilish grin
.
sunlight streaming through my mind
casting multicolored light
as rainbows playing on the walls
looking into your eyes
I that find rainbows live there too
oh how I love
this endless romance
chasing the love hiding in your heart
I am a cat chasing a laser light
...
#LifeGoals
#love
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
30th Aug 2024 10:06pm
30th Aug 2024 10:06pm
Dance with Me *second in a series*
Dance with me on the knife edge of life,
cling to me on a razor's edge,
cleaving darkness and light,
Let us pirouette in the face of death,
choosing life with our very next steps,
should you stumble and miss your step,
should you fall, I will fall with you
and with our scars,
we will dance to the music of the stars,
changing the world forever
with the rhythm of our dreaming
cling to me on a razor's edge,
cleaving darkness and light,
Let us pirouette in the face of death,
choosing life with our very next steps,
should you stumble and miss your step,
should you fall, I will fall with you
and with our scars,
we will dance to the music of the stars,
changing the world forever
with the rhythm of our dreaming
#dance
#love
#rebirth
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
30th Jul 2024 2:11am
30th Jul 2024 2:11am
Both Hunter and Prey
Indoctrination has always been
the goal
that started when we were young
and haunt us when we're old
because I said so
the endless refrain
time out, go sit in the corner
the bars of the cage
squeezing round lives
into the square holes of life
we are all just refuges
running from the war for our soul
blinded by need just to survive
slowly going insane
trapped inside our minds
is it any wonder
we've been so easy to use
all it took was smartphones and...
the goal
that started when we were young
and haunt us when we're old
because I said so
the endless refrain
time out, go sit in the corner
the bars of the cage
squeezing round lives
into the square holes of life
we are all just refuges
running from the war for our soul
blinded by need just to survive
slowly going insane
trapped inside our minds
is it any wonder
we've been so easy to use
all it took was smartphones and...
#SelfWorth
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th Jul 2024 9:17pm
11th Jul 2024 9:17pm
The Art of Telling the World to f**k Off
The buddha lays in the gutter
surrounded by humanity's filth
drunkenly shouting
what's the point?
to anyone drawing near
Jesus is hawking fake crystal beads
down by the Venice beach
rollerblading to music
only he can hear
Siddhartha sits begging
wearing dark shades
offering pencils
with the erasers chewed on
Churches are all bankrupt
the spirits waylaid
eyes are windows to the soul
in a world that's blind
The third world war has come and gone
but everyone yawned ...
surrounded by humanity's filth
drunkenly shouting
what's the point?
to anyone drawing near
Jesus is hawking fake crystal beads
down by the Venice beach
rollerblading to music
only he can hear
Siddhartha sits begging
wearing dark shades
offering pencils
with the erasers chewed on
Churches are all bankrupt
the spirits waylaid
eyes are windows to the soul
in a world that's blind
The third world war has come and gone
but everyone yawned ...
#apathy
#emptiness
#philosophical
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
7th Jul 2024 9:00am
7th Jul 2024 9:00am
The Fire
The fire spoke
you are cold,
let the flowing passion of my love warm you
so the man drew closer but not too near
he knew better to trust the word of fire
and so began a lifetime courtship
the fire's lust contained
so too the man's rage damped down to embers
sinuous flames always present
the feral urge to escape the bonds of earth
were to him the endearing whispers of a lifelong lover
sitting at camp he would talk long into the night
and the fire would always answer ...
you are cold,
let the flowing passion of my love warm you
so the man drew closer but not too near
he knew better to trust the word of fire
and so began a lifetime courtship
the fire's lust contained
so too the man's rage damped down to embers
sinuous flames always present
the feral urge to escape the bonds of earth
were to him the endearing whispers of a lifelong lover
sitting at camp he would talk long into the night
and the fire would always answer ...
#ForbiddenLove
#seductive
#temptation
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