Submissions by Abracadabra
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm just a soul, hooked on magic & poetry sandwiches. My words are fools, dancing as they flirt with the life you give them... & then there's the naughty stuff that wakes me in the middle of the night... one day all that cheese'll kill me.
SELF POEM
Published
21st Nov 2009 8:21am
21st Nov 2009 8:21am
Confessions of a Lazy Poet
I no longer brush my teeth
or wash my face
before I go to sleep
like Mom always told me
On dumber days I forget to eat
and stay up late watching bad TV
If the world turns nasty
all I can do is look away
dreaming of a place to hide my failures
waiting for the sadness to leave
And then when the words hit me
I let them slip past
watching them tumble towards lost
before...
or wash my face
before I go to sleep
like Mom always told me
On dumber days I forget to eat
and stay up late watching bad TV
If the world turns nasty
all I can do is look away
dreaming of a place to hide my failures
waiting for the sadness to leave
And then when the words hit me
I let them slip past
watching them tumble towards lost
before...
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SELF POEM
Published
21st Nov 2009 1:21am
21st Nov 2009 1:21am
My 21st Poem - Coming of Age
Must be a poet now
dont wanna
be
sidelined
when I
got words to write
wont wait all my
little life
wasting
my energies
not doing
better things
why was I listening
to other
foolish thinkin
who cares
what they say
anyways
it must be time
for me to
start to
learn to
come of age.
dont wanna
be
sidelined
when I
got words to write
wont wait all my
little life
wasting
my energies
not doing
better things
why was I listening
to other
foolish thinkin
who cares
what they say
anyways
it must be time
for me to
start to
learn to
come of age.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
20th Nov 2009 10:41pm
20th Nov 2009 10:41pm
Abracadabra's CV
I was headed to Trafalgar Square
across the Cliffs of Reason
past the Gates of Heartache
and through Invisible Walls
my Crazy Baby Eyes on
A Poor Carmilla
Before that and before that
If You Just Try
it's
not a Quickie Local Issue
Reinvention 7
days is
all it took
when there's a Hitman
Available
who's also
a Syntax Junkie
with an Everlasting Anthology
for Trash
did I forget something
no prizes
but take notice webmistress
No Mules Fool 2009
for Teddy
and by the way ...
across the Cliffs of Reason
past the Gates of Heartache
and through Invisible Walls
my Crazy Baby Eyes on
A Poor Carmilla
Before that and before that
If You Just Try
it's
not a Quickie Local Issue
Reinvention 7
days is
all it took
when there's a Hitman
Available
who's also
a Syntax Junkie
with an Everlasting Anthology
for Trash
did I forget something
no prizes
but take notice webmistress
No Mules Fool 2009
for Teddy
and by the way ...
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5 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
20th Nov 2009 5:12pm
20th Nov 2009 5:12pm
Gates of Heartache
Now this room
has an extra wall
built by you
but not by me
and in this heart
there's an empty space
where our love
once used to be.
I wont blame you
there's no use
no magic tricks
turn lies to truth.
Walking through
the Gates of Heartache
never seems
to bother you
but I am different
how I feel them
slamming shut
on all I do.
Words wont heal
my tears that roll
leaning on
the Gates of Heartache
one last time
before I go.
I will suffer ...
has an extra wall
built by you
but not by me
and in this heart
there's an empty space
where our love
once used to be.
I wont blame you
there's no use
no magic tricks
turn lies to truth.
Walking through
the Gates of Heartache
never seems
to bother you
but I am different
how I feel them
slamming shut
on all I do.
Words wont heal
my tears that roll
leaning on
the Gates of Heartache
one last time
before I go.
I will suffer ...
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4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Nov 2009 11:28am
20th Nov 2009 11:28am
Before that and before that ...
Before the internet
and cell phone chains
I used to run from box to box
tucked round corners of the sidewalk
checking in
as best I could
but like the buses
they were hardly ever there
when you needed them.
I bashed out words
on battered black Olivetti's
with ragged ribbons
that always broke
and it
bent my
fingers for life.
The world was meaner
somehow gentler
but it was easier to escape
when we were
computer free.
Before that
when there were only two cars ...
and cell phone chains
I used to run from box to box
tucked round corners of the sidewalk
checking in
as best I could
but like the buses
they were hardly ever there
when you needed them.
I bashed out words
on battered black Olivetti's
with ragged ribbons
that always broke
and it
bent my
fingers for life.
The world was meaner
somehow gentler
but it was easier to escape
when we were
computer free.
Before that
when there were only two cars ...
830 reads
1 Comment
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Nov 2009 9:01am
20th Nov 2009 9:01am
If You Just Try
Love can hurt you
friends may fail you
only time will tell
but there's no limit
to what you can do
if you just try.
Skies are always bluer
when you're laughing
why do you decide to cry
you'll have no reason
to be down in the dumps
if you just try.
You know we all want
tomorrow today
and it seems tomorrow
never comes
but don't be a sparrow
that hangs round the door
waiting to pick up some crumbs.
You'll be as happy
as you want to be
take it from me ...
friends may fail you
only time will tell
but there's no limit
to what you can do
if you just try.
Skies are always bluer
when you're laughing
why do you decide to cry
you'll have no reason
to be down in the dumps
if you just try.
You know we all want
tomorrow today
and it seems tomorrow
never comes
but don't be a sparrow
that hangs round the door
waiting to pick up some crumbs.
You'll be as happy
as you want to be
take it from me ...
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LOVE POEM
Published
20th Nov 2009 3:23am
20th Nov 2009 3:23am
Crazy Baby Eyes
You email me
and I delete
every word you say
my phone is off
I'm out of town
almost on my way.
I'm not your fool no more
for all your schemes and lies
You can't hurt me any more
no matter how you try
I'm not your fool no more
and you wont kiss it better
not even one last time
I won't despair for you
though I may think of you
sometimes
while I'm travelling the world
when my plane is touching down
See it's your turn now
when payback comes around
So...
and I delete
every word you say
my phone is off
I'm out of town
almost on my way.
I'm not your fool no more
for all your schemes and lies
You can't hurt me any more
no matter how you try
I'm not your fool no more
and you wont kiss it better
not even one last time
I won't despair for you
though I may think of you
sometimes
while I'm travelling the world
when my plane is touching down
See it's your turn now
when payback comes around
So...
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SELF POEM
Published
19th Nov 2009 11:06pm
19th Nov 2009 11:06pm
Cliffs of Reason
I never asked to be born
and I wont ask to die
and some days I wake up dancing
although I don't always
really
know
why.
I don't look for love
I don't know how to find it
although it wont find me
if I close my eyes.
You see it aint no good
being top of the tree
if you're sat up high
just waiting to fall
It's a long way down
until you hit bottom
and nothing you do
can change much at all
We all feel our way
across cliffs of reason
we're inching along
the...
and I wont ask to die
and some days I wake up dancing
although I don't always
really
know
why.
I don't look for love
I don't know how to find it
although it wont find me
if I close my eyes.
You see it aint no good
being top of the tree
if you're sat up high
just waiting to fall
It's a long way down
until you hit bottom
and nothing you do
can change much at all
We all feel our way
across cliffs of reason
we're inching along
the...
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EROTIC POEM
Published
19th Nov 2009 6:59pm
19th Nov 2009 6:59pm
Elevator Quickie
I think we both realized there was something between us
I thought it was just a smell of fresh vanilla
but when the elevator doors clicked shut
it put me in mind of stepping in to a whirlwind.
We were like two skinny Buddhas
fighting each other for the first lick of the same ice cream
all arms and legs and there were fifteen floors
so to get stuck at the top meant
someone had to jam that button real hard.
I made sure I did
harder and harder
and oh, don't those tin boxes rock and sway
just the way you want them to ...
I thought it was just a smell of fresh vanilla
but when the elevator doors clicked shut
it put me in mind of stepping in to a whirlwind.
We were like two skinny Buddhas
fighting each other for the first lick of the same ice cream
all arms and legs and there were fifteen floors
so to get stuck at the top meant
someone had to jam that button real hard.
I made sure I did
harder and harder
and oh, don't those tin boxes rock and sway
just the way you want them to ...
1088 reads
3 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
19th Nov 2009 3:03pm
19th Nov 2009 3:03pm
reinvention seven
d e a t h
to goths and emos
they are standing
in our way
cook them
in life's disgusting stew
clip their raven wings
so they never fly again
not in our world
yet every seven years
all cells
regenerate
don't they?
so no wonder
after all this time
there's that same old
itch behind the eyes
where rebellion screams
to murder
such unnatural states of mind
and while there is even one ...
to goths and emos
they are standing
in our way
cook them
in life's disgusting stew
clip their raven wings
so they never fly again
not in our world
yet every seven years
all cells
regenerate
don't they?
so no wonder
after all this time
there's that same old
itch behind the eyes
where rebellion screams
to murder
such unnatural states of mind
and while there is even one ...
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1 Comment
SONG LYRICS
Published
19th Nov 2009 8:17am
19th Nov 2009 8:17am
Invisible Walls
I've been chasing ghosts
for longer than I should
digging up the past
like it was something in my blood
clawing at the memories
and clutching at straws
I've been running on empty
with no space for a pause
Can't see a pattern
a reason or rhyme
can't tell you the place
but you'll know when it's time
when the invisible walls
come tumbling down
we'll turn fear into power
there'll be a burning in town
They'll appeal for calm
but it wont do no good
it surely wont help ...
for longer than I should
digging up the past
like it was something in my blood
clawing at the memories
and clutching at straws
I've been running on empty
with no space for a pause
Can't see a pattern
a reason or rhyme
can't tell you the place
but you'll know when it's time
when the invisible walls
come tumbling down
we'll turn fear into power
there'll be a burning in town
They'll appeal for calm
but it wont do no good
it surely wont help ...
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Nov 2009 7:01am
19th Nov 2009 7:01am
Local Issue
Today my world is one big poem
and everywhere I look there's inspiration
even some kid's dead kite trapped in a tree
screams at me--
Look, there's no more help from the wind
Walking Gunnersbury Park
I watch the Dogfather
park up his white van
walking forty poodles a day
because their owners can afford
to pay him while they get fat.
Perfect sadness awaits
by the Orangery
where exotic fruits once grew
now elevated traffic roar
from the motorway
plays centre stage.
Old men who grew old too...
and everywhere I look there's inspiration
even some kid's dead kite trapped in a tree
screams at me--
Look, there's no more help from the wind
Walking Gunnersbury Park
I watch the Dogfather
park up his white van
walking forty poodles a day
because their owners can afford
to pay him while they get fat.
Perfect sadness awaits
by the Orangery
where exotic fruits once grew
now elevated traffic roar
from the motorway
plays centre stage.
Old men who grew old too...
#environment
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5 Comments
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