Submissions by Angelast1
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I am Angela and sometimes I write....what else can I say?
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
31st Aug 2018 00:48am
31st Aug 2018 00:48am
Maybe
Maybe
when all the loose screws have fallen off
when the last bus has left town
when the freaks are roaming the streets
playing the game called "balls to the wall"
when the soul thieves have gone underground
and all the Prozac and all the sex
doesn't cut it anymore
Maybe
we will find out
what we're really made of
Maybe
when all the loose screws have fallen off
when the last bus has left town
when the freaks are roaming the streets
playing the game called "balls to the wall"
when the soul thieves have gone underground
and all the Prozac and all the sex
doesn't cut it anymore
Maybe
we will find out
what we're really made of
Maybe
#LifeChangingMoment
#emptiness
#apathy
633 reads
23 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
26th Aug 2018 1:27am
26th Aug 2018 1:27am
Rich man
You gorged yourself
from golden platter
with silver spoon
you had your fill
slurped sweetest wine
from finest crystal
while other people
feed on swill
You own limousines
and private jets
in beds you sleep
on satin sheets
with whores you lay
while others starve
don't give a damn
about their needs
And yet with all
you seem to have
with all those riches
plump and plenty
entertainment
wine and dine
your gut is full
your heart is empty
from golden platter
with silver spoon
you had your fill
slurped sweetest wine
from finest crystal
while other people
feed on swill
You own limousines
and private jets
in beds you sleep
on satin sheets
with whores you lay
while others starve
don't give a damn
about their needs
And yet with all
you seem to have
with all those riches
plump and plenty
entertainment
wine and dine
your gut is full
your heart is empty
#greed
#inequality
#poverty
700 reads
32 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
25th Aug 2018 6:49pm
25th Aug 2018 6:49pm
Last call
Red dress, long black hair
last call for drinks
no ice...life is cold enough
she lights another cigarrette
Johnny left town
said he'd be back for Valentine's Day
two years went by since
the juke box plays Nina Simone
nicotine drips down the walls
like raindrops on a window
like the tears she cried
dried flower...fragrance lost
such crumbling beauty
empty glass
empty eyes
closing time
tomorrow is
another day
last call for drinks
no ice...life is cold enough
she lights another cigarrette
Johnny left town
said he'd be back for Valentine's Day
two years went by since
the juke box plays Nina Simone
nicotine drips down the walls
like raindrops on a window
like the tears she cried
dried flower...fragrance lost
such crumbling beauty
empty glass
empty eyes
closing time
tomorrow is
another day
#sadness
#loneliness
#alcohol #emptiness
#alcohol #emptiness
581 reads
12 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
24th Aug 2018 5:49pm
24th Aug 2018 5:49pm
To listen or not to listen...a dialogue
How are you?"
"I had a tough day today...felt anxious about money and how to pay for-"
"I know, I know....you should start meditating. Meditation will help you to be more in the moment and help you trust everything will be ok."
"Maybe....however there are some things in my life that need action, otherwise things get more-"
"Well, when I feel that way I sit back and make a list of things that need to be done and go step by step....that usually works, you know..."
"I know that and I was just...
"I had a tough day today...felt anxious about money and how to pay for-"
"I know, I know....you should start meditating. Meditation will help you to be more in the moment and help you trust everything will be ok."
"Maybe....however there are some things in my life that need action, otherwise things get more-"
"Well, when I feel that way I sit back and make a list of things that need to be done and go step by step....that usually works, you know..."
"I know that and I was just...
#anxiety
#LifeStruggles
#prose
688 reads
19 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Aug 2018 10:33pm
20th Aug 2018 10:33pm
Puppet
Broken people
make good puppets
With broken bones
and broken spine
there is no strength
to hold yourself up
so you need the guy with the strings
to keep you straight
for you will collapse by yourself
Don't let anybody break you
make good puppets
With broken bones
and broken spine
there is no strength
to hold yourself up
so you need the guy with the strings
to keep you straight
for you will collapse by yourself
Don't let anybody break you
#relationships
#power
#politics
#LifeStruggles
#religion
624 reads
12 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Aug 2018 5:47pm
19th Aug 2018 5:47pm
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Angel Eyes got shot today
Tuco was out of bullets before the whole thing started
The Indians are hiding behind the rocks
and the Duke never showed up in the first place
still searching for Eldorado
ride pony...ride...
In the end even the hero is a villain
"Blondeeeeeeeeee......!"
Tuco was out of bullets before the whole thing started
The Indians are hiding behind the rocks
and the Duke never showed up in the first place
still searching for Eldorado
ride pony...ride...
In the end even the hero is a villain
"Blondeeeeeeeeee......!"
#identity
#evil
#greed
550 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
17th Aug 2018 11:24pm
17th Aug 2018 11:24pm
Poetry of color #3 Blue
Like fresh air on a cloudless day
skies greeting wide with open space
pools of your eyes like oceans deep
awaken in a peaceful place
where Aquamarine dreams are born
in hazy quiet of the ether
creative inspiration comes
from source directly to the seeker
As loyalty and trust reside
on mountain top close to the gods
where eagles soar and wisom calls
and faith in those defies the odds
The queen sits on a sapphire throne
cornflowers in her hair
She holds the truth right in her hand
then throws it in the air...
skies greeting wide with open space
pools of your eyes like oceans deep
awaken in a peaceful place
where Aquamarine dreams are born
in hazy quiet of the ether
creative inspiration comes
from source directly to the seeker
As loyalty and trust reside
on mountain top close to the gods
where eagles soar and wisom calls
and faith in those defies the odds
The queen sits on a sapphire throne
cornflowers in her hair
She holds the truth right in her hand
then throws it in the air...
#PowerOfWords
#inspirational
#rhyming #art
#rhyming #art
514 reads
13 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
17th Aug 2018 1:06am
17th Aug 2018 1:06am
A sailor's tears
Shiny Sapphire drops
from a sailor's eyes
falling into the ocean
about loneliness he cries
Poseidon takes note
as he swims through the water
sees the sapphire tears
as a gift to his daughter
So he calls on the dolphins
the whales and the sharks
to tell all the mermaids
to bring their harps
and come to take part
and play a happy tune
for his daughter's wedding
held in a lagoon
Hey sailor he says
No more tears you will shed
this night you will spend
in a sea grass bed
with an...
from a sailor's eyes
falling into the ocean
about loneliness he cries
Poseidon takes note
as he swims through the water
sees the sapphire tears
as a gift to his daughter
So he calls on the dolphins
the whales and the sharks
to tell all the mermaids
to bring their harps
and come to take part
and play a happy tune
for his daughter's wedding
held in a lagoon
Hey sailor he says
No more tears you will shed
this night you will spend
in a sea grass bed
with an...
#loneliness
#sea
#water #funny
#water #funny
526 reads
3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th Aug 2018 9:41pm
16th Aug 2018 9:41pm
Poetry of color #2 Black
From the deepest corners of the universe
where all that exists and persists lays in silence
in darkest night skies overlaying the earth
a void that collides with matter in violence
from the underworld where Anubis resides
as you enter the onyx covered hall
weighs your heart for a feather as you pass the gate
we all have to answer the judgement call
Keeper of time and keeper of power
who brings grief and pain upon the masses
A fallen angel sits in his lair
watches empires fall as the century passes
Everything scourged and burned down...
where all that exists and persists lays in silence
in darkest night skies overlaying the earth
a void that collides with matter in violence
from the underworld where Anubis resides
as you enter the onyx covered hall
weighs your heart for a feather as you pass the gate
we all have to answer the judgement call
Keeper of time and keeper of power
who brings grief and pain upon the masses
A fallen angel sits in his lair
watches empires fall as the century passes
Everything scourged and burned down...
#PowerOfWords
533 reads
12 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th Aug 2018 4:49pm
16th Aug 2018 4:49pm
Poetry of color #1 Red
Raging passion
A broken heart bleeding
Heat of the moment
full of wanting and needing
A necklace of ruby
adorns the lover
A ring of garnet
for the Royal Arch brother
Fire of insight
burns and purifies
melts swords of iron
as it casts away lies
Sweet juicy fruit
of regeneration
Cherrys and berries
Sweet taste of temptation
Non apologetic
neither gentle nor meek
You can call on it
when strength you seek
A broken heart bleeding
Heat of the moment
full of wanting and needing
A necklace of ruby
adorns the lover
A ring of garnet
for the Royal Arch brother
Fire of insight
burns and purifies
melts swords of iron
as it casts away lies
Sweet juicy fruit
of regeneration
Cherrys and berries
Sweet taste of temptation
Non apologetic
neither gentle nor meek
You can call on it
when strength you seek
#PowerOfWords
600 reads
14 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
13th Aug 2018 1:17am
13th Aug 2018 1:17am
Words
I have given and I have received
Sometimes my words are misperceived
Inquisitive but not the inquisition
I try to clarify my position
We all at times can fail in expression
and suddenly arouse the other's aggression
Guilty of stepping on people's toes
in the process I made some friends and foes
I am aware now more than ever
using words with great care keeps fair the weather
yet there needs to be the freedom to express
our thoughts and feelings without distress
I guess we all just try to navigate
and I hope we can communicate ...
Sometimes my words are misperceived
Inquisitive but not the inquisition
I try to clarify my position
We all at times can fail in expression
and suddenly arouse the other's aggression
Guilty of stepping on people's toes
in the process I made some friends and foes
I am aware now more than ever
using words with great care keeps fair the weather
yet there needs to be the freedom to express
our thoughts and feelings without distress
I guess we all just try to navigate
and I hope we can communicate ...
#confessional
#honesty
#WritingPoetry #freedom
#WritingPoetry #freedom
729 reads
19 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
12th Aug 2018 00:13am
12th Aug 2018 00:13am
The forest children
Music of the forest
Sweet nature song
Trees are swaying in the breeze
rubbing limbs with the each other
Many shades of green
Canopy creating patterns on leafy floor
as sunlight tries to reach the ground
A clear stream runs through
Water, like liquid crystal
jumping over rounded rocks
throwing little diamonds
caught by blades of grass
Ancient stone circles
covered with lichens and moss
solemnly concealing their mystery
If you sit quietly and listen
you can hear faint laughter
It is the laughter of the forest...
Sweet nature song
Trees are swaying in the breeze
rubbing limbs with the each other
Many shades of green
Canopy creating patterns on leafy floor
as sunlight tries to reach the ground
A clear stream runs through
Water, like liquid crystal
jumping over rounded rocks
throwing little diamonds
caught by blades of grass
Ancient stone circles
covered with lichens and moss
solemnly concealing their mystery
If you sit quietly and listen
you can hear faint laughter
It is the laughter of the forest...
#happiness
#nature
#historical
592 reads
14 Comments
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