Submissions by AverageJoe (Average Joe. AJ. Joe)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Nothing to see here folks, no bells or whistles, I'm just your average Joe. Ignore the award on my profile. I got it for having a pulse.
LOVE POEM
Published
31st Dec 2024 9:13am
31st Dec 2024 9:13am
Seaside
The sea
The gentle lap of waves
And boards weathered gray
Some split or warped
Along the dock
Strung with fenders of plastic and tires
And near the end of hemp
Worn and battered
And I wonder when, if ever, all of this was new
Salt air and the thought of you
Chimes my mind of distant reveries
And I think of your words
Dancing between them to catch glimpses of you
Certain phrases give weight to the air
As I leave the pier
Wandering past wood pilings and beach grass
Down to where water meets the sand
And...
The gentle lap of waves
And boards weathered gray
Some split or warped
Along the dock
Strung with fenders of plastic and tires
And near the end of hemp
Worn and battered
And I wonder when, if ever, all of this was new
Salt air and the thought of you
Chimes my mind of distant reveries
And I think of your words
Dancing between them to catch glimpses of you
Certain phrases give weight to the air
As I leave the pier
Wandering past wood pilings and beach grass
Down to where water meets the sand
And...
#love
116 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
30th Dec 2024 3:20pm
30th Dec 2024 3:20pm
Eddies and Sloughs
Sometimes currents flow and other times life eddies
And I am lost in doldrums throes
Wishing you were close
I need you
The deepening of me
The true
The shaping of reality
Else why the wistful longing
When all's a washed out grey
No sound, yet silent calling
Wishing light come back to day
You, words, to kiss, to touch
To guide the path of dreams
I ask for little and need so much
Sometimes silence screams
I wish you were close
I could use you right now
Heaven knows
To...
And I am lost in doldrums throes
Wishing you were close
I need you
The deepening of me
The true
The shaping of reality
Else why the wistful longing
When all's a washed out grey
No sound, yet silent calling
Wishing light come back to day
You, words, to kiss, to touch
To guide the path of dreams
I ask for little and need so much
Sometimes silence screams
I wish you were close
I could use you right now
Heaven knows
To...
#love
96 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
30th Dec 2024 12:28pm
30th Dec 2024 12:28pm
Drenched
I wake
Long silence
Til I realize I breath
And that thought an act of violence
Miss you
Wanting you
Like some unspoken need
Crave what I imagine to be true
My whore
My goddess
All "feels" and uncertainty
A merciless hunting tigress
You want me to look at you, breath lust for you
Nostrils flaring, eyes narrow, circling you
Is power feeling aching need rise for you
You've got it wrong but it is all about you
Fires blaze, roar, they scorch that on which they...
Long silence
Til I realize I breath
And that thought an act of violence
Miss you
Wanting you
Like some unspoken need
Crave what I imagine to be true
My whore
My goddess
All "feels" and uncertainty
A merciless hunting tigress
You want me to look at you, breath lust for you
Nostrils flaring, eyes narrow, circling you
Is power feeling aching need rise for you
You've got it wrong but it is all about you
Fires blaze, roar, they scorch that on which they...
#love
142 reads
10 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
24th Dec 2024 8:00pm
24th Dec 2024 8:00pm
Siren Song
My heart oft times runs on vapors
The memories of lipstick traces
(((Ripples)))
The echo of your thighs
Spreading
Softer than sighs
I sometimes dive deliciously
Into that sea
Drowning
In a sea of dreams
My own, imagined
Your fingers in my hair
My guide
Your siren song
Sweet murmured
Having brought me safely there
To the lapping of the waves
You turn
Twisting
The rise and fall of tides
Precious liquid in your flow
The arc of your waves ...
The memories of lipstick traces
(((Ripples)))
The echo of your thighs
Spreading
Softer than sighs
I sometimes dive deliciously
Into that sea
Drowning
In a sea of dreams
My own, imagined
Your fingers in my hair
My guide
Your siren song
Sweet murmured
Having brought me safely there
To the lapping of the waves
You turn
Twisting
The rise and fall of tides
Precious liquid in your flow
The arc of your waves ...
#love
#lover
#lust
211 reads
13 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Dec 2024 4:34pm
23rd Dec 2024 4:34pm
Words I Should Know
What is the change, in your presence, near
A knowing, a feeling of certainty awakens
As I search for words
Like fingers tracing your skin in the dark
Meanings unfold in the savoring
Warmth
But I'm torn
Sometimes life is hard
And I don't want a woman who falls apart with the "feels"
Sometimes life's Bonnie and Clyde
Ride or die
To me love means
You're on my fighting side
Breath, I'll give you the space that you need
Be all you can be
Let you be that for you
And be that for me ...
A knowing, a feeling of certainty awakens
As I search for words
Like fingers tracing your skin in the dark
Meanings unfold in the savoring
Warmth
But I'm torn
Sometimes life is hard
And I don't want a woman who falls apart with the "feels"
Sometimes life's Bonnie and Clyde
Ride or die
To me love means
You're on my fighting side
Breath, I'll give you the space that you need
Be all you can be
Let you be that for you
And be that for me ...
#love
#relationships
139 reads
7 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
15th Dec 2024 1:01am
15th Dec 2024 1:01am
Two
Stalwart stones
These pillars two
Bone of bone
Sun and moon
*
The moon
Sickled, low
As though
To scythe the velvet night
Of countless fires
Dying
With dawning's light
I am old
Ancient of days
Of soul
Even drunken moments
(Past)
Of drink or drug
Forgetting
All but what is
The pain of life
Paradox/Paradise
Time hollowed me
Removed memories
I wander wilderness
Like trackless sea
In vain
The starless moon
Low,...
These pillars two
Bone of bone
Sun and moon
*
The moon
Sickled, low
As though
To scythe the velvet night
Of countless fires
Dying
With dawning's light
I am old
Ancient of days
Of soul
Even drunken moments
(Past)
Of drink or drug
Forgetting
All but what is
The pain of life
Paradox/Paradise
Time hollowed me
Removed memories
I wander wilderness
Like trackless sea
In vain
The starless moon
Low,...
#love
145 reads
7 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
10th Dec 2024 8:52pm
10th Dec 2024 8:52pm
Sand and Foam Redux
Sand and Foam
"I am forever walking upon these shores,
Betwixt the sand and the foam.
The high tide will erase my foot-prints,
And the wind will blow away the foam.
But the sea and the shore will remain
Forever"
Khalil Gibran
***
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised the world is a harder place than I imagined it should be
reality always had more substance than the stuff of dreams
clearly defined and unyielding
as if bolts and bars were set between us
and perhaps they are
but in my dreams
my...
"I am forever walking upon these shores,
Betwixt the sand and the foam.
The high tide will erase my foot-prints,
And the wind will blow away the foam.
But the sea and the shore will remain
Forever"
Khalil Gibran
***
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised the world is a harder place than I imagined it should be
reality always had more substance than the stuff of dreams
clearly defined and unyielding
as if bolts and bars were set between us
and perhaps they are
but in my dreams
my...
#love
137 reads
11 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
9th Nov 2024 6:47pm
9th Nov 2024 6:47pm
How Long [Redux]
There are times when a man needs to back down from his strength
And remember his weakness…
The way isn’t always easy to see but the feeling is unmistakable
My heart has missed you
You who are closest to me…
And how can that be
Have you learned to live around me instead of with me?
If I think I lead
Where have I lead us to
A place where we each go our own way
And say we’re together
Can I still touch the part of you that thought I was everything?
Because I so desperately want to feel like that person again
Would you...
And remember his weakness…
The way isn’t always easy to see but the feeling is unmistakable
My heart has missed you
You who are closest to me…
And how can that be
Have you learned to live around me instead of with me?
If I think I lead
Where have I lead us to
A place where we each go our own way
And say we’re together
Can I still touch the part of you that thought I was everything?
Because I so desperately want to feel like that person again
Would you...
#forgiveness
#love
160 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
8th Oct 2024 00:06am
8th Oct 2024 00:06am
Asheville
I spent a week with no power after hurricane Helene swept up through Florida and Georgia, and into South Carolina. The lower end of the neighborhood flooded when the Saluda river overflowed and backed up the creek. A lot of trees and powerlines down. There were gas lines and then food lines as restaurants reopened. We weren't expecting what we got. We took a hit.
We took a hit but western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee took a beat down. This past weekend I joined a group of volunteers and went to Asheville to help do what we could do. Restaurants were closed due to lack...
We took a hit but western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee took a beat down. This past weekend I joined a group of volunteers and went to Asheville to help do what we could do. Restaurants were closed due to lack...
#LifeChangingMoment
#LifeStruggles
148 reads
12 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
29th Sep 2024 3:46pm
29th Sep 2024 3:46pm
Hurricane Parties
Trees down everywhere
Power out everywhere
Lines for gas if you can find it
Lines for anything you can find
As for my street
Creek flooded the lower
Downed trees blocked the upper
Been playing with chainsaws
Redneck heaven
Trees down
Powerlines down
Creek finally going down
(and things starting to smell ripe)
No telling when I'll be back on here
Life happens
I'm good
A country boy will survive
Thoughts and prayers
To any suffering because of this hurricane
Power out everywhere
Lines for gas if you can find it
Lines for anything you can find
As for my street
Creek flooded the lower
Downed trees blocked the upper
Been playing with chainsaws
Redneck heaven
Trees down
Powerlines down
Creek finally going down
(and things starting to smell ripe)
No telling when I'll be back on here
Life happens
I'm good
A country boy will survive
Thoughts and prayers
To any suffering because of this hurricane
#LifeStruggles
#SelfReflection
125 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Sep 2024 9:29pm
23rd Sep 2024 9:29pm
Mountain Laurels
Summer lingers
Days still sunny and warm
And time, it seems to crawl
As seasons drift to fall
Golden haze hangs over distant fields
Thoughts of you slipping through the veil
Of passing days and hours
While trees hold green a moment more
Mountain laurels dance
By warm breeze swayed
Beneath blue skies
Laced with clouds
And still beside the road
Courses of wild flowers grow
You're like them you know
Unlooked for, beautiful
Thoughts wherever I go
We're like them
We earthbound...
Days still sunny and warm
And time, it seems to crawl
As seasons drift to fall
Golden haze hangs over distant fields
Thoughts of you slipping through the veil
Of passing days and hours
While trees hold green a moment more
Mountain laurels dance
By warm breeze swayed
Beneath blue skies
Laced with clouds
And still beside the road
Courses of wild flowers grow
You're like them you know
Unlooked for, beautiful
Thoughts wherever I go
We're like them
We earthbound...
#love
200 reads
9 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
4th Sep 2024 00:22am
4th Sep 2024 00:22am
Whither
Your breath
Silent sonnets of poetry
Which wreath the air
With something more -
Indefinable
As if touching upon forever
You're art in the stillness
That pleasures my eyes
And I'm lost
Drowning in the view
What is it stays the moment
Longer
Whenever you're near
Imaginings take flight
From the shadows of my mind
Loosed like freshening breeze
Bearing the scent of rain
Before a summer storm
As distant thunder rolls
You possess that fire which stirs a man
And makes his feelings burn ...
Silent sonnets of poetry
Which wreath the air
With something more -
Indefinable
As if touching upon forever
You're art in the stillness
That pleasures my eyes
And I'm lost
Drowning in the view
What is it stays the moment
Longer
Whenever you're near
Imaginings take flight
From the shadows of my mind
Loosed like freshening breeze
Bearing the scent of rain
Before a summer storm
As distant thunder rolls
You possess that fire which stirs a man
And makes his feelings burn ...
#beauty
#FallingInLove
#love #romantic
#love #romantic
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13 Comments
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