Submissions by Ely (E.A.Rothwell)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
If I could explain, I would have... but then I would not need to write the poem... art happens... sometimes it comes easy, often not. I can't explain.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Feb 2021 2:12am
9th Feb 2021 2:12am
Moxie...and the vet
Moxie...and Dr Solomon...
This is a very short tail…
...about a cat...
The vet came out to see
Moxie one day…
Things went just fine
until...
The vet reached out to
pick him up…
That was when Moxie
tried to eat him…
This is a very short tail…
...about a cat...
The vet came out to see
Moxie one day…
Things went just fine
until...
The vet reached out to
pick him up…
That was when Moxie
tried to eat him…
#cats
380 reads
9 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Dec 2020 1:39am
6th Dec 2020 1:39am
War no more...
If you want
war no more...
Make them as declares war…be
the first to fight.
war no more...
Make them as declares war…be
the first to fight.
#war
#rebellion
388 reads
5 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
4th Dec 2020 4:47pm
4th Dec 2020 4:47pm
Doing what comes.naturally
Doing what comes naturally...certainly
a practical use of available resources...
even if it does gross us out…
but Nature isn't queasy…
She doesn't seem to care...
how we feel about the way
She runs things…
That's Mother at her very best…
a practical use of available resources...
even if it does gross us out…
but Nature isn't queasy…
She doesn't seem to care...
how we feel about the way
She runs things…
That's Mother at her very best…
#nature
488 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Dec 2020 8:53pm
2nd Dec 2020 8:53pm
The only imperfection
The only imperfection…
in this desert of negation.
Is, of course, the watering can…
with it's obligation.
in this desert of negation.
Is, of course, the watering can…
with it's obligation.
#philosophical
443 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th Nov 2020 4:00pm
28th Nov 2020 4:00pm
The grocery run...
Yesterday, driving home from the village…
Bob said uh oh…cops...behind us… with lights…
and he pulled over...wondering
what he had done.
Both policia approached the driver's side...a clue it wasn't serious.
Sure enough...they produced the annual, "support your local copper" stickers and made their pitch…
We bought this year's stick-on for the
collection on the truck's window...and
Bob says... what's your name, man?
"Jesus", replied the skinny one…"Escalante"...
"Más como, Vigilante'' I answered back…...
Bob said uh oh…cops...behind us… with lights…
and he pulled over...wondering
what he had done.
Both policia approached the driver's side...a clue it wasn't serious.
Sure enough...they produced the annual, "support your local copper" stickers and made their pitch…
We bought this year's stick-on for the
collection on the truck's window...and
Bob says... what's your name, man?
"Jesus", replied the skinny one…"Escalante"...
"Más como, Vigilante'' I answered back…...
#ShortStory
#LifeChangingMoment
442 reads
10 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
27th Nov 2020 1:30am
27th Nov 2020 1:30am
The bombing was bad in London
The bombing was bad in London
Daddy sent Mummy away
far out into the countryside
away from all the fray
The pilot of the bomber
sighted on the bridge
as a taxi drove across
a target ...couldn't miss
The bombs were dropped
the deed was done
the crew was 'bout to
have some fun…but...
The taxi barely made it
we cleared the bridge in time
the bridge blew up the taxi flew
Let's have a glass of wine...
so Mother went to the nursing home
and soon I came along...and
was toasted at 10...
Daddy sent Mummy away
far out into the countryside
away from all the fray
The pilot of the bomber
sighted on the bridge
as a taxi drove across
a target ...couldn't miss
The bombs were dropped
the deed was done
the crew was 'bout to
have some fun…but...
The taxi barely made it
we cleared the bridge in time
the bridge blew up the taxi flew
Let's have a glass of wine...
so Mother went to the nursing home
and soon I came along...and
was toasted at 10...
#hope
#birth
#war #death
#war #death
360 reads
0 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Nov 2020 2:43am
25th Nov 2020 2:43am
We're all f**king immigrants here...
We're all fucking immigrants here…
every last one of us...
We all came from somewhere else...
or our parents did...or their parents.
All the way back to Eric the Red and
Crazy Horse...and the first person across the land bridge…
So let's can the crap...I emigrated here with my parents in 1948…
For my father needed work... and he
didn't fancy a military career…
Same reason. most people have always come here…
and always will...
every last one of us...
We all came from somewhere else...
or our parents did...or their parents.
All the way back to Eric the Red and
Crazy Horse...and the first person across the land bridge…
So let's can the crap...I emigrated here with my parents in 1948…
For my father needed work... and he
didn't fancy a military career…
Same reason. most people have always come here…
and always will...
#memories
363 reads
6 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
24th Nov 2020 4:34pm
24th Nov 2020 4:34pm
Ashes
Ashes to ashes...dust to dust...
return to Mother Earth we must
If I die before you do
please be kind
and I will too
return to Mother Earth we must
If I die before you do
please be kind
and I will too
#death
451 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
21st Nov 2020 9:43pm
21st Nov 2020 9:43pm
Beware of letters addressed to "friend"
Beware of letters addressed to "friend".
They don't know you from Adam's
off ox...
but they will want something… your time…
your money …
your heart…
your Honey…
all of the above
Rest assured, "friend"...it's a sneaky word…
a Weasely Word…
when it heads up a missive…
a teasely word…
Meant to draw your attention…
away from everthing else…
I can't think...I can't write...
out the window the poetry goes…
I can't even spell…
can't scratch my knows
Darned machine is doing it...
They don't know you from Adam's
off ox...
but they will want something… your time…
your money …
your heart…
your Honey…
all of the above
Rest assured, "friend"...it's a sneaky word…
a Weasely Word…
when it heads up a missive…
a teasely word…
Meant to draw your attention…
away from everthing else…
I can't think...I can't write...
out the window the poetry goes…
I can't even spell…
can't scratch my knows
Darned machine is doing it...
#betrayal
#technology
470 reads
16 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Nov 2020 4:18am
11th Nov 2020 4:18am
in the North
In the North ...the US...
most people don't appreciate what they have…
However they do yearn for what they don't yet possess.
They forget how hard they worked…
to get what they desired so much… and never slow down Long enough... to enjoy the very thing
they struggled so long to aquire.
most people don't appreciate what they have…
However they do yearn for what they don't yet possess.
They forget how hard they worked…
to get what they desired so much… and never slow down Long enough... to enjoy the very thing
they struggled so long to aquire.
#anxiety
#lust
#greed #disappointment
#greed #disappointment
425 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
5th Nov 2020 9:48pm
5th Nov 2020 9:48pm
Respect...
Show some respect for your readers …please...
they deserve better than this.
Your spelling's atrocious and...
your syntax sure sucks…
If the words make any sense... it's
a matter of dumb luck.
You say it doesn't matter... you're writing for yourself.
But...I say...if that's the case, just put it on the shelf.
If this little ditty...pertains to you...
I suspect you already know it…
and if not...well…truth to tell
I expect you know that too.
they deserve better than this.
Your spelling's atrocious and...
your syntax sure sucks…
If the words make any sense... it's
a matter of dumb luck.
You say it doesn't matter... you're writing for yourself.
But...I say...if that's the case, just put it on the shelf.
If this little ditty...pertains to you...
I suspect you already know it…
and if not...well…truth to tell
I expect you know that too.
#CallToAction
#WritingPoetry
#respect #responsibility
#respect #responsibility
385 reads
0 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
30th Oct 2020 9:56pm
30th Oct 2020 9:56pm
The ultimate insult...
The ultimate insult to Nature lies...
in denuding of forests...
polluting the skies
in denuding of forests...
polluting the skies
#trees
#nature
492 reads
7 Comments
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