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
22nd Sep 2020 10:55pm
22nd Sep 2020 10:55pm
something special
Every one of us has something special
that we can add to the soup...
and when we
band together... our power can be absolute…
that we can add to the soup...
and when we
band together... our power can be absolute…
#humankind
#LifeChangingMoment
#LifeCycle #philosophical
#LifeCycle #philosophical
382 reads
6 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Sep 2020 7:13pm
20th Sep 2020 7:13pm
Flat Earth
Have you heard...the Flat-Earthers are having a party?
Oh goody...my favorite...barbequed moron!
Oh goody...my favorite...barbequed moron!
#satirical
#funny
396 reads
10 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
20th Sep 2020 7:08pm
20th Sep 2020 7:08pm
Disgusted
Disgusted…
with the sodding USA.
Whatever possessed me
to join up two score and ten ago...
I'll never know...
with the sodding USA.
Whatever possessed me
to join up two score and ten ago...
I'll never know...
#politics
#philosophical
#SelfDiscovery
356 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
19th Sep 2020 6:03am
19th Sep 2020 6:03am
Often art...
Often art
requires we part
with something we hold dear
requires we part
with something we hold dear
#art
#sacrifice
468 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
19th Sep 2020 5:58am
19th Sep 2020 5:58am
1662...TEA
In 1662 Catherine of Braganza... of Portugal, married Charles II...
and she...
brought tea...
to England
...as...
Transporte Erbas Aromáticas…
TEA...to you and me.
and that is why we
called it TEA
and she...
brought tea...
to England
...as...
Transporte Erbas Aromáticas…
TEA...to you and me.
and that is why we
called it TEA
#historical
450 reads
9 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Sep 2020 1:35am
15th Sep 2020 1:35am
Haiku #37. ...temporality
noontime summer sun
desert thorn tree stillness reigns
in the heat...time sleeps
desert thorn tree stillness reigns
in the heat...time sleeps
#trees
#sun
#summer
#haiku
#desert
457 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Sep 2020 1:15am
15th Sep 2020 1:15am
There once was a president
There once was a president
who covered his crown with a tent
made from his own hair
stuck down with great care
He forces the fleas to pay rent
who covered his crown with a tent
made from his own hair
stuck down with great care
He forces the fleas to pay rent
#lies
#limerick
#hypocrisy
438 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Sep 2020 4:00pm
12th Sep 2020 4:00pm
Senryu #49 miss-fortune
How lucky the man
has Trump for a friend...one person
on whom he... can never depend.
has Trump for a friend...one person
on whom he... can never depend.
#friendship
#betrayal
#satirical #senryu
#satirical #senryu
361 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
12th Sep 2020 3:20am
12th Sep 2020 3:20am
the Waffling
There's many a fine example of the waffling we do ...
that explains what we're all about...ever the whisper of doubt...sometimes the brain is a drain on the system...when the transmission can't settle on any one gear…
It's like having too long a menu to choose from...and you end up drinking 42 cups of coffee...trying to decide on breakfast...
while you're there...
that explains what we're all about...ever the whisper of doubt...sometimes the brain is a drain on the system...when the transmission can't settle on any one gear…
It's like having too long a menu to choose from...and you end up drinking 42 cups of coffee...trying to decide on breakfast...
while you're there...
#LifeStruggles
#parody
#responsibility
502 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
10th Sep 2020 7:09am
10th Sep 2020 7:09am
Empty...
Empty can be very filling...not many notice though...
Too busy scratching the itches...
they're meant to distract us, you know?
It's all a part of the master plan...to keep us under the thumb…
it woudn’t do to lose control...and let us go our way…
they’re already paranoid...lest we go astray
The Preachers and Politicians...are selling their brand of bull
down at the corner Supermart...their parking lot is full...
Too busy scratching the itches...
they're meant to distract us, you know?
It's all a part of the master plan...to keep us under the thumb…
it woudn’t do to lose control...and let us go our way…
they’re already paranoid...lest we go astray
The Preachers and Politicians...are selling their brand of bull
down at the corner Supermart...their parking lot is full...
#corruption
#power
#greed #inequality
#greed #inequality
451 reads
3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
10th Sep 2020 6:45am
10th Sep 2020 6:45am
Mother-natural
Mother is perfect...
by nature... i.e...
naturally
Mother is perfectly natural.
by nature... i.e...
naturally
Mother is perfectly natural.
#nature
#spiritual
#evolution
393 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
7th Sep 2020 1:47am
7th Sep 2020 1:47am
Coming from behind, sister
Then I took up running
In my early thirties I began….and all too soon...ran... my first 10 mile race…
in Stirling... no'then Loosiana…
There were only two of us ladies...the third lady never showed.(it was back in the day)
That morning... before the race began...I saw her loosening up…
She was surrounded...by a pack of high school boys…
all struttin' they stuff...showin' off front o' this pretty little black girl...as teenage boys do.
I notice she goes to start right out front...followed, of course by the boys. ...
In my early thirties I began….and all too soon...ran... my first 10 mile race…
in Stirling... no'then Loosiana…
There were only two of us ladies...the third lady never showed.(it was back in the day)
That morning... before the race began...I saw her loosening up…
She was surrounded...by a pack of high school boys…
all struttin' they stuff...showin' off front o' this pretty little black girl...as teenage boys do.
I notice she goes to start right out front...followed, of course by the boys. ...
#women
#freedom
375 reads
4 Comments
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