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.
SELF POEM
Published
6th Sep 2020 3:21pm
6th Sep 2020 3:21pm
Utterly useless
Utterly useless...
a great place to be.
Llike a vacation...
from the mystery...of
your own history.
a great place to be.
Llike a vacation...
from the mystery...of
your own history.
#acceptance
563 reads
7 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
5th Sep 2020 7:05pm
5th Sep 2020 7:05pm
Guilt
Guilt…
Might just be ...that...
it won't be an issue ...if you
don't freakin' do it in the first place!
ever you think about that
Might just be ...that...
it won't be an issue ...if you
don't freakin' do it in the first place!
ever you think about that
#regret
#philosophical
434 reads
8 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
4th Sep 2020 2:35am
4th Sep 2020 2:35am
Oh...Aye
Oh, aye…
Recognising the futility
of trying to change
what most likely
attracted us in the first place…
turns out to be…
a priceless piece of knowledge…
Wouldn't you agree?
Recognising the futility
of trying to change
what most likely
attracted us in the first place…
turns out to be…
a priceless piece of knowledge…
Wouldn't you agree?
#relationships
371 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
31st Aug 2020 4:31pm
31st Aug 2020 4:31pm
Senryu #48 empathy
empathy sheds tears
that belong to another
state of grace
that belong to another
state of grace
#sadness
#love
#humankind #senryu
#humankind #senryu
464 reads
10 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
29th Aug 2020 7:47pm
29th Aug 2020 7:47pm
What we've got...
We...
better be
aware.
This is what we got...
comes with the territory,
don't you know it?
Better not mess with
it never stops there...
just keeps rolling...
Gathering god-knows-what as it goes.
and when it does stop...
what you'll be dealing with...
is all the shit it picked up.
better be
aware.
This is what we got...
comes with the territory,
don't you know it?
Better not mess with
it never stops there...
just keeps rolling...
Gathering god-knows-what as it goes.
and when it does stop...
what you'll be dealing with...
is all the shit it picked up.
#relationships
371 reads
9 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th Aug 2020 6:15am
24th Aug 2020 6:15am
Two different animalsj
We...is two different animals...men and women…
Yet if it be any consolation…
you ought to know…
that the older we get...
the more we accept…
what we cannot change
one in the other...
Yet if it be any consolation…
you ought to know…
that the older we get...
the more we accept…
what we cannot change
one in the other...
#relationships
#aging
#acceptance
371 reads
12 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
23rd Aug 2020 2:27am
23rd Aug 2020 2:27am
Break of day
At break of day…
the swathes of rain
drifting Eastward 'cross the plain…
parted long enough to show…
a grazing herd of buffalo
stretched out to the far horizon
never thought that I'd lay eyes on
a million rounded curly backs
squashed like sardines in tiny
tin packs.
the swathes of rain
drifting Eastward 'cross the plain…
parted long enough to show…
a grazing herd of buffalo
stretched out to the far horizon
never thought that I'd lay eyes on
a million rounded curly backs
squashed like sardines in tiny
tin packs.
#environment
#rain
#fish #memories
#fish #memories
426 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
22nd Aug 2020 6:30pm
22nd Aug 2020 6:30pm
The Perverting of America
The perverting of American government…
has been going on for so very long…
it surely shows something is wrong
...with us...
can't dismiss it…
can't explain it…
can't stomach any more...
we've been talking about this forever
but it's still rotten to the core...
has been going on for so very long…
it surely shows something is wrong
...with us...
can't dismiss it…
can't explain it…
can't stomach any more...
we've been talking about this forever
but it's still rotten to the core...
#corruption
#politics
#greed
#morality
#rebellion
373 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Aug 2020 3:05am
10th Aug 2020 3:05am
Tea for always...
Tea for always hits the spot…
from a bag or in a pot…
Jasmine, Oolong,
Breakfast for me…
nothing like a spot of tea.
from a bag or in a pot…
Jasmine, Oolong,
Breakfast for me…
nothing like a spot of tea.
#childhood
#family
#morning #tea
#morning #tea
412 reads
7 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
6th Aug 2020 1:18am
6th Aug 2020 1:18am
Senryu #46 Pictured
our pictures are words
are they not...
and our words...pictures
are they not...
and our words...pictures
#senryu
#art
#philosophical
309 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Aug 2020 5:02am
5th Aug 2020 5:02am
Senryu #47 machinations
the Machinations
of machinery
modify the scenery
of machinery
modify the scenery
#technology
#senryu
433 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Aug 2020 00:27am
2nd Aug 2020 00:27am
Remote...
Cats are a learning experience...
Moxie has taught us so much...the other day...after training us to be the resident door opening remotes…
His Lordship demonstrated how he opens the front door... the screen door... the French doors ...and... the bedroom door…
What in Hell does he need a remote for?
Moxie has taught us so much...the other day...after training us to be the resident door opening remotes…
His Lordship demonstrated how he opens the front door... the screen door... the French doors ...and... the bedroom door…
What in Hell does he need a remote for?
#technology
#cats
#learning #funny
#learning #funny
371 reads
3 Comments
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