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.
Best-Friends-Forever
I bask in the warmth
of your smile like the Sun...
peel off the layers
of pain and protection...
I can show my Me to you.
You give me comfort;
touch me for no reason
save you love me.
You will not hurt me.
I can give my Me to you.
...in time...
I won't need you any more...
I won't love you any less...
of your smile like the Sun...
peel off the layers
of pain and protection...
I can show my Me to you.
You give me comfort;
touch me for no reason
save you love me.
You will not hurt me.
I can give my Me to you.
...in time...
I won't need you any more...
I won't love you any less...
#BestFriend
#friendship
#spiritual #philosophical
#spiritual #philosophical
545 reads
6 Comments
Monument to a Moment In Time
It
takes
my
breath...
...aw.a.y.
takes
my
breath...
...aw.a.y.
#LifeChangingMoment
#philosophical
#SelfDiscovery
448 reads
0 Comments
Winter Memories Salve Summer Suffering
Wintry colors cool us off
on such a draining day
When Sunshine saps our strength...
..and plunders...
...our ability to reason...
... Summer is a volatile season...
on such a draining day
When Sunshine saps our strength...
..and plunders...
...our ability to reason...
... Summer is a volatile season...
#summer
#winter
386 reads
7 Comments
Winter Colours
What a wonder...
winter colours
Sage and beige...
and wintry green
Grasses tannish...
shrubby purple
Silent whitely...
peachy clean.
winter colours
Sage and beige...
and wintry green
Grasses tannish...
shrubby purple
Silent whitely...
peachy clean.
#environment
#winter
#silence
#snow
#art
475 reads
6 Comments
Paradigm
Have you ever
stopped to consider
that I might
teach you
a thing or two?
stopped to consider
that I might
teach you
a thing or two?
#greed
#respect
#inequality
484 reads
2 Comments
Tanka #4 ... Pictish
born to a people who
painted themselves blue
and caused Hadrian to build a wall
rather than risk...the loss of his Legions...
don't step on me
painted themselves blue
and caused Hadrian to build a wall
rather than risk...the loss of his Legions...
don't step on me
#soldiers
#war
#inequality
441 reads
0 Comments
Late One Night in Peculiar, Missouri
I had been driving south all day... and half the night.
Pulling my Gypsy Wagon.
Bound for Mag-no-li-a, Texas...
Then I saw the sign...
It said... "Peculiar"...
Food for thought, that.
I was feeling a little odd... on the nod... clearly
needing to sleep
So I pulled off the highway
and onto the feeder...
Come up on two Cop cars parked next to a Bank...
I got out of my pick-up... went over and joined 'em
Explaining my problem, I asked for their aid.
"Y'all could park right here", one said, "o'er by...
Pulling my Gypsy Wagon.
Bound for Mag-no-li-a, Texas...
Then I saw the sign...
It said... "Peculiar"...
Food for thought, that.
I was feeling a little odd... on the nod... clearly
needing to sleep
So I pulled off the highway
and onto the feeder...
Come up on two Cop cars parked next to a Bank...
I got out of my pick-up... went over and joined 'em
Explaining my problem, I asked for their aid.
"Y'all could park right here", one said, "o'er by...
#politics
#food
#sleep #travel
#sleep #travel
596 reads
10 Comments
Trump-alike Boris Johnson Bails From Brexit Boat
Rats desert the Ship-of-State
Appears that Brexit didn't fix it
Knee-Jerk reactions all along
compel them now to sing their song...
All wrapped up into a pie...
Four and twenty Blackbirds lie...
Appears that Brexit didn't fix it
Knee-Jerk reactions all along
compel them now to sing their song...
All wrapped up into a pie...
Four and twenty Blackbirds lie...
#anger
#politics
#HumanRights
#greed
#disappointment
426 reads
1 Comment
Mon-Soon?
It almost rained again last night...
just like the night before...
Almost... but not quite...
Maybe... if I don't cover my Moto tonight...
rain will come...
Maybe... if I offer up the woven woolen saddle pad...
re-purposed to my more modern steed...
rain will come...
Maybe...
just like the night before...
Almost... but not quite...
Maybe... if I don't cover my Moto tonight...
rain will come...
Maybe... if I offer up the woven woolen saddle pad...
re-purposed to my more modern steed...
rain will come...
Maybe...
#hope
#rain
#disappointment
421 reads
4 Comments
Life In Balance
Balance is not a position.
Life is a controlled fall
A series of linked recoveries,
like climbing stairs.
We go down to the cellar
and up to the attic ...
Stop wherever you wish...
Just don't remain static.
Keep a move on...
... If you stop ...
the vultures will notice
Life is a controlled fall
A series of linked recoveries,
like climbing stairs.
We go down to the cellar
and up to the attic ...
Stop wherever you wish...
Just don't remain static.
Keep a move on...
... If you stop ...
the vultures will notice
#science
#art
#philosophical
405 reads
5 Comments
Sonora
..Yesterday we managed
to reach 104ªf...
...in the shade...
...Step into the Sun at your own risk...
to reach 104ªf...
...in the shade...
...Step into the Sun at your own risk...
#summer
449 reads
10 Comments
Happiness
..Happiness...
...is a balancing act...
between Hope and Despair...
...an excercise in equilibrium...
...I am told it builds Character...
...is a balancing act...
between Hope and Despair...
...an excercise in equilibrium...
...I am told it builds Character...
#faith
#philosophical
496 reads
3 Comments
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