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
1st Aug 2020 8:07pm
1st Aug 2020 8:07pm
Proclivity
And as to the... proclivity
for sex...
brought on by clothing-free
My only caveat would be...that in a land of nudity…
too much available information...
might remove the inclination…
for sex...
brought on by clothing-free
My only caveat would be...that in a land of nudity…
too much available information...
might remove the inclination…
#nature
#philosophical
375 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
27th Jul 2020 2:16am
27th Jul 2020 2:16am
Whodunnit
Scary indeed...
the sameness...of...
one day after the other
You definitely
are not the
only one...
Wrapped up
in yet another
whodunnit…
But mystery has need to be...a tease some truth and some larceny
seasoned well with hyperbole…
the sameness...of...
one day after the other
You definitely
are not the
only one...
Wrapped up
in yet another
whodunnit…
But mystery has need to be...a tease some truth and some larceny
seasoned well with hyperbole…
#scary
#mystery
#pandemic
355 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
26th Jul 2020 7:01pm
26th Jul 2020 7:01pm
Tanka #44
dead flowers...
gone to late summer seed
feed...flocks of Finches
winter larder fully laden...
spring planting in abeyance
gone to late summer seed
feed...flocks of Finches
winter larder fully laden...
spring planting in abeyance
#flowers
#birds
#winter
360 reads
0 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Jul 2020 5:57am
25th Jul 2020 5:57am
Rest assured
Rest assured...
every hurtful little thing
we have ever said
will come back to haunt us
...some day...
every hurtful little thing
we have ever said
will come back to haunt us
...some day...
#kindness
#philosophical
#morality
323 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
22nd Jul 2020 11:30pm
22nd Jul 2020 11:30pm
Spent salmon
There he lay…
limp as a spent salmon
and after all that she
had been led to believe…
she found out that he
unfortunately…
was not at all what he...
had been cracked up to be
she didn't fancy another
disappointment...after all
so solved her problem creatively
by hanging yon salmon upon the wall
limp as a spent salmon
and after all that she
had been led to believe…
she found out that he
unfortunately…
was not at all what he...
had been cracked up to be
she didn't fancy another
disappointment...after all
so solved her problem creatively
by hanging yon salmon upon the wall
#lust
#sex
#inequality #orgasm
#inequality #orgasm
550 reads
9 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Jul 2020 4:08am
21st Jul 2020 4:08am
Tanka #43 sunrise
feet in the sand
Sun rises
to a painted sky...
setting sun elusive...
await coming summer feature
Sun rises
to a painted sky...
setting sun elusive...
await coming summer feature
#sun
#beach
#tanka
387 reads
5 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Jul 2020 00:53am
15th Jul 2020 00:53am
Darkly, darkly
Darkly, darkly…
goes the light
so lies the line...
'twixt day and night.
goes the light
so lies the line...
'twixt day and night.
#dark
#sky
390 reads
6 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Jul 2020 3:55am
13th Jul 2020 3:55am
Beads
Birds on a wire...beads on a string
seen in the night time
it's much the same thing...
seen in the night time
it's much the same thing...
#birds
#philosophical
420 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Jul 2020 5:38pm
9th Jul 2020 5:38pm
So...
When our souls become broken…
our selves tossed away…by a slip or a fall...or a roll in the hay…
you'll know if it serves Nature's purpose…
She'll give nary a tinker's dam
if you go or if you stay…
...unless, of course, it suits her plan…to send you on your way...
So...we must search our missing ...bits…
stitch our whole selves back together
to discover...who we're meant to be…
...and then...
go out and find our places
...on the chessboard of life?
…hmmm...
It's gonna be another long day, eh?
our selves tossed away…by a slip or a fall...or a roll in the hay…
you'll know if it serves Nature's purpose…
She'll give nary a tinker's dam
if you go or if you stay…
...unless, of course, it suits her plan…to send you on your way...
So...we must search our missing ...bits…
stitch our whole selves back together
to discover...who we're meant to be…
...and then...
go out and find our places
...on the chessboard of life?
…hmmm...
It's gonna be another long day, eh?
#heartbroken
#spiritual
#UnrequitedLove #hurt
#UnrequitedLove #hurt
474 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Jul 2020 00:13am
9th Jul 2020 00:13am
Berry Patch
We had a "secret" berry patch…
my sister and I...
would ride our horses down
to the edge of town...
...where…
under a mantle of leafy green...
shading them from
the hot Texas Sun
...lay hid...
a bazillion Boysenberries
as big as your thumb…
...with nary a thorn in sight…
There we both would eat
...our fill our …
coffee cans with berries…
snap on top the plastic lid
hook them carefully...
over our saddle horns
and take them home to Mum...
my sister and I...
would ride our horses down
to the edge of town...
...where…
under a mantle of leafy green...
shading them from
the hot Texas Sun
...lay hid...
a bazillion Boysenberries
as big as your thumb…
...with nary a thorn in sight…
There we both would eat
...our fill our …
coffee cans with berries…
snap on top the plastic lid
hook them carefully...
over our saddle horns
and take them home to Mum...
#horses
#nature
#memories #nostalgia
#memories #nostalgia
477 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Jul 2020 6:54am
7th Jul 2020 6:54am
Grammar
Grammar...handmaid of comprehension...
it's about time she garnered
her fair share of attention...
it's about time she garnered
her fair share of attention...
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
340 reads
7 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Jul 2020 1:55am
7th Jul 2020 1:55am
a citizen too
I can relate... I'm
a citizen too…and
some things piss me off…
just as they do you.
Mostly I see
that culturally...
we threw...the baby out
with the bathwater...
Why is it always the arts
that get tossed…when
money gets tight...and
funding is lost...
a citizen too…and
some things piss me off…
just as they do you.
Mostly I see
that culturally...
we threw...the baby out
with the bathwater...
Why is it always the arts
that get tossed…when
money gets tight...and
funding is lost...
#school
#money
#music
#art
#dance
505 reads
0 Comments
DU Poetry : Submissions by Ely (E.A.Rothwell)
