Submissions by Herakleitos
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I have been writing poems ever since I was in grade school, but reaching adulthood I came to enjoy traditional structure over contemporary ease. I seek to make poems with both form and clarity.
SELF POEM
Published
15th Dec 2017 6:33pm
15th Dec 2017 6:33pm
Tau Poem: Carpet Floor Sprawl
Each day
That my life passes through and does survive
I take time
Time
To rest from my mind, dreams, and activities
I breathe in the air
Let my soul
(Be still)
Panic driven mind, restless friend of mine,
Be
Still in your thoughts and anxious lines
Of thinking and on the brinking and sinking feelings
Rest mind and be still!
Be still your crying, prying, trying to work
Your dreams are crushing your heart
Crushing your gentle soul ...
That my life passes through and does survive
I take time
Time
To rest from my mind, dreams, and activities
I breathe in the air
Let my soul
(Be still)
Panic driven mind, restless friend of mine,
Be
Still in your thoughts and anxious lines
Of thinking and on the brinking and sinking feelings
Rest mind and be still!
Be still your crying, prying, trying to work
Your dreams are crushing your heart
Crushing your gentle soul ...
#PopCulture
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Nov 2017 9:13pm
21st Nov 2017 9:13pm
Saturation
Everyone knows the government does evil things
Everyone knows the news channels are corrupt
Everyone knows the economy is going down
Everyone knows that society is troubled
Everyone knows the world is dying
Everyone knows the poor are lazy
Everyone knows gays are mental cases
Everyone knows God is real
Everyone knows the world is flat
Everyone knows the others are wrong
Everyone knows the rich are lazy
Everyone knows the gays have been around for millennia
Everyone knows god is a lie
Everyone knows the world is round ...
Everyone knows the news channels are corrupt
Everyone knows the economy is going down
Everyone knows that society is troubled
Everyone knows the world is dying
Everyone knows the poor are lazy
Everyone knows gays are mental cases
Everyone knows God is real
Everyone knows the world is flat
Everyone knows the others are wrong
Everyone knows the rich are lazy
Everyone knows the gays have been around for millennia
Everyone knows god is a lie
Everyone knows the world is round ...
#corruption
#politics
#LifeStruggles
#HumanRights
#greed
549 reads
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DARK POEM
Published
21st Nov 2017 8:53pm
21st Nov 2017 8:53pm
The Mediocre Depression
Everything is black and white
No colors can be seen
Everything in dirty clothes
No one can be clean
Everything is poor and pained
No one can find relief
Everything is hard to see
No one can remember anything
Hopelessness widespread
Colorblindness persists
Dirtiness uglies
Suffering attacks
Memories forgot
Hope is colorless so it does not bring passion
Hope is uglied so it does not attract
Hope is starved so starvation does not stir
Hope is blinded so confusion does not scare
...
No colors can be seen
Everything in dirty clothes
No one can be clean
Everything is poor and pained
No one can find relief
Everything is hard to see
No one can remember anything
Hopelessness widespread
Colorblindness persists
Dirtiness uglies
Suffering attacks
Memories forgot
Hope is colorless so it does not bring passion
Hope is uglied so it does not attract
Hope is starved so starvation does not stir
Hope is blinded so confusion does not scare
...
#dark
#shadows
#apocalypse
#tragedy
#denial
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2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
18th Nov 2017 8:46am
18th Nov 2017 8:46am
Detergent
At night alone do I suffer awake,
A tod of four and less than four feet tall.
I hear the tile floor of the kitchen thud,
Thudding, gentle scraping, akin to cloth.
Curious I peek in, horror seizes me:
Both foreign and familiar this was,
Amassed clothing balled up into living,
The creature hurt my psyche to observe,
Sadly my eyes wander downwards, I see
My mother is held by this pile of clothes
A slew of laundry that moves and breathes fast,
Engulfing my mother in the darkness.
Her body disappearing into clothes
...
A tod of four and less than four feet tall.
I hear the tile floor of the kitchen thud,
Thudding, gentle scraping, akin to cloth.
Curious I peek in, horror seizes me:
Both foreign and familiar this was,
Amassed clothing balled up into living,
The creature hurt my psyche to observe,
Sadly my eyes wander downwards, I see
My mother is held by this pile of clothes
A slew of laundry that moves and breathes fast,
Engulfing my mother in the darkness.
Her body disappearing into clothes
...
#dark
1024 reads
7 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Nov 2017 7:56am
18th Nov 2017 7:56am
The Card a Rank Above
The World is but a game
A table where players meet
Few play for their pleasure,
Many seek to survive.
A world where the rich cheat,
Where the poor gamble more,
And the average watch scared,
Praying they will fair well.
We seek a card above
The ranks of the rich hands,
But we may have handed
The best card over instead.
A card a rank above
We average pray for it,
The poor dies over it,
But we are so afraid,
That we discard swiftly,
The rich picks from our loss.
We in...
A table where players meet
Few play for their pleasure,
Many seek to survive.
A world where the rich cheat,
Where the poor gamble more,
And the average watch scared,
Praying they will fair well.
We seek a card above
The ranks of the rich hands,
But we may have handed
The best card over instead.
A card a rank above
We average pray for it,
The poor dies over it,
But we are so afraid,
That we discard swiftly,
The rich picks from our loss.
We in...
#LifeAsAWriter
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