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POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
In the end what I have wanted to do is that when someone reads something I wrote, it creates a song or rhythm in their mind using only the words on the page. That is my end goal...does that sound weird...? It probably sounds wierd....
STORY POEM
Published
25th Oct 2020 6:57am
25th Oct 2020 6:57am
War Machine
Pilots can you read me?” then I hear the click.
“There’s no more doubt.
We are headed out.
Don’t let your life end quick.”
As I turn on all my engines,
and I see how they are set.
There is tension, fear, and quiet
but never real regret.
As the hangar bay creaks open,
empty space fills up my screen.
I can see the motion and the sway
of our massive war machine.
We know it takes us through the stars.
It carries us so safely
I carry with me my memoirs.
As our shell rocks so sedately.
Flashing spinning...
“There’s no more doubt.
We are headed out.
Don’t let your life end quick.”
As I turn on all my engines,
and I see how they are set.
There is tension, fear, and quiet
but never real regret.
As the hangar bay creaks open,
empty space fills up my screen.
I can see the motion and the sway
of our massive war machine.
We know it takes us through the stars.
It carries us so safely
I carry with me my memoirs.
As our shell rocks so sedately.
Flashing spinning...
#soldiers
#rhyming
#scifi
291 reads
1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
23rd Oct 2020 6:10pm
23rd Oct 2020 6:10pm
Sanguine
These written words of pages plied
My linguistic tools on which I rely
Are all my drug to keep me sane
They pause the world and numb the brain
My reckless pen scrawls gibberish
Thoughts radiant in design
A mystery to the world
Conceptions I divine
Through negligence of sound regard
I repeat my ill mistakes
Fix these holes that leak the truth
Fix my constant aches
Problems seem to cultivate
They multiply for sure
Not long now
I have my fix
For now I must endure
As leaden lids slip down my...
My linguistic tools on which I rely
Are all my drug to keep me sane
They pause the world and numb the brain
My reckless pen scrawls gibberish
Thoughts radiant in design
A mystery to the world
Conceptions I divine
Through negligence of sound regard
I repeat my ill mistakes
Fix these holes that leak the truth
Fix my constant aches
Problems seem to cultivate
They multiply for sure
Not long now
I have my fix
For now I must endure
As leaden lids slip down my...
#spiritual
#rhyming
348 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
23rd Oct 2020 1:28am
23rd Oct 2020 1:28am
The Meaning
Today I wrote a poem.
Within it was a quote.
A man who said, a most wise phrase,
became a man of note.
Words which tumble circles,
around metaphor and simile.
His malaise, which all portrays,
Knowledge, his repartee.
He explicates the meaning,
to a melee of strict applause.
His words convey the message,
His body shows the cause.
Expressing answers to questions asked.
A request to which no one was tasked.
Yet one believed that will connote.
Expressed concerns within his quote.
Alas, he bows to thunderous...
Within it was a quote.
A man who said, a most wise phrase,
became a man of note.
Words which tumble circles,
around metaphor and simile.
His malaise, which all portrays,
Knowledge, his repartee.
He explicates the meaning,
to a melee of strict applause.
His words convey the message,
His body shows the cause.
Expressing answers to questions asked.
A request to which no one was tasked.
Yet one believed that will connote.
Expressed concerns within his quote.
Alas, he bows to thunderous...
#identity
#rhyming
319 reads
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LOVE POEM
Published
21st Oct 2020 6:28am
21st Oct 2020 6:28am
Simply Divine
With the stars above our head
I lay a blanket on the ground
On our temporary bed
Beneath the stars we can’t be found
I see the sheets around your hips
And with your hand locked into mine
I kiss your strawberry lips
And look to the sky divine
As the wind whips through your hair
We dance beneath the moon
And I can’t help but to stare
As you waltz to the silent tune
But the midnight light withdraws
So we lay silently conjoint
I rub your hands to help you thaw
My love can never disappoint
When...
I lay a blanket on the ground
On our temporary bed
Beneath the stars we can’t be found
I see the sheets around your hips
And with your hand locked into mine
I kiss your strawberry lips
And look to the sky divine
As the wind whips through your hair
We dance beneath the moon
And I can’t help but to stare
As you waltz to the silent tune
But the midnight light withdraws
So we lay silently conjoint
I rub your hands to help you thaw
My love can never disappoint
When...
#love
#rhyming
#FirstLove
320 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
20th Oct 2020 7:47pm
20th Oct 2020 7:47pm
Question the Noun
I asked her for the truth, and she turned me down.
Now I ponder the question and question the noun.
Though every verb comes with cost,
I questioned the noun,
it was the adjective I lost.
Now I ponder the question and question the noun.
Though every verb comes with cost,
I questioned the noun,
it was the adjective I lost.
#rhyming
#WritingPoetry
#PowerOfWords
393 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
20th Oct 2020 7:43pm
20th Oct 2020 7:43pm
Internal
In this dungeon I have built,
I question all my thoughts.
As my body comes to wilt,
my mind has yet to rot.
Which is why that I contrive to sell the world my soul,
I know that they don't need it,
but still I play the role.
So long have I looked out these bars which tether me,
with guilt I never had,
by thoughts I never see.
But I will serve my penance
Justice has been served.
Just leave me with the remnants,
life that I reserve.
I can't decipher what I mean,
I try to raise my tone.
At first, I thought, I am...
I question all my thoughts.
As my body comes to wilt,
my mind has yet to rot.
Which is why that I contrive to sell the world my soul,
I know that they don't need it,
but still I play the role.
So long have I looked out these bars which tether me,
with guilt I never had,
by thoughts I never see.
But I will serve my penance
Justice has been served.
Just leave me with the remnants,
life that I reserve.
I can't decipher what I mean,
I try to raise my tone.
At first, I thought, I am...
#sadness
#dark
#rhyming
354 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
19th Oct 2020 9:25pm
19th Oct 2020 9:25pm
Music's Hue
I hear your notes of solid green
Purple hues which writhe and teem
On currents held within your ears
No finite laughter, or subtle tears
Strings quiver from your every touch
Fingers dance in measured time
Silently, both embraced and clutched
Enticed with trances so divine
Azure tints spit from the wood
Taking stock of where we stood.
Speaking of love, lost then found
Unaware of its resound
I hear the tales of gloom and woe
It's infectious touch
With venom it's sowed
I fear the end as...
Purple hues which writhe and teem
On currents held within your ears
No finite laughter, or subtle tears
Strings quiver from your every touch
Fingers dance in measured time
Silently, both embraced and clutched
Enticed with trances so divine
Azure tints spit from the wood
Taking stock of where we stood.
Speaking of love, lost then found
Unaware of its resound
I hear the tales of gloom and woe
It's infectious touch
With venom it's sowed
I fear the end as...
#music
#rhyming
#emotions
266 reads
4 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
19th Oct 2020 9:22pm
19th Oct 2020 9:22pm
Grace
Listen to the music draw, hear it from the pit.
I am full of shock and awe, more I won’t admit.
Light feet take me on the trip, as I begin to form,
soundless words which you might skip, with grace as is the norm.
My technique is absolute, my attitudes are rigid.
All my movements are acute, my body must be vivid.
The strings intone upon your heart, the sounds of loss and fear.
These limbs will move to help you chart, that intimate frontier.
If you can see my story, wordless it might be.
My body’s transitory, heartfelt, untold plea. ...
I am full of shock and awe, more I won’t admit.
Light feet take me on the trip, as I begin to form,
soundless words which you might skip, with grace as is the norm.
My technique is absolute, my attitudes are rigid.
All my movements are acute, my body must be vivid.
The strings intone upon your heart, the sounds of loss and fear.
These limbs will move to help you chart, that intimate frontier.
If you can see my story, wordless it might be.
My body’s transitory, heartfelt, untold plea. ...
#beauty
#music
#rhyming
#art
#dance
292 reads
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Oct 2020 6:00am
18th Oct 2020 6:00am
Journey
I am the conductor.
Come and take my hand.
Let me take you on a journey.
A transition I demand.
Ride along and think about the problems which you face.
This train will stop for no one.
The trip we cannot trace.
Throw the window open,
keep your bags and stay.
Keep your ticket, paid for one,
the stations far away.
You see the cloudy sky converge,
the rain beats a tantrum on your thought.
The wheels turn, you feel the surge.
No more tickets can be bought.
The passing winds which cool your brow,
let...
Come and take my hand.
Let me take you on a journey.
A transition I demand.
Ride along and think about the problems which you face.
This train will stop for no one.
The trip we cannot trace.
Throw the window open,
keep your bags and stay.
Keep your ticket, paid for one,
the stations far away.
You see the cloudy sky converge,
the rain beats a tantrum on your thought.
The wheels turn, you feel the surge.
No more tickets can be bought.
The passing winds which cool your brow,
let...
#relationships
#TimeHeals
#LifeCycle
#escape
#rhyming
406 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
18th Oct 2020 5:57am
18th Oct 2020 5:57am
Inflection
Every word's inflection holds a meaning I don't say.
Regardless of intention, or the method it's arrayed.
I try my best to say it, and hold my breath in hesitation.
I know I said it right, but now, I face an allegation.
I try to explain as best one can with lifeless words i weave.
They carry force which you assess and meaning you conceive.
I Snake the text 'till they possess a meaning I control,
but my expression was impeccable,
on a platform with no soul.
Regardless of intention, or the method it's arrayed.
I try my best to say it, and hold my breath in hesitation.
I know I said it right, but now, I face an allegation.
I try to explain as best one can with lifeless words i weave.
They carry force which you assess and meaning you conceive.
I Snake the text 'till they possess a meaning I control,
but my expression was impeccable,
on a platform with no soul.
#frustration
#PowerOfWords
#confusion
#emptiness
#rhyming
373 reads
12 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
3rd Sep 2020 8:55am
3rd Sep 2020 8:55am
Calamity
This padded snow is seeping in.
My breath is hard and rash.
This girl has made a fool of me,
the fight was just a flash.
A glint of silver is what I see,
I move on intuition.
Perhaps I can get her to agree,
surrender as admonition.
But incendiary eyes
are what comprise
her unmitigated fury.
Her weapon whips
through air and sky
personifying her jury.
She missteps, and I imply,
gently, with my compound's eye,
the meaning of my words.
Iron chafes the ground of grass.
Her body shifts with fluent ease. ...
My breath is hard and rash.
This girl has made a fool of me,
the fight was just a flash.
A glint of silver is what I see,
I move on intuition.
Perhaps I can get her to agree,
surrender as admonition.
But incendiary eyes
are what comprise
her unmitigated fury.
Her weapon whips
through air and sky
personifying her jury.
She missteps, and I imply,
gently, with my compound's eye,
the meaning of my words.
Iron chafes the ground of grass.
Her body shifts with fluent ease. ...
#love
#hope
#fate #rhyming
#fate #rhyming
432 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Sep 2020 7:44am
3rd Sep 2020 7:44am
Smoke and Thunder
Where smoke and fire scar a scene we've lost to history.
Comrades leave the corpses, those naive to victory.
"But armor does not tire, even hanging onto bone."
Those ragged men recite this creed when they die alone.
Leaders speak of fate and fear to hopeful crowds of eyes.
"No one makes the tacit choice of death without reprise."
Solace leaves the hearts of those wise enough to know
awful sights, which wait out there, and its audio.
"Can you hear the thunder of a thousand steel boots?
Will you heed the call of gods from armored metal suits?" ...
Comrades leave the corpses, those naive to victory.
"But armor does not tire, even hanging onto bone."
Those ragged men recite this creed when they die alone.
Leaders speak of fate and fear to hopeful crowds of eyes.
"No one makes the tacit choice of death without reprise."
Solace leaves the hearts of those wise enough to know
awful sights, which wait out there, and its audio.
"Can you hear the thunder of a thousand steel boots?
Will you heed the call of gods from armored metal suits?" ...
#sadness
#soldiers
#war #LifeCycle
#war #LifeCycle
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