Submissions by JAZZMANOR
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
My outlook reflects my writing; make haste but don't hurry. I don't think of myself as a poet. Some day I may actually deserve the moniker of "poet" but that day won't be anytime soon.
The Nostradamus Effect?
Ah yes on me mum's side we had the McNeals
Many stories I sure about the clan
interesting to know what great granddad did
before the slavery ban
It seems that he ran a slave ship
sending them in the triangular trade
part of haunting commerce
in which nice profits were indeed made
Mom's accounts have him marrying a Native American
have to check on what specific tribe
settling in Texas I am certain
even there faced some bumpy rides
Grandma was one of those who could mix
she was light enough to pass...
Many stories I sure about the clan
interesting to know what great granddad did
before the slavery ban
It seems that he ran a slave ship
sending them in the triangular trade
part of haunting commerce
in which nice profits were indeed made
Mom's accounts have him marrying a Native American
have to check on what specific tribe
settling in Texas I am certain
even there faced some bumpy rides
Grandma was one of those who could mix
she was light enough to pass...
617 reads
2 Comments
Not To Be
She's the lady and red
I know its already been done
but still I must write
give my pen to a poetic run
The dress fits so nicely
accents all the curves
also has and influence
on the calmness of my nerves!
A nice bounce to her walk
appears to be in pumps
she gets a bit closer
in my throat must be a lump
My words sounded silly I am sure
never could turn a quick phrase
and yet still she is smiling
was it something in the gaze
Ah yes the drinks
she orders not one but two
still in my head ...
I know its already been done
but still I must write
give my pen to a poetic run
The dress fits so nicely
accents all the curves
also has and influence
on the calmness of my nerves!
A nice bounce to her walk
appears to be in pumps
she gets a bit closer
in my throat must be a lump
My words sounded silly I am sure
never could turn a quick phrase
and yet still she is smiling
was it something in the gaze
Ah yes the drinks
she orders not one but two
still in my head ...
586 reads
6 Comments
Something Was Done Right With Creation!
Asian pride can not be denied
with that lady by your side
who would ever want to hide
The Dutch lass
has such sass
if you aren't careful she will kick your a___
A Latina cutie with tan of the skin
admit it fellas you want to get in
not to complain even if it is a sin
Paul talked about Russians, "Back In The USSR"
must have been nice to be czar
night after night you knew who was the real star
Africa the continent oh what beauty all around
that ebony goddess can be easily found
so many...
with that lady by your side
who would ever want to hide
The Dutch lass
has such sass
if you aren't careful she will kick your a___
A Latina cutie with tan of the skin
admit it fellas you want to get in
not to complain even if it is a sin
Paul talked about Russians, "Back In The USSR"
must have been nice to be czar
night after night you knew who was the real star
Africa the continent oh what beauty all around
that ebony goddess can be easily found
so many...
635 reads
8 Comments
Way Of The World
Before you throw this year away
recalling all the strife and gloom
one thing that I must say
I hope you can find the room
For my brother who feels left out
like dark days are all he's got
and the life he is working is all wrong
going against all he was well taught
The sister who still feels
the pangs of discrimination
over one hundred years since Civil War
yet still feels like a plantation
Or anyone who has lost so much
and no one wants to get real
please don't doubt my sincere sentiment ...
recalling all the strife and gloom
one thing that I must say
I hope you can find the room
For my brother who feels left out
like dark days are all he's got
and the life he is working is all wrong
going against all he was well taught
The sister who still feels
the pangs of discrimination
over one hundred years since Civil War
yet still feels like a plantation
Or anyone who has lost so much
and no one wants to get real
please don't doubt my sincere sentiment ...
580 reads
8 Comments
The Giving Mood
You have your eye on the daddy
he is staring back at you
will he succeed in seduction
now what are you going to do?
Danced together and enjoyed it
almost spilled words of intimacy from your lip
must of have been in that moment
when felt the awakening of his tip
As the cologne that he wore
triggered pleasure's instinct
you drew a bit closer
planned to leave him at the brink?
Well he must be intrigued
bartender says he sent that drink
what is on your mind
and just as fast as you blink
He is sitting beside you...
he is staring back at you
will he succeed in seduction
now what are you going to do?
Danced together and enjoyed it
almost spilled words of intimacy from your lip
must of have been in that moment
when felt the awakening of his tip
As the cologne that he wore
triggered pleasure's instinct
you drew a bit closer
planned to leave him at the brink?
Well he must be intrigued
bartender says he sent that drink
what is on your mind
and just as fast as you blink
He is sitting beside you...
719 reads
6 Comments
The Enemy Within
Not preaching gun control
Legislate
Triangulate
not on my plate!
It comes down to violence
various shapes and forms
we embrace it so
it is the new norm
We cringe at the loss of little ones
then wish the head of state an untimely demise
so thrilled when a service person makes it home
applaud leaders to make taking a foreign life
computerized
Again not advocating one hundred new laws
but dang is it really true
states make it easier to buy a firearm
then to vote
are we...
Legislate
Triangulate
not on my plate!
It comes down to violence
various shapes and forms
we embrace it so
it is the new norm
We cringe at the loss of little ones
then wish the head of state an untimely demise
so thrilled when a service person makes it home
applaud leaders to make taking a foreign life
computerized
Again not advocating one hundred new laws
but dang is it really true
states make it easier to buy a firearm
then to vote
are we...
685 reads
6 Comments
Dirty Deeds (Not about AC/DC!)
1434 reads
13 Comments
The Plight Of A Would Be Hallmark Card Writer
As much as I might want to fuck you
Just that word would be quite unfair
For you thinking I don't value your essence
Much more then maybe is fair
Silly it may seem to attach serious meaning
To a pairing which is now so remote
Not content would I be in knowing
An one-night stand was all we wrote
I admit I am not the world's greatest
In romantic display and the like
Certain I am that my deeds are sincere
A treasure in just holding you tight
For if I knew not of your beauty
Which graces the start of each day
In...
Just that word would be quite unfair
For you thinking I don't value your essence
Much more then maybe is fair
Silly it may seem to attach serious meaning
To a pairing which is now so remote
Not content would I be in knowing
An one-night stand was all we wrote
I admit I am not the world's greatest
In romantic display and the like
Certain I am that my deeds are sincere
A treasure in just holding you tight
For if I knew not of your beauty
Which graces the start of each day
In...
689 reads
4 Comments
In The Empty Garden
What happened here
As the New York sunset disappeared
I found an empty garden among the flagstones there
Who lived here
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop
And now it all looks strange
It's funny how one insect can damage so much grain"
He wrote songs that filled my youth
even though his band was gone
two years after my birth
made me laugh, made me cry
and made me realize what life was worth
Admired the way he walked away
from the trappings of being a rock...
As the New York sunset disappeared
I found an empty garden among the flagstones there
Who lived here
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop
And now it all looks strange
It's funny how one insect can damage so much grain"
He wrote songs that filled my youth
even though his band was gone
two years after my birth
made me laugh, made me cry
and made me realize what life was worth
Admired the way he walked away
from the trappings of being a rock...
731 reads
6 Comments
Conformity
I have tried to work within parameters
set forth in competitions on our site
but no matter my effort
I can never get it right
My words seem so contrived
like I was applying as a Hallmark man
creating a pithy phrase
for what the occasion demands
All praise to the trophy winners
you see them on the profile pages
embolden by competitive juices
masterpieces for the ages
But my muse has problems with structure
counting syllables and such
the end result I am afraid
is just a bunch of mush ...
set forth in competitions on our site
but no matter my effort
I can never get it right
My words seem so contrived
like I was applying as a Hallmark man
creating a pithy phrase
for what the occasion demands
All praise to the trophy winners
you see them on the profile pages
embolden by competitive juices
masterpieces for the ages
But my muse has problems with structure
counting syllables and such
the end result I am afraid
is just a bunch of mush ...
645 reads
2 Comments
No Games
1051 reads
7 Comments
Paths
The pulse, the beat, the throb
it suggests life and represents the hope
while still beating human experience
can be found
Decisions, choices, contemplation
rational/irrational processing
ways to respond
supposedly make humans a higher species
So a pulse runs through our veins we are alive
that beat, the harmonic of heart that permeates all
the throb that in an animal state sums up desire
Decisions small and large from a shirt to a bomb
choices as to which path to chose, which connection to lose
what is the...
it suggests life and represents the hope
while still beating human experience
can be found
Decisions, choices, contemplation
rational/irrational processing
ways to respond
supposedly make humans a higher species
So a pulse runs through our veins we are alive
that beat, the harmonic of heart that permeates all
the throb that in an animal state sums up desire
Decisions small and large from a shirt to a bomb
choices as to which path to chose, which connection to lose
what is the...
653 reads
4 Comments
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