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.
What She Does
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Capitalism At Its' Best
That child there you see standing
that look and frown on his face
you are hoping the holes in the clothes
are just the style
As winter cheer grows ever near
The woman that looks sleep deprived
the composition frail like all she is
consists of bones
you are thinking she is on a diet
As winter cheer grows near
A beggar standing at the light
words like unkempt and grungy come to mind
tell yourself he is a con man
he will go home to a warm bed and meal
As winter cheer grows near
The child...
that look and frown on his face
you are hoping the holes in the clothes
are just the style
As winter cheer grows ever near
The woman that looks sleep deprived
the composition frail like all she is
consists of bones
you are thinking she is on a diet
As winter cheer grows near
A beggar standing at the light
words like unkempt and grungy come to mind
tell yourself he is a con man
he will go home to a warm bed and meal
As winter cheer grows near
The child...
650 reads
5 Comments
Well Is Just Not The Hole For Water!
1066 reads
4 Comments
Too Many Miles
"Distant Lover, Lover
Ooh ,So many miles away ooh heaven knows that I long for you
Every night,every night and sometimes i yearn through the day."
Yeah you had to leave with my heart barren like the Mojave Desert
so I thirst for that sweet rain
Drench me in your charms and kisses
come soothe this ever constant pain
Does my man Carlos need to break it down some more
the avenue of broken dreams chalked up another hit
Getting so good with us foolish lovers
all of the scares may not fit
tell the people:
"When you walked...
Ooh ,So many miles away ooh heaven knows that I long for you
Every night,every night and sometimes i yearn through the day."
Yeah you had to leave with my heart barren like the Mojave Desert
so I thirst for that sweet rain
Drench me in your charms and kisses
come soothe this ever constant pain
Does my man Carlos need to break it down some more
the avenue of broken dreams chalked up another hit
Getting so good with us foolish lovers
all of the scares may not fit
tell the people:
"When you walked...
959 reads
10 Comments
Earth's Cry---Hello Is The Anyone Listening?
Nature's cry a message to us all
will that be the true end
How our empire will fall?
"It's been too many years of taking now.
Isn't it time to stop somehow?
Air that's too angry to breathe, water our children can't drink
You've heard it hundreds of times
You say your aware, believe, and you care, but...
Do you care enough
Where's your conviction of the Heart?"
Great ones in the past have come and go
causes being human nature
appetites for control oh yes we do all know
This calamity in a way different
for though...
will that be the true end
How our empire will fall?
"It's been too many years of taking now.
Isn't it time to stop somehow?
Air that's too angry to breathe, water our children can't drink
You've heard it hundreds of times
You say your aware, believe, and you care, but...
Do you care enough
Where's your conviction of the Heart?"
Great ones in the past have come and go
causes being human nature
appetites for control oh yes we do all know
This calamity in a way different
for though...
762 reads
6 Comments
Wake Up---Morning Becomes Electric
1614 reads
11 Comments
Why Must I have A Heart?
Below the skin there are thorns around the heart
leave them there
a reminder of your art
How you pierced my common sense
left my wandering in the cold
Never in a million lifetimes
would I believe anyone could be so cold
"Foolish heart, hear me calling
stop before you start falling
Foolish heart heed my warning
you've been wrong before, don't be wrong anymore"
The valley of darkness is where I reside
stops all the light and lets me hide
Rapture in pain my consummate glee
grown accustomed to the anguish so let it...
leave them there
a reminder of your art
How you pierced my common sense
left my wandering in the cold
Never in a million lifetimes
would I believe anyone could be so cold
"Foolish heart, hear me calling
stop before you start falling
Foolish heart heed my warning
you've been wrong before, don't be wrong anymore"
The valley of darkness is where I reside
stops all the light and lets me hide
Rapture in pain my consummate glee
grown accustomed to the anguish so let it...
756 reads
10 Comments
Is it arriving by train or by bus?
As a younger man I couldn't deal with what I felt
holding up to the supreme I would always melt
Now I just bow down for there is no other way
just part of living and the price I pay
Love comes to town I'm gonna jump that train
When love comes to town I'm gonna catch that flame
Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down
But I did what I did before love came to town
First lover I met left a sour taste in the mouth
a challenge any responding she wanted to take south
Just feel fortunate I was luck in the breeze
down the road she...
holding up to the supreme I would always melt
Now I just bow down for there is no other way
just part of living and the price I pay
Love comes to town I'm gonna jump that train
When love comes to town I'm gonna catch that flame
Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down
But I did what I did before love came to town
First lover I met left a sour taste in the mouth
a challenge any responding she wanted to take south
Just feel fortunate I was luck in the breeze
down the road she...
586 reads
2 Comments
This Is Not America
Since the last time the country elected a president
my status has slightly changed
still to the left of most Americans
but no longer a Democrat in name
I say that only because I would like to think
I am able to be a bit objective with this view
for those who examine the political world
what I am saying is nothing new
The Republicans abandoned even Reagan
give him credit even if not liking his policies
he preached inclusion, a big tent theory
and could laugh with those he disagreed
The change may have been triggered with Atwater...
my status has slightly changed
still to the left of most Americans
but no longer a Democrat in name
I say that only because I would like to think
I am able to be a bit objective with this view
for those who examine the political world
what I am saying is nothing new
The Republicans abandoned even Reagan
give him credit even if not liking his policies
he preached inclusion, a big tent theory
and could laugh with those he disagreed
The change may have been triggered with Atwater...
720 reads
8 Comments
I Wish
I wish I had a better memory
so I could write and recite to you in bed
after you took me to heaven
and in the afterglow all thoughts enter my head
I wish I could really make you feel
even if for one night that you confirmed
one man could totally satisfy you
and monogamy is the fire that burned
I wish that as you were about to seduce him home
that your mind flowed to what we did
you accepted that I could fill the hunger
or so eloquently pop your lid
But the reality is unlike my parents' minds
able to recite from elementary to...
so I could write and recite to you in bed
after you took me to heaven
and in the afterglow all thoughts enter my head
I wish I could really make you feel
even if for one night that you confirmed
one man could totally satisfy you
and monogamy is the fire that burned
I wish that as you were about to seduce him home
that your mind flowed to what we did
you accepted that I could fill the hunger
or so eloquently pop your lid
But the reality is unlike my parents' minds
able to recite from elementary to...
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Handling Two
890 reads
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Where Are We Walking?
Hey, Mr. Dinosaur
you really couldn't ask for more
You're God's favorite creature
but you didn't have a future
When Sting talked about the things we have done
and all the perils from which we must run
Might tell us that we are anything but mild
god bless anyone who has a child
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
The man Henry David tried to explain
that it isn't all about the fame
If you have to play make it your own game
no burdens just...
you really couldn't ask for more
You're God's favorite creature
but you didn't have a future
When Sting talked about the things we have done
and all the perils from which we must run
Might tell us that we are anything but mild
god bless anyone who has a child
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
The man Henry David tried to explain
that it isn't all about the fame
If you have to play make it your own game
no burdens just...
555 reads
0 Comments
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