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.
SELF POEM
Published
5th Dec 2011 9:35am
5th Dec 2011 9:35am
Sorry dad
I tried to follow the path you prescribed
Making my way in the world
But found myself to be lacking
Not wise in the accumulation of wealth
To the degree that you displayed
Even when your life was at it's end
A bit more mother's child
Who picked the wrong genes to send?
You never quite got through law school
The small blessing
Is I am here instead
For that lady's ultimatum guided one decision
No regret ever entered your head?
For if so it was never spoken
By friend or family I can relate
Just approval of your dearly...
Making my way in the world
But found myself to be lacking
Not wise in the accumulation of wealth
To the degree that you displayed
Even when your life was at it's end
A bit more mother's child
Who picked the wrong genes to send?
You never quite got through law school
The small blessing
Is I am here instead
For that lady's ultimatum guided one decision
No regret ever entered your head?
For if so it was never spoken
By friend or family I can relate
Just approval of your dearly...
717 reads
2 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
4th Dec 2011 1:21pm
4th Dec 2011 1:21pm
Ending the year
I want to wish you the best
As we wind up another year
Yes sincerely I offer you love
And the best of holiday cheer
For me this last year was a challenge
Many obstacles and road blocks around
At times felt so unprepared
Thinking I needed to get out of town
Yet drawing strength in at least knowing
That if even briefly your attention was there
Such a lovely creature and inspiring
So much attraction you may be unaware
That thoughts wash over me maybe indulgence
To plow you and be inside
Asking for that special embrace...
As we wind up another year
Yes sincerely I offer you love
And the best of holiday cheer
For me this last year was a challenge
Many obstacles and road blocks around
At times felt so unprepared
Thinking I needed to get out of town
Yet drawing strength in at least knowing
That if even briefly your attention was there
Such a lovely creature and inspiring
So much attraction you may be unaware
That thoughts wash over me maybe indulgence
To plow you and be inside
Asking for that special embrace...
1109 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
4th Dec 2011 12:43pm
4th Dec 2011 12:43pm
Bigger then me
Consulting every book in the house
I was looking for answers not easily seen
Swirling conflict does over take me
Modern life of what does it mean?
No solace can I find in words of well wishers
On a journey solitary to a great extent
Rambling, off target, or self-serving
As if others can do no more then vent
For as immortal truths go
Another dandy has found it's place in my head
That the wisdom and comfort I look for
Requires a different viewpoint, even one that I dread
For it easy when we administered to others
Pointing out...
I was looking for answers not easily seen
Swirling conflict does over take me
Modern life of what does it mean?
No solace can I find in words of well wishers
On a journey solitary to a great extent
Rambling, off target, or self-serving
As if others can do no more then vent
For as immortal truths go
Another dandy has found it's place in my head
That the wisdom and comfort I look for
Requires a different viewpoint, even one that I dread
For it easy when we administered to others
Pointing out...
723 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Dec 2011 10:34pm
3rd Dec 2011 10:34pm
One brother's letter
Tired of the slander,
Sick of games
Can we study war no more
Give not brother Jackson
Another reason to write
Who do we really fight these wars for?
The most precious treasure isn't
Colored silver, gold, or black
With no feeling or thought to be shared
Not needed blowing tops off of mountains
Or pollutants that so foul the air
My brother who seeks Allah
Does he not also cry and ache
When his child is mercilessly gunned down
Protesting being removed from a homeland
Borders manufactured and imposed by a crown
In...
Sick of games
Can we study war no more
Give not brother Jackson
Another reason to write
Who do we really fight these wars for?
The most precious treasure isn't
Colored silver, gold, or black
With no feeling or thought to be shared
Not needed blowing tops off of mountains
Or pollutants that so foul the air
My brother who seeks Allah
Does he not also cry and ache
When his child is mercilessly gunned down
Protesting being removed from a homeland
Borders manufactured and imposed by a crown
In...
763 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
29th Nov 2011 4:48am
29th Nov 2011 4:48am
I want to Fly but...
When I want to fly she makes me crawl
Try to run instead a stall
Over anxious to engage every sense
Full throttled passion
She switches into the slow lane
Control that I lack
Immediate release has to be tamed
And the another day when I slowly arise
A torrent she offers
So intense I fear I might capsize
The evidence of the mess
Can be found in what you now read
Meter not consistent
Your forgiveness is what I plead
But perhaps upon reflection
Or even one person's faint praise
I will learn from my history...
Try to run instead a stall
Over anxious to engage every sense
Full throttled passion
She switches into the slow lane
Control that I lack
Immediate release has to be tamed
And the another day when I slowly arise
A torrent she offers
So intense I fear I might capsize
The evidence of the mess
Can be found in what you now read
Meter not consistent
Your forgiveness is what I plead
But perhaps upon reflection
Or even one person's faint praise
I will learn from my history...
769 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
26th Nov 2011 1:43am
26th Nov 2011 1:43am
The Night
Stars were shining and out
Made my way home for another quiet pout
Walked by like a breeze
Those heels caught me in a tease
Mind racing what should I say
For she probably gets comments everyday
I guess as long it's sincere
What really do I have to fear?
So I smile and made my way
What my words didn't the body did say
She seemed amused and did even smile
We sat with tea and talked for awhile
Found her oh so charming and the sun went down
Maybe something splendid to be found
Same love of music and although I...
Made my way home for another quiet pout
Walked by like a breeze
Those heels caught me in a tease
Mind racing what should I say
For she probably gets comments everyday
I guess as long it's sincere
What really do I have to fear?
So I smile and made my way
What my words didn't the body did say
She seemed amused and did even smile
We sat with tea and talked for awhile
Found her oh so charming and the sun went down
Maybe something splendid to be found
Same love of music and although I...
763 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Nov 2011 7:34pm
5th Nov 2011 7:34pm
Calling all stations
Sos in distress
Clearing out the wilderness
Go on with living
Do what you do
Cause I will never find another you
Four hundred days bring all the wine
Tonight is the night we can shine
Faded away is all the swine
Now we are in our real prime
Taking a moment in finding love
Rejecting that it is from above
I like the colors of your gloves
See the swan fly next to the dove
Clearing out the wilderness
Go on with living
Do what you do
Cause I will never find another you
Four hundred days bring all the wine
Tonight is the night we can shine
Faded away is all the swine
Now we are in our real prime
Taking a moment in finding love
Rejecting that it is from above
I like the colors of your gloves
See the swan fly next to the dove
684 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
30th Oct 2011 7:36am
30th Oct 2011 7:36am
Wasted
The last five years have been a bust
Of that I am very sure
For it seems depression is all that lurks
Sometimes I wonder if I will endure
For when I moved I was so full of hope
Graduate school, and advanced degree
Like McCartney's song Yesterday
I seem to have no cure
Volunteer for this volunteer for that
Always for anything but pay
Still debt so grows and my ignorance
No nothing I really can say
At least in California I had a job
If not completely sparked with joy
No it seems help from the state is my fate
Wind me up...
Of that I am very sure
For it seems depression is all that lurks
Sometimes I wonder if I will endure
For when I moved I was so full of hope
Graduate school, and advanced degree
Like McCartney's song Yesterday
I seem to have no cure
Volunteer for this volunteer for that
Always for anything but pay
Still debt so grows and my ignorance
No nothing I really can say
At least in California I had a job
If not completely sparked with joy
No it seems help from the state is my fate
Wind me up...
779 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
26th Oct 2011 11:50am
26th Oct 2011 11:50am
Taught Me
Many things were learned in my time with her
I will confess in my own way
Though moments I didn't appreciate
The quality of all those days
A measure of control for my ardor wasn't always wanted
Rebuffed at points, reasons hard to explain
Seeking relief mutual climax not granted
As if a mere passing of two meandering trains
My perception was one of euphoria
For whenever she came by
Like Pavlov's dog I was so inclined
My thoughts on those curvy thighs
There were times when my attempts were encouraged
But more often something...
I will confess in my own way
Though moments I didn't appreciate
The quality of all those days
A measure of control for my ardor wasn't always wanted
Rebuffed at points, reasons hard to explain
Seeking relief mutual climax not granted
As if a mere passing of two meandering trains
My perception was one of euphoria
For whenever she came by
Like Pavlov's dog I was so inclined
My thoughts on those curvy thighs
There were times when my attempts were encouraged
But more often something...
792 reads
0 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
13th Oct 2011 3:03pm
13th Oct 2011 3:03pm
And Then
I was quite complacent in existence
A routine of every day
Rapture not the norm in my travels
And then I saw your face
The smile left me a loss for words
Concentration so hard to gather
On edge why I can't explain
All because I saw your face
Seductively you grace the floor
Your figure exciting my eyes
So needed to be close
Hoping again to see your face
The tones enhanced the body
Moving to and fro on cue
Had to adjust my position and view
Still wanting to see your face
To my disappointment...
A routine of every day
Rapture not the norm in my travels
And then I saw your face
The smile left me a loss for words
Concentration so hard to gather
On edge why I can't explain
All because I saw your face
Seductively you grace the floor
Your figure exciting my eyes
So needed to be close
Hoping again to see your face
The tones enhanced the body
Moving to and fro on cue
Had to adjust my position and view
Still wanting to see your face
To my disappointment...
784 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Oct 2011 10:34pm
6th Oct 2011 10:34pm
Obama in 2008
There don't seem to be words in summary
Of all the feelings that today has brought
The events that took place beforehand
Or history the many institutions have taught
For it seemed that these readings were one sided
Some topics that one never did see
Omitting what is a reality
That indeed freedom has never been free
I think back to the turbulent sixties
For much of that time I wasn't around
Or the last place in lived in California
The voices, the conversations, the sounds
The area that the family moved to
Fair to say there...
Of all the feelings that today has brought
The events that took place beforehand
Or history the many institutions have taught
For it seemed that these readings were one sided
Some topics that one never did see
Omitting what is a reality
That indeed freedom has never been free
I think back to the turbulent sixties
For much of that time I wasn't around
Or the last place in lived in California
The voices, the conversations, the sounds
The area that the family moved to
Fair to say there...
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0 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
4th Oct 2011 11:57pm
4th Oct 2011 11:57pm
Don't let it slip away
He raced up the driveway
Bolted past the door
Not even to say "hello"
To the dog he normally adored
Plopped the backpack by the bed frame
Sighed and then sat down
Looked for the controllers
Proceeded to show a frown
The room was oh so messy
As boys rooms can be
Clothes, articles, and knick knacks
Made it very hard to see
Alas discovered pay dirt
The game console was now free
"Yes" he said to himself
"What adventure awaits me"
This happened day after day then
Parents were a bit concerned ...
Bolted past the door
Not even to say "hello"
To the dog he normally adored
Plopped the backpack by the bed frame
Sighed and then sat down
Looked for the controllers
Proceeded to show a frown
The room was oh so messy
As boys rooms can be
Clothes, articles, and knick knacks
Made it very hard to see
Alas discovered pay dirt
The game console was now free
"Yes" he said to himself
"What adventure awaits me"
This happened day after day then
Parents were a bit concerned ...
883 reads
6 Comments
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