Submissions by JohnnyBlaze
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
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[2017] Destroy All Monsters
Woke up this morning feeling as though
I'd write a monsterpiece
today
lub
lub dub
Brewed myself a cup of mornin' Joe
Greeting sun, pushed curtains
away
lub
lub dub
On the water of my beachfront home
---a troubling roil of bubbling foam
lub dub
lub dub lub
Mouth ajar at what couldn't ever possibly
be...
I'd write a monsterpiece
today
lub
lub dub
Brewed myself a cup of mornin' Joe
Greeting sun, pushed curtains
away
lub
lub dub
On the water of my beachfront home
---a troubling roil of bubbling foam
lub dub
lub dub lub
Mouth ajar at what couldn't ever possibly
be...
792 reads
3 Comments
[ SK ] Round And Round
The grill of chrome smiles
as she nips heels
The odometer of your life
running out of miles
as you run short of breath
with little time to reflect
on whatever, if any
chain of cause and effect
Death!
continues accelerating
at an alarming rate;
fight or flight syndrome
geared into Overdrive
bringing you to this
philosophy of living
in...
as she nips heels
The odometer of your life
running out of miles
as you run short of breath
with little time to reflect
on whatever, if any
chain of cause and effect
Death!
continues accelerating
at an alarming rate;
fight or flight syndrome
geared into Overdrive
bringing you to this
philosophy of living
in...
#StephenKing
959 reads
15 Comments
[2017] In Rebuttal To The Not So Subtle And Overly Covert
It doesn't take much
beating around the bush
to oust the not so sly fox
from its ivory hidey-hole
without sacrificing poetitude
or leaving your readers
scratching their heads
wondering,
What in the name of
John Ashbery
are your prancing ponies
prattling on about?
There's a middle ground
It may not be the High Road
but at least
you don't have to
keep your hounds on
such a tight leash
...
beating around the bush
to oust the not so sly fox
from its ivory hidey-hole
without sacrificing poetitude
or leaving your readers
scratching their heads
wondering,
What in the name of
John Ashbery
are your prancing ponies
prattling on about?
There's a middle ground
It may not be the High Road
but at least
you don't have to
keep your hounds on
such a tight leash
...
697 reads
5 Comments
[ IEPT ] The Fraggle Rock Song They Didn't Want You To Hear
When you feel like misbehavin
and that need won't go away
just stroll over to my cave today
come right in
Knock Knock
get some Fraggle cock!
La la la la la
Lolla la la lolla la
La la la la la
Here in Fraggle Rock!
Warm to the touch
feels hard as stone
Pretty much jarred Mookie's pelvic bone
Don't bother calling me on the phone
Knock Knock
for some Fraggle cock!
Looks to be an ordinary sock you'd stuff
Guaranteed to rock your world...
and that need won't go away
just stroll over to my cave today
come right in
Knock Knock
get some Fraggle cock!
La la la la la
Lolla la la lolla la
La la la la la
Here in Fraggle Rock!
Warm to the touch
feels hard as stone
Pretty much jarred Mookie's pelvic bone
Don't bother calling me on the phone
Knock Knock
for some Fraggle cock!
Looks to be an ordinary sock you'd stuff
Guaranteed to rock your world...
799 reads
13 Comments
[ Bad Raps ] The Outlawed Rap They Didn't Want You To Hear
Hell's Bells, High Noon
---woke up in a saloon
staring down quadruple double barrels;
so many a half-assed, sawed off shotgun
Three years passed and until now
nobody's tried to drown me in a horse trough
Been in this town without incident
not a single solitary frown
except for perhaps a feller with his nonstop raps
--- bestsellers, real buttes, lemme tell ya
* cough * Meant to say, beauts
Sorry, Sonny --- I'm an illiterate, cantcha see?
Writin nuthin' more than poetry
appealing to...
---woke up in a saloon
staring down quadruple double barrels;
so many a half-assed, sawed off shotgun
Three years passed and until now
nobody's tried to drown me in a horse trough
Been in this town without incident
not a single solitary frown
except for perhaps a feller with his nonstop raps
--- bestsellers, real buttes, lemme tell ya
* cough * Meant to say, beauts
Sorry, Sonny --- I'm an illiterate, cantcha see?
Writin nuthin' more than poetry
appealing to...
603 reads
1 Comment
[ SK ] Shining
is what Grammy Halloran called the gift
more so inherited than graciously received
in any act of heartfelt giving;
wasn't just about being psychic in the head
fetching glimpses of fading faces
or hearing voices imprinted on
the material world;
more like interacting with the dead
in their continued living
never having truly
checked out
---some choosing to stay
indefinitely of their own accord
and by the average person, often
Overlooked...
more so inherited than graciously received
in any act of heartfelt giving;
wasn't just about being psychic in the head
fetching glimpses of fading faces
or hearing voices imprinted on
the material world;
more like interacting with the dead
in their continued living
never having truly
checked out
---some choosing to stay
indefinitely of their own accord
and by the average person, often
Overlooked...
#StephenKing
784 reads
4 Comments
[2017] Let It Out
More than
two-hundred twenty-five
poems in the span
of three months
I know you can---
you likewise have it in you
---I know you do
Having donated more
blood to literary society
lately than I can remember
writing, I am still living
proof that it will not kill
There's poetry aplenty
flowing throughout
your circulatory system;
one merely has to open
self up in various ways
but of them,
without a doubt
using a razor blade ...
two-hundred twenty-five
poems in the span
of three months
I know you can---
you likewise have it in you
---I know you do
Having donated more
blood to literary society
lately than I can remember
writing, I am still living
proof that it will not kill
There's poetry aplenty
flowing throughout
your circulatory system;
one merely has to open
self up in various ways
but of them,
without a doubt
using a razor blade ...
#suicide
#WritingPoetry
671 reads
1 Comment
[ On Poetry ] Random Acts Of Senseless Poetry
What doesn't kill us
makes us stronger
If that's true?
Your poetry will be responsible
for everyone living longer
As with every literary offense
you commit, your latest
couldn't make any less sense
Random acts of senseless poetry
not for me
makes us stronger
If that's true?
Your poetry will be responsible
for everyone living longer
As with every literary offense
you commit, your latest
couldn't make any less sense
Random acts of senseless poetry
not for me
685 reads
1 Comment
[2017] All is fair in Love and War
said the goose gandering through your door
before sitting in the bowl of batter
and shitting upon the mix
ready to bake
for the matter of you
having your cake
and eating it too
up until now
was unresolved
before sitting in the bowl of batter
and shitting upon the mix
ready to bake
for the matter of you
having your cake
and eating it too
up until now
was unresolved
645 reads
2 Comments
[ SN ] Pirate's Code
Being admin of an Internet
'stablishment is having
your very own pirate ship
You're the Captain
Anyone causing trouble
making life miserable for the crew
can be made to walk the plank
ANYONE
Should such a delinquint
try to climb back aboard---
blast the bejesus out of him
with your cannons
It's as simple as that
There's no democracy
or mutiny manifestos
in wall o text prose...
'stablishment is having
your very own pirate ship
You're the Captain
Anyone causing trouble
making life miserable for the crew
can be made to walk the plank
ANYONE
Should such a delinquint
try to climb back aboard---
blast the bejesus out of him
with your cannons
It's as simple as that
There's no democracy
or mutiny manifestos
in wall o text prose...
1124 reads
5 Comments
[2017] The Hypocrite's Oath
First, do no harm ...
to yourself
but you blame others, throwing
them under the bus, drawing
attention away from the same
actions you're guilty of
The logic in a hypocrite's mind
begins to uncoil; spooled
hate spills forth from space
inside it occupied where
there never was
room for real
Love
only venomous snakes
unraveling from a
Caduceus
to yourself
but you blame others, throwing
them under the bus, drawing
attention away from the same
actions you're guilty of
The logic in a hypocrite's mind
begins to uncoil; spooled
hate spills forth from space
inside it occupied where
there never was
room for real
Love
only venomous snakes
unraveling from a
Caduceus
702 reads
0 Comments
[ NaPo 2017 ] Good And Plenty
I am posting this late today because I was abducted by aliens yesterday.
29/30
[ NaPo 2017 ] Good And Plenty
Woot Wooooooooot!
ALL ABOARD!
Ahavati was the engineer
she had herself a perty swell idear
She thought NaPoWriMo sure sounded fun
It would be an awesome challenge for everyone
Johnny said,
Write poetry good and plenty
Johnny said,
Have great tall tales to tell
Johnny said,
Look what the Muses sent...
29/30
[ NaPo 2017 ] Good And Plenty
Woot Wooooooooot!
ALL ABOARD!
Ahavati was the engineer
she had herself a perty swell idear
She thought NaPoWriMo sure sounded fun
It would be an awesome challenge for everyone
Johnny said,
Write poetry good and plenty
Johnny said,
Have great tall tales to tell
Johnny said,
Look what the Muses sent...
#NaPoWriMo2017
756 reads
2 Comments
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