Submissions by Josh

POEMS AND SHORT STORIES

Poet Introduction I write mainly poetry for the inner journey. I also have a feisty side-line of writing poetic commentaries on the war industry and politics & culture. "When power corrupts, poetry cleanses" (JFK, Oct 1963)

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Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th May 2020 10:00pm

Gogyoshi Poem Nr.02 -- Suffer Not ...

Does not fire suffer burning heat,
the driven wind suffer unceasing toil,
water suffer continuous dilution
and earth suffer a spiked Paradise?
What then of humans?
 #identity   #humankind 
 #SelfReflection   #philosophical 
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Josh
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
14th May 2020 9:43pm

On Poetic Forms - 8 (Heroic Verse: Theory & Practice)

HEROIC VERSE - THE THEORY
    
(a)    Heroic Verse is quite a simple one    
(a)    ti-tum  ti-tum  ti-tum  ti-tum  ti-tum    
(b)    with five strong beats per line it’s quite a game    
(b)    to keep it running more-or-less the same.    
(c)    Five ‘feet’, iambic, some no doubt have noted    
(c)    can also make you famous and be quoted:    
(d)    “know then thyself, presume not God to scan    
(d)    the proper study of Mankind is Man”(1)    
(e)    those lines are writ by Alexander Pope    
(e)    a man who clearly...
 #WritingPoetry 
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Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th May 2020 9:26pm

Born Free

Born Free
 #children   #family   #politics   #rebellion   #fatherhood 
102 reads
19 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Apr 2020 11:46am

Whenever

Whenever
 #politics   #historical 
 #NaPoWriMo2020   #pandemic 
132 reads
19 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Mar 2020 11:01pm

Mrs Noah

Mrs Noah
 #relationships   #religion 
 #historical   #CarolAnnDuffy 
154 reads
17 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
5th Mar 2020 10:39pm

Gassing Beliefs at the Pedestrian Crossing

Gassing Beliefs at the Pedestrian Crossing
 #politics   #religion   #HumanRights   #historical   #YehudaAmichai 
151 reads
22 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
26th Feb 2020 11:00pm

Recalibration

Recalibration
 #conflict   #politics   #historical   #philosophical   #BillyCollins 
164 reads
16 Comments
Josh
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
14th Feb 2020 8:47am

I Promise ...

.. whatever I do
never to stand between you
and the rising sun.


 #wife   #marriage   #ILoveYou   #ValentinesDay   #haiku 
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222 reads
29 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Feb 2020 11:07pm

Dancing Queen

Dancing Queen
 #children   #family   #TruthOfLife   #evolution   #StevieSmith 
181 reads
32 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
30th Jan 2020 4:28pm

Simulator Failure

Simulator Failure
 #dark   #relationships   #betrayal   #technology   #philosophical 
230 reads
27 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Jan 2020 10:44pm

Too-Soon

Too-Soon
 #death   #spiritual 
 #TruthOfLife   #LouiseGluck 
279 reads
29 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Jan 2020 2:08pm

Crossed Wires

Crossed Wires
 #politics   #dialogue 
 #respect   #LangstonHughes 
184 reads
19 Comments
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