Submissions by Josh (Joshua Bond)
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)
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
16th Jun 2021 11:49pm
16th Jun 2021 11:49pm
Gogyoshi Poem, Nr.15 — Tech Disbelief
The young guy giving the TED talk
half my age and dangerously naïve
believed the latest tech would save the world.
I can tell him there’s nothing wrong with technology
except when, like religion, people believe in it.
half my age and dangerously naïve
believed the latest tech would save the world.
I can tell him there’s nothing wrong with technology
except when, like religion, people believe in it.
#technology
#environment
#religion
#TruthOfLife
#philosophical
51 reads
10 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th May 2021 3:42pm
10th May 2021 3:42pm
Woke (an extended villanelle)
#politics
#PowerOfWords
#philosophical
132 reads
7 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Apr 2021 10:30pm
9th Apr 2021 10:30pm
What Einstein Said (a villanelle)
#rhyming
#TruthOfLife
#historical
164 reads
16 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Mar 2021 9:29am
23rd Mar 2021 9:29am
The Job
#dreams
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry #NaPoWriMo2021
#WritingPoetry #NaPoWriMo2021
190 reads
11 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
14th Mar 2021 10:17pm
14th Mar 2021 10:17pm
Sixty Seconds of Spring
#inspirational
#flowers
#spring #uplifting
#spring #uplifting
196 reads
12 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
8th Mar 2021 10:20pm
8th Mar 2021 10:20pm
Booked
The Book of Heroic Failures
lists people
who believe they did;
The Heroic Book of Failures
canonises people
who believe they didn’t.
lists people
who believe they did;
The Heroic Book of Failures
canonises people
who believe they didn’t.
#technology
#TruthOfLife
#historical #philosophical
#historical #philosophical
117 reads
12 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Mar 2021 9:55pm
1st Mar 2021 9:55pm
Red Carpet
#anger
#politics
243 reads
23 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
22nd Feb 2021 10:35pm
22nd Feb 2021 10:35pm
Gogyoshi Poem, Nr.14 — Evening Togetherness
We were lost in different novels
experiencing parallel universes
when I asked Jeeves to make us a pot of tea;
the cat snorted, so I got up and made it myself — and all
in the same room under the same moon.
experiencing parallel universes
when I asked Jeeves to make us a pot of tea;
the cat snorted, so I got up and made it myself — and all
in the same room under the same moon.
#marriage
#home
#cats
130 reads
21 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Feb 2021 9:10pm
15th Feb 2021 9:10pm
Gogyoshi Poem, Nr.13 — Back-Up
so I said to Big Brother
Don’t bother watching me,
I’m practising mindfulness.
Big Brother replied I’ll keep watching
just in case you lapse.
Don’t bother watching me,
I’m practising mindfulness.
Big Brother replied I’ll keep watching
just in case you lapse.
#politics
#TruthOfLife
#rebellion
124 reads
15 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Feb 2021 9:40pm
10th Feb 2021 9:40pm
Gogyoshi Poem, Nr.12 — Planet of the Apeshits
I fear for the day when animals treat humans
like humans treat animals — cooped up in confined spaces,
fed body-altering GM food, injected with hormones,
chlorinated fluorided drinking water, harvested for body-parts,
experimental herd vaccinations … etc, … etc, …
like humans treat animals — cooped up in confined spaces,
fed body-altering GM food, injected with hormones,
chlorinated fluorided drinking water, harvested for body-parts,
experimental herd vaccinations … etc, … etc, …
#science
#animals
#nature
#food
#humankind
138 reads
17 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Feb 2021 8:10pm
6th Feb 2021 8:10pm
Gogyoshi Poem, Nr.11 — Wheel of Unfortune
He had a reluctant extra job
as an occasional hired assassin and she reluctantly
worked boring long hours on a production line in the local bullet factory.
They did it, honourably, to help their kids through college,
just as their own parents had done.
as an occasional hired assassin and she reluctantly
worked boring long hours on a production line in the local bullet factory.
They did it, honourably, to help their kids through college,
just as their own parents had done.
#parent
#family
#philosophical
126 reads
14 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Feb 2021 11:34pm
2nd Feb 2021 11:34pm
From The Same Seed
HOW A SLIPPERY SLOPE OF LANGUAGE DETERMINED THE DIVERGENT CAREER PATHS OF TWO POETS
COMMON INTEREST……………CAREER PATH A………...CAREER PATH B
POETRY………..…………………......Poet A………………..............Poet B
Aesthetics…………………………....artiste…………………….........artist
Language…………………………......word-smith……………….....scholar
Ideas………………………………........free-thinker………………....original thinker
Difference…………………………....eccentric………………….......sceptic
Going against the flow………….non-conformist…………....individualist ...
COMMON INTEREST……………CAREER PATH A………...CAREER PATH B
POETRY………..…………………......Poet A………………..............Poet B
Aesthetics…………………………....artiste…………………….........artist
Language…………………………......word-smith……………….....scholar
Ideas………………………………........free-thinker………………....original thinker
Difference…………………………....eccentric………………….......sceptic
Going against the flow………….non-conformist…………....individualist ...
#identity
#WritingPoetry
161 reads
19 Comments
DU Poetry : Submissions by Josh (Joshua Bond)
