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)
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Jan 2020 10:44pm
17th Jan 2020 10:44pm
Too-Soon
#death
#spiritual
#TruthOfLife #LouiseGluck
#TruthOfLife #LouiseGluck
104 reads
24 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Jan 2020 2:08pm
15th Jan 2020 2:08pm
Crossed Wires
#politics
#dialogue
#respect #LangstonHughes
#respect #LangstonHughes
80 reads
19 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
10th Jan 2020 9:00pm
10th Jan 2020 9:00pm
The Story of the Word "Alpha"
The word Alpha was probably introduced when Britannia was part of the Roman Empire (43-410 AD). Latin native speakers came over from the continent and added their words to the mix of Anglo-Saxon and Celtic languages.
Alpha was the first letter of the Latin alphabet. The Romans took it from the Greeks, who must have learned it from the Phoenicians (Greek name for Canaanites) while trading with them across the Mediterranean (Phoenicia/Canaan is roughly current-day Lebanon).
The Canaanites are credited with the invention of the ancestor of our current...
Alpha was the first letter of the Latin alphabet. The Romans took it from the Greeks, who must have learned it from the Phoenicians (Greek name for Canaanites) while trading with them across the Mediterranean (Phoenicia/Canaan is roughly current-day Lebanon).
The Canaanites are credited with the invention of the ancestor of our current...
#evolution
#PowerOfWords
92 reads
25 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
8th Jan 2020 6:12pm
8th Jan 2020 6:12pm
Jack the Buffalo
#death
#animals
#rhyming
#TruthOfLife
#evolution
85 reads
20 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th Dec 2019 11:39pm
16th Dec 2019 11:39pm
A Life Together (part-2)
She
brought up tri-lingual in a foreign land
spoke seven languages
and simultaneously translated other people’s dreams …
He
brought up in strange boarding schools
refined rough nuts and bolts
‘till they resembled acupuncture needles …
When they met (aged 40 and 41)
they slowly left behind
the nightmare shadows
of wars and missionaries
and wove gold
clothing themselves in creative possibilities,
establishing a new home
formed by two people looking in the same direction
...
brought up tri-lingual in a foreign land
spoke seven languages
and simultaneously translated other people’s dreams …
He
brought up in strange boarding schools
refined rough nuts and bolts
‘till they resembled acupuncture needles …
When they met (aged 40 and 41)
they slowly left behind
the nightmare shadows
of wars and missionaries
and wove gold
clothing themselves in creative possibilities,
establishing a new home
formed by two people looking in the same direction
...
#love
#wife
#husband
#relationships
#marriage
120 reads
21 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Dec 2019 9:32pm
2nd Dec 2019 9:32pm
Bureaucrat (a villanelle)
#TruthOfLife
101 reads
26 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Nov 2019 8:31pm
19th Nov 2019 8:31pm
Explaining War to a 5-Year Old
The reason why we still have wars
is really quite a simple cause:
there’s loads of money to be made
by selling weapons - highest grade
but what should make us really pause
are terrible bad laws ...
the laws say simply it’s o.k
to kill some people any day
as long as we can make the case
they’re “enemies” - a different race
and when this label sticks on them
wars are started, once again.
is really quite a simple cause:
there’s loads of money to be made
by selling weapons - highest grade
but what should make us really pause
are terrible bad laws ...
the laws say simply it’s o.k
to kill some people any day
as long as we can make the case
they’re “enemies” - a different race
and when this label sticks on them
wars are started, once again.
#politics
#war
#peace
#money
#greed
162 reads
23 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
12th Nov 2019 6:26pm
12th Nov 2019 6:26pm
King's Carousel
#ShortStory
#historical
169 reads
21 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Nov 2019 10:16pm
9th Nov 2019 10:16pm
On Writing A Poem During An Autumnal Evening
#LifeAsAWriter
#TruthOfLife
#WritingPoetry
141 reads
24 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
5th Nov 2019 1:26pm
5th Nov 2019 1:26pm
Poet's Thanks
#identity
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry #SelfReflection
#WritingPoetry #SelfReflection
186 reads
26 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Nov 2019 1:54pm
1st Nov 2019 1:54pm
A Stretched Limerick
The road to hell is paved with good intentions …”
that’s why ‘the good’ precipitate detentions
for worshiping the idol
makes people fratricidal --
I know it’s old but thought it worth a mention.
that’s why ‘the good’ precipitate detentions
for worshiping the idol
makes people fratricidal --
I know it’s old but thought it worth a mention.
#corruption
#religion
#HumanRights
#philosophical
#morality
195 reads
13 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
31st Oct 2019 11:07pm
31st Oct 2019 11:07pm
Five Limericks (set-1)
Dysfunctional Laws
Increasingly laws of dysfunction
are lacking in common-sense gumption
and foisted all over
by tyranny’s gofers
muck-spreading distorted assumptions.
Panned
The poet was panned by the critics
their comments abstruse and enclitic
for those who have failed
what artists have nailed
leave legacies rank and mephitic
Climate Change Solution
When climates are veering climactic
solutions are always galactic:
co-operate now
with Nature’s know-how …
it’s always the best...
Increasingly laws of dysfunction
are lacking in common-sense gumption
and foisted all over
by tyranny’s gofers
muck-spreading distorted assumptions.
Panned
The poet was panned by the critics
their comments abstruse and enclitic
for those who have failed
what artists have nailed
leave legacies rank and mephitic
Climate Change Solution
When climates are veering climactic
solutions are always galactic:
co-operate now
with Nature’s know-how …
it’s always the best...
#politics
#environment
#nature
#religion
#LifeAsAWriter
124 reads
12 Comments
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