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
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
60 reads
23 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
12th Nov 2019 6:26pm
12th Nov 2019 6:26pm
King's Carousel
#ShortStory
#historical
87 reads
18 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
94 reads
22 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
5th Nov 2019 1:26pm
5th Nov 2019 1:26pm
Poet's Thanks
#identity
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry #SelfReflection
#WritingPoetry #SelfReflection
122 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
122 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
65 reads
12 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
30th Oct 2019 5:46pm
30th Oct 2019 5:46pm
Epilogue for the Heroic Journey
#mythology
#culture
#tradition
88 reads
12 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
30th Oct 2019 4:36pm
30th Oct 2019 4:36pm
Tales
And
dead men
tell no tales…
This is not true.
Returning as ghosts
they front the T.V News
telling a m a z i n g stories
which strangely people still believe
despite the much evidence
they are tales written by
the puppet-masters
who control them
from beyond
the grave-
yard.
dead men
tell no tales…
This is not true.
Returning as ghosts
they front the T.V News
telling a m a z i n g stories
which strangely people still believe
despite the much evidence
they are tales written by
the puppet-masters
who control them
from beyond
the grave-
yard.
#technology
#death
#graveyard
92 reads
16 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Oct 2019 10:44pm
20th Oct 2019 10:44pm
A Dizzy Transition from Golf to Sufi
Many months wondering why he had dizzy spells
had failed to yield an answer -
and to yearn for the out-of-reach wastes time
so he headed for the golf-course,
grass yellow due to water shortages. Teeing up
he mourned his lost youth; it seemed like
only yesterday he could carry his bag of clubs
no problem. Now with an electric trolley
and a gadget to tell him the yardage,
his father’s voice from yesteryear
telling him to ‘hit the ball yonder’ towards
an invisible pin seemed especially quaint. Never mind,
the approaching yuletide...
had failed to yield an answer -
and to yearn for the out-of-reach wastes time
so he headed for the golf-course,
grass yellow due to water shortages. Teeing up
he mourned his lost youth; it seemed like
only yesterday he could carry his bag of clubs
no problem. Now with an electric trolley
and a gadget to tell him the yardage,
his father’s voice from yesteryear
telling him to ‘hit the ball yonder’ towards
an invisible pin seemed especially quaint. Never mind,
the approaching yuletide...
#LifeChangingMoment
95 reads
24 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Oct 2019 11:47pm
18th Oct 2019 11:47pm
First Rain
#fall
#nature
165 reads
29 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
14th Oct 2019 3:44pm
14th Oct 2019 3:44pm
Family Acceptance
The children’s choices triggered his stress-point -
that familiar Xiphoid chest-pain
though deep down he knew he was just as crazy …
and crazy from a different perspective
can mean ‘truly alive’.
His own most prized possession?
A 3-masted Xebec model ship-in-a-bottle -
and his hobby interest in old-cameras
using throwaway Xenon flashlight bulbs
was legendary in the church.
Not surprisingly his two offspring,
expensively educated at Xaverian College in Manchester,
insisted on unusual careers: his daughter
fanatically playing...
that familiar Xiphoid chest-pain
though deep down he knew he was just as crazy …
and crazy from a different perspective
can mean ‘truly alive’.
His own most prized possession?
A 3-masted Xebec model ship-in-a-bottle -
and his hobby interest in old-cameras
using throwaway Xenon flashlight bulbs
was legendary in the church.
Not surprisingly his two offspring,
expensively educated at Xaverian College in Manchester,
insisted on unusual careers: his daughter
fanatically playing...
#children
#parent
#family #acceptance
#family #acceptance
70 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
11th Oct 2019 9:24pm
11th Oct 2019 9:24pm
Long Love
On a rare occasion
attending a noisy crowded party
I lose sight of you
and my body instantly reacts, viscerally,
gut twisting into a gripped panic …
and then I see you across the room
chatting away -
suddenly you glance in my direction
and I wave back, as if to a friend.
Momentarily you look at me quizzically,
then smile.
attending a noisy crowded party
I lose sight of you
and my body instantly reacts, viscerally,
gut twisting into a gripped panic …
and then I see you across the room
chatting away -
suddenly you glance in my direction
and I wave back, as if to a friend.
Momentarily you look at me quizzically,
then smile.
#marriage
#ILoveYou
160 reads
26 Comments
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