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)
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
26th Sep 2020 10:20pm
26th Sep 2020 10:20pm
Gogyoshi Poem, Nr.08 — For Sale by Auction
Modest star on desirable edge of Milky Way Galaxy.
Comes with eight main & five dwarf planets, boasting 184 moons,
plus numerous asteroid outbuildings. Sitting tenants on Planet-3, Earth —
currently in lock- and melt-down. Ripe for redevelopment,
(subject to the usual planning perditions). Apply: Stratos & Suns.
Comes with eight main & five dwarf planets, boasting 184 moons,
plus numerous asteroid outbuildings. Sitting tenants on Planet-3, Earth —
currently in lock- and melt-down. Ripe for redevelopment,
(subject to the usual planning perditions). Apply: Stratos & Suns.
#earth
#universe
#scifi #pandemic
#scifi #pandemic
71 reads
20 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Sep 2020 9:41pm
20th Sep 2020 9:41pm
Beautiful Planet
#hope
#politics
#earth
#religion
#aliens
94 reads
21 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Sep 2020 11:25pm
15th Sep 2020 11:25pm
Samhain, Then & Now
#technology
#ghosts
#historical
101 reads
19 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Sep 2020 6:43pm
9th Sep 2020 6:43pm
Social Distancing
#relationships
#politics
#science #pandemic
#science #pandemic
146 reads
23 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
30th Aug 2020 10:17pm
30th Aug 2020 10:17pm
Neglected Pause
I live in a neglected pause —
I think I just fell into it by mistake
so I made a case for ‘serendipity’ to add meaning;
“God’s Will” someone suggested, trying to be helpful.
Exploring the pause I found a stray dog without a bone —
how the hell did he get here?
But when I encountered pink carnations rocking on a rainbow
to The Doors’ Roadhouse Blues, I thought
wow, weird scenes inside a goldmine indeed,
I’ve stopped the clock — life is worth living after all.
I think I just fell into it by mistake
so I made a case for ‘serendipity’ to add meaning;
“God’s Will” someone suggested, trying to be helpful.
Exploring the pause I found a stray dog without a bone —
how the hell did he get here?
But when I encountered pink carnations rocking on a rainbow
to The Doors’ Roadhouse Blues, I thought
wow, weird scenes inside a goldmine indeed,
I’ve stopped the clock — life is worth living after all.
#teens
#music
#SelfReflection #historical
#SelfReflection #historical
95 reads
20 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Aug 2020 9:34pm
23rd Aug 2020 9:34pm
Gogyoshi Poem, Nr.06 — A Drop of Logic
In cartoons
if you run over the edge of a cliff
you will not fall until you notice your mistake
therefore it is best not to notice mistakes
since cartoons are never wrong.
if you run over the edge of a cliff
you will not fall until you notice your mistake
therefore it is best not to notice mistakes
since cartoons are never wrong.
#funny
#TruthOfLife
#philosophical
100 reads
25 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Aug 2020 11:56pm
15th Aug 2020 11:56pm
Evelyn
My maternal grand-mother, Evelyn Woodward,
born 1888, lived through
the arrival of cars, radio & TV, manned flight
two world wars, loss of the family business
in the Liverpool blitz
the moon-landings and arrival of computers;
always treated by a homeopathic doctor,
but blind for the last 30 years of her life,
she looked after her younger spinster sisters
and died in 1984
with 96 years of astonishment on her face
that she was still alive.
born 1888, lived through
the arrival of cars, radio & TV, manned flight
two world wars, loss of the family business
in the Liverpool blitz
the moon-landings and arrival of computers;
always treated by a homeopathic doctor,
but blind for the last 30 years of her life,
she looked after her younger spinster sisters
and died in 1984
with 96 years of astonishment on her face
that she was still alive.
#strength
#family
#power
#inspirational
#determination
82 reads
15 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
15th Aug 2020 11:29pm
15th Aug 2020 11:29pm
Gogyoshi Poem, Nr.05 — Feigning Sane
Some poets, like Ezra Pound,
pretend to be mad in order to avoid the charge of treason.
Me? I pretend to be sane …
paying bills … dressing as expected …
… squashing inspiration into confined spaces.
pretend to be mad in order to avoid the charge of treason.
Me? I pretend to be sane …
paying bills … dressing as expected …
… squashing inspiration into confined spaces.
#identity
#WritingPoetry
#SelfWorth
98 reads
24 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Jul 2020 1:44pm
28th Jul 2020 1:44pm
Gogyoshi Poem, Nr.04 — Cold Wind Blows Hot
A split in the winter curtain
where wind slips in from ill-fitting windows
rustling papers, lifting corners of writing-pads
scribing archetypal messages:
despite your technologies, I am here to stay.
where wind slips in from ill-fitting windows
rustling papers, lifting corners of writing-pads
scribing archetypal messages:
despite your technologies, I am here to stay.
#technology
#nature
#evolution
#philosophical
#TedHughes
108 reads
9 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Jul 2020 10:24pm
23rd Jul 2020 10:24pm
Gogyoshi Poem, Nr.03 — Undiscovered Roses
Star petals litter the ground
like exhausted angels and homeless people,
their avant-garde beauty reduced
to the boiled purity of an impassioned plea:
don’t cut me with anything less than perfect.
like exhausted angels and homeless people,
their avant-garde beauty reduced
to the boiled purity of an impassioned plea:
don’t cut me with anything less than perfect.
#dreams
#LifeStruggles
#HumanRights #EdnaStVincentMillay
#HumanRights #EdnaStVincentMillay
127 reads
6 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Jul 2020 11:22pm
19th Jul 2020 11:22pm
Anomaly
The War Industry:
linked to deaths time after time.
Never yet locked down.
linked to deaths time after time.
Never yet locked down.
#politics
#war
#haiku
#TruthOfLife
#pandemic
118 reads
12 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Jun 2020 9:25pm
25th Jun 2020 9:25pm
From Genesis to Current Affairs
#war
#religion
#humankind
#apocalypse
#historical
178 reads
18 Comments
DU Poetry : Submissions by Josh (Joshua Bond)
