Submissions by Kinkpoet
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I write from darker corners of my mind. 'Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.' —Cesar Cruz
SELF POEM
Published
17th Sep 2023 5:10pm
17th Sep 2023 5:10pm
Natural Harmony
can a single person
living alone
change the world?
i live alone
in harmony with nature
as much as possible
occasionally venturing
into nearby communities
where i share stories
about rainwater harvesting
permaculture
recusing recycling repurposing
about solar energy
gray water and
reducing carbon footprints
about living with
wild creatures rather than
trying to eliminate them
about the challenges
and joys of being connected
to the environment
...
living alone
change the world?
i live alone
in harmony with nature
as much as possible
occasionally venturing
into nearby communities
where i share stories
about rainwater harvesting
permaculture
recusing recycling repurposing
about solar energy
gray water and
reducing carbon footprints
about living with
wild creatures rather than
trying to eliminate them
about the challenges
and joys of being connected
to the environment
...
#loneliness
#environment
#nature
198 reads
2 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
16th Sep 2023 3:42pm
16th Sep 2023 3:42pm
Every Breath
what appears
as space
emptiness
is full of air
oxygen nitrogen
carbon dioxide
noble gases
water vapor
sometimes
bitter taste of ash
with each intake empty lungs fill
each inspiration
transformative
composition
different
on exhalation
less oxygen
more carbon dioxide
still air yet different
each breath
transforming us
and the atmosphere
as space
emptiness
is full of air
oxygen nitrogen
carbon dioxide
noble gases
water vapor
sometimes
bitter taste of ash
with each intake empty lungs fill
each inspiration
transformative
composition
different
on exhalation
less oxygen
more carbon dioxide
still air yet different
each breath
transforming us
and the atmosphere
#nature
#spiritual
#TruthOfLife #magic
#TruthOfLife #magic
185 reads
1 Comment
EROTIC POEM
Published
15th Sep 2023 3:37pm
15th Sep 2023 3:37pm
Twilight Creatures
beings of dawn and dusk
straddle borders between
one thing and another
not quite and almost
between boundaries
and shadows
massive daylight exists
between desires and choices
taking on discomfort and risk
accords immense power
stepping outside our comfort zone
by definition is uncomfortable
challenges
don’t mean we are bad or wrong
pushback simply means
we’ve stepped outside the norm
it is a test
© 2023 Raibeart Bruis
straddle borders between
one thing and another
not quite and almost
between boundaries
and shadows
massive daylight exists
between desires and choices
taking on discomfort and risk
accords immense power
stepping outside our comfort zone
by definition is uncomfortable
challenges
don’t mean we are bad or wrong
pushback simply means
we’ve stepped outside the norm
it is a test
© 2023 Raibeart Bruis
#LGBT
#BDSM
#spiritual #risk
#spiritual #risk
231 reads
3 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
15th Sep 2023 6:22am
15th Sep 2023 6:22am
Prepare To Live
if you prepare for everything
a sense of wonder can’t exist
prepared for the sunset
prepared for the moonrise
prepared for the alternate path
how do you prepare to hear a sonata
to experience shakespeare
to be surprised by spring tulips
prepared for everything
would wonder exist
thrill of the rollercoaster
chill of first snowfall
tenderness of first kiss
if there were
no obstacles no challenges
no losses no grief
no contrast
what a flat existence
that would...
a sense of wonder can’t exist
prepared for the sunset
prepared for the moonrise
prepared for the alternate path
how do you prepare to hear a sonata
to experience shakespeare
to be surprised by spring tulips
prepared for everything
would wonder exist
thrill of the rollercoaster
chill of first snowfall
tenderness of first kiss
if there were
no obstacles no challenges
no losses no grief
no contrast
what a flat existence
that would...
#LifeStruggles
#spiritual
164 reads
5 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
13th Sep 2023 8:15pm
13th Sep 2023 8:15pm
Wild Flowers
passionate poets
one "in your face” incendiary
the other
right there on the edge close as possible
without bursting into flames
there is chemistry or
perhaps alchemy or symbiosis
literary outlaws wallflowers
lurking hidden in plain sight
like desert flowers after monsoon rains
blossoming erupting obscenely vibrant
vocalizing opinions in ferocious bursts
pushing each other beyond perceived limits
generally individual unique
different as night and day
when stars align...
one "in your face” incendiary
the other
right there on the edge close as possible
without bursting into flames
there is chemistry or
perhaps alchemy or symbiosis
literary outlaws wallflowers
lurking hidden in plain sight
like desert flowers after monsoon rains
blossoming erupting obscenely vibrant
vocalizing opinions in ferocious bursts
pushing each other beyond perceived limits
generally individual unique
different as night and day
when stars align...
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
#passion
277 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
11th Sep 2023 5:17am
11th Sep 2023 5:17am
Dumb Love
passion’s poisoned quill
venom dripped on pale vellum
parchment
etched by romance
toxic elixir killing intellect murdering reason
excising common sense
insidious writers paralysis
profound prolific poet
struck dumb
© 2023 Raibeart Bruis
venom dripped on pale vellum
parchment
etched by romance
toxic elixir killing intellect murdering reason
excising common sense
insidious writers paralysis
profound prolific poet
struck dumb
© 2023 Raibeart Bruis
#WritersBlock
#WritingPoetry
#passion
223 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Sep 2023 8:55pm
10th Sep 2023 8:55pm
Artificial Intelligence?
#morality
141 reads
3 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
8th Sep 2023 4:05am
8th Sep 2023 4:05am
How To Make A Difference (or why it’s important to participate)
when i was a kid
grandma’s highest praise was
“you’re one in a million”
eight billion
humans now live
on planet earth
imagine
you’re invited
to a gathering
seven thousand
nine hundred and ninety nine
others are invited too
if you stay home
you’re
one in eight billion
(pretty puny)
get up shower
drive or get a ride and
you’re one in eight thousand
(still seems small)
but then you’re also
one in a million
(the apple of grandma’s eye) ...
grandma’s highest praise was
“you’re one in a million”
eight billion
humans now live
on planet earth
imagine
you’re invited
to a gathering
seven thousand
nine hundred and ninety nine
others are invited too
if you stay home
you’re
one in eight billion
(pretty puny)
get up shower
drive or get a ride and
you’re one in eight thousand
(still seems small)
but then you’re also
one in a million
(the apple of grandma’s eye) ...
#motivational
#LifeGoals
164 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Sep 2023 6:06pm
3rd Sep 2023 6:06pm
Break A Leg
he is foreground
she background
all else
temporary
furnishings
change periodically
details change
characters born living dying
children grow some stay
maintaining
others leave
returning later
as doctors lawyers
architects artists
some
leave forever
walls built
crumble with age
replaced by
newer bigger better
evolving eventually
into more rubble
birth growth
adaptation death
rare suffering
in...
she background
all else
temporary
furnishings
change periodically
details change
characters born living dying
children grow some stay
maintaining
others leave
returning later
as doctors lawyers
architects artists
some
leave forever
walls built
crumble with age
replaced by
newer bigger better
evolving eventually
into more rubble
birth growth
adaptation death
rare suffering
in...
#TruthOfLife
#historical
#philosophical
168 reads
2 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
2nd Sep 2023 6:47pm
2nd Sep 2023 6:47pm
Respite
last night
when we were young
crying all the tears we had
bleeding into each others wombs
resultant stains
relieving our pain
wondering
remain or go back
to the world
a world undeserving
of the beauty of us
allow no rain
upon our fire
© 2023 Raibeart Bruis
when we were young
crying all the tears we had
bleeding into each others wombs
resultant stains
relieving our pain
wondering
remain or go back
to the world
a world undeserving
of the beauty of us
allow no rain
upon our fire
© 2023 Raibeart Bruis
#TruthOfLife
#passion
154 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
1st Sep 2023 6:01pm
1st Sep 2023 6:01pm
Rewinding
am i that man
riding the dark carousel
as it spins backward
younger with each turn
past events clearer
with each revolution
twisting the telescope
focusing deeper
farther into my story
if i peer
deeply enough
will i see
the beginning
or the end
© 2023 Raibeart Bruis
riding the dark carousel
as it spins backward
younger with each turn
past events clearer
with each revolution
twisting the telescope
focusing deeper
farther into my story
if i peer
deeply enough
will i see
the beginning
or the end
© 2023 Raibeart Bruis
#aging
#MovingOn
#philosophical
190 reads
3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
1st Sep 2023 3:39am
1st Sep 2023 3:39am
Grandiloquently Succinct
rather than
eructating flatulent
incredibly insidious interrogatories
regurgitating
incalculably incendiary inaccuracies
expectorating
inexplicably injurious insults
explosively expressing
disenfranchising diarrheal discourse
why doesn’t he
just say “no!”
© 2023 Raibeart Bruis
eructating flatulent
incredibly insidious interrogatories
regurgitating
incalculably incendiary inaccuracies
expectorating
inexplicably injurious insults
explosively expressing
disenfranchising diarrheal discourse
why doesn’t he
just say “no!”
© 2023 Raibeart Bruis
#funny
#LifeAsAWriter
#PowerOfWords
179 reads
2 Comments
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