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
Personal Accountability
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#politics
#responsibility
30 reads
4 Comments
Compressed Carbon
diamonds are tears of guilt
shed by the privileged
for the impoverished.
shed by the privileged
for the impoverished.
#greed
#poverty
55 reads
3 Comments
Under Pressure
deadlines
silence the inner critic
opening windows to creation
© 2024 Raibeart Bruis
silence the inner critic
opening windows to creation
© 2024 Raibeart Bruis
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritersBlock
76 reads
3 Comments
Animal Instinct
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#passion
#seductive
#sensual
165 reads
4 Comments
Story Of My Life
when i tell you my story
there will be discrepancies
in my account.
don’t ask me
to verify my life
by giving you statistics.
that is like
using science
to validate religion,
robbing the world of mystery
and making me into a series of milestones
rather than a human being.
© 2024
there will be discrepancies
in my account.
don’t ask me
to verify my life
by giving you statistics.
that is like
using science
to validate religion,
robbing the world of mystery
and making me into a series of milestones
rather than a human being.
© 2024
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfWorth
113 reads
2 Comments
It’s There
there’s something out there,
you call it god i don’t,
but it’s there
everywhere.
teachers, prophets,
gurus, philosophers
try to explain
the unexplainable.
none of them right,
none of them wrong.
each of them
right and wrong.
there’s something out there
you call it god, i don’t.
something powerful, creative
power fully creative.
it’s there every where
but don’t forget,
there’s something in here,
something in here.
you call it god i don’t,
but it’s there
everywhere.
teachers, prophets,
gurus, philosophers
try to explain
the unexplainable.
none of them right,
none of them wrong.
each of them
right and wrong.
there’s something out there
you call it god, i don’t.
something powerful, creative
power fully creative.
it’s there every where
but don’t forget,
there’s something in here,
something in here.
#spiritual
116 reads
4 Comments
Fanciful Melody
vivid vocals
lyrical lyrics
invisible bells
ringing in silence
toes tapping
to nonexistent rhythms
humming along
with the band inside my head
lyrical lyrics
invisible bells
ringing in silence
toes tapping
to nonexistent rhythms
humming along
with the band inside my head
#dreams
#MentalHealth
#music
68 reads
6 Comments
Conversations With A Sick Nation
have homo sapiens
outgrown their youth?
have they outgrown their use?
when will they realize
everything they knew
was wrong?
what we call culture
an ongoing series of
failed experiments.
this too shall fail.
the present
is not permanent,
the future
an unguaranteed promise.
© 2024 Raibeart Bruis
outgrown their youth?
have they outgrown their use?
when will they realize
everything they knew
was wrong?
what we call culture
an ongoing series of
failed experiments.
this too shall fail.
the present
is not permanent,
the future
an unguaranteed promise.
© 2024 Raibeart Bruis
#CallToAction
#philosophical
96 reads
10 Comments
Running In Outer Space
do astronauts wonder
from where
their next meal will come
do astronauts wonder
if their children and grandchildren
will survive
there’s no people on the moon
yet we’re spending billions
to shoot rockets there
there are hungry people here
there are unhoused people here
there are uneducated people here
in the land of opportunity
there are people here whose only opportunity
is to watch us shooting rockets at the moon
while they hunger for health
while they hunger for peace
while...
from where
their next meal will come
do astronauts wonder
if their children and grandchildren
will survive
there’s no people on the moon
yet we’re spending billions
to shoot rockets there
there are hungry people here
there are unhoused people here
there are uneducated people here
in the land of opportunity
there are people here whose only opportunity
is to watch us shooting rockets at the moon
while they hunger for health
while they hunger for peace
while...
#dreams
#moon
#philosophical
85 reads
7 Comments
Norm Is Not My Name
two outs
bottom of the ninth
bases loaded
three and two count
do this
don’t do that
do it for the kids
do it for god
stifled suffocating
wanting to soar
wings clipped
trapped
do it because it’s expected
do it because cool
do it because it’s responsible
do it because its profitable
be loyal
be stable
be reliable
be boring
pick up the bat
point to the bleachers
plant your feet
swing away
swing away
with full force
aim...
bottom of the ninth
bases loaded
three and two count
do this
don’t do that
do it for the kids
do it for god
stifled suffocating
wanting to soar
wings clipped
trapped
do it because it’s expected
do it because cool
do it because it’s responsible
do it because its profitable
be loyal
be stable
be reliable
be boring
pick up the bat
point to the bleachers
plant your feet
swing away
swing away
with full force
aim...
#freedom
#identity
#NaPoWriMo2024 #spiritual
#NaPoWriMo2024 #spiritual
75 reads
1 Comment
Spring Morning
awakening day
moon lingering behind clouds
sun not yet awake
moon lingering behind clouds
sun not yet awake
#haiku
#spring
64 reads
2 Comments
Tasting Life
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#sensual
#sex
169 reads
2 Comments
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