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
Impossible Love
we fool ourselves
with romance novels
and fairy tales.
love,
desire to unite with love object,
to become one with it in mind, body, and spirit.
impossible ambition,
love.
never can you be certain,
of what another is
thinking or feeling.
we fool ourselves
with romance novels
and fairy tales.
impossible ambition, love.
never can you be
100 percent certain,
if words spoken, or facial expression
bear similarity to thoughts
in their head or emotions
in...
with romance novels
and fairy tales.
love,
desire to unite with love object,
to become one with it in mind, body, and spirit.
impossible ambition,
love.
never can you be certain,
of what another is
thinking or feeling.
we fool ourselves
with romance novels
and fairy tales.
impossible ambition, love.
never can you be
100 percent certain,
if words spoken, or facial expression
bear similarity to thoughts
in their head or emotions
in...
#love
#spiritual
#unicorns #philosophical
#unicorns #philosophical
118 reads
2 Comments
Adjusting The Telescope
i’ve been saying no more often,
taking activities off my calendar,
clearing away clutter,
making space.
now, sometimes
when i am alone,
without an agenda, i feel sad
that’s okay.
sadness is that
glorious contrast
existing
in my experience.
without contrast,
how would i recognize
beauty, peace,
joy?
when sadness comes,
i embrace it,
acknowledge it.
sometimes tears flow.
i allow
familiar
melancholic waves
to wash over me.
i make space for...
taking activities off my calendar,
clearing away clutter,
making space.
now, sometimes
when i am alone,
without an agenda, i feel sad
that’s okay.
sadness is that
glorious contrast
existing
in my experience.
without contrast,
how would i recognize
beauty, peace,
joy?
when sadness comes,
i embrace it,
acknowledge it.
sometimes tears flow.
i allow
familiar
melancholic waves
to wash over me.
i make space for...
#sadness
#spiritual
#SelfReflection #SelfDiscovery
#SelfReflection #SelfDiscovery
84 reads
2 Comments
Drop In Turn Off Tune Out (or, why i don’t always answer my phone)
each time i pick up the phone,
or the tablet,
or sit in front of the television,
my body responds,
briefly triggering
fight or flight hormones.
in itself not concerning,
but multiplied throughout the day
or a lifetime, significant
going for a walk
or digging in the garden
has the opposite effect.
so, for my own well being
i’m putting down the digital pacifier
to go watch the sunset.
will you join me?
© 2024 Raibeart Bruis
or the tablet,
or sit in front of the television,
my body responds,
briefly triggering
fight or flight hormones.
in itself not concerning,
but multiplied throughout the day
or a lifetime, significant
going for a walk
or digging in the garden
has the opposite effect.
so, for my own well being
i’m putting down the digital pacifier
to go watch the sunset.
will you join me?
© 2024 Raibeart Bruis
#SelfReflection
#PersonalGrowth
79 reads
5 Comments
What’s Your Life Language?
at first it sounded
like a compliment:
“you’ve had such an interesting life”.
then devolved to:
“you’re so lucky to
have done all those cool things”.
attributing to luck
the effort and sacrifices necessary
to do those “cool things”.
language of a wasted life:
“i wish i had”, “i wish i hadn’t“,
“i woulda”, “i coulda”, “i shoulda”,
“i didn’t”.
“i can’t”, really means, “i won’t”.
in a wasted life,
“because” is always
followed by excuses,
masked as reasons not...
like a compliment:
“you’ve had such an interesting life”.
then devolved to:
“you’re so lucky to
have done all those cool things”.
attributing to luck
the effort and sacrifices necessary
to do those “cool things”.
language of a wasted life:
“i wish i had”, “i wish i hadn’t“,
“i woulda”, “i coulda”, “i shoulda”,
“i didn’t”.
“i can’t”, really means, “i won’t”.
in a wasted life,
“because” is always
followed by excuses,
masked as reasons not...
#identity
#motivational
#spiritual #SelfDiscovery
#spiritual #SelfDiscovery
65 reads
3 Comments
Why Not
why do so many
choose
to do work they
don’t want to do,
in order to live
in a way
they don’t want to live?
instead,
why not leap from a plane,
ride the rapids,
scale a rock face,
write, paint, sculpt,
dance,
sing?
why not choose
to walk their own path,
live in their own way.
why not become a myth
in their own lifetime?
why not invent their own myth?
fear of death follows
from fear
of living life.
why not live
fully prepared
to die
at any moment?...
choose
to do work they
don’t want to do,
in order to live
in a way
they don’t want to live?
instead,
why not leap from a plane,
ride the rapids,
scale a rock face,
write, paint, sculpt,
dance,
sing?
why not choose
to walk their own path,
live in their own way.
why not become a myth
in their own lifetime?
why not invent their own myth?
fear of death follows
from fear
of living life.
why not live
fully prepared
to die
at any moment?...
#motivational
#spiritual
#LifeGoals
78 reads
4 Comments
Writing About Life
write against the grain.
resist much, obey little.
when presented with choices,
choose paths
of greatest resistance.
resist the urge
to be still.
stagnation is the gunslinger.
a moving target
is harder to hit.
never ending cycle,
challenge authority,
question norms,
observe, evaluate, adapt,
repeat.
take notes,
you never know when
they will become inspirational.
short pencils, more effective
than long memory.
accept hardship,
for it is assured.
embrace it,...
resist much, obey little.
when presented with choices,
choose paths
of greatest resistance.
resist the urge
to be still.
stagnation is the gunslinger.
a moving target
is harder to hit.
never ending cycle,
challenge authority,
question norms,
observe, evaluate, adapt,
repeat.
take notes,
you never know when
they will become inspirational.
short pencils, more effective
than long memory.
accept hardship,
for it is assured.
embrace it,...
#spiritual
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
#art
#SelfDiscovery
80 reads
3 Comments
Globalization
#lust
#passion
83 reads
3 Comments
Morning After
#nature
#sensual
#passion
115 reads
5 Comments
Jelly Jars
grandpa and i
always drank wine
out of welch’s grape jelly jars.
hot and sweaty
after a morning
in the garden,
cheap red wine
big green glass jug
with round handle for easier pouring.
his glass with
fred and wilma
in their bottomless car,
mine with
tyrannosaurus rex
and his kids.
we laughed like crazy,
lips reddened
by fruit of the vine.
gone now
forty-two years,
i still hear him laugh.
now, when i’m hot and sweaty
after a morning
in...
always drank wine
out of welch’s grape jelly jars.
hot and sweaty
after a morning
in the garden,
cheap red wine
big green glass jug
with round handle for easier pouring.
his glass with
fred and wilma
in their bottomless car,
mine with
tyrannosaurus rex
and his kids.
we laughed like crazy,
lips reddened
by fruit of the vine.
gone now
forty-two years,
i still hear him laugh.
now, when i’m hot and sweaty
after a morning
in...
#happiness
#love
#memories
64 reads
4 Comments
Great American Jackalope
mythical animal
of
north american folklore
sometimes referred to as
'horned' hares or
'warty' rabbits
jackalope
a portmanteau of jackrabbit
and antelope.
most often described
as a jackrabbit
with antelope horns
tales of horned hares have long existed
likely inspired by sightings
of rabbits infected with shope-papilloma virus,
causing horn-and antler-like
tumors
on a rabbit's head and body.
in central america,
ancient huichol
oral tradition
passed...
of
north american folklore
sometimes referred to as
'horned' hares or
'warty' rabbits
jackalope
a portmanteau of jackrabbit
and antelope.
most often described
as a jackrabbit
with antelope horns
tales of horned hares have long existed
likely inspired by sightings
of rabbits infected with shope-papilloma virus,
causing horn-and antler-like
tumors
on a rabbit's head and body.
in central america,
ancient huichol
oral tradition
passed...
#America
#funny
#unicorns #mythology
#unicorns #mythology
71 reads
1 Comment
!!! Adult Content !!!
#sex
#violence
#philosophical #passion
#philosophical #passion
220 reads
5 Comments
Home
home is each other
not in cathedrals of stone
but houses of flesh
not in cathedrals of stone
but houses of flesh
#senryu
#sensual
#passion
157 reads
6 Comments
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