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
Memorials
lush landscapes linger
placid pastoral places
meditative dens
placid pastoral places
meditative dens
#death
#memories
#senryu
200 reads
2 Comments
Balance
life in harmony
the yin yang dichotomy
let's ride the seesaw
the yin yang dichotomy
let's ride the seesaw
#spiritual
#senryu
209 reads
2 Comments
Into The Unknown
some pretend to know
what happens
but none have gone
and returned to tell
where we go after death
the ‘afterlife’
is unknown
after eighty-five years
she stepped into
the abyss
to Mom
‘the unknown’
is now known
(C)2021 Raibeart Bruis
what happens
but none have gone
and returned to tell
where we go after death
the ‘afterlife’
is unknown
after eighty-five years
she stepped into
the abyss
to Mom
‘the unknown’
is now known
(C)2021 Raibeart Bruis
#grief
#death
#spiritual
327 reads
4 Comments
One Step Closer
the nice lady
from hospice
called
with an update
“she’s
stopped eating
and
her hands are cold”
the
living will
specifies
no tube feedings…
no CPR…
no heroics…
comfort measures
only
warm blankets and morphine
as
my mother
starves
tears fall
into
the abyss
© 2021 Raibeart Bruis
from hospice
called
with an update
“she’s
stopped eating
and
her hands are cold”
the
living will
specifies
no tube feedings…
no CPR…
no heroics…
comfort measures
only
warm blankets and morphine
as
my mother
starves
tears fall
into
the abyss
© 2021 Raibeart Bruis
#sadness
#LifeStruggles
342 reads
8 Comments
Endearingly Human
gray streaks
stretch marks
uneven teeth
liver spots
arthritic joints
limps and lisps
snores in slumber
farts with snorts
snorts with laughter
perfect
imperfections
© 2021 Raibeart Bruis
stretch marks
uneven teeth
liver spots
arthritic joints
limps and lisps
snores in slumber
farts with snorts
snorts with laughter
perfect
imperfections
© 2021 Raibeart Bruis
#love
#spiritual
275 reads
8 Comments
Eleos
doesn’t wear designer clothes
prefers hotdogs to filet
Rice-a-ronni to pilaf
doesn’t drive fancy cars get manicures
pedicures or facials
doesn’t work out at the gym
likes mint-tea more than latte
doesn’t have 401s or iras
borrows rather than possesses
accepts rather than alters
appreciates rather than complains
helps rather than watches
includes rather than expels
inquires rather than lectures
listens rather than analyzes
observes rather than inspects
understands...
prefers hotdogs to filet
Rice-a-ronni to pilaf
doesn’t drive fancy cars get manicures
pedicures or facials
doesn’t work out at the gym
likes mint-tea more than latte
doesn’t have 401s or iras
borrows rather than possesses
accepts rather than alters
appreciates rather than complains
helps rather than watches
includes rather than expels
inquires rather than lectures
listens rather than analyzes
observes rather than inspects
understands...
#love
#kindness
#spiritual
295 reads
6 Comments
Master Gardener
as a gardener
not in eden
but
in the Sonoran desert
i have to wonder
what was Adam thinking?
grabbing a fig leaf
to cover
his
banana
when a squash frond
would have provided
much better coverage
no wonder
he
was
ashamed
(C)2021...
not in eden
but
in the Sonoran desert
i have to wonder
what was Adam thinking?
grabbing a fig leaf
to cover
his
banana
when a squash frond
would have provided
much better coverage
no wonder
he
was
ashamed
(C)2021...
#spiritual
#shame
#mythology #philosophical
#mythology #philosophical
234 reads
2 Comments
You’re An Adventure
humming to himself
he murmurs while preparing
pain's tools pleasure's toys
he murmurs while preparing
pain's tools pleasure's toys
#BDSM
#senryu
#sensual
467 reads
6 Comments
East Of Eden
lush heady safe space
tropical garden of lust
fecund and sultry
tropical garden of lust
fecund and sultry
#senryu
#sensual
312 reads
8 Comments
Customer Service?
i’m sorry
i really can’t help you”
she said
“now you can”
he said
as he
untied her wrists
(C)2021 Raibeart Bruis
i really can’t help you”
she said
“now you can”
he said
as he
untied her wrists
(C)2021 Raibeart Bruis
#BDSM
#funny
400 reads
6 Comments
If You’re Happy (Extended Play)
#LGBT
#inspirational
#BDSM #uplifting
#BDSM #uplifting
416 reads
4 Comments
Bitter Sweet Emotions
when painting
if you have
light on light
you have nothing
if you have
dark on dark
you basically have nothing
its kind of like in life
you gotta have
sadness
every once in a while
so you know
when
the good times come
now i’m waiting
on the
good times
every day is
like
a little gift
something
new
happens
all over the world
there’s a
common denominator
everyone
loves
to create
people...
if you have
light on light
you have nothing
if you have
dark on dark
you basically have nothing
its kind of like in life
you gotta have
sadness
every once in a while
so you know
when
the good times come
now i’m waiting
on the
good times
every day is
like
a little gift
something
new
happens
all over the world
there’s a
common denominator
everyone
loves
to create
people...
#spiritual
#WritingPoetry
#art #emotions
#art #emotions
268 reads
4 Comments
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