Submissions by LightningBug (Kathy J Anderson)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Journeyman Poet.Writing poetry since... the 70s. Seriously since the 2000s.
STORY POEM
Published
12th Jun 2022 10:01pm
12th Jun 2022 10:01pm
Java Intrigue
Making this coffee
It truly seems to be
Blessing wishes freely
To brew some for thee
Under the yon coconut tree
Dreaming by the azure sea —
Singing to the bonny bee’s
Beneath verdant canopies,
Buzzing flower to flower
Looking like lazy daisy heads lower’d
Heads not much like sunflowers
At all but, something sweeter,
Glistening nectars
Needed by nesters,
Baby bumbles and others
Otherwise known as bears —
Chugging java cups
Keeps them coming back up
Trees in mind’s eyes
To concoct more java
You...
It truly seems to be
Blessing wishes freely
To brew some for thee
Under the yon coconut tree
Dreaming by the azure sea —
Singing to the bonny bee’s
Beneath verdant canopies,
Buzzing flower to flower
Looking like lazy daisy heads lower’d
Heads not much like sunflowers
At all but, something sweeter,
Glistening nectars
Needed by nesters,
Baby bumbles and others
Otherwise known as bears —
Chugging java cups
Keeps them coming back up
Trees in mind’s eyes
To concoct more java
You...
#happiness
#animals
#nature
#bees
#ForbiddenLove
380 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Jun 2022 4:38am
12th Jun 2022 4:38am
Facing the Sun
Feet towards the sun,
I’m the lucky one
Following its run,
Across the sky
Wondering why
My day begins with sighs
Echos thoughts of goodbyes —
As the light passes
Lifting my lashes,
Knowing body is ashes
Yet full of life masses,
That stroke midnight highs
Beyond our skies
Into broader pitches,
Worn out stars drifting
Follow my lisping
Tongue in tune singing —
Now came too swiftly
For our yesterday only
Slammed into today,
Then laid us down
On the sweet green lawn ...
I’m the lucky one
Following its run,
Across the sky
Wondering why
My day begins with sighs
Echos thoughts of goodbyes —
As the light passes
Lifting my lashes,
Knowing body is ashes
Yet full of life masses,
That stroke midnight highs
Beyond our skies
Into broader pitches,
Worn out stars drifting
Follow my lisping
Tongue in tune singing —
Now came too swiftly
For our yesterday only
Slammed into today,
Then laid us down
On the sweet green lawn ...
#happiness
#love
#sun
#moon
#sky
384 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th Jun 2022 1:27am
11th Jun 2022 1:27am
Long Ago
Past memories bubble
In spite of troubles,
Trembling wings double
Under double eagles,
Marching to long ago beats — -
Forgotten that we’d surely meet,
Joyous surprise greets
Heartsongs strung tight
In moonlit night
An ode took flight
And I fell under its spell,
Fell again not to quell
But faint as I tell
How it all began — -
With Pooh Bear in hands,
Of youth in sands
Expecting grand
Designs whirl
To tumble girl
Into his world…
In spite of troubles,
Trembling wings double
Under double eagles,
Marching to long ago beats — -
Forgotten that we’d surely meet,
Joyous surprise greets
Heartsongs strung tight
In moonlit night
An ode took flight
And I fell under its spell,
Fell again not to quell
But faint as I tell
How it all began — -
With Pooh Bear in hands,
Of youth in sands
Expecting grand
Designs whirl
To tumble girl
Into his world…
#hope
#childhood
#fate #nostalgia
#fate #nostalgia
337 reads
0 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
4th Jun 2022 5:03am
4th Jun 2022 5:03am
Seven Suns
Your hands become the twine
Tangled up in her hair
Held fast in braids undone,
Unfurling for lust as bright as the seven suns.
Tangled up in her hair
Held fast in braids undone,
Unfurling for lust as bright as the seven suns.
#love
#erotic
#sensual
335 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
23rd May 2022 8:55pm
23rd May 2022 8:55pm
Assumptions
Always love it when
Silly people think
Something they read fits
Until they realize it can't fit only one view.
Many's the time that worlds collide
Punctuated by oopses and ahhs and sorrys,
Till the author in question reveals
Internal causations for change
Overtly cause editing themes undecided
Now become the final new
Sole intended genre.
Silly people think
Something they read fits
Until they realize it can't fit only one view.
Many's the time that worlds collide
Punctuated by oopses and ahhs and sorrys,
Till the author in question reveals
Internal causations for change
Overtly cause editing themes undecided
Now become the final new
Sole intended genre.
#LifeAsAWriter
#TruthOfLife
318 reads
6 Comments
FICTIONAL PROSE
Published
23rd May 2022 7:41pm
23rd May 2022 7:41pm
Liken to One Love
She walked to the tennis courts, not far from the parallel street sweet shop. It was hot and sunny at the worst possible time of day, straight up noon. Sunscreen in hand, she felt undaunted by the blazing sky. There were tall Elm like shade trees over hanging above the 10 foot fences surrounding the courts in every corner. Shade could be found there if the angle of the sun was right behind any of them.
A siren made her look backwards from where she had briskly walked about a 1/4 mile. Nothing visible noted, she continued towards the lockers lining each side of the court....
A siren made her look backwards from where she had briskly walked about a 1/4 mile. Nothing visible noted, she continued towards the lockers lining each side of the court....
#hope
#sports
#LookingForLove
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STORY POEM
Published
23rd May 2022 3:41am
23rd May 2022 3:41am
An Equation
That began with two
eager souls intense,
no pretense or bull…
now has lost digits.
No longer equal duo
but situationship
gone to the louse heap
where roaches replace
romance with scores,
liken to one love
against parallels
slanted honey drips,
uneven at best.
eager souls intense,
no pretense or bull…
now has lost digits.
No longer equal duo
but situationship
gone to the louse heap
where roaches replace
romance with scores,
liken to one love
against parallels
slanted honey drips,
uneven at best.
#rejection
#relationships
#marriage #LongDistanceRelationship
#marriage #LongDistanceRelationship
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STORY POEM
Published
21st May 2022 1:29am
21st May 2022 1:29am
Dead Zones
Of sleep it can be said
Dreamless states beyond life,
Experiences of the damned
Sequentially unfolding in rifes.
Plethoric memories
Processes in dark trance,
Endemic visions
In brain waves steeped by romance.
Yet sleep that feels real
Often is enhanced by beliefs,
As though the blanks also feel
Part of currents and realities motifs.
Sometimes the waves aren't yours
But, an overlay of anothers theta
Waves of awareness,
Gone away to forgotten input data.
Dreamless states beyond life,
Experiences of the damned
Sequentially unfolding in rifes.
Plethoric memories
Processes in dark trance,
Endemic visions
In brain waves steeped by romance.
Yet sleep that feels real
Often is enhanced by beliefs,
As though the blanks also feel
Part of currents and realities motifs.
Sometimes the waves aren't yours
But, an overlay of anothers theta
Waves of awareness,
Gone away to forgotten input data.
#dark
#emptiness
#curse #dawn
#curse #dawn
348 reads
7 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
18th May 2022 10:27pm
18th May 2022 10:27pm
Shy
distrust sends a heart
to hesitant natured mind,
lending calm vibes to parts
known to shake in stirring times.
sending sparkling visions
for inner peaceful moments,
trepidation situation calls for solutions
whenever fascinations become tense.
scant dare the thoughts
panting in dark corners,
quant of the ways sought
after, under silken covers.
to hesitant natured mind,
lending calm vibes to parts
known to shake in stirring times.
sending sparkling visions
for inner peaceful moments,
trepidation situation calls for solutions
whenever fascinations become tense.
scant dare the thoughts
panting in dark corners,
quant of the ways sought
after, under silken covers.
#loneliness
#sensual
#passion
405 reads
0 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
15th May 2022 10:11pm
15th May 2022 10:11pm
ABRACADABRA Diamonds
Diamonds cannot become stones in the ocean,
Seas smooth away some flaws with time.
Timely are the ebbs and flowings
So flow as you must through life.
Conjure with movements slow,
Deliberate and kind.
Kindly caring,
Candles lit
For strong
Love.
Seas smooth away some flaws with time.
Timely are the ebbs and flowings
So flow as you must through life.
Conjure with movements slow,
Deliberate and kind.
Kindly caring,
Candles lit
For strong
Love.
#love
#magic
#luck
495 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th May 2022 4:55am
11th May 2022 4:55am
Yesternights
Yesternights love
is the foil of todays
lunch wrapped loaf
of meat, no gravy.
Somenights joy
is the shrunken head,
voiceless by marriage
to beef stroganoff.
Leapnights star
is nowhere to be found;
not even under bridges
where trolls dine on your sauce.
is the foil of todays
lunch wrapped loaf
of meat, no gravy.
Somenights joy
is the shrunken head,
voiceless by marriage
to beef stroganoff.
Leapnights star
is nowhere to be found;
not even under bridges
where trolls dine on your sauce.
#sadness
#anger
#conflict
#UnrequitedLove
#suffering
234 reads
0 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
30th Apr 2022 3:21am
30th Apr 2022 3:21am
Elemental Layers
Beneath the onion skin
Are ancient sins
Ancestors permit to win.
Dip the fear in hopes bin
Where children make din
Skinning their knees and shins.
Somehow we let it sink in,
Into abyss of yearning begins
The peelings to become whole again.
Are ancient sins
Ancestors permit to win.
Dip the fear in hopes bin
Where children make din
Skinning their knees and shins.
Somehow we let it sink in,
Into abyss of yearning begins
The peelings to become whole again.
#hope
#TimeHeals
#redemption
298 reads
4 Comments
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