Submissions by Nari (Laura Jean)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Expatriotbound
ANGER POEM
Published
26th Sep 2018 5:30am
26th Sep 2018 5:30am
Haiku #6
Women sometimes take
fear and suspicion in with
a single breast stroke.
fear and suspicion in with
a single breast stroke.
#haiku
#senryu
#women
#politics
#feminism
453 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Sep 2018 11:08pm
25th Sep 2018 11:08pm
Haiku #5
Bold poems exploit
both sex and politics when
no one is looking.
both sex and politics when
no one is looking.
#haiku
#senryu
#sex
#politics
#identity
468 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Sep 2018 3:38pm
25th Sep 2018 3:38pm
Consumerism
At Xmas
In particular
Kids carry on
About this and that
So, most parents
Just
Pander or appease
Those
Cute little feet
Not to mention
The year long
Carousel
Of
Gadget
Buying for everyone
With 1/3 of the
average
US households
Having
3 or more
Smartphones
(According to pew research, 5/25/17)
Which can only
Mean
More ties
To prevent
The cords
From
Getting tangled ...
In particular
Kids carry on
About this and that
So, most parents
Just
Pander or appease
Those
Cute little feet
Not to mention
The year long
Carousel
Of
Gadget
Buying for everyone
With 1/3 of the
average
US households
Having
3 or more
Smartphones
(According to pew research, 5/25/17)
Which can only
Mean
More ties
To prevent
The cords
From
Getting tangled ...
#politics
#nature
#money
#consumerism
#greed
477 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Sep 2018 3:03pm
25th Sep 2018 3:03pm
The Bradford Power Exchange (America)
1970's grandparents
Were once
The symptom
Of a
Faltering
US middle class
Who bought
Trinkets
From
The
Bradford (power) Exchange
Hoarding out
Their
China and curio
Cabinets
While ...
Were once
The symptom
Of a
Faltering
US middle class
Who bought
Trinkets
From
The
Bradford (power) Exchange
Hoarding out
Their
China and curio
Cabinets
While ...
#politics
#BDSM
#consumerism
#men
#PopCulture
584 reads
1 Comment
EROTIC POEM
Published
25th Sep 2018 5:29am
25th Sep 2018 5:29am
Desired
Dinner and
Chardonnay
caused
slack
between
hypercritical
lips
and I
just
imagined
the parts of me
that
might
have fallen
awkwardly
on
your white ears
turning this
wide eyed
desire
into
something
past
tense.
Chardonnay
caused
slack
between
hypercritical
lips
and I
just
imagined
the parts of me
that
might
have fallen
awkwardly
on
your white ears
turning this
wide eyed
desire
into
something
past
tense.
#lesbian
#feminism
#parody
#conflict
#alcohol
619 reads
4 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Sep 2018 3:51am
25th Sep 2018 3:51am
Haiku #4
It's good to catwalk
around your writing until
it comes off the page.
around your writing until
it comes off the page.
#haiku
#senryu
#LifeAsAWriter
#inspirational
#cats
478 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
24th Sep 2018 9:27pm
24th Sep 2018 9:27pm
Haiku #3
I am haunted by
memory spinning cobwebs
that keep me awake.
memory spinning cobwebs
that keep me awake.
#haiku
#senryu
#dark
#scary
#memories
441 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
24th Sep 2018 5:35pm
24th Sep 2018 5:35pm
Haiku #2
Your good looks took up
residency at the bar
outweighing the night.
residency at the bar
outweighing the night.
#haiku
#senryu
#women
#lesbian
#crush
540 reads
3 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
24th Sep 2018 5:32am
24th Sep 2018 5:32am
Drumfire
It was just a matter time
before
you took me down
like a spiral arrangement
of drumfire
funneling
garment like
indiscretions
through
this time space continuum
all the while
still being
my bullhorn, suction cup
and
(inaudible)
reprieve
from the storm.
before
you took me down
like a spiral arrangement
of drumfire
funneling
garment like
indiscretions
through
this time space continuum
all the while
still being
my bullhorn, suction cup
and
(inaudible)
reprieve
from the storm.
#women
#lesbian
#environment
#nature
#feminism
562 reads
4 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
24th Sep 2018 4:02am
24th Sep 2018 4:02am
She
don’t let me fester
eaten away
under the contrivance
of
the heaving sun;
She
sets smooth
yet cheerfully ablaze
the vanity
of this
thing they call
war:
anthropogenic
in nature
just not now
as
the cackling wind,
curated brushes,
and distressed trees,
try
pulling me
from ash.
eaten away
under the contrivance
of
the heaving sun;
She
sets smooth
yet cheerfully ablaze
the vanity
of this
thing they call
war:
anthropogenic
in nature
just not now
as
the cackling wind,
curated brushes,
and distressed trees,
try
pulling me
from ash.
#nature
#parody
#satirical
#dark
#environment
559 reads
1 Comment
ANGER POEM
Published
23rd Sep 2018 9:31pm
23rd Sep 2018 9:31pm
Haiku #1
A chastity belt
was wrapped around her facebook
to avoid pillage.
was wrapped around her facebook
to avoid pillage.
#haiku
#senryu
#women
#confessional
#redemption
544 reads
3 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
23rd Sep 2018 8:01pm
23rd Sep 2018 8:01pm
Hospice
You were a slow drip IV
pouring into
discriminant
pieces of me
and I savored you
in my veins
at night
tasting
metallic
like Toradol
we laid there
wearing grief,
as tv played
on the idle
sleeve
Ruffle
only to show
this life ...
pouring into
discriminant
pieces of me
and I savored you
in my veins
at night
tasting
metallic
like Toradol
we laid there
wearing grief,
as tv played
on the idle
sleeve
Ruffle
only to show
this life ...
#death
#inequality
#politics
#metaphor
#grief
548 reads
3 Comments
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