Submissions by NewBeginnings
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
A nature enthusiast, and a connoisseur of art, science, and music. Poetry, as well as music, help me to organize my thoughts, and enable me to express myself in a more constructive and creative fashion.
LOVE POEM
Published
30th Jan 2019 6:21pm
30th Jan 2019 6:21pm
L O V E
Lying here with you,
Overcome with great passion—
Vibrant colors are delicately painted:
Emotions spilled onto the canvas of our love.
Overcome with great passion—
Vibrant colors are delicately painted:
Emotions spilled onto the canvas of our love.
#love
#romantic
#acrostic
#art
#passion
848 reads
29 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
29th Jan 2019 7:30pm
29th Jan 2019 7:30pm
When I Die
When I’m finally laid to rest,
Please don’t put me in a wooden casket;
Or leave flowers at my grave,
In a pretty little basket.
Don’t pump me full of chemicals
And put me on display;
Just bury me beneath the earth,
And plant a seed upon my grave.
As my body rots below,
My atoms are assimilated;
In my place a tree will grow,
From the place that I originated.
Precious minerals, returned to earth;
Little molecules of me,
The fuel for yet another life ...
Please don’t put me in a wooden casket;
Or leave flowers at my grave,
In a pretty little basket.
Don’t pump me full of chemicals
And put me on display;
Just bury me beneath the earth,
And plant a seed upon my grave.
As my body rots below,
My atoms are assimilated;
In my place a tree will grow,
From the place that I originated.
Precious minerals, returned to earth;
Little molecules of me,
The fuel for yet another life ...
#death
#earth
#trees
#nature
#LifeCycle
4042 reads
37 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Jan 2019 4:45am
28th Jan 2019 4:45am
A Cog in the Machine
When you are born, your mind is a blank slate: an empty canvas, bare of reason.
Early on, our perception of reality is paved by the way it is described to us by others;
Once we are older, it is our responsibility to learn to discern deception from the truth,
Which lies in wait, cloaked beneath the veil of ignorance, steeped in traditions of the past.
Sitting in class, immersed in deep thought, I look up to see everyone around me doing the same thing.
Absorbed in their paperwork, not blinking an eye, they all seem to write in perfect unison. ...
Early on, our perception of reality is paved by the way it is described to us by others;
Once we are older, it is our responsibility to learn to discern deception from the truth,
Which lies in wait, cloaked beneath the veil of ignorance, steeped in traditions of the past.
Sitting in class, immersed in deep thought, I look up to see everyone around me doing the same thing.
Absorbed in their paperwork, not blinking an eye, they all seem to write in perfect unison. ...
#mirror
#escape
#philosophical
#apathy
#dark
951 reads
18 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
26th Jan 2019 1:39pm
26th Jan 2019 1:39pm
Love Is Tinder
Her love is tinder
A raging fire, set ablaze
by glowing embers
A raging fire, set ablaze
by glowing embers
#love
#fire
#uplifting
#passion
#beauty
817 reads
15 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Jan 2019 3:40am
25th Jan 2019 3:40am
Simple Pleasures
On the border of a little town near Boston, a busker sleeps in an abandoned boxcar,
a bunker from the brutality of the busy streets; the bane of his bitter existence.
With a banjo by his side, a bottle of booze in his hand, and a dirty, blue bandana tightly wrapped around his head, he dreams of better days, when these blissful moments were experienced in far less brevity; Long before a brush stroke of bad luck painted his skies from blue to grey.
Under the bright moonlight, he dreams of times when life was simple.
Of benevolent sunrises over...
a bunker from the brutality of the busy streets; the bane of his bitter existence.
With a banjo by his side, a bottle of booze in his hand, and a dirty, blue bandana tightly wrapped around his head, he dreams of better days, when these blissful moments were experienced in far less brevity; Long before a brush stroke of bad luck painted his skies from blue to grey.
Under the bright moonlight, he dreams of times when life was simple.
Of benevolent sunrises over...
#homelessness
#memories
#addiction
#suffering
#emptiness
736 reads
25 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Jan 2019 10:12pm
21st Jan 2019 10:12pm
A Banquet for the Birds
A brisk breeze blows;
Buckeye branches bow
Beneath the beautiful, blue sky.
Behold!
Blackberry brambles
Bursting with berries,
Bring bountiful banquets for the birds.
Blue Jays and blackbirds
Break berries beneath their bold bills,
A ferocious feeding frenzy
Before the famine of first frost.
A curious cardinal creeps ever closer,
Keeping careful consideration of the crows;
Fearful, but finally finding his favorite fix
In a fervent flurry of feathers.
'Bzzzzzz'
A bee buzzes by, ...
Buckeye branches bow
Beneath the beautiful, blue sky.
Behold!
Blackberry brambles
Bursting with berries,
Bring bountiful banquets for the birds.
Blue Jays and blackbirds
Break berries beneath their bold bills,
A ferocious feeding frenzy
Before the famine of first frost.
A curious cardinal creeps ever closer,
Keeping careful consideration of the crows;
Fearful, but finally finding his favorite fix
In a fervent flurry of feathers.
'Bzzzzzz'
A bee buzzes by, ...
#beauty
#trees
#flowers
#birds
#nature
826 reads
44 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Jan 2019 5:52am
20th Jan 2019 5:52am
Sleeping in the Forest (A memorial to Mary Oliver)
That night, I slept beneath the watch of a familiar face, but one which I had not visited for quite some time.
I gazed deep into Mother nature’s nurturing eyes,
As she held me in her warm embrace
And so tenderly took me away
From the bane of my existence,
'Neath the skirt of a gnarled, giving tree.
Her pockets full of nuts and seeds,
The fallen fruits of her creation,
Bestowed so lovingly to me,
Neatly rested below its gnarled branches,
An enchanted slumber befell my eyes
As mother...
I gazed deep into Mother nature’s nurturing eyes,
As she held me in her warm embrace
And so tenderly took me away
From the bane of my existence,
'Neath the skirt of a gnarled, giving tree.
Her pockets full of nuts and seeds,
The fallen fruits of her creation,
Bestowed so lovingly to me,
Neatly rested below its gnarled branches,
An enchanted slumber befell my eyes
As mother...
#trees
#nature
#redemption #wisdom
#redemption #wisdom
822 reads
21 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
19th Jan 2019 4:31am
19th Jan 2019 4:31am
You
When you’re sad, I’ll hold you close to me…and catch your tears.
And when you’re old, I’ll still be there for you…through all the years.
You are beautiful like evergreens, riverbeds, and rocky streams!
You caught my eye!
You are beautiful like daffodils that grow along the rolling hills!
I’m so in love!
And I don’t think I’ve ever felt this way about anyone but...
You.
And when you’re down, I’ll always be around…to make you smile
When you’re glad, I’ll be there for you too…I’ll stay awhile.
You are beautiful like...
And when you’re old, I’ll still be there for you…through all the years.
You are beautiful like evergreens, riverbeds, and rocky streams!
You caught my eye!
You are beautiful like daffodils that grow along the rolling hills!
I’m so in love!
And I don’t think I’ve ever felt this way about anyone but...
You.
And when you’re down, I’ll always be around…to make you smile
When you’re glad, I’ll be there for you too…I’ll stay awhile.
You are beautiful like...
#love
#beauty
#nature #lyrics
#nature #lyrics
1021 reads
30 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Jan 2019 7:40am
17th Jan 2019 7:40am
Jason Becker
Jason Becker was a star,
shining brighter than the rest.
He played the hell out of the guitar;
Some might say he was the best.
He scored a gig of high acclaim,
His wildest dreams were coming true!
Then his fate took a tragic turn;
It struck out of the blue.
He was diagnosed with ALS
Doctors said he’d live a few more years,
Because it was still germinal,
But they had little hope for him:
"The disease is always terminal."
Jason’s dreams came crashing down,
He had just begun to live, ...
shining brighter than the rest.
He played the hell out of the guitar;
Some might say he was the best.
He scored a gig of high acclaim,
His wildest dreams were coming true!
Then his fate took a tragic turn;
It struck out of the blue.
He was diagnosed with ALS
Doctors said he’d live a few more years,
Because it was still germinal,
But they had little hope for him:
"The disease is always terminal."
Jason’s dreams came crashing down,
He had just begun to live, ...
#love
#strength
#inspirational
#spiritual
#admiration
762 reads
15 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
16th Jan 2019 8:27am
16th Jan 2019 8:27am
Ignorance (the wall that lies between us)
They were far too different from us,
that’s why we had to build the wall.
"A bunch of lousy criminals,
Who rape and kill and break the law."
“It just isn’t American!
Their skin is much too tan!
They speak a foreign language
That we can’t understand.”
And so we built a wall between us,
To separate ourselves from them.
But little did we know,
That our minds were closing in.
For what we thought to be so different
Was very much the same,
But with a different color,
Called by a different...
that’s why we had to build the wall.
"A bunch of lousy criminals,
Who rape and kill and break the law."
“It just isn’t American!
Their skin is much too tan!
They speak a foreign language
That we can’t understand.”
And so we built a wall between us,
To separate ourselves from them.
But little did we know,
That our minds were closing in.
For what we thought to be so different
Was very much the same,
But with a different color,
Called by a different...
#hate
#lies
#mirror
#ignorance
#wisdom
767 reads
22 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
14th Jan 2019 10:50am
14th Jan 2019 10:50am
Extinction (haiku)
Perched in an oak tree
The last bird sings for a mate
That will never come
The last bird sings for a mate
That will never come
#sadness
#death
#trees
#birds
#humankind
802 reads
30 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
12th Jan 2019 6:01pm
12th Jan 2019 6:01pm
A Cosmic Canvas (for our love)
A magnetic attraction brings heavenly bodies ever closer,
As our hearts burn brightly under starry skies.
Starry eyes, like windows to the soul, reveal the depths of your universe in a stellar way;
Our blazing hearts, burn ever brighter...
As supernovas burst and constellations collide, a million of miles above,
Explosions of emotions paint the sky, a canvas for our cosmic love.
As our hearts burn brightly under starry skies.
Starry eyes, like windows to the soul, reveal the depths of your universe in a stellar way;
Our blazing hearts, burn ever brighter...
As supernovas burst and constellations collide, a million of miles above,
Explosions of emotions paint the sky, a canvas for our cosmic love.
#love
#universe
#sky
#fire
#passion
1457 reads
14 Comments
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