Submissions by Northern1
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Been writing since i was a kid. i use different styles and enjoy playing with form and rhythm.
Love Hate Relationship
It's been three months now without you
i go days without thinking about you
But some days i find that i'm losing my mind
And i yearn and i miss and i shout you
For decades we roamed clouds together
And didn't mind where how or whether
Hell or heaven sent i still catch your scent
We were bonded by a smoky tether
No i don't miss you at all yes i do
i thought you were love but we're through
Hear you calling my name but if it's all the same
No i want you i need you i hate you
You helped me forget who i was
But you...
i go days without thinking about you
But some days i find that i'm losing my mind
And i yearn and i miss and i shout you
For decades we roamed clouds together
And didn't mind where how or whether
Hell or heaven sent i still catch your scent
We were bonded by a smoky tether
No i don't miss you at all yes i do
i thought you were love but we're through
Hear you calling my name but if it's all the same
No i want you i need you i hate you
You helped me forget who i was
But you...
1218 reads
14 Comments
Unrelenting
You draw my lovely black curtains to one side
Squinting and grimacing from daylight i hide
The birds are singing in the most horrid way
The sun it shines brightly it's a god awful day
Point me to the people all smiling and happy
Do you want me to feel even more crappy?
Look fleecy white clouds oh how perverse
Silently gliding around like some hearse
Your appalling gayness is ruining my will
Your sweet perfume like a rotting roadkill
You tell me you love me i'll get you for that
You're stupid you're nice you're ugly and fat
Hah...
Squinting and grimacing from daylight i hide
The birds are singing in the most horrid way
The sun it shines brightly it's a god awful day
Point me to the people all smiling and happy
Do you want me to feel even more crappy?
Look fleecy white clouds oh how perverse
Silently gliding around like some hearse
Your appalling gayness is ruining my will
Your sweet perfume like a rotting roadkill
You tell me you love me i'll get you for that
You're stupid you're nice you're ugly and fat
Hah...
647 reads
9 Comments
This Urgency
Ah to be as you content in your little world
i never used to long for that
Felt special chosen superior
Even if i had little to show for it
That feeling was always there
i selfishly have nurtured it
A sort of contempt for the mundane the normal
What i considered pathetic and insignificant
Laughable
In my arrogance
But the price was high for my condition
This urgency and dissatisfaction
The constant search for something more
Deprived me of the dearest assets
The ones you often take for granted
A knowledge of my place in this world...
i never used to long for that
Felt special chosen superior
Even if i had little to show for it
That feeling was always there
i selfishly have nurtured it
A sort of contempt for the mundane the normal
What i considered pathetic and insignificant
Laughable
In my arrogance
But the price was high for my condition
This urgency and dissatisfaction
The constant search for something more
Deprived me of the dearest assets
The ones you often take for granted
A knowledge of my place in this world...
600 reads
4 Comments
Spirit Is Willing
Said that I had left sang me a mass
Wouldn't get any more of your ass
Maybe they're right maybe I'm dead
Still I can't get you out of my head
So here I am hon just hanging around
Read your thoughts hear every sound
See you sleep am there as you shower
Am really enjoying having this power
Now I want you to get rid of that guy
No explanations just tell him goodbye
But I forgive you baby you didn't know
Whereas now you do so tell him to go
I told you before I gave you my word
Maybe it's time that you finally heard...
Wouldn't get any more of your ass
Maybe they're right maybe I'm dead
Still I can't get you out of my head
So here I am hon just hanging around
Read your thoughts hear every sound
See you sleep am there as you shower
Am really enjoying having this power
Now I want you to get rid of that guy
No explanations just tell him goodbye
But I forgive you baby you didn't know
Whereas now you do so tell him to go
I told you before I gave you my word
Maybe it's time that you finally heard...
666 reads
12 Comments
Two Shells
Read carefully
But don't get alarmed
But as we both know
That will ensure your alarm
Don't you get it?
That thing i am implying?
It was leading to this
i think you do
But we will pretend
That you don't
It's okay
We don't have to name it
It will just happen
Naturally
And as it does
Oh sweet summer's breeze
Like birds of a feather
We chirp together
See
We are born for this
i love how you say
Without mentioning it
That you know
i know
The sea whispers...
But don't get alarmed
But as we both know
That will ensure your alarm
Don't you get it?
That thing i am implying?
It was leading to this
i think you do
But we will pretend
That you don't
It's okay
We don't have to name it
It will just happen
Naturally
And as it does
Oh sweet summer's breeze
Like birds of a feather
We chirp together
See
We are born for this
i love how you say
Without mentioning it
That you know
i know
The sea whispers...
781 reads
11 Comments
How It Came To Be
He looked it over for a minute
Walked around it
To see it from all sides
Then stopped sideways of it
Bit his lip
And pulled slightly at his left earlobe
Like he always did
When considering it
He turned away from it
Peered up at the cloudy sky
Shook his thin haired head
Muttering to himself
No it is all wrong
It ain't working
Something about it needs
Adjusting
Tweaking
He turned back to it
And nudged it slightly
Displacing it a few millimeters
Sideways
A short silence
The crowd held it's breath...
Walked around it
To see it from all sides
Then stopped sideways of it
Bit his lip
And pulled slightly at his left earlobe
Like he always did
When considering it
He turned away from it
Peered up at the cloudy sky
Shook his thin haired head
Muttering to himself
No it is all wrong
It ain't working
Something about it needs
Adjusting
Tweaking
He turned back to it
And nudged it slightly
Displacing it a few millimeters
Sideways
A short silence
The crowd held it's breath...
691 reads
2 Comments
No More
He's a straight shooter a son of a gun
Mows down pedestrians just for fun
Had fits of depression he acted alone
They found all they needed on his phone
He rented a truck and he went for a ride
Plowed the crowd from the passenger side
By chance a passer by recorded it all
He also got shots from outside the mall
Thought they were training for the MI boys
With backpacks loaded with unseen toys
Nearby a someone pushed the trigger
A few years before it was even bigger
It was early one morn in the late summer ...
Mows down pedestrians just for fun
Had fits of depression he acted alone
They found all they needed on his phone
He rented a truck and he went for a ride
Plowed the crowd from the passenger side
By chance a passer by recorded it all
He also got shots from outside the mall
Thought they were training for the MI boys
With backpacks loaded with unseen toys
Nearby a someone pushed the trigger
A few years before it was even bigger
It was early one morn in the late summer ...
614 reads
8 Comments
Gullible
Peering over my balcony
On the hundred and fifth floor
And onto the wild blue yonder
Over there past the seaside
The harbor and the cruise ships
Lining it
Just beyond the foggy horizon
A dark fuzzy image
Eludes
But i don't mind
It's only momentary in my awarenses
Other things other thoughts prevail
Like who am i?
What the hell is this?
What is my place in this seeming place?
And why do i wonder about it?
Ahh
i am alive or so it seems
i breath or so i tell myself
i smoke
My consciousness is something
Bravo i...
On the hundred and fifth floor
And onto the wild blue yonder
Over there past the seaside
The harbor and the cruise ships
Lining it
Just beyond the foggy horizon
A dark fuzzy image
Eludes
But i don't mind
It's only momentary in my awarenses
Other things other thoughts prevail
Like who am i?
What the hell is this?
What is my place in this seeming place?
And why do i wonder about it?
Ahh
i am alive or so it seems
i breath or so i tell myself
i smoke
My consciousness is something
Bravo i...
612 reads
6 Comments
Mama Papa God Demon
Mama said not to worry
Mama said not to fear
Papa said not to hurry
Papa said not to care
God said you are child
God said you are clay
Demon said you are wild
Demon said you are prey
Mama i am dreading
Mama i am scared
Papa i am heading
Papa i am bared
God i am reliant
God i am your dough
Demon i am defiant
Demon i am your foe
Mama said not to fear
Papa said not to hurry
Papa said not to care
God said you are child
God said you are clay
Demon said you are wild
Demon said you are prey
Mama i am dreading
Mama i am scared
Papa i am heading
Papa i am bared
God i am reliant
God i am your dough
Demon i am defiant
Demon i am your foe
711 reads
16 Comments
In Recognition Of Her
Tell her you love her with all your heart
Admit how you ache when you're apart
Show her what she really means to you
Rely on her always to see you through
Don't let your fear rule you you bugger
Smile into her eyes before you hug her
Be the man that she needs you to be
Stand by her side and drop to your knee
Pride's useless if it means you lose her
She relies on you so never abuse her
Recognize her for the blessing she is
Seal your love with a passionate kiss
Remember when you were all alone
A wandering soul without a home
She gave you a...
Admit how you ache when you're apart
Show her what she really means to you
Rely on her always to see you through
Don't let your fear rule you you bugger
Smile into her eyes before you hug her
Be the man that she needs you to be
Stand by her side and drop to your knee
Pride's useless if it means you lose her
She relies on you so never abuse her
Recognize her for the blessing she is
Seal your love with a passionate kiss
Remember when you were all alone
A wandering soul without a home
She gave you a...
711 reads
10 Comments
Name
It's been called many things
Throughout history
By those sensitive to it
Yet unable to detect it's origin
Usually the names of men
Because of it's voracious nature
But it has no gender
And in truth
Has no identity either
Still i find myself also seeking a term
Or something to describe it
Alas i am only human
That fact amuses it
And in fact
Everything amuses it
To varying degrees
It lays in hiding it breaths
crawls flies zooms
Wants nothing in everything
This i know at least
And it finds no dishonor in that...
Throughout history
By those sensitive to it
Yet unable to detect it's origin
Usually the names of men
Because of it's voracious nature
But it has no gender
And in truth
Has no identity either
Still i find myself also seeking a term
Or something to describe it
Alas i am only human
That fact amuses it
And in fact
Everything amuses it
To varying degrees
It lays in hiding it breaths
crawls flies zooms
Wants nothing in everything
This i know at least
And it finds no dishonor in that...
627 reads
6 Comments
Puny Englishmen Beware
We will smite them on the beaches
We will smite them on the field
We will smite them as our bitches
We will smite them when they yield
Thor's hammer will pulverize them
Odin's battle roar echoes loudly
Hannes's hands will surprise them
Then Eiður slays the lions proudly
Áfram Ísland!
Yes, i have gone completely loopy with football fever, but fear not, it is only temporary
Once we win the Euro Cup i will be sweet again, well sweeter anyway.
We will smite them on the field
We will smite them as our bitches
We will smite them when they yield
Thor's hammer will pulverize them
Odin's battle roar echoes loudly
Hannes's hands will surprise them
Then Eiður slays the lions proudly
Áfram Ísland!
Yes, i have gone completely loopy with football fever, but fear not, it is only temporary
Once we win the Euro Cup i will be sweet again, well sweeter anyway.
635 reads
18 Comments
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