Submissions by PAR (PAULO ACACIO RAMOS)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I write, and think, and paint, and draw, and read, and...
LOVE POEM
Published
4th Aug 2022 3:56pm
4th Aug 2022 3:56pm
post office
the being was the being was the being was
beheaded by the country's navy...
...
..., bled slowly, ...
its parts scattered like ashes
the doors
open open open open
there is a taxi waiting
there is a taxi that is not
either in wait or in wait
was the being that had been
...
PAR
beheaded by the country's navy...
...
..., bled slowly, ...
its parts scattered like ashes
the doors
open open open open
there is a taxi waiting
there is a taxi that is not
either in wait or in wait
was the being that had been
...
PAR
#love
#kindness
#husband
#boyfriend
#men
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Aug 2022 4:21pm
3rd Aug 2022 4:21pm
Still (Collaboration with Wafflenose)
What are you waiting for
at that measured distance,
submerged in silence?
Perhaps you are hoping
that time will turn backwards;
that history will rewrite itself.
Or do you await a rescuer
to take you away from here?
On the streets,
last night's fog
remains.
The meagre glow
of the waning,
infinite sequence
of footprints
that we left
is just discernible.
My eyes linger once more
upon your distant silhouette.
I glance behind me one last time
before I leave.
In...
at that measured distance,
submerged in silence?
Perhaps you are hoping
that time will turn backwards;
that history will rewrite itself.
Or do you await a rescuer
to take you away from here?
On the streets,
last night's fog
remains.
The meagre glow
of the waning,
infinite sequence
of footprints
that we left
is just discernible.
My eyes linger once more
upon your distant silhouette.
I glance behind me one last time
before I leave.
In...
#sadness
#rejection
#PowerOfWords
#art
#collaboration
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ANGER POEM
Published
3rd Aug 2022 11:50am
3rd Aug 2022 11:50am
The melting of the polar ice caps
A non-poem poem
to avoid this theme.
A poem by whom
to say what went wrong!
The worms drag your poems
by the wet soil of crude oil.
Such a short poem...
To say who bent you.
A dead seal does not see
the bear killed by cruel starvation.
The sperm whale lost the sensation
of the giant squid's embrace.
A poem you had taken,
to confirm the error!
A migrant under the sea
does not see the land where he will rest.
A migrant under the sea
does not see the land he has...
to avoid this theme.
A poem by whom
to say what went wrong!
The worms drag your poems
by the wet soil of crude oil.
Such a short poem...
To say who bent you.
A dead seal does not see
the bear killed by cruel starvation.
The sperm whale lost the sensation
of the giant squid's embrace.
A poem you had taken,
to confirm the error!
A migrant under the sea
does not see the land where he will rest.
A migrant under the sea
does not see the land he has...
#murder
#nature
#despair #suffering
#despair #suffering
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Aug 2022 1:45pm
2nd Aug 2022 1:45pm
Cashier Visitation
Why couldn't I condition myself
to a box in which everything
was kindly set for me?
Does the box make you shiver? Does it?
It's set, another wins!
Also, why should I be a friend
of someone, the disgusting!
Pay attention to the baggage.
To the most crowded suitcase of all.
Does the bag make you shiver? Does it?
Everything that is full is not a closet,
The closet, by all accounts, is empty.
Are you upset about how empty it is?
Does it hurt you to see the closet so empty?
I saw the dark instrument of...
to a box in which everything
was kindly set for me?
Does the box make you shiver? Does it?
It's set, another wins!
Also, why should I be a friend
of someone, the disgusting!
Pay attention to the baggage.
To the most crowded suitcase of all.
Does the bag make you shiver? Does it?
Everything that is full is not a closet,
The closet, by all accounts, is empty.
Are you upset about how empty it is?
Does it hurt you to see the closet so empty?
I saw the dark instrument of...
#anger
#war
#LifeStruggles
#LifeCycle
#pandemic
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
30th Jul 2022 2:43pm
30th Jul 2022 2:43pm
Effects (Collaboration with Wafflenose)
The reverberation
of his words
hung in the air,
resonating
within her soul
from afar.
Snippets of phrases
echoed in
the caves of their ears;
a train coming out
of a golden seashell;
screech and whistle
pulsating in its wake.
Half-formed phrases
vibrated into song
which, beating,
grew so strong.
In a harmony glow
so far from home
as a red drop
in the neverending snow,
they listened.
of his words
hung in the air,
resonating
within her soul
from afar.
Snippets of phrases
echoed in
the caves of their ears;
a train coming out
of a golden seashell;
screech and whistle
pulsating in its wake.
Half-formed phrases
vibrated into song
which, beating,
grew so strong.
In a harmony glow
so far from home
as a red drop
in the neverending snow,
they listened.
#kindness
#friendship
#PowerOfWords
#art
#collaboration
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STORY POEM
Published
30th Jul 2022 2:29pm
30th Jul 2022 2:29pm
Tea Time
Alice went for a walk
and she'll be right back.
She will bring rabbit to
dinner and if she can't
even a cat will do...
PAR
and she'll be right back.
She will bring rabbit to
dinner and if she can't
even a cat will do...
PAR
#fairies
#aliens
#witches
#zombies
#mermaids
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
29th Jul 2022 11:27am
29th Jul 2022 11:27am
Dare
Trying to taste the salt
from the dead sea,
in the pauper's sea.
In the non-navigable sea
of the migrant,
in the eternal movement
of beings who fear
their origin and their destination.
They don't always realize
the adult in the lines
from a boy's hand.
from the dead sea,
in the pauper's sea.
In the non-navigable sea
of the migrant,
in the eternal movement
of beings who fear
their origin and their destination.
They don't always realize
the adult in the lines
from a boy's hand.
#money
#mirror
#consumerism
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ANGER POEM
Published
28th Jul 2022 2:38pm
28th Jul 2022 2:38pm
Umbrella
no one compares to anyone
even if they look like
even if they disappear
even if we say yes.
all faces become nobody
all voices echo in vain
all lanes are on the same train
we will all convince ourselves of this
nothing multiplies nothing
no one occupies someone's eyes
the flight is always infinitely short
the hollow is always deeply raw
the echo is always ridiculously naked
we follow the signs to nowhere...
PAR
even if they look like
even if they disappear
even if we say yes.
all faces become nobody
all voices echo in vain
all lanes are on the same train
we will all convince ourselves of this
nothing multiplies nothing
no one occupies someone's eyes
the flight is always infinitely short
the hollow is always deeply raw
the echo is always ridiculously naked
we follow the signs to nowhere...
PAR
#anger
#anxiety
#confusion
#apathy
#boredom
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Jul 2022 5:36pm
21st Jul 2022 5:36pm
Count the corn
The anchovy, for lunch,
weighed like bronze
in the messenger's belly.
In his mouth there was a taste
to fungi and gasoline.
He forgot to see the deadline
and now the gastric juice
was to solve.
Because he had to work
spade and lime, like all
the other boys.
Each of them, another
cloth puppet under
the volley of orders
and cries of the rodent,
the one they called chief,
always on the tail.
He felt ridiculous
and out of action, like a rift
in the mold of a cube!
PAR
weighed like bronze
in the messenger's belly.
In his mouth there was a taste
to fungi and gasoline.
He forgot to see the deadline
and now the gastric juice
was to solve.
Because he had to work
spade and lime, like all
the other boys.
Each of them, another
cloth puppet under
the volley of orders
and cries of the rodent,
the one they called chief,
always on the tail.
He felt ridiculous
and out of action, like a rift
in the mold of a cube!
PAR
#LifeStruggles
#ignorance
#FeelingTrapped
#emotional
#bittersweet
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Jul 2022 10:12pm
20th Jul 2022 10:12pm
Vertex
So it was like this:
He passed and she didn't see him!
It was so:
She did not see.
He passed.
The cars stopped
for him to pass
and she did not see.
He has a name
that she didn't hear.
So it was like this:
She didn't see his eyes,
lost when he passed
and he, not knowing
whether he was seen,
passed on.
They passed each other.
They didn't see each other.
Perhaps his voice in the wind.
maybe her scent
in the brief moment she passes
by him and he does not see.
So it was...
He passed and she didn't see him!
It was so:
She did not see.
He passed.
The cars stopped
for him to pass
and she did not see.
He has a name
that she didn't hear.
So it was like this:
She didn't see his eyes,
lost when he passed
and he, not knowing
whether he was seen,
passed on.
They passed each other.
They didn't see each other.
Perhaps his voice in the wind.
maybe her scent
in the brief moment she passes
by him and he does not see.
So it was...
#sadness
#loneliness
#heartbroken
#frustration
#boredom
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SELF POEM
Published
20th Jul 2022 5:00pm
20th Jul 2022 5:00pm
Oblivion
Forgetfulness
is normal
like the brick
and soon after
the cement and
then the layer
of lime.
So in the house
of memory
there are many walls
in a labyrinth
of non-memories
and a floor
paved
of longing.
PAR
is normal
like the brick
and soon after
the cement and
then the layer
of lime.
So in the house
of memory
there are many walls
in a labyrinth
of non-memories
and a floor
paved
of longing.
PAR
#sadness
#loneliness
#disappointment
#apathy
#bittersweet
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
20th Jul 2022 2:12pm
20th Jul 2022 2:12pm
Celebes Islands
Elephants don't drink,
Lemonade,
even if they are
on vacation.
Lemons are acidic,
gently,
even if they are not
on vacation.
Elephants trample,
the lemons,
even if they are not
in rage.
PAR
Lemonade,
even if they are
on vacation.
Lemons are acidic,
gently,
even if they are not
on vacation.
Elephants trample,
the lemons,
even if they are not
in rage.
PAR
#strength
#motivational
#respect
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