Submissions by PAR (PAULO ACACIO RAMOS)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I write, and think, and paint, and draw, and read, and...
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
232 reads
1 Comment
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
324 reads
1 Comment
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
239 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Jul 2022 2:10pm
19th Jul 2022 2:10pm
Poem about a poem*
Body full of impact,
filling sounds.
I still hear the immersive echoes
of the rhythm of your words.
Sentences floating arrhythmically
from ear to ear.
Elephants waiting in silence
for the coming shower of blessings.
PAR
*caused by reading the poem FLIGHT
written by Wafflenose (Ellie)
filling sounds.
I still hear the immersive echoes
of the rhythm of your words.
Sentences floating arrhythmically
from ear to ear.
Elephants waiting in silence
for the coming shower of blessings.
PAR
*caused by reading the poem FLIGHT
written by Wafflenose (Ellie)
#motivational
#inspirational
#confessional
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
273 reads
1 Comment
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
18th Jul 2022 2:12pm
18th Jul 2022 2:12pm
3 HaiKu
Scarab haiku
Little ladybug that flies.
A black then a red!
So many dots in the air...
PAR
Bat haiku
Big bat flying in the air.
The red and black drops.
It rains so much blood.
PAR
Bird haiku
little bird learns to fly,
wings of sorrows he suffers,
looking to break free.
PAR
Little ladybug that flies.
A black then a red!
So many dots in the air...
PAR
Bat haiku
Big bat flying in the air.
The red and black drops.
It rains so much blood.
PAR
Bird haiku
little bird learns to fly,
wings of sorrows he suffers,
looking to break free.
PAR
#haiku
256 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Jul 2022 5:16pm
17th Jul 2022 5:16pm
Beheaded Poem
I beheaded a poem
For you... my rhyme
I cleaned its insides
I took off its eyes
For not having to bear
The humidity of the tears
I blew the letters up...
I threw the letters down
I washed the poem clean
I've let the scales dry
So I could do a helmet
To avoid beheading...
PAR
For you... my rhyme
I cleaned its insides
I took off its eyes
For not having to bear
The humidity of the tears
I blew the letters up...
I threw the letters down
I washed the poem clean
I've let the scales dry
So I could do a helmet
To avoid beheading...
PAR
#love
#kindness
#gratitude
#redemption
#emotions
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DARK POEM
Published
15th Jul 2022 11:57am
15th Jul 2022 11:57am
Horsefly
I want you to return, one day,
to tell me nothing more.
With nothing in your hands,
dehydrated from the search.
I want you to become desert,
rainless, surrounded by your corpses.
Unbearably delicious, still warm, uncertain.
Uncertain and crooked.
I want you to transform yourself, for no reason,
into water that is not fit for consumption.
Love, always yours, I'm waiting.
PAR
to tell me nothing more.
With nothing in your hands,
dehydrated from the search.
I want you to become desert,
rainless, surrounded by your corpses.
Unbearably delicious, still warm, uncertain.
Uncertain and crooked.
I want you to transform yourself, for no reason,
into water that is not fit for consumption.
Love, always yours, I'm waiting.
PAR
#sadness
#anger
#anxiety
#heartbroken
#bittersweet
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2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
13th Jul 2022 3:33pm
13th Jul 2022 3:33pm
In a hurry
I ran with all my legs.
Ran ran ran ran.
Dripped on the stones of the ground.
It rained rivers and streams...
Dogs and cats and dogs and cats.
I ran as if I still had
the breath of wild lions.
I ran, I ran, I corrected lines.
Complete trajectories in hand.
I ran, I slipped, I wrote
As if time cuts me off
and my feet couldn't stand it anymore...
The stones that others
had in the pockets and the bread
butchered by the devil.
Ran in all directions
as always did
on the long sunny days of Ceylon. ...
Ran ran ran ran.
Dripped on the stones of the ground.
It rained rivers and streams...
Dogs and cats and dogs and cats.
I ran as if I still had
the breath of wild lions.
I ran, I ran, I corrected lines.
Complete trajectories in hand.
I ran, I slipped, I wrote
As if time cuts me off
and my feet couldn't stand it anymore...
The stones that others
had in the pockets and the bread
butchered by the devil.
Ran in all directions
as always did
on the long sunny days of Ceylon. ...
#sadness
#anger
#anxiety
#frustration
#disappointment
278 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Jul 2022 12:20pm
6th Jul 2022 12:20pm
Tempus Fugit
Autumn explodes,
in the pupils of the eyes,
yellow and tasty.
Autumn scares our skin
with its magic fingers
of chills and dry leaves.
Autumn explores our fur
with its breezes.
heat of the embers
of sleeping fireplaces.
Autumn dawns.
The poem opens.
The wings open.
The beaks are opened.
Flowers open.
The eyes narrow.
Ears open.
Open doors, letters.
Open secret diaries.
Open wounds.
Over the waters the mist rises.
Days and waves raise cathedrals.
The trains pass.
Losses pass. ...
in the pupils of the eyes,
yellow and tasty.
Autumn scares our skin
with its magic fingers
of chills and dry leaves.
Autumn explores our fur
with its breezes.
heat of the embers
of sleeping fireplaces.
Autumn dawns.
The poem opens.
The wings open.
The beaks are opened.
Flowers open.
The eyes narrow.
Ears open.
Open doors, letters.
Open secret diaries.
Open wounds.
Over the waters the mist rises.
Days and waves raise cathedrals.
The trains pass.
Losses pass. ...
#sadness
#anxiety
#frustration #disappointment
#frustration #disappointment
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STORY POEM
Published
1st Jul 2022 12:23pm
1st Jul 2022 12:23pm
Pâquerettes volantes
Que fais-tu
des fleurs que je t'offre ?
As-tu ta fête ?
Où rien ne va !
Tu fais courir le temps
derrière nulle part ?
Tu fais semblant d'avoir oublié
où veux-tu voler?
Tu suis cette rue
et fais le tour de l'asile.
Tu frappes à la porte...
tu laisses les fleurs
sur la dernière marche
plus haut.
PAR
des fleurs que je t'offre ?
As-tu ta fête ?
Où rien ne va !
Tu fais courir le temps
derrière nulle part ?
Tu fais semblant d'avoir oublié
où veux-tu voler?
Tu suis cette rue
et fais le tour de l'asile.
Tu frappes à la porte...
tu laisses les fleurs
sur la dernière marche
plus haut.
PAR
#sadness
#anxiety
#heartbroken #disappointment
#heartbroken #disappointment
343 reads
2 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
27th Jun 2022 8:55pm
27th Jun 2022 8:55pm
Wind
The wild wind of my land.
The wind,
did you bring it back, the wind
of the crossroads of a thousand hundred roads...?
Pray to the wind of my land
shout to the wind,
ascend to heaven full of wind.
The wild wind of my land.
PAR
The wind,
did you bring it back, the wind
of the crossroads of a thousand hundred roads...?
Pray to the wind of my land
shout to the wind,
ascend to heaven full of wind.
The wild wind of my land.
PAR
#storm
#wind
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Jun 2022 12:06pm
27th Jun 2022 12:06pm
territorial invasion
I don't like perfection
then
I don't believe in gods
I don't like underwater visions
then
I don't believe in heroes
I don't like landfills
then
I don't attend baptisms
weddings and funerals
I don't like people
I don't like meeting people
I don't like to see people.
PAR
then
I don't believe in gods
I don't like underwater visions
then
I don't believe in heroes
I don't like landfills
then
I don't attend baptisms
weddings and funerals
I don't like people
I don't like meeting people
I don't like to see people.
PAR
#corruption
#pollution
#inequality
#poverty
#deception
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