Submissions by Pho3nix19xx
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I write about issues that concern me and I think that is why my works are so emotional. In high school I entered and was published in three anthologies. I love when my poems can ignite conversations and others to want to write as well.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Jan 2016 2:21pm
21st Jan 2016 2:21pm
When Lightning Flies from Innocent Eyes (An Ode to Malala Yousafzai)
As lightning flies from innocent eyes
The fire flame for an ultimate desire
Never dies lame.
When it's touched by angel wings so white,
Though kissed by an Insurgent's bullet
So cold.
Brushed by Death's hand so black.
A silent voice,
Lost in the
White noise of
War
Fights back.
A message so powerful and stripped basic,
A voice stands singular and intrepid,
Unhindered by the events unbelievable.
The display of strength immeasurable.
Standing cloaked in the dress of a
Slain Leader.
A girl speaks to...
The fire flame for an ultimate desire
Never dies lame.
When it's touched by angel wings so white,
Though kissed by an Insurgent's bullet
So cold.
Brushed by Death's hand so black.
A silent voice,
Lost in the
White noise of
War
Fights back.
A message so powerful and stripped basic,
A voice stands singular and intrepid,
Unhindered by the events unbelievable.
The display of strength immeasurable.
Standing cloaked in the dress of a
Slain Leader.
A girl speaks to...
637 reads
0 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Jan 2016 9:58am
21st Jan 2016 9:58am
"Once-in-a-lifetime"
For an only child in a two person household family life is limited when that son is lonely or just needs a chance an' a break to forget and get away from everyone and everything in his life, even for just a small hour. A chance to spend some time with someone that other kids, his friends take for granted, an opportunity to get one-on-one with another guy. 'Cause it's more than quality time between two men, it's a learning experience every fleeting second a new leaf is flipped and a new expedition is begun. Thank-you for presenting
Once-in-a-Lifetime!
A Big Brother is more than just...
Once-in-a-Lifetime!
A Big Brother is more than just...
859 reads
4 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
20th Jan 2016 9:29pm
20th Jan 2016 9:29pm
The Words I Never Said (Open Letter)
IT’S TIME FOR A CHANGE! A major change, not just within your own self, but in the way each and every one of us lives our lives. I am not talking about your diet, the amount of sleep you do or do not get every night, or even how often you are physically active. My intent is not to try and persuade you to get a better job, or find a new career, nor is it to attempt to nudge you toward finally taking that dream vacation to some luxurious, tropical resort that actually turns out to be everything the broacher promised. No. Though, I do admit all of these things are beneficial and maybe helpful...
958 reads
6 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
20th Jan 2016 1:41pm
20th Jan 2016 1:41pm
The Un-enlisted War
Little boy six years old
Quiet and shy
Always Doing what he's told
And every Friday
He covers himself in red
No it don't matter if it's November or May
He takes time out to
Remember Everyone Deployed
So one sunny afternoon the teacher asks
Just what does it mean to him
Because he's too young to know fear
And his loving heart
Has never felt the sting of death,
But after a long hard breath
She can't help but be impressed
When he says
(Chorus 1)
"My Daddy just went away
To a very scary place called
Hell...
Quiet and shy
Always Doing what he's told
And every Friday
He covers himself in red
No it don't matter if it's November or May
He takes time out to
Remember Everyone Deployed
So one sunny afternoon the teacher asks
Just what does it mean to him
Because he's too young to know fear
And his loving heart
Has never felt the sting of death,
But after a long hard breath
She can't help but be impressed
When he says
(Chorus 1)
"My Daddy just went away
To a very scary place called
Hell...
768 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
20th Jan 2016 1:11pm
20th Jan 2016 1:11pm
"Fighter's Oath"
I am a fighter and this is my oath
I will stand strong mentally, physically, and spiritually when those around me have quit and given up.
I am a fighter and this is my oath
I will stay true to who I am in the heat of battle, and never let anyone attempt to change me for any reason.
I am a fighter and this is my oath
I will stay patient and aware of my surroundings regardless of how stacked the deck is against me.
I am a fighter and this is my oath
I will always work to evolve and improve myself in every aspect of life both as a person and as a...
I will stand strong mentally, physically, and spiritually when those around me have quit and given up.
I am a fighter and this is my oath
I will stay true to who I am in the heat of battle, and never let anyone attempt to change me for any reason.
I am a fighter and this is my oath
I will stay patient and aware of my surroundings regardless of how stacked the deck is against me.
I am a fighter and this is my oath
I will always work to evolve and improve myself in every aspect of life both as a person and as a...
816 reads
3 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
19th Jan 2016 2:59pm
19th Jan 2016 2:59pm
"Desecration"
Young lives filled with fun and folly,
Crazy days and wild nights
Not a care in sight.
The futures of nameless angels seemed so endless,
Like a Prairie horizon...
Limitless and flowing.
Their names will never be forgotten,
Though their honor died in vain.
The legacy of their pain shall forever remain lost in translation.
Bound and enslaved to reign for all eternity
Deprived of rightful dignity.
Tied to letters,
The confessions of murderer's...
Too many months...
Too many years...
Too many decades
Could not conceal the...
Crazy days and wild nights
Not a care in sight.
The futures of nameless angels seemed so endless,
Like a Prairie horizon...
Limitless and flowing.
Their names will never be forgotten,
Though their honor died in vain.
The legacy of their pain shall forever remain lost in translation.
Bound and enslaved to reign for all eternity
Deprived of rightful dignity.
Tied to letters,
The confessions of murderer's...
Too many months...
Too many years...
Too many decades
Could not conceal the...
876 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
19th Jan 2016 2:41pm
19th Jan 2016 2:41pm
"Simply Believe"
A question asked, safety deprived, a way out granted. A small voice ignited a flame, a flame so hot it burned neither blue nor white. A flame that would send two lives to unimaginable heights and death-defying lows. A fire so unfathomably that even death it's hellacious self failed to extinguish the inferno. An inferno that raged from the heart and still the question asked...answered with the sincerest of love, compassion, and the heart's embrace. A sanctuary needed but still a sanctuary unfound just as
So many things are left unsaid, buried in the deepest of depths.
Secrets...
So many things are left unsaid, buried in the deepest of depths.
Secrets...
779 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
17th Jan 2016 1:29pm
17th Jan 2016 1:29pm
My Clandestine
To you
A Face...
A Name...
A Person...
A voice unheard.
This I write to you
And while I'm sitting in the back of a downtown mall outside a store of gadgets and electronics. At the area of rest and socialization on a table still partially shrouded with the droppings of the last occupant's meal.
Willing but failing, attempting but cramping (weird, I haven't written but half a page) to form the words in ink that are swirling around my head, consuming my heart and soul, driving me to wonder who is it, this mysterious entity that now so astonishingly plagues me? ...
A Face...
A Name...
A Person...
A voice unheard.
This I write to you
And while I'm sitting in the back of a downtown mall outside a store of gadgets and electronics. At the area of rest and socialization on a table still partially shrouded with the droppings of the last occupant's meal.
Willing but failing, attempting but cramping (weird, I haven't written but half a page) to form the words in ink that are swirling around my head, consuming my heart and soul, driving me to wonder who is it, this mysterious entity that now so astonishingly plagues me? ...
662 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
17th Jan 2016 5:21am
17th Jan 2016 5:21am
Elegance+Destruction
Take a tour of your inner most self,
with honest insights and witness all the
delightful and horrid nights.
The chapters flow like cars on a rush hour street,
see how many mistakes you continually let repeat.
The times you turned away a friend in need,
and the moments you fell not to the feet of greed.
Then blink twice and clear your thoughts with ice,
imagine yourself somewhere nice.
See yourself naked and honest,
exposed in all
Nature's elegance.
Stare into the eyes you see
as to remember their color;
blue as the...
with honest insights and witness all the
delightful and horrid nights.
The chapters flow like cars on a rush hour street,
see how many mistakes you continually let repeat.
The times you turned away a friend in need,
and the moments you fell not to the feet of greed.
Then blink twice and clear your thoughts with ice,
imagine yourself somewhere nice.
See yourself naked and honest,
exposed in all
Nature's elegance.
Stare into the eyes you see
as to remember their color;
blue as the...
733 reads
4 Comments
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