Submissions by Pinkdreams
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Filterless poet who loves other filterless poets.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
22nd Mar 2023 9:17am
22nd Mar 2023 9:17am
Kosher Safari
my aunt's 80th birthday
was of course a special occasion
an extra special celebration was warranted
not just another luxury cruise
or Ritz Carlton stay in an international capital
no, something more adventurous
something...rugged even!
my cousin and her rich husband
both reform Jews who went orthodox once married
had the perfect solution:
a kosher safari
when Aunt D first says
kosher safari
my brain sparks and sputters
kosher
safari
what the...?
before I thought through kosher...
was of course a special occasion
an extra special celebration was warranted
not just another luxury cruise
or Ritz Carlton stay in an international capital
no, something more adventurous
something...rugged even!
my cousin and her rich husband
both reform Jews who went orthodox once married
had the perfect solution:
a kosher safari
when Aunt D first says
kosher safari
my brain sparks and sputters
kosher
safari
what the...?
before I thought through kosher...
#family
#religion
#funny #travel
#funny #travel
64 reads
8 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Mar 2023 8:03pm
19th Mar 2023 8:03pm
Alexa Play Eighties Rock
as i speak
to the phantom woman
i have a prediction:
first song will be Bon Jovi
Living on a Prayer
that will be good
but no
even better
a guitar intro fills the air
as energetically ecstatic
as Manzarek's keyboard
on Light My Fire
spiritual rocket fuel
a childhood portal
into the vastness
of the glittering night sky
twenty years later
I could still fly
Sweet Child O' Mine
jolted me
enlivened me
to something
everything ...
to the phantom woman
i have a prediction:
first song will be Bon Jovi
Living on a Prayer
that will be good
but no
even better
a guitar intro fills the air
as energetically ecstatic
as Manzarek's keyboard
on Light My Fire
spiritual rocket fuel
a childhood portal
into the vastness
of the glittering night sky
twenty years later
I could still fly
Sweet Child O' Mine
jolted me
enlivened me
to something
everything ...
#happiness
#music
#memories
79 reads
11 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
16th Mar 2023 3:15am
16th Mar 2023 3:15am
The Almost Instant Karma of Pampelmousse
sensory intake:
round
dimpled skin
pale yellow
patches of pink
citrus fruit in parking lot near dumpster
speculations:
may have rolled out of someone's bag
someone was on the way to the dumpster and dropped it
ideas:
1.pick it up and throw it in the dumpster
2.just kick it out of the way
NO! it could be a bomb!
a grapefruit bomb?
(rolling eyes at self)
yes! don't kick it. you could die
right oh, um, remember what you wrote on the board in your dorm
Trip on citric acid with the Grapefruit...
round
dimpled skin
pale yellow
patches of pink
citrus fruit in parking lot near dumpster
speculations:
may have rolled out of someone's bag
someone was on the way to the dumpster and dropped it
ideas:
1.pick it up and throw it in the dumpster
2.just kick it out of the way
NO! it could be a bomb!
a grapefruit bomb?
(rolling eyes at self)
yes! don't kick it. you could die
right oh, um, remember what you wrote on the board in your dorm
Trip on citric acid with the Grapefruit...
#conflict
#karma
88 reads
13 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
13th Mar 2023 5:44am
13th Mar 2023 5:44am
The Days of Jenese (a private language)
the difference
between friends and activity partners
between friends and close friends
between close friends and soul friends
sometimes manifests
through constructions of language
unique
and private
often silly
my best friend Nancy and i found that out
when we were eleven
our language
was harvested from any, everything, and nothing:
qua meant gross
For the bride! meant no kidding!
a potatable mood was a bad mood
derived, somehow
from a popular song at the time
the finale of our...
between friends and activity partners
between friends and close friends
between close friends and soul friends
sometimes manifests
through constructions of language
unique
and private
often silly
my best friend Nancy and i found that out
when we were eleven
our language
was harvested from any, everything, and nothing:
qua meant gross
For the bride! meant no kidding!
a potatable mood was a bad mood
derived, somehow
from a popular song at the time
the finale of our...
#grief
#friendship
#death #funny
#death #funny
94 reads
18 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
1st Mar 2023 6:29am
1st Mar 2023 6:29am
Nebulous
#lust
#BDSM
#ThrillSeeking
155 reads
8 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
27th Feb 2023 00:28am
27th Feb 2023 00:28am
Waiting for a Better Lifeboat
there is insecurity
in choosing security
what are you missing?
clinging to a slowly sinking ship
lifeboat by your side
rejecting the lifeboat
because you're not familiar with it
it's terribly small
are there oars in it?
even if there are
what are you supposed to do
row between continents?
meanwhile
even though you can pretend you're not
you're sinking
there's a captain
of your slowly sinking ship
though she lives ashore
in a palatial house
with a beautiful...
in choosing security
what are you missing?
clinging to a slowly sinking ship
lifeboat by your side
rejecting the lifeboat
because you're not familiar with it
it's terribly small
are there oars in it?
even if there are
what are you supposed to do
row between continents?
meanwhile
even though you can pretend you're not
you're sinking
there's a captain
of your slowly sinking ship
though she lives ashore
in a palatial house
with a beautiful...
#sea
#choices
#risk
97 reads
11 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
26th Feb 2023 3:55pm
26th Feb 2023 3:55pm
Shout
soon
turns to later
later
disappears
too much of my brain
taken away
by worries
and the day to day
if you haven't heard from me
SHOUT
don't murder me
or shut me out
turns to later
later
disappears
too much of my brain
taken away
by worries
and the day to day
if you haven't heard from me
SHOUT
don't murder me
or shut me out
#relationships
#betrayal
#misunderstood
108 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
23rd Feb 2023 5:43am
23rd Feb 2023 5:43am
Your Hostess For the Next Minute
Ring Ding!
Oh look
It's that Ho Ho
Little Debbie
She wants your Ding Dong
and your Snoballs
Lime green!
Kind of kinky
You've been craving her Twinkie
Eager to eat
her sweet creamy center
so we'll leave you to it
In a while...
Chocodile
Oh look
It's that Ho Ho
Little Debbie
She wants your Ding Dong
and your Snoballs
Lime green!
Kind of kinky
You've been craving her Twinkie
Eager to eat
her sweet creamy center
so we'll leave you to it
In a while...
Chocodile
#food
#satirical
82 reads
11 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Feb 2023 4:21am
18th Feb 2023 4:21am
Show and Tell
no more dolls
no more toys
no more games
by middle school
childhood is not just gone
its obliterated
an eighth grader
brought a gun to school
he's showing his friends
one of his besties
gets to hold the clip
this goes on
for three days
finally a student reports it
a week ago:
a lockdown
close to two hours
note in the high school boys bathroom:
"I'm going to shoot up the school"
underneath
a...
no more toys
no more games
by middle school
childhood is not just gone
its obliterated
an eighth grader
brought a gun to school
he's showing his friends
one of his besties
gets to hold the clip
this goes on
for three days
finally a student reports it
a week ago:
a lockdown
close to two hours
note in the high school boys bathroom:
"I'm going to shoot up the school"
underneath
a...
#childhood
#GunControl
#America #school
#America #school
94 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
13th Feb 2023 1:52am
13th Feb 2023 1:52am
No de Nile
The crocodile's eyes
glowed red
like neon stop signs
come in
for an evening swim
It said
It will be fun
It said
I longed to glide sensually
under the beams of the moon
in this ancient river
In this exotic land
to submerge myself in trust
to be cleansed of doubt
but no
not on this night
not in this river
likely
not in this lifetime
glowed red
like neon stop signs
come in
for an evening swim
It said
It will be fun
It said
I longed to glide sensually
under the beams of the moon
in this ancient river
In this exotic land
to submerge myself in trust
to be cleansed of doubt
but no
not on this night
not in this river
likely
not in this lifetime
#river
#TruthOfLife
#risk
168 reads
16 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Feb 2023 9:48pm
5th Feb 2023 9:48pm
DUP Last Will and Testament (for when I'm truly deep underground though I'd prefer to be cremated)
in honor of your tolerating my TMI poetry
I bequeath one lucky poet my 12 year old cat
she will slow blink adoringly at you
lower your blood pressure with her contented purring
and only occasionally
pee on your bed
for all the support
of my ADD poetic ramblings
I will arrange to have sent to each of you
a token of my appreciation
which
on my budget
will be one of the following:
a Jolly Rancher hard candy
or a fun-sized Twix bar
Choose wisely
I also bequeath
a couple dozen unfinished poems
to...
I bequeath one lucky poet my 12 year old cat
she will slow blink adoringly at you
lower your blood pressure with her contented purring
and only occasionally
pee on your bed
for all the support
of my ADD poetic ramblings
I will arrange to have sent to each of you
a token of my appreciation
which
on my budget
will be one of the following:
a Jolly Rancher hard candy
or a fun-sized Twix bar
Choose wisely
I also bequeath
a couple dozen unfinished poems
to...
#death
#funny
#WritingPoetry
163 reads
17 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
3rd Feb 2023 2:13am
3rd Feb 2023 2:13am
Is This Normal? Part 1
its been a long time
but I'm back
my old Miami
my former planet
gated neighborhood
not much has changed
the persistence of memory
mature trees
competing mansions
multi-carat sunshine sparkles
decorating Biscayne Bay
I'm going somewhere
isn't that so much of our lives
getting to somewhere else
I think I'll take the canal
instead of US 1
I hate busy streets
lazy right turn
decision written
this is normal
right?
driving in a canal ...
but I'm back
my old Miami
my former planet
gated neighborhood
not much has changed
the persistence of memory
mature trees
competing mansions
multi-carat sunshine sparkles
decorating Biscayne Bay
I'm going somewhere
isn't that so much of our lives
getting to somewhere else
I think I'll take the canal
instead of US 1
I hate busy streets
lazy right turn
decision written
this is normal
right?
driving in a canal ...
#anxiety
#dreams
#memories
177 reads
11 Comments
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