Submissions by PoetSpeak
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm just a cowboy. I've got some stories to tell and some scores to settle.
No Botox Baby
Love trials
Couple of empty vodka bottles in the trash
You’re still looking good for the camera
Back story
Star power
Salty tears
Hard work
You’re like a stock I’m holding through losses
The minute I sell it, it goes up
Holding on
It’s what we did before the fame
Innocence
Determination
No Botox baby
Couple of empty vodka bottles in the trash
You’re still looking good for the camera
Back story
Star power
Salty tears
Hard work
You’re like a stock I’m holding through losses
The minute I sell it, it goes up
Holding on
It’s what we did before the fame
Innocence
Determination
No Botox baby
713 reads
12 Comments
That Damn Scar
It's been 5 years
A marker of sorts
Melanoma
Careless youth
I covered that damn chin scar for years
Till I exposed it a few weeks ago
I love it now
Deformity with a twist
Scars are sexy some say
They all tell stories
Mine does
A marker of sorts
Melanoma
Careless youth
I covered that damn chin scar for years
Till I exposed it a few weeks ago
I love it now
Deformity with a twist
Scars are sexy some say
They all tell stories
Mine does
590 reads
18 Comments
The Truth is all I Have
Count on it Boss
Lying takes too much time to configure
Rather have a sandwich and a beer
Watch a baseball game
Chasing skirts is a younger mans game
Greed is an assault on dignity
The clean life sits pretty
Naps in the recliner
Talking integrity
Find your inner Zen
Green tea anyone ?
Lying takes too much time to configure
Rather have a sandwich and a beer
Watch a baseball game
Chasing skirts is a younger mans game
Greed is an assault on dignity
The clean life sits pretty
Naps in the recliner
Talking integrity
Find your inner Zen
Green tea anyone ?
594 reads
12 Comments
Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a solemn day
It's not about BBQ and shopping
Do those things but take a moment
Honor those who served and died so you could enjoy this day
It's not about BBQ and shopping
Do those things but take a moment
Honor those who served and died so you could enjoy this day
624 reads
8 Comments
Booze and Talking Out Loud
I went off booze for a little while
Clarity was okay
I prefer boozing though
Not like the old days
When getting drunk was a given
This is more of a social thing
Meet a friend for a few beers at happy hour
Seeing more and more geezers like me there
NYC is like London where the pub is holy
I always preferred my whiskey without mixers
Now I'm starting to merge left
Aging thing ?
I don't know
Thinking retirement in 18 months
My brain is soggy from repetition
Articles say get out early if you can
Tough to pull the...
Clarity was okay
I prefer boozing though
Not like the old days
When getting drunk was a given
This is more of a social thing
Meet a friend for a few beers at happy hour
Seeing more and more geezers like me there
NYC is like London where the pub is holy
I always preferred my whiskey without mixers
Now I'm starting to merge left
Aging thing ?
I don't know
Thinking retirement in 18 months
My brain is soggy from repetition
Articles say get out early if you can
Tough to pull the...
759 reads
13 Comments
Hanging with Brenda
Black night
Industrial
Artist
Meth
Jubilant
While normals sleep
Concept
Chasing statements
Owning the write
Hanging with Brenda
Continous
No dawn
Redeye
New York City
Energy
Vibe
Thrust
Industrial
Artist
Meth
Jubilant
While normals sleep
Concept
Chasing statements
Owning the write
Hanging with Brenda
Continous
No dawn
Redeye
New York City
Energy
Vibe
Thrust
736 reads
10 Comments
Monk Life
I had just bought a fine bottle of bourbon
A day later I decided not to drink for awhile
It's a really good bottle too
I'm not anything close to being an alcoholic
I was just drinking a little bit almost every day
I've never had an addictive personality
Except for sex
Takes two to tango though
Is masturbation sex ?
Caffeine is my real problem
I love the boost but it doesn't love me
Medical stuff too boring to go into
Then there's sugar
Another nemesis
Cutting back on the processed stuff
Cantaloupe and...
A day later I decided not to drink for awhile
It's a really good bottle too
I'm not anything close to being an alcoholic
I was just drinking a little bit almost every day
I've never had an addictive personality
Except for sex
Takes two to tango though
Is masturbation sex ?
Caffeine is my real problem
I love the boost but it doesn't love me
Medical stuff too boring to go into
Then there's sugar
Another nemesis
Cutting back on the processed stuff
Cantaloupe and...
630 reads
14 Comments
Friendly vs. Honest Comments
For years I wanted honest
Until I didn't
Friendly seems good enough
It's a poem
Not an essay in the Times
It's better now
Honesty is overrated sometimes
Until I didn't
Friendly seems good enough
It's a poem
Not an essay in the Times
It's better now
Honesty is overrated sometimes
646 reads
16 Comments
Tender Saves the Day
Tenderness
Grace
Humor
A hand held
Sewing that button on for me
Telling you the weather
Moments in a relationship
Being there
Darkness and light
Grace
Humor
A hand held
Sewing that button on for me
Telling you the weather
Moments in a relationship
Being there
Darkness and light
582 reads
14 Comments
Getting There, Urban Cowboy, The Scoop
The Q changed my life
2nd Avenue Subway opened in January
86th to Times Square in 9 minutes
86th to Union Square switch for the L
12 minutes to Jefferson Street, Brooklyn
Chopped 35 minutes off that trip
No more fucking busses
Slow as shit with drivers who forget to open back doors
You have to drive the bus and open the doors
The back door is where you want us to get off
Open it Tool Head
Duh
The Q is religion in this town
It's secular too
God freaks stay away from the stations
No pamphlet people trying...
2nd Avenue Subway opened in January
86th to Times Square in 9 minutes
86th to Union Square switch for the L
12 minutes to Jefferson Street, Brooklyn
Chopped 35 minutes off that trip
No more fucking busses
Slow as shit with drivers who forget to open back doors
You have to drive the bus and open the doors
The back door is where you want us to get off
Open it Tool Head
Duh
The Q is religion in this town
It's secular too
God freaks stay away from the stations
No pamphlet people trying...
574 reads
8 Comments
Dank and Chilly Spring
It rains everyday
You'd love it
Tea and cakes at that little cafe
Alone in the mist
Lovers
Washing our souls
Salvation babe
You'd love it
Tea and cakes at that little cafe
Alone in the mist
Lovers
Washing our souls
Salvation babe
668 reads
10 Comments
Feeling Lonely, At Least the Lemonade is Cold
It's a beautiful Spring evening
Feeling melancholy though
There are times you want to write a poem
You know the one
It's the absentee work
That's been rattling around your brain since forever
It never comes out the way you see it
Azure Blue segues into a black and white quagmire
Swore off booze during the work week
Already feel like caving
The peach lemonade is a new brand
Sweet and tart with a caffeine booster
Brain turning splintery
I kinda live for that fuzzy karma
Someone told me today that they loved meeting me ...
Feeling melancholy though
There are times you want to write a poem
You know the one
It's the absentee work
That's been rattling around your brain since forever
It never comes out the way you see it
Azure Blue segues into a black and white quagmire
Swore off booze during the work week
Already feel like caving
The peach lemonade is a new brand
Sweet and tart with a caffeine booster
Brain turning splintery
I kinda live for that fuzzy karma
Someone told me today that they loved meeting me ...
723 reads
14 Comments
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