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.
Autumn Calling
In the thicket
Walking through the brush
Thoughts and contemplation
October surreal
Walking through the brush
Thoughts and contemplation
October surreal
#fall
562 reads
14 Comments
Death in the Family
My cousin died suddenly yesterday
We weren't close as adults
Growing up though he was a maybe brother
Shocked at the suddenness
A disease called HLH
I had to Google it too
There are no words
Just a hollow reminder
Stay close to who loves you
Make an effort with family
Good rules to live by
From a guy who breaks enough of them ....
We weren't close as adults
Growing up though he was a maybe brother
Shocked at the suddenness
A disease called HLH
I had to Google it too
There are no words
Just a hollow reminder
Stay close to who loves you
Make an effort with family
Good rules to live by
From a guy who breaks enough of them ....
#family
#death
429 reads
On Stage
If I'm on stage doing my act
About all my issues with people
Everyone is laughing and connecting
And I'm seen as a comedic genius
But, if I'm confiding in you
as a friend, about all my human issues
Secretly, but not to my face
You think I'm a fucking Loser
Why the double standard ?
Is it because you paid to see the comedian ?
About all my issues with people
Everyone is laughing and connecting
And I'm seen as a comedic genius
But, if I'm confiding in you
as a friend, about all my human issues
Secretly, but not to my face
You think I'm a fucking Loser
Why the double standard ?
Is it because you paid to see the comedian ?
#TruthOfLife
480 reads
17 Comments
Pretty Women are Smiling at Me
I don't know what it is
Possibly my new skin cancer scar
Is that possible ?
It's healing nicely
Looks like the remnants of a bar fight
Not the action I usually go for
Poet's are lovers and thinkers
I'll take those smiles though
Fucking cancer has to be good for something
Possibly my new skin cancer scar
Is that possible ?
It's healing nicely
Looks like the remnants of a bar fight
Not the action I usually go for
Poet's are lovers and thinkers
I'll take those smiles though
Fucking cancer has to be good for something
#fate
#luck
#cancer
558 reads
16 Comments
I Miss you Mom
Will be 5 years in November
Last time we spoke was on November 5th
2014
It also happened to be my birthday
Flew to Florida
She was sick
In the hospital
Tubes everywhere
Trying to hold on
She made it 2 more weeks
Worst weeks of my life
Finally passing to go see Dad
I think of them often
Daily actually
Always there on my shoulder
Looking over me
Protection
Sitting on the couch yesterday
Staring out the window
It came to me profoundly
In the rough and tumble of my day ...
Last time we spoke was on November 5th
2014
It also happened to be my birthday
Flew to Florida
She was sick
In the hospital
Tubes everywhere
Trying to hold on
She made it 2 more weeks
Worst weeks of my life
Finally passing to go see Dad
I think of them often
Daily actually
Always there on my shoulder
Looking over me
Protection
Sitting on the couch yesterday
Staring out the window
It came to me profoundly
In the rough and tumble of my day ...
#love
#grief
#parent
537 reads
12 Comments
As Ever with Love
That's how my parents wrote to each
The sign off
I use it myself sometimes
It captures the heart
The sign off
I use it myself sometimes
It captures the heart
#love
456 reads
12 Comments
Bar
Drinking a Guinness
Watching traffic
People coming and going
Here I am
Sipping black gold
Writing poetry in my head
Channeling Johnny Cash
Poet life
Watching traffic
People coming and going
Here I am
Sipping black gold
Writing poetry in my head
Channeling Johnny Cash
Poet life
#WritingPoetry
592 reads
22 Comments
E 37
Earthy
Complexity
Multiple Choice
Starting again
Complexity
Multiple Choice
Starting again
#art
618 reads
14 Comments
Beer, Bourbon, Sleep, Tumor, Humor
Had a few Smithwicks the other night
Then I peed all night
While I enjoyed it in the moment I paid later
Drank some bourbon last night and slept well
Do the math
Waiting for my wife to go to the bank so I can jerk off
Will be the first load since my skin cancer tumor removal
Keeping you in the loop
Humor is everything
Then I peed all night
While I enjoyed it in the moment I paid later
Drank some bourbon last night and slept well
Do the math
Waiting for my wife to go to the bank so I can jerk off
Will be the first load since my skin cancer tumor removal
Keeping you in the loop
Humor is everything
#LifeAsAWriter
440 reads
14 Comments
Opossum in Brooklyn - Miscellaneous Life Updated
First I thought it was a giant rat
That was scary enough
Then I settled on baby raccoon
That was even weirder because it was daytime
In talking to my upstate friend
He advised the Opossum theory
I Googled
Sure enough the critter matched the picture
Is an opossum a rodent I wondered ?
Rodents are a plenty here
They will be counted in the census
An opossum is a game changer
Thoughts ?
That was scary enough
Then I settled on baby raccoon
That was even weirder because it was daytime
In talking to my upstate friend
He advised the Opossum theory
I Googled
Sure enough the critter matched the picture
Is an opossum a rodent I wondered ?
Rodents are a plenty here
They will be counted in the census
An opossum is a game changer
Thoughts ?
#nature
#TruthOfLife
494 reads
36 Comments
Dog Names ( Remembering Ginger )
She had a common dog name
Ginger
I thought I was being original when I named her
Later to find out not so much
No matter
Had her for 15 years
A lot of time to mix and match
You pet owners know
Variations on a theme
Henceforth the list:
Ginger
Ging
Gingaria
Gingalita
Pebble
Pebble
Peb
Pebulondo
Brown
Sweet Pea
Von Dooper
Dooper
Booper
Thing
Beautiful Girl
I'm sure there are more
Updates to follow
Ginger
I thought I was being original when I named her
Later to find out not so much
No matter
Had her for 15 years
A lot of time to mix and match
You pet owners know
Variations on a theme
Henceforth the list:
Ginger
Ging
Gingaria
Gingalita
Pebble
Pebble
Peb
Pebulondo
Brown
Sweet Pea
Von Dooper
Dooper
Booper
Thing
Beautiful Girl
I'm sure there are more
Updates to follow
#dogs
459 reads
18 Comments
I'm a Stranger
You don't know me
Well maybe you do
It's only here though
Social Fucking Media
Sometimes I want to call you
Burst into your imperfect world
Maybe make you laugh
Or cry
I'd like to have that freedom
Yet I'm a stranger
Air
Vapor
Mist
Well maybe you do
It's only here though
Social Fucking Media
Sometimes I want to call you
Burst into your imperfect world
Maybe make you laugh
Or cry
I'd like to have that freedom
Yet I'm a stranger
Air
Vapor
Mist
#CallToAction
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16 Comments
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