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Poet Introduction
I'm just a cowboy. I've got some stories to tell and some scores to settle.
E 34
Bold
Vibrancy
Balance
Expressionism
Vibrancy
Balance
Expressionism
#art
424 reads
10 Comments
E 33
Untitled
Post Modern
Expressionism
Just because
Post Modern
Expressionism
Just because
#art
373 reads
12 Comments
Leading the Straight Life
This was a bad idea
Soon I'll have a thermos full of booze
Nipping on the bus
Talking to myself
Getting arrested for crimes against poetry
Will you bail me out ?
Soon I'll have a thermos full of booze
Nipping on the bus
Talking to myself
Getting arrested for crimes against poetry
Will you bail me out ?
#LifeAsAWriter
451 reads
14 Comments
E32
Vision
Ideas
Not sure how it plays
Doing the work
The rest will follow
Commitment
Ideas
Not sure how it plays
Doing the work
The rest will follow
Commitment
#identity
490 reads
11 Comments
Forgive Me Father
All I wanted was your love
I was a difficult son
A lost loner
That much we shared
Even though we can't
Let's drink a toast
Straight Kentucky bourbon
Two glasses
No ice
I was a difficult son
A lost loner
That much we shared
Even though we can't
Let's drink a toast
Straight Kentucky bourbon
Two glasses
No ice
#parent
466 reads
10 Comments
Fathers and Sons: Love Redux
My dad wasn't wordy
I can't remember affection
He never told me he loved me
If he did, I don't remember it
Strong silent type he was
I grew up quiet
Till I started to speak more
Then everyone wished I'd shut the fuck up
My mom told me my dad loved us very much
I wanted to hear it from him
On my wedding day he said it
Collectively in a toast he pronounced his love grandly
I always wanted more from him
I wanted his knowledge, his craft
He's gone 20 years now
I'm still trying ......
I can't remember affection
He never told me he loved me
If he did, I don't remember it
Strong silent type he was
I grew up quiet
Till I started to speak more
Then everyone wished I'd shut the fuck up
My mom told me my dad loved us very much
I wanted to hear it from him
On my wedding day he said it
Collectively in a toast he pronounced his love grandly
I always wanted more from him
I wanted his knowledge, his craft
He's gone 20 years now
I'm still trying ......
#fatherhood
575 reads
19 Comments
Ex-Lover Exchange
Nice exchange this morning
Plans to meet for coffee
Knowing we never will
Still
A nice overture
Heart
Plans to meet for coffee
Knowing we never will
Still
A nice overture
Heart
#emotional
361 reads
13 Comments
Being Good
Reforming
Even though it's a lie
Being good
Boring as fuck
Independent politically
Lean left
Law and order
As long as it's my law
My order
Even though it's a lie
Being good
Boring as fuck
Independent politically
Lean left
Law and order
As long as it's my law
My order
#LifeCycle
389 reads
12 Comments
E 31
Left standing
Others fallen
El Paso
Dayton
Guns
Mentally unstable
Access
Absurd
Others fallen
El Paso
Dayton
Guns
Mentally unstable
Access
Absurd
#LifeChangingMoment
430 reads
11 Comments
I Write to Her but She Rarely Answers
We were lovers
Ultimately she didn't choose me
It should have bothered me more
I was jaded then
Too many broken relationships
Misunderstood or shallow
I'll never know
Ultimately she didn't choose me
It should have bothered me more
I was jaded then
Too many broken relationships
Misunderstood or shallow
I'll never know
#memories
363 reads
12 Comments
Dreading the Anniversary of Woodstock
I was 17
I went to Woodstock
It's 50 years later
Do the math
You know my melancholy
It's kicking me in the ass
It almost seems like a dream
The dope was righteous then
Forbidden fruit tastes so much better
I kept my tickets for years
Lost them when I moved
The music lives on
I'm not much for looking back
The only thing I want from then is hair
Free flowing and bountiful
Still got some
Precious commodity
Back then it was currency
Day tripping
The music lives on
Fucking great
I was young...
I went to Woodstock
It's 50 years later
Do the math
You know my melancholy
It's kicking me in the ass
It almost seems like a dream
The dope was righteous then
Forbidden fruit tastes so much better
I kept my tickets for years
Lost them when I moved
The music lives on
I'm not much for looking back
The only thing I want from then is hair
Free flowing and bountiful
Still got some
Precious commodity
Back then it was currency
Day tripping
The music lives on
Fucking great
I was young...
#memories
369 reads
18 Comments
Signal
Waiting for the signal
To emerge from my darkness
The search goes on
Turning every corner
Studying crushed leaves
Pathway awaits
Stuck on main street
Stepped on gum
To emerge from my darkness
The search goes on
Turning every corner
Studying crushed leaves
Pathway awaits
Stuck on main street
Stepped on gum
#mystery
405 reads
13 Comments
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