Submissions by PsycoticMastermind
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Tempting Agent Starling to eat a home cooked meal instead of gas station donuts and coffee.
[ FS ] Figuring It Out
Somewhere along the course of time
In the world God engineered
the image of the female figure
came to be secretly revered
Rather than listen with his eyes
Man listened with his ears
to the rhetoric of biblical verses
mistranslated throughout the years
Harmless admiration of natural art
became psychological art of distrust
Man convincing himself that looking
opened him to the perils of lust
guarding himself against what was seen
since eyes were prone to deception ...
In the world God engineered
the image of the female figure
came to be secretly revered
Rather than listen with his eyes
Man listened with his ears
to the rhetoric of biblical verses
mistranslated throughout the years
Harmless admiration of natural art
became psychological art of distrust
Man convincing himself that looking
opened him to the perils of lust
guarding himself against what was seen
since eyes were prone to deception ...
832 reads
2 Comments
[ nonsense ] What Is A Pome?
For those who incorrectly guessed
a pome is a brief quest
lasting nowhere near as long as a tome
unexpectedly ending shortly after it starts
and in the privacy of your own home
may involve K-Y Jelly
a lawn gnome
perhaps auto parts
Sometimes it feels really good
Mostly it smarts
So, don't be a hero---
when in Rome
I suggest you do as the Romans do
except for Nero
best known for accidentally
burning everything down
while...
a pome is a brief quest
lasting nowhere near as long as a tome
unexpectedly ending shortly after it starts
and in the privacy of your own home
may involve K-Y Jelly
a lawn gnome
perhaps auto parts
Sometimes it feels really good
Mostly it smarts
So, don't be a hero---
when in Rome
I suggest you do as the Romans do
except for Nero
best known for accidentally
burning everything down
while...
832 reads
2 Comments
Drone Strike 1
Poetry should be fun
---a mischievous grinning
before the middle finger giving
in the face of assembly line factory
literary society has become of late
Weigh the sting of sarcasm by the ton;
rate this efficiently deficient combination
winning at failing to maintain steady pace
in the three-legged race you and I have run
lagging behind with feet dragging out of sight
while in my mind, I'm freely streaking naked
under a sun so warm it bakes this skin of...
---a mischievous grinning
before the middle finger giving
in the face of assembly line factory
literary society has become of late
Weigh the sting of sarcasm by the ton;
rate this efficiently deficient combination
winning at failing to maintain steady pace
in the three-legged race you and I have run
lagging behind with feet dragging out of sight
while in my mind, I'm freely streaking naked
under a sun so warm it bakes this skin of...
#WritingPoetry
#bees
699 reads
1 Comment
[2015] Sparrowminded
Once diverse colors of the spectrum
flock together as a band of sparrows
Everything blends
ends in singularity
When your drifting focus narrows
here exists a quiet frame of mind
more often than not these days
it is a rarity
Future
a canvass unpainted with dreams
Past
one vague memory
In the growing reverie
what seems to be real is
and
Is exactly what it appears to be
Jettisoned
freefalling
floating along
light as a sparrow feather ...
flock together as a band of sparrows
Everything blends
ends in singularity
When your drifting focus narrows
here exists a quiet frame of mind
more often than not these days
it is a rarity
Future
a canvass unpainted with dreams
Past
one vague memory
In the growing reverie
what seems to be real is
and
Is exactly what it appears to be
Jettisoned
freefalling
floating along
light as a sparrow feather ...
702 reads
2 Comments
[ Creepfest ] In The Home Of The Mountain Queen
916 reads
2 Comments
[ Spiritual ] The Abridged Version
Lazily sitting on the edge of a beam
supporting this bridge straddling a stream
watching the after images of image after image
appearing in the liquid scene mirroring below
keen to how I grow more unknowing
as this dream like reverie
continues flowing over me
leaning further outward at my own risk
So enchanting is this parading
process of association
Silently wishing
a coin is cast
creating a rippling disc
in the Present
once Future
now Past
the point of no return
I find myself...
supporting this bridge straddling a stream
watching the after images of image after image
appearing in the liquid scene mirroring below
keen to how I grow more unknowing
as this dream like reverie
continues flowing over me
leaning further outward at my own risk
So enchanting is this parading
process of association
Silently wishing
a coin is cast
creating a rippling disc
in the Present
once Future
now Past
the point of no return
I find myself...
659 reads
1 Comment
[ Love ] Looking Glassed, Rabbit Holed
Penned in the journal of my mind
her voice flips pages to an earlier day---
one abreft of sunrise or moonset
happening in a peculiar, abbreviated way
Scribblings of her laughter, ambient
return me to a particular time and space
Streams of joy dribbling down my cheeks
Heart skipping forward in three-legged race
Since our abrupt parting
dreams there have been
secrets longed to share
withheld
If only there was another chapter to our story
If only the sequel could be wishing welled
One thing...
her voice flips pages to an earlier day---
one abreft of sunrise or moonset
happening in a peculiar, abbreviated way
Scribblings of her laughter, ambient
return me to a particular time and space
Streams of joy dribbling down my cheeks
Heart skipping forward in three-legged race
Since our abrupt parting
dreams there have been
secrets longed to share
withheld
If only there was another chapter to our story
If only the sequel could be wishing welled
One thing...
761 reads
5 Comments
[ nonsense ] Barn Star
In and out
in and out
goes my award winning cock
Pullet!
Pullet with a mullet
strutting like the rock star
that he is, going
in and out
in and out
of the hen house
While yours?
'Tis nothing but a lousy grouse---
just another groupie
chick waiting in line to get
laid
in and out
goes my award winning cock
Pullet!
Pullet with a mullet
strutting like the rock star
that he is, going
in and out
in and out
of the hen house
While yours?
'Tis nothing but a lousy grouse---
just another groupie
chick waiting in line to get
laid
735 reads
4 Comments
[ Psychology ] The Infinite Mine
Wandering
further
deeper
into the labyrinth
torch ablaze dispelling darkness
warming me less these days
as I grow more weary and cold
Somewhere up above unseen
twin suns lingering in the West;
twilight longing to unfold
Despite a guide in my head saying,
This isn't a race
feet demanding I give my boots a rest
I insist on putting myself to the test
wishing to lengthen the distance behind
Tired
I keep a steady pace ...
further
deeper
into the labyrinth
torch ablaze dispelling darkness
warming me less these days
as I grow more weary and cold
Somewhere up above unseen
twin suns lingering in the West;
twilight longing to unfold
Despite a guide in my head saying,
This isn't a race
feet demanding I give my boots a rest
I insist on putting myself to the test
wishing to lengthen the distance behind
Tired
I keep a steady pace ...
679 reads
1 Comment
[ On Poetry ] Type O Negative
Empty pages beckon to be filled
---a patchwork quilt of farmland
painstakingly instilled with seed---
soil tilled sprouts a solitary weed
I regret to inform you
the typographical error of your ways
Is a hypodermic needle full of nonsense
injected into an otherwise perfectly written verse
disrupting my entire fucking universe
Your unwanted presence
leaves my stomach illed
You heard me right
and for having killed my appetite
Thou shall bleed
Take that!
...
---a patchwork quilt of farmland
painstakingly instilled with seed---
soil tilled sprouts a solitary weed
I regret to inform you
the typographical error of your ways
Is a hypodermic needle full of nonsense
injected into an otherwise perfectly written verse
disrupting my entire fucking universe
Your unwanted presence
leaves my stomach illed
You heard me right
and for having killed my appetite
Thou shall bleed
Take that!
...
793 reads
3 Comments
[2015] White Noise
I scream;
larynx tearing at the seam
Trying to shout;
only choked warblings come out
I dream;
nightmarish world crowding all about
Me?
Will I wake up?
Unsettling, doubt
creeps into this ...
dome
Sad place you call,
Home
where playground grass ...
larynx tearing at the seam
Trying to shout;
only choked warblings come out
I dream;
nightmarish world crowding all about
Me?
Will I wake up?
Unsettling, doubt
creeps into this ...
dome
Sad place you call,
Home
where playground grass ...
849 reads
3 Comments
[ On Poetry ] Enter Your Submission
Were my instructions not concise enough?
To experience detention in my dungeon
you must first be worthy of inviting
You were to pen a sonnet
both erotic and exciting
And you said,
I'll get right on it
Tantalize me with a titillating poem;
have it on my desk by the end of today
Not to even consider handing me
another Fifty Shades Of Grey
So what did you do?
You did it anyway
Numerous gradations of mediocre
writing mind numbingly delighting
in sycophantic subby...
To experience detention in my dungeon
you must first be worthy of inviting
You were to pen a sonnet
both erotic and exciting
And you said,
I'll get right on it
Tantalize me with a titillating poem;
have it on my desk by the end of today
Not to even consider handing me
another Fifty Shades Of Grey
So what did you do?
You did it anyway
Numerous gradations of mediocre
writing mind numbingly delighting
in sycophantic subby...
875 reads
8 Comments
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