Submissions by Seed
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction My poems are all over the map, mostly free verse. Influenced by everything I see, hear, and read. Don't know what I'm doing, but love doing it! Joined a couple of poetry groups & try to attend workshops to become a better writer. All just for fun!
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
22nd Nov 2020 1:22pm
22nd Nov 2020 1:22pm
Safe Bet, No Regret
Life is a game of chance
You can paly it safe
Or play fast and loose
You can cheat death,
But you can't just walk away
Because he's going to make you play
Until he wins
And when he wins
He takes it all
When that happens,
Even though you've lost the game,
You better hope
You've bet on the right horse
Some look back on life
And say they have no regrets
Well, they are lying
Everyone has things
They wished they'd done
Or should have done
Hopes that never came true
There are always things...
You can paly it safe
Or play fast and loose
You can cheat death,
But you can't just walk away
Because he's going to make you play
Until he wins
And when he wins
He takes it all
When that happens,
Even though you've lost the game,
You better hope
You've bet on the right horse
Some look back on life
And say they have no regrets
Well, they are lying
Everyone has things
They wished they'd done
Or should have done
Hopes that never came true
There are always things...
#death
#LifeStruggles
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
10th Nov 2020 12:43pm
10th Nov 2020 12:43pm
A Venomous Snake
He slithers slowly on the forest floor
Quietly he makes his way
Under the leaf litter
Frequently stopping
Stealthy, watching, looking for prey
Waiting, he flicks out his tongue
Testing the air
Always ready to strike
To flavor with venom
Wrapped around and intertwined
As they struggle
Then consume his victim
With the familiar taste of poison
Such is the man who cannot control
His lust
For as it has been said,
"A woman makes love to whom she chooses,
But a man has sex with whoever he can."
Quietly he makes his way
Under the leaf litter
Frequently stopping
Stealthy, watching, looking for prey
Waiting, he flicks out his tongue
Testing the air
Always ready to strike
To flavor with venom
Wrapped around and intertwined
As they struggle
Then consume his victim
With the familiar taste of poison
Such is the man who cannot control
His lust
For as it has been said,
"A woman makes love to whom she chooses,
But a man has sex with whoever he can."
#lust
#sex
#humankind
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
7th Nov 2020 4:48pm
7th Nov 2020 4:48pm
Naked Winter
The leaves of Autumn have fallen
Nature is caught up in winter's naked embrace
The winds don't sing a winter song
Instead they blow and moan
Crying the blues
While the shadows of trees
Lay down upon the season's first snow
Trees that reach their boney fingers towards the sky
A plea for mercy, in solemn prayer
The bitter wind cuts deep and nothing is as cruel
As a winter that exposes everything naked and bare
And lays a heavy burden on backs and shoulders
The sun's power has seemed to have drained away
A solitary brittle brown...
Nature is caught up in winter's naked embrace
The winds don't sing a winter song
Instead they blow and moan
Crying the blues
While the shadows of trees
Lay down upon the season's first snow
Trees that reach their boney fingers towards the sky
A plea for mercy, in solemn prayer
The bitter wind cuts deep and nothing is as cruel
As a winter that exposes everything naked and bare
And lays a heavy burden on backs and shoulders
The sun's power has seemed to have drained away
A solitary brittle brown...
#hope
#trees
#winter
#nature
#snow
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2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
4th Nov 2020 6:15pm
4th Nov 2020 6:15pm
Whaling Days
They started out drift whaling along the shore
But soon moved on to pursuing the behemoths
Out into the open ocean
Men with faces of purpose boarding tall ships
Taking their bravery and capacious cupidity with them
They kissed their wives and children goodbye
Families wishing them greasy luck!
The whalers embarked as mermaids in costal caves
Sang their siren songs echoing in sailor's ears
Beckoning them come closer the the craggy shore
While the wives wiped the salt from their eyes
A few expressed their concern ...
But soon moved on to pursuing the behemoths
Out into the open ocean
Men with faces of purpose boarding tall ships
Taking their bravery and capacious cupidity with them
They kissed their wives and children goodbye
Families wishing them greasy luck!
The whalers embarked as mermaids in costal caves
Sang their siren songs echoing in sailor's ears
Beckoning them come closer the the craggy shore
While the wives wiped the salt from their eyes
A few expressed their concern ...
#sea
#historical
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
4th Nov 2020 1:05pm
4th Nov 2020 1:05pm
My Thoughts Fly Away
If I sit still and alone
My thoughts soon fly away
Like flocks of birds migrate
Headed south to some
Far away place I've never been
They travel to their place of rest
In the way that Paraguay
Is always somewhere
In South America even though
I never think about it
Yet my thoughts end up there
My thoughts fly away
Taking me with them
Distant as the Irish Sea
Their waves breaking
On a lonely shore
Washing my reality away
My thoughts run free
Like Yellowstone bison ...
My thoughts soon fly away
Like flocks of birds migrate
Headed south to some
Far away place I've never been
They travel to their place of rest
In the way that Paraguay
Is always somewhere
In South America even though
I never think about it
Yet my thoughts end up there
My thoughts fly away
Taking me with them
Distant as the Irish Sea
Their waves breaking
On a lonely shore
Washing my reality away
My thoughts run free
Like Yellowstone bison ...
#dreams
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
20th Oct 2020 2:34pm
20th Oct 2020 2:34pm
The Difference
There is, in the morning, a discreet moment when I become aware of my existence. Wrapped snug in blankets, the covers and the sheets. Body heat trapped making me warm as a bale of hay beyond comfortable. I wonder if I am still alive, the haziness in my brain keeping me from clear consciousness. I lie in suspended animation as though an angel has whispered in my ear, "Come with me." and takes me by the hand leading me away to where I can see heaven sitting upon a not so distant hill. It shines like the sun and I can hear the angels and the saints singing and I want more than anything to go...
#dreams
#morning
#sleep #nightmares
#sleep #nightmares
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LOVE POEM
Published
27th Sep 2020 4:56am
27th Sep 2020 4:56am
Slip Away
I simply must be a priority for you
And you should be smart enough to know that
Because I won't suffer being taken for granted
Nor being treated like an after thought
Or an inconvenience
And if I'm not your priority
I won't bother asking you to let me go
Because I'll already be gone long before
You realize what you let slip away
And you should be smart enough to know that
Because I won't suffer being taken for granted
Nor being treated like an after thought
Or an inconvenience
And if I'm not your priority
I won't bother asking you to let me go
Because I'll already be gone long before
You realize what you let slip away
#love
#lover
96 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
25th Sep 2020 6:37pm
25th Sep 2020 6:37pm
A Woman I Can't Forget
The memory of her still haunts me
Everything about her hunts me
Using me as prey
Food for thought
When I think of her
This woman I can't forget
We could ignore reality
It's always harder than it has to be
Just live in the fantasy
Where everything fits together perfectly
Even me
And the woman I can't forget
Everything about her hunts me
Using me as prey
Food for thought
When I think of her
This woman I can't forget
We could ignore reality
It's always harder than it has to be
Just live in the fantasy
Where everything fits together perfectly
Even me
And the woman I can't forget
#love
#lover
#memories #ForbiddenLove
#memories #ForbiddenLove
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
19th Sep 2020 2:03am
19th Sep 2020 2:03am
Burning
Eva Jean caught the woods on fire
They yelled as they went running by
What happened? I asked someone
She was burning leaves, then the wind
Picked up considerably, the sage field
Was gold like wheat and dry as kindling
One shift in the wind and the field was Burning
It whirled from the heat and raced Toward the woods
People ran with sloshing buckets and
Spanked at the fire with shirts and Towels
But once it reached the woods it didn't Take much the start the under growth
And that caught an old dead log, heart of Pine I think ...
They yelled as they went running by
What happened? I asked someone
She was burning leaves, then the wind
Picked up considerably, the sage field
Was gold like wheat and dry as kindling
One shift in the wind and the field was Burning
It whirled from the heat and raced Toward the woods
People ran with sloshing buckets and
Spanked at the fire with shirts and Towels
But once it reached the woods it didn't Take much the start the under growth
And that caught an old dead log, heart of Pine I think ...
#fire
#responsibility
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LOVE POEM
Published
7th Sep 2020 9:24pm
7th Sep 2020 9:24pm
Wildflower
In case you're wondering,
all the pictures of sunflowers
I post, yeah, they're all for you
because I know they're your
favorite flower.
But I'll always call you Honeysuckle
and only you will know why.
Though I still love daffodils the most
above all flowers,
but you, you are and always will be a wildflower swaying in the breeze and soaking up the sun.
Though I am just some guy
riding along in a car
on the road above your meadow
looking out the window
as I pass you by.
And...
all the pictures of sunflowers
I post, yeah, they're all for you
because I know they're your
favorite flower.
But I'll always call you Honeysuckle
and only you will know why.
Though I still love daffodils the most
above all flowers,
but you, you are and always will be a wildflower swaying in the breeze and soaking up the sun.
Though I am just some guy
riding along in a car
on the road above your meadow
looking out the window
as I pass you by.
And...
#love
#heartbroken
#lover
83 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
7th Sep 2020 1:50pm
7th Sep 2020 1:50pm
The Question of "Why?"
Why do we make life more than
putting food on the table
and sheltering from the weather?
Why do we make love more
than just being there?
Why is wisdom knowing all things
instead of just doing the important
things well every time?
Why is education so highly valued
when common sense is so rare?
Why do days last forever
when you're young and
seem to fly when you're
older and need them the most?
There are many questions of "Why".
Yet, my answers are all the same
. . . "I don't know".
putting food on the table
and sheltering from the weather?
Why do we make love more
than just being there?
Why is wisdom knowing all things
instead of just doing the important
things well every time?
Why is education so highly valued
when common sense is so rare?
Why do days last forever
when you're young and
seem to fly when you're
older and need them the most?
There are many questions of "Why".
Yet, my answers are all the same
. . . "I don't know".
#LifeStruggles
#learning
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LOVE POEM
Published
7th Sep 2020 2:25am
7th Sep 2020 2:25am
Lesson Learned
They say repeating the same action
Over and over expecting
A different result
Is the definition of insanity.
Well, I've grown tired of being crazy.
Lesson learned.
I won't give you another chance.
You won't ever change and I'm not sure
You even can, but I know you're
Not even trying.
Lesson learned.
You almost lost me once and you
Proved me right, that everything
I ever said about you was true.
That there is a difference between
"can't" and "won't".
Lesson learned.
Maybe once is just a mistake,
But...
Over and over expecting
A different result
Is the definition of insanity.
Well, I've grown tired of being crazy.
Lesson learned.
I won't give you another chance.
You won't ever change and I'm not sure
You even can, but I know you're
Not even trying.
Lesson learned.
You almost lost me once and you
Proved me right, that everything
I ever said about you was true.
That there is a difference between
"can't" and "won't".
Lesson learned.
Maybe once is just a mistake,
But...
#love
#frustration
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