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
3rd Jan 2023 4:40pm
3rd Jan 2023 4:40pm
Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot
Another year has passed.
Another trip around the sun.
Time marches like an enemy's army.
Soldiers that never tire,
their eyes fixed firmly on the horizon.
I find myself on New Year's Eve
home alone,
as is my annual custom.
My life is practical,
not filled with parties and gatherings,
with fireworks and champagne,
where crowds of people
sway in various levels of sobriety,
and sing Auld Lang Syne,
unaware of its history
or meaning
(Thank you Robert Burns).
At the stroke of midnight ...
Another trip around the sun.
Time marches like an enemy's army.
Soldiers that never tire,
their eyes fixed firmly on the horizon.
I find myself on New Year's Eve
home alone,
as is my annual custom.
My life is practical,
not filled with parties and gatherings,
with fireworks and champagne,
where crowds of people
sway in various levels of sobriety,
and sing Auld Lang Syne,
unaware of its history
or meaning
(Thank you Robert Burns).
At the stroke of midnight ...
#hope
#dreams
#LifeStruggles
#LifeGoals
#NewYear
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th Dec 2022 7:48pm
24th Dec 2022 7:48pm
Fox In The Field
I'd like to know what is it you do
to show you love me?
What is it you do to make me feel loved?
It's freezing outside
The dog comes in and refuses
to get in his crate.
I speak harshly to him
and he sulks in as I close
the gate behind him.
It's not your fault
you're a damn dog,
it's my fault
that I treat you like one.
The trouble with treating
someone like an old bastard
is they start to act like
an old bastard
to meet expectations.
I sometimes wonder what you see
when you...
to show you love me?
What is it you do to make me feel loved?
It's freezing outside
The dog comes in and refuses
to get in his crate.
I speak harshly to him
and he sulks in as I close
the gate behind him.
It's not your fault
you're a damn dog,
it's my fault
that I treat you like one.
The trouble with treating
someone like an old bastard
is they start to act like
an old bastard
to meet expectations.
I sometimes wonder what you see
when you...
#love
#heartbroken
#LifeStruggles
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EROTIC POEM
Published
24th Dec 2022 5:39pm
24th Dec 2022 5:39pm
Waiting On the Stop Sign to Turn Green
#women
#relationships
#dreams #sleep
#dreams #sleep
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
23rd Dec 2022 00:21am
23rd Dec 2022 00:21am
A Debate of Two Virtues
A debate of two virtues.
The haves and the have nots.
Be not dismayed that men
Esteemed by all
Have been deceived and have
Given into their lust and desires,
For even angels have fallen.
Having lived in fine houses,
With Travel & Leisure, Conde' Nast,
Southern Living, and Garden & Gun
On their tables, counters,
And desks.
All dreams and fantasies,
They should have known
Any magazine that advertizes
Rolex and Range Rover
Was above their means and
Far beyond their reach.
Prolonging the lie ...
The haves and the have nots.
Be not dismayed that men
Esteemed by all
Have been deceived and have
Given into their lust and desires,
For even angels have fallen.
Having lived in fine houses,
With Travel & Leisure, Conde' Nast,
Southern Living, and Garden & Gun
On their tables, counters,
And desks.
All dreams and fantasies,
They should have known
Any magazine that advertizes
Rolex and Range Rover
Was above their means and
Far beyond their reach.
Prolonging the lie ...
#LifeStruggles
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
9th Dec 2022 4:40am
9th Dec 2022 4:40am
Brighter Days
Morning rain and afternoon storms
Today yearns for yesterday's sun
Yesterday, bright and balmy, dreams
Of a year of summer
I once lived in the sun
But today with the gentle tears
Of a rain shower
Today cries itself to sleep
As night closes in
I am the moon and the morrow
I was yesterday, but am now today
The sun no longer shines on me
Dark days and a deluge of rain
But I still remember the sun,
I remember the dream
And what could have been
So, I cry with the rain
And dream of brighter days
Today yearns for yesterday's sun
Yesterday, bright and balmy, dreams
Of a year of summer
I once lived in the sun
But today with the gentle tears
Of a rain shower
Today cries itself to sleep
As night closes in
I am the moon and the morrow
I was yesterday, but am now today
The sun no longer shines on me
Dark days and a deluge of rain
But I still remember the sun,
I remember the dream
And what could have been
So, I cry with the rain
And dream of brighter days
#hope
#dreams
#LifeStruggles
#rain
#storm
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
6th Dec 2022 12:58pm
6th Dec 2022 12:58pm
The Quiet Ones
Many times I wish to die,
But the great God above
Never answers my prayers.
In His infinite wisdom,
He judges
That I should suffer more.
Enduring trials and tribulations
Yet unseen,
Experiencing still more heartache and pain,
To be a beast of burden.
Chief of which, is a woman who claims to love me.
But her's is a mercurial, enigmatic love.
She has no understanding of what true love is,
Nor then is she able to share it.
She is lost in the bedroom,
Having no sexual desire.
She is a twisted crown of...
But the great God above
Never answers my prayers.
In His infinite wisdom,
He judges
That I should suffer more.
Enduring trials and tribulations
Yet unseen,
Experiencing still more heartache and pain,
To be a beast of burden.
Chief of which, is a woman who claims to love me.
But her's is a mercurial, enigmatic love.
She has no understanding of what true love is,
Nor then is she able to share it.
She is lost in the bedroom,
Having no sexual desire.
She is a twisted crown of...
#love
#loneliness
#heartbroken #LifeStruggles
#heartbroken #LifeStruggles
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th Nov 2022 4:58pm
28th Nov 2022 4:58pm
These Feet
These feet have walked countless miles
From my first awkward step
Enduring falls and spills, to plains and hills
These feet have walked a hundred miles
Climbing mountains and along beaches by the sea
Each stride with the bold confidence of youth
These feet have walked a thousand miles
A specter, invisible me, staggering through teenage years
Walking alone, stopping often to ponder before moving on
These feet have walked ten thousand miles
Running from here to there, in the rat race
Climbing the ladder, going nowhere, running...
From my first awkward step
Enduring falls and spills, to plains and hills
These feet have walked a hundred miles
Climbing mountains and along beaches by the sea
Each stride with the bold confidence of youth
These feet have walked a thousand miles
A specter, invisible me, staggering through teenage years
Walking alone, stopping often to ponder before moving on
These feet have walked ten thousand miles
Running from here to there, in the rat race
Climbing the ladder, going nowhere, running...
#LifeStruggles
#LifeCycle
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
13th Sep 2022 3:56am
13th Sep 2022 3:56am
Linda Camille
She said after a while silence is betrayal.
But I'm over you now.
There is no need for words,
You know what you did.
Besides, I didn't leave to teach you a lesson.
Rather, I left because I finally learned mine.
You think you've changed,
But a snake only sheds its skin
So it can become a bigger snake.
You like to put off this vibe of peace and love,
A gypsy queen and a hippie refugee from the sixties,
But woman you've got a lot of venom
And a hair trigger to go with it.
You've shown me who you really are
And i...
But I'm over you now.
There is no need for words,
You know what you did.
Besides, I didn't leave to teach you a lesson.
Rather, I left because I finally learned mine.
You think you've changed,
But a snake only sheds its skin
So it can become a bigger snake.
You like to put off this vibe of peace and love,
A gypsy queen and a hippie refugee from the sixties,
But woman you've got a lot of venom
And a hair trigger to go with it.
You've shown me who you really are
And i...
#love
#relationships
#breakup #MovingOn
#breakup #MovingOn
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Sep 2022 1:41pm
5th Sep 2022 1:41pm
Sojourners
All who wander are not lost." - Gandalf
We are all sojourners in this present world. Make sure as you travel you take the time to live. Would that you wake early enough, every once in a while, to watch the sun rise and hear the birdsong welcome the new day. Sit quietly after a rain shower and listen to the last pidder-padder and the final drip-drop-drip, then go jump in the puddles, run around, blow bubbles, sing a childhood song, pick up the found feather, collect last year's bird nest from among the branches of the apple tree. See the world with wonder through the eyes of a...
We are all sojourners in this present world. Make sure as you travel you take the time to live. Would that you wake early enough, every once in a while, to watch the sun rise and hear the birdsong welcome the new day. Sit quietly after a rain shower and listen to the last pidder-padder and the final drip-drop-drip, then go jump in the puddles, run around, blow bubbles, sing a childhood song, pick up the found feather, collect last year's bird nest from among the branches of the apple tree. See the world with wonder through the eyes of a...
#travel
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
4th Jul 2022 8:27pm
4th Jul 2022 8:27pm
Contentment and Serenity
Listen to me
Breathe . . . just breathe
Untangle your thoughts . . .
Clear your mind . . .
Let everything go . . .
Now, breathe
Relax and just breathe
Float
Free and easy
Now . . . . . . . . . . . just be
Breathe . . . just breathe
Untangle your thoughts . . .
Clear your mind . . .
Let everything go . . .
Now, breathe
Relax and just breathe
Float
Free and easy
Now . . . . . . . . . . . just be
#peace
#meditation
#SelfDiscovery
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
12th Mar 2022 2:23pm
12th Mar 2022 2:23pm
I Wonder About the Purpose of Snow
I wonder about the purpose of snow.
We got a couple inches overnight
So infrequently do we get snow
That it still seems special every time;
Exciting, a wonderful wonderland.
I admire its beauty all the while
Cursing the cold and worse the ice.
I laugh at jokes about dogs being frozen
To fire hydrants.
I wonder about the purpose of snow.
Our winters are normally mild
We go years without ever seeing snow.
We never owned gloves and so
We had to make do by putting socks
On our hands before going outside.
I never...
We got a couple inches overnight
So infrequently do we get snow
That it still seems special every time;
Exciting, a wonderful wonderland.
I admire its beauty all the while
Cursing the cold and worse the ice.
I laugh at jokes about dogs being frozen
To fire hydrants.
I wonder about the purpose of snow.
Our winters are normally mild
We go years without ever seeing snow.
We never owned gloves and so
We had to make do by putting socks
On our hands before going outside.
I never...
#snow
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
4th Mar 2022 2:03pm
4th Mar 2022 2:03pm
Santa Ana Winds
The western sky slowly turning colors
Of a sunset pallet and a few others
The Santa Anas are blowing into town
Those red winds that make fire rain down
Husbands don't turn your back on your wives
Time to put away all of your kitchen knives
The Santa Anas are now coming to make your skin crawl
Those red winds that turn every party into a drunken brawl
Those haunted hot winds out California way
Fires burning so bright turning night into day
Wind that make spark and flame whip and whirl
Santa Anas to make orange fires dance and twirl ...
Of a sunset pallet and a few others
The Santa Anas are blowing into town
Those red winds that make fire rain down
Husbands don't turn your back on your wives
Time to put away all of your kitchen knives
The Santa Anas are now coming to make your skin crawl
Those red winds that turn every party into a drunken brawl
Those haunted hot winds out California way
Fires burning so bright turning night into day
Wind that make spark and flame whip and whirl
Santa Anas to make orange fires dance and twirl ...
#fire
#wind
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