Submissions by Spanker
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction The experiments continue; elements combine and react; new substances form; old ideas disintegrate; lenses filter, focus and reflect; the scientist and the lab rat – indistinguishable.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Mar 2021 9:22pm
21st Mar 2021 9:22pm
A Routine Procedure
The dentist is here now Mrs Robinson
Open wide
My, it is a big one
You are familiar with the procedure
First we bore it out with the drill
Then we fill it
Looks like it’s been left a while & grown
Not to worry we’ll soon have it done
Just going in now
You might feel some discomfort
Here we go
Just a bit wider thanks
Please raise your hand if it’s too much
It’s been a while Mrs Robinson
Not to worry we’ll take care of you as usual
Relax and look up
Lovely
Ah yes we need to go quite deep
No pain? ...
Open wide
My, it is a big one
You are familiar with the procedure
First we bore it out with the drill
Then we fill it
Looks like it’s been left a while & grown
Not to worry we’ll soon have it done
Just going in now
You might feel some discomfort
Here we go
Just a bit wider thanks
Please raise your hand if it’s too much
It’s been a while Mrs Robinson
Not to worry we’ll take care of you as usual
Relax and look up
Lovely
Ah yes we need to go quite deep
No pain? ...
#sensual
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Mar 2021 9:14pm
21st Mar 2021 9:14pm
For Cioran
A lonely man plods the sidewalk
Zebra crossings open up to him
It is nothing, they say
He nods quietly and agrees
The young add music to jazz it up
He is unaware, they don’t tell him
Not caring, you do as you please
It is all inconsequential to me
They digest his words
Find meaning meant or not
It is all inconsequential to me
Remembering the old days of youth
They look up to him like a prophet
He finds it quite absurd as he should
They admire him all the more for it
His nihilism their only real escape...
Zebra crossings open up to him
It is nothing, they say
He nods quietly and agrees
The young add music to jazz it up
He is unaware, they don’t tell him
Not caring, you do as you please
It is all inconsequential to me
They digest his words
Find meaning meant or not
It is all inconsequential to me
Remembering the old days of youth
They look up to him like a prophet
He finds it quite absurd as he should
They admire him all the more for it
His nihilism their only real escape...
#TruthOfLife
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LOVE POEM
Published
19th Mar 2021 1:36pm
19th Mar 2021 1:36pm
The High Priestess & Her Flock
You can do it
I have faith in you”
She said
Touching her sweet lips
Her words echoed
In me
Over & over
Again
“You can do it
I have faith in you”
And her eyes were wide
And beautiful
She had prepared herself
For him
And them
And us
“You can do it
I have faith in you”
As she lay there
Gorgeous
And we knew
Just like she did
That we could do it
Just like she had said
I have faith in you”
She said
Touching her sweet lips
Her words echoed
In me
Over & over
Again
“You can do it
I have faith in you”
And her eyes were wide
And beautiful
She had prepared herself
For him
And them
And us
“You can do it
I have faith in you”
As she lay there
Gorgeous
And we knew
Just like she did
That we could do it
Just like she had said
#lust
#erotic
#sensual #passion
#sensual #passion
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Mar 2021 1:31pm
19th Mar 2021 1:31pm
What’s In A Name? (The Attention Span Challenge)
Imperfection is my middle name
No it’s not; it’s Kevin – same as your Father
I was trying to be poetic; don’t you know art when you see it?
Oh, sorry about that I suppose I’m a Philistine of sorts
That’s OK, not everyone’s supposed to get it especially you
What do you mean ‘especially me’?
It’s nothing personal you know, don’t take it personally
Well I’m hurt, it’s hurting, it’s hurtful can’t you see?
I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to do that, you know I didn’t
Not really, I’m still hurting from your words & thoughts
I said I’m sorry...
No it’s not; it’s Kevin – same as your Father
I was trying to be poetic; don’t you know art when you see it?
Oh, sorry about that I suppose I’m a Philistine of sorts
That’s OK, not everyone’s supposed to get it especially you
What do you mean ‘especially me’?
It’s nothing personal you know, don’t take it personally
Well I’m hurt, it’s hurting, it’s hurtful can’t you see?
I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to do that, you know I didn’t
Not really, I’m still hurting from your words & thoughts
I said I’m sorry...
#politics
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1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Mar 2021 1:54am
17th Mar 2021 1:54am
An Offer She Must Refuse
Why do you not want to sleep with me?
Is it that you simply won’t admit it?
Or do you fear being found out?
For lowering yourself so low
I thought you wanted to conquer all
And dance in every flame
I hoped to be on your bucket-list
For my well is full of water
And despite what I and they say
Not all is poison within me
Yes a chemical or two
But the rest is quite pure & free
And it is mostly clear
When clouds subside
In my bluer than blue
Sea and sky
Why not come sleep with me my love? ...
Is it that you simply won’t admit it?
Or do you fear being found out?
For lowering yourself so low
I thought you wanted to conquer all
And dance in every flame
I hoped to be on your bucket-list
For my well is full of water
And despite what I and they say
Not all is poison within me
Yes a chemical or two
But the rest is quite pure & free
And it is mostly clear
When clouds subside
In my bluer than blue
Sea and sky
Why not come sleep with me my love? ...
#loneliness
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Mar 2021 1:50am
17th Mar 2021 1:50am
Scarves Around Our Necks
Here we are
In our press-button world
Little gods & goddesses
Little kings & queens
Technology our servants
The power almost unseen
All most obscene
The way it lures us in
How we conjure it up
Like magic potions
Like magic poisons
Like butterflies
Like mist
It comes & goes
Leaves something damp
A dew drop or two
In our press-button world
Little gods & goddesses
Little kings & queens
Technology our servants
The power almost unseen
All most obscene
The way it lures us in
How we conjure it up
Like magic potions
Like magic poisons
Like butterflies
Like mist
It comes & goes
Leaves something damp
A dew drop or two
#LifeStruggles
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Mar 2021 00:37am
13th Mar 2021 00:37am
Barracking Us On
It’s not all full down there
She said
Or words to that effect
I took it as a cue
To try harder
Go for gold if you will
She was a cheering stranger
Probably all I needed
Upping my pace
Staying within the lanes
The baton change was perfect
After dreaming about it
Smooth & long
Hand to hand
Whipping through the breeze
Punishing us
For holding back
For lack of flow
For want of danger
Let the sweat out!
Poor fools
Strain every muscle
Within and...
She said
Or words to that effect
I took it as a cue
To try harder
Go for gold if you will
She was a cheering stranger
Probably all I needed
Upping my pace
Staying within the lanes
The baton change was perfect
After dreaming about it
Smooth & long
Hand to hand
Whipping through the breeze
Punishing us
For holding back
For lack of flow
For want of danger
Let the sweat out!
Poor fools
Strain every muscle
Within and...
#love
#hope
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
13th Mar 2021 00:34am
13th Mar 2021 00:34am
For My Analyst
Some success
Some failure
Such is life
She is most forgiving
Much more than I
Why we have our respective seats
My lost & torn
Her fellowship
Both crossed by arts
My madness
Her understanding
Together a cure
His dreamer’s delusions
Her text book accounts
That movement within
A twinge?
No it was nothing
Transference perhaps
His lovely story
Partly lies
Like every story
She is calm & considered
In her wrap-around skirt
He is classic...
Some failure
Such is life
She is most forgiving
Much more than I
Why we have our respective seats
My lost & torn
Her fellowship
Both crossed by arts
My madness
Her understanding
Together a cure
His dreamer’s delusions
Her text book accounts
That movement within
A twinge?
No it was nothing
Transference perhaps
His lovely story
Partly lies
Like every story
She is calm & considered
In her wrap-around skirt
He is classic...
#MentalHealth
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2 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
12th Mar 2021 2:16am
12th Mar 2021 2:16am
A Tricky Business
It’s a tricky business – Art
Pitfalls at every intersection
So called ‘Experts’ – usually failures
So called ‘Professionals’ – usually boring
Art loves names & mass hysteria
It loves networking & favours returned
Insidious in weeding out good from bad
Often the wrong way round
Art slows down its own progress
Through petty disputes & cowardice
The judges volunteer for power
Contestants entering like sheep
New fads emerge from sterility
Through friends & clever marketing
Truly avant-garde die...
Pitfalls at every intersection
So called ‘Experts’ – usually failures
So called ‘Professionals’ – usually boring
Art loves names & mass hysteria
It loves networking & favours returned
Insidious in weeding out good from bad
Often the wrong way round
Art slows down its own progress
Through petty disputes & cowardice
The judges volunteer for power
Contestants entering like sheep
New fads emerge from sterility
Through friends & clever marketing
Truly avant-garde die...
#art
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4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
12th Mar 2021 2:08am
12th Mar 2021 2:08am
Who Wants To Play Bobby Fischer?
The slutty move
She had her pants off
Before I could say
I forgive her
Pink sacred site
Please quite peculiar
She’s at it
I forgive her
Game day
And she’s surreptitiously
Up
I still forgive her
And all her wants
And seeming needs
She pre-qualifies
Said she purchased it
Some time ago
What am I to forgive?
She’s dancing round me now
I like to watch
Our addresses come down
Like preaching curtains
She releases her swell
She had her pants off
Before I could say
I forgive her
Pink sacred site
Please quite peculiar
She’s at it
I forgive her
Game day
And she’s surreptitiously
Up
I still forgive her
And all her wants
And seeming needs
She pre-qualifies
Said she purchased it
Some time ago
What am I to forgive?
She’s dancing round me now
I like to watch
Our addresses come down
Like preaching curtains
She releases her swell
#love
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LOVE POEM
Published
10th Mar 2021 00:31am
10th Mar 2021 00:31am
She Was Kind & Gentle
Heroine
Was her number one choice
He was thereabouts
In his poetic tatter
His so called
There abouts
Some might say
A lovely litter
All those crosses, there abouts
A lovely languid thigh
Distant, but quite squarely
There or thereabouts
He won her for an evening
It was quite a prize indeed
Caressed her very softly
Quite a night indeed
Lost his virginity
Softly & proudly
Gave it up to her
All those feminine powers
Magic & so well unfairs
They...
Was her number one choice
He was thereabouts
In his poetic tatter
His so called
There abouts
Some might say
A lovely litter
All those crosses, there abouts
A lovely languid thigh
Distant, but quite squarely
There or thereabouts
He won her for an evening
It was quite a prize indeed
Caressed her very softly
Quite a night indeed
Lost his virginity
Softly & proudly
Gave it up to her
All those feminine powers
Magic & so well unfairs
They...
#love
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LOVE POEM
Published
10th Mar 2021 00:27am
10th Mar 2021 00:27am
Inbound (& Opposite, Hardly Broken)
She’s everything
I showed yesterday
Should I expect her?
To be anything more
She is top table
After all
Flirts well
With the Captain
Most of us mates
Let’s face it
She’s our ship’s only whore
No turning back
Of course
Her eyes are on the Captain
But First Mates will do
Second too
She’s discerning
But not presumptuous
A little page cap
Much hoping
The sex
Settles us down
Wrong & free
Necessary beside you
Her boyfriend bought her ...
I showed yesterday
Should I expect her?
To be anything more
She is top table
After all
Flirts well
With the Captain
Most of us mates
Let’s face it
She’s our ship’s only whore
No turning back
Of course
Her eyes are on the Captain
But First Mates will do
Second too
She’s discerning
But not presumptuous
A little page cap
Much hoping
The sex
Settles us down
Wrong & free
Necessary beside you
Her boyfriend bought her ...
#love
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