Submissions by Tallen (earth_empath)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction I am not really a seasoned writer. I write to Feel Less and I read to Feel more.
SELF POEM
Published
2nd Jul 2020 7:10pm
2nd Jul 2020 7:10pm
Dusk in the Desert
I swear, this summer’s sun
still scorches close to night
as I must have been the wettest there
returning home from my desert hike!
Got to take photos of desert fare;
saw a monster, orange and black
looked no worse for wear
nor thirsty for a damp redact!
Getting difficult now for me to see
few streetlamps light my way
relying on starlight skies for me
‘fore denizens emerge to play.
still scorches close to night
as I must have been the wettest there
returning home from my desert hike!
Got to take photos of desert fare;
saw a monster, orange and black
looked no worse for wear
nor thirsty for a damp redact!
Getting difficult now for me to see
few streetlamps light my way
relying on starlight skies for me
‘fore denizens emerge to play.
#myself
#desert
#DeepUndergroundPoetry #EdnaStVincentMillay
#DeepUndergroundPoetry #EdnaStVincentMillay
93 reads
20 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
18th Jun 2020 6:08pm
18th Jun 2020 6:08pm
Ingressive Dwalm
Full and fully spread, smooth like HOT butter sticks
You have to admit
everyone wants to be a Peacock!
Dancing in the rain singing to attract
a Peahen of wonder, play & laughter
raising a vibration so 2 might shine
‘neath a moonlight radiance of
Universal divine.
United eternally no linear divide
No gender
No race
No creed
No truths
No lies
Peafowl nesting within and outside!
Flashy flashing its Train
for all the world to see
eyespot(ting) to ward or woo
with...
You have to admit
everyone wants to be a Peacock!
Dancing in the rain singing to attract
a Peahen of wonder, play & laughter
raising a vibration so 2 might shine
‘neath a moonlight radiance of
Universal divine.
United eternally no linear divide
No gender
No race
No creed
No truths
No lies
Peafowl nesting within and outside!
Flashy flashing its Train
for all the world to see
eyespot(ting) to ward or woo
with...
#identity
#birds
#spiritual #dance
#spiritual #dance
71 reads
16 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
17th Jun 2020 10:19pm
17th Jun 2020 10:19pm
conundrum
I don’t even understand myself, at times
But I don’t give up in trying, to
Chess, Poetry, Painting
Hemispheric Dominance
eclectic witch
eclectic tastes in music
spiritual with respect
to Food
to sentient beings
to Trees
meditation & grounding
daily………….& zen. . .
But I don’t give up in trying, to
Chess, Poetry, Painting
Hemispheric Dominance
eclectic witch
eclectic tastes in music
spiritual with respect
to Food
to sentient beings
to Trees
meditation & grounding
daily………….& zen. . .
#identity
#myself
58 reads
14 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Jun 2020 5:42pm
17th Jun 2020 5:42pm
Regale Appositenesses
Enough is Enough
this racism stuff
Let us celebrate
one another –
we’re alike
we’re different
Let us celebrate
a Global Potluck
plenty of dishes
cultural plates!
Let us dine together –
Repast
Relate
Revel
Relax
‘til enough (is enough)
alludes to us
being stuffed!
Enough is Enough
this
ethnocentrism stuff
Let us appreciate
one another.
this racism stuff
Let us celebrate
one another –
we’re alike
we’re different
Let us celebrate
a Global Potluck
plenty of dishes
cultural plates!
Let us dine together –
Repast
Relate
Revel
Relax
‘til enough (is enough)
alludes to us
being stuffed!
Enough is Enough
this
ethnocentrism stuff
Let us appreciate
one another.
#food
#racism
#culture #tradition
#culture #tradition
100 reads
13 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
14th Jun 2020 11:08pm
14th Jun 2020 11:08pm
Kicking Cans
Every sunrise
is a clean slate
* to do *
… DO …
Do the things,
everything(s)
so (&)
You’ll regret not doing;
Just go ahead
&
… DO …
!
(catch and release those synchronicities)
is a clean slate
* to do *
… DO …
Do the things,
everything(s)
so (&)
You’ll regret not doing;
Just go ahead
&
… DO …
!
(catch and release those synchronicities)
#fate
#LifeChangingMoment
#philosophical
69 reads
10 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
30th Apr 2020 1:52pm
30th Apr 2020 1:52pm
sesquipedalian
(thirty of 30 - Official DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo 2020)
i truly thought my ability to become the brook
i often find myself babbling about, here
and in real life would strengthen and enable
me to power through this poem a day for
thirty straight days. . .
This has not been the case!
i found myself many times in the Deep
(end of the pond) treading water, hoping
for a blinding bit of inspiration
if but for one day, at least!
But nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
Instead, i dribbled, spilled, threw up (arms)
in...
i truly thought my ability to become the brook
i often find myself babbling about, here
and in real life would strengthen and enable
me to power through this poem a day for
thirty straight days. . .
This has not been the case!
i found myself many times in the Deep
(end of the pond) treading water, hoping
for a blinding bit of inspiration
if but for one day, at least!
But nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
Instead, i dribbled, spilled, threw up (arms)
in...
#myself
#SelfDiscovery
#DeepUndergroundPoetry #NaPoWriMo2020
#DeepUndergroundPoetry #NaPoWriMo2020
130 reads
18 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
29th Apr 2020 2:46pm
29th Apr 2020 2:46pm
April’s Agathokakological Arduousness
(twenty-nine of 30 - Official DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo 2020)
i suppose this spill, its gist, the meaning
is all wrapped up neatly in its Title, its
nomenclature.
At last, only two toiling tasks to go;
No more tiresome tangents taken
(un-full)filling hours of trying to
dig up prompts from an emptied
pail of brain matter sweating out
fifty unique letters strewn together
foaming at the mouth forming
words thereby creating another
spill.
Thing is, after You peruse
this one of...
i suppose this spill, its gist, the meaning
is all wrapped up neatly in its Title, its
nomenclature.
At last, only two toiling tasks to go;
No more tiresome tangents taken
(un-full)filling hours of trying to
dig up prompts from an emptied
pail of brain matter sweating out
fifty unique letters strewn together
foaming at the mouth forming
words thereby creating another
spill.
Thing is, after You peruse
this one of...
#myself
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#NaPoWriMo2020
78 reads
11 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th Apr 2020 3:56pm
28th Apr 2020 3:56pm
Exequies for a Bee
(twenty-eight of 30 - Official DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo 2020)
Found a Bee last night
on its last leg
of its short existence.
Got me thinking. . .
a lone(r) individual
now no longer
pollinating his
surroundings, unable
to serve his Queen,
accepts his fate &
waits for the gate
to open.
This Bee lied sideways
barely moving
on my bedroom floor.
i would have set outside
but i knew he would not
survive, so i tried
to make his upcoming
demise
as comfortable as ...
Found a Bee last night
on its last leg
of its short existence.
Got me thinking. . .
a lone(r) individual
now no longer
pollinating his
surroundings, unable
to serve his Queen,
accepts his fate &
waits for the gate
to open.
This Bee lied sideways
barely moving
on my bedroom floor.
i would have set outside
but i knew he would not
survive, so i tried
to make his upcoming
demise
as comfortable as ...
#memorial
#bees
#DeepUndergroundPoetry #NaPoWriMo2020
#DeepUndergroundPoetry #NaPoWriMo2020
91 reads
17 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
27th Apr 2020 1:51pm
27th Apr 2020 1:51pm
1st Transudation
(twenty-seven of 30 - Official DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo 2020)
i lightly knocked at
Hell’s front door
seeking relief from
Arizona desert’s floor
another summer
has awakened the sun
potential heat exhaustion
has now begun while
triple digit Fahrenheit’s
begin to soar and i
feel as though i’m
melting once more!
Reprieve will come
now and then
by way of a monsoon
three, 4 or more
bringing tepid rains
to a thirsty land as
lightning illuminates
the way!
This year i got to
take...
i lightly knocked at
Hell’s front door
seeking relief from
Arizona desert’s floor
another summer
has awakened the sun
potential heat exhaustion
has now begun while
triple digit Fahrenheit’s
begin to soar and i
feel as though i’m
melting once more!
Reprieve will come
now and then
by way of a monsoon
three, 4 or more
bringing tepid rains
to a thirsty land as
lightning illuminates
the way!
This year i got to
take...
#storm
#summer
#DeepUndergroundPoetry #NaPoWriMo2020
#DeepUndergroundPoetry #NaPoWriMo2020
88 reads
12 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
26th Apr 2020 3:56pm
26th Apr 2020 3:56pm
senescence
(twenty-six of 30 - Official DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo 2020)
Visited my Mom and her cat yesterday
an every other week commitment (mine)
i know the cat looks forward to this
i always bring snacks. . .
Past Christmas time, i brought salmon*
Mom said the cat refused all regular food
for days after i left!!
i laughed, told Her it’s to keep You alert
& it’s working!!
She laughed –
A goal met! (I try to make my Mom laugh
during each visit to help stave off aging)
Yesterday’s visit contain humor
maybe a...
Visited my Mom and her cat yesterday
an every other week commitment (mine)
i know the cat looks forward to this
i always bring snacks. . .
Past Christmas time, i brought salmon*
Mom said the cat refused all regular food
for days after i left!!
i laughed, told Her it’s to keep You alert
& it’s working!!
She laughed –
A goal met! (I try to make my Mom laugh
during each visit to help stave off aging)
Yesterday’s visit contain humor
maybe a...
#aging
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#NaPoWriMo2020
86 reads
10 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
25th Apr 2020 2:13pm
25th Apr 2020 2:13pm
orison
(twenty-five of 30 - Official DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo 2020)
Imbue me gently
cleanse me
transmute the day
once over, all
negative energies
strengthening
my core
my anahata*
Bathe me in
aural light
scrub off the
barb barnacled
attachments of
the past 24 hrs
draw out any
toxins i may have
given safe harbor
to, temporarily
powder me with
stardust
& (ever)
remind me
in every moment
every decision
in all of the
stillness (of time
frozen)...
Imbue me gently
cleanse me
transmute the day
once over, all
negative energies
strengthening
my core
my anahata*
Bathe me in
aural light
scrub off the
barb barnacled
attachments of
the past 24 hrs
draw out any
toxins i may have
given safe harbor
to, temporarily
powder me with
stardust
& (ever)
remind me
in every moment
every decision
in all of the
stillness (of time
frozen)...
#spiritual
#pagan
#DeepUndergroundPoetry #NaPoWriMo2020
#DeepUndergroundPoetry #NaPoWriMo2020
104 reads
20 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th Apr 2020 3:27pm
24th Apr 2020 3:27pm
Ex(tol)
(twenty-four of 30 - Official DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo 2020)
We started out young
teens, as I remember
You lived in a different city
attended a different school
Yet somehow the universe
conspired to get our paths
to parallel. . .
& we met and fell
i’d never met a Girl who
played a decent game of chess!!
You also could draw & paint
(in Your genes I suppose; Your
Dad, a Nationally known artist)
You even wrote Poetry!!
Wow! Wow! (un)Holy cow!
**********
“ I looked for You,...
We started out young
teens, as I remember
You lived in a different city
attended a different school
Yet somehow the universe
conspired to get our paths
to parallel. . .
& we met and fell
i’d never met a Girl who
played a decent game of chess!!
You also could draw & paint
(in Your genes I suppose; Your
Dad, a Nationally known artist)
You even wrote Poetry!!
Wow! Wow! (un)Holy cow!
**********
“ I looked for You,...
#friendship
#memories
#DeepUndergroundPoetry #NaPoWriMo2020
#DeepUndergroundPoetry #NaPoWriMo2020
85 reads
12 Comments
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