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.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
Yesterday 4:05pm
Yesterday 4:05pm
Mola Mola (me)
(six of 30 - Official DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo 2020)
i want to sunbathe
marinate in warmth
soak in ocean calm
hugged by the sun
existing lazily
until I get hungry
diving into the
“Twilight Zone”***
i want those sky dancers
the white puffs of pillows
always move & be quick
about it, as I crave
the one you hide; i need
His heat and light
i cede in total submission
i’m a slave to the sun
without any other ambition
than to dine on jellyfish,
crabs & squids among
my culinary...
i want to sunbathe
marinate in warmth
soak in ocean calm
hugged by the sun
existing lazily
until I get hungry
diving into the
“Twilight Zone”***
i want those sky dancers
the white puffs of pillows
always move & be quick
about it, as I crave
the one you hide; i need
His heat and light
i cede in total submission
i’m a slave to the sun
without any other ambition
than to dine on jellyfish,
crabs & squids among
my culinary...
#fish
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#NaPoWriMo2020
34 reads
8 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
5th Apr 2020 8:14am
5th Apr 2020 8:14am
Dough Puncher
(five of 30 - Official DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo 2020)
‘tis a well known fact
i am NOT-A-BAKER!!
That said, i hold soooo
many thoughts and ideas
simmering
baking
marinating. . .
i know if i rush this
the cookies might
break You
gathered the stuff
the stuff, stuff is made of
flour’d the meaty parts
dipped in slick olive oil
with a want to help
gingerly placed
each portion
upon the sheet of hot
returns
just enough yeast
to cause the weak
to rise & the strong ...
‘tis a well known fact
i am NOT-A-BAKER!!
That said, i hold soooo
many thoughts and ideas
simmering
baking
marinating. . .
i know if i rush this
the cookies might
break You
gathered the stuff
the stuff, stuff is made of
flour’d the meaty parts
dipped in slick olive oil
with a want to help
gingerly placed
each portion
upon the sheet of hot
returns
just enough yeast
to cause the weak
to rise & the strong ...
#food
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#NaPoWriMo2020
53 reads
10 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
4th Apr 2020 9:44am
4th Apr 2020 9:44am
Mollycoddling
(four of 30 - Official DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo 2020)
Sigh. . .
another evening
another night
…alone
I hugged the 2nd pillow
tighter this ebb’d spring
in the desert
for no reason
other than I am preparing
to dream –
lonely. . .
Memories of
Yes, they knew,
understood my
love
moreover
my need
for intimacy
*****
As I coddle my pillow this night
as many past nights
& nights to come
i am reminded that I need
to be kinder to myself.
...
Sigh. . .
another evening
another night
…alone
I hugged the 2nd pillow
tighter this ebb’d spring
in the desert
for no reason
other than I am preparing
to dream –
lonely. . .
Memories of
Yes, they knew,
understood my
love
moreover
my need
for intimacy
*****
As I coddle my pillow this night
as many past nights
& nights to come
i am reminded that I need
to be kinder to myself.
...
#myself
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#NaPoWriMo2020
50 reads
11 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
3rd Apr 2020 3:59pm
3rd Apr 2020 3:59pm
Lagniappe!!
(three of 30 - Official DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo 2020)
I know I must have dribbled
all over my being. . .
but maintained eye contact.
*****
I feel soooooooo stupid
in new interaction &
the potential
for love
I prefer kindness
so tossing out
anxiety & uncertainty!
I like You; You like me
and maybe
we don’t always see
eye-to-eye
completely
see…!
You and me are adults
who KNOWS what could / can
be / become
I’ve caught
a wisp
& ...
I know I must have dribbled
all over my being. . .
but maintained eye contact.
*****
I feel soooooooo stupid
in new interaction &
the potential
for love
I prefer kindness
so tossing out
anxiety & uncertainty!
I like You; You like me
and maybe
we don’t always see
eye-to-eye
completely
see…!
You and me are adults
who KNOWS what could / can
be / become
I’ve caught
a wisp
& ...
#friendship
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#NaPoWriMo2020
38 reads
10 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
2nd Apr 2020 8:38am
2nd Apr 2020 8:38am
melongene, me
(two of 30 - Official DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo 2020)
it was the year 2012 or near there
(where)abouts
i carefully planted a white oval
in Gaia’s bosom. . .& forgot all about
that seeded future.
It’s been a black and blues Tao
for me and current events
that tug(ged)-o-war me
found me searching for
the plant of a dirt burial decade
or 2 or 3 …more?
@ present, i am feeling
more purple’d than blue
or green or pink.
(eggplant, me)
Some plants
plantings
don’t seed
produce...
it was the year 2012 or near there
(where)abouts
i carefully planted a white oval
in Gaia’s bosom. . .& forgot all about
that seeded future.
It’s been a black and blues Tao
for me and current events
that tug(ged)-o-war me
found me searching for
the plant of a dirt burial decade
or 2 or 3 …more?
@ present, i am feeling
more purple’d than blue
or green or pink.
(eggplant, me)
Some plants
plantings
don’t seed
produce...
#SelfReflection
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#NaPoWriMo2020
39 reads
8 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
1st Apr 2020 3:12pm
1st Apr 2020 3:12pm
Addlepated
(one of 30 - Official DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo 2020)
To be “right”
verses
To be “kind”
I will ever choose the latter.
Meditating amidst a flood
of my own choosing
wondering, does it truly matter --
better yet,
WHY, to some, DOES IT MATTER!?
If You disagree with me
OK.
If You agree with me
OK.
Either option should be without
ego, right?
I am bedeviled
by energies
on both sides of the fence
slapping me awake
from a muddled nap
and indolent dreaming
...
To be “right”
verses
To be “kind”
I will ever choose the latter.
Meditating amidst a flood
of my own choosing
wondering, does it truly matter --
better yet,
WHY, to some, DOES IT MATTER!?
If You disagree with me
OK.
If You agree with me
OK.
Either option should be without
ego, right?
I am bedeviled
by energies
on both sides of the fence
slapping me awake
from a muddled nap
and indolent dreaming
...
#identity
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#NaPoWriMo2020
78 reads
8 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
18th Mar 2020 11:15pm
18th Mar 2020 11:15pm
Labefaction
Read the update or news or blue clues that evidently
schizophrenic me
did not
could not
wanted to
understand.
i am better with Feelings or so i pridefully thought / said
and still I could not save Her.
********************
I crave the intimate
Your(‘s)…..
intimate and You let me………..in
and delighted and tickled my spirit
and hugged me
when ……………
then achingly,
You left
(me)
You, my Love, my muse, are...
schizophrenic me
did not
could not
wanted to
understand.
i am better with Feelings or so i pridefully thought / said
and still I could not save Her.
********************
I crave the intimate
Your(‘s)…..
intimate and You let me………..in
and delighted and tickled my spirit
and hugged me
when ……………
then achingly,
You left
(me)
You, my Love, my muse, are...
#sadness
#love
#grief
#friendship
#universe
170 reads
25 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
14th Mar 2020 2:26am
14th Mar 2020 2:26am
Prolepsis 2020
Can’t wait to unfurl
Dive for 30 oysters
Turn rocks into pearls
Dive deep & further
April 2020 a spill a day
Way below sea level
A time to celebrate
Poetry
Poets
Illuminate!!
DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo 2020
Dive for 30 oysters
Turn rocks into pearls
Dive deep & further
April 2020 a spill a day
Way below sea level
A time to celebrate
Poetry
Poets
Illuminate!!
DUP NaPo/GloPoWrimo 2020
#WritingPoetry
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#NaPoWriMo2020
59 reads
14 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
5th Mar 2020 9:10pm
5th Mar 2020 9:10pm
dilettante
i am
not
(a)
writer!
healing & life-forms
touching
(a
just)
an empath
crawling thru life
in a backdrop
healing
life-forms
touching. . .
my Tao
becoming ~
awareness
kindness
love
*
If sharing
makes me to look
as
though
I am smarter then……..
(amen)
so be it. . .
I
am
a
writer. . .
not
(a)
writer!
healing & life-forms
touching
(a
just)
an empath
crawling thru life
in a backdrop
healing
life-forms
touching. . .
my Tao
becoming ~
awareness
kindness
love
*
If sharing
makes me to look
as
though
I am smarter then……..
(amen)
so be it. . .
I
am
a
writer. . .
#WritingPoetry
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
82 reads
12 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
6th Feb 2020 6:56pm
6th Feb 2020 6:56pm
Wag*
Liken to a dumbwaiter,
i live within my Ups & Downs.
Negative energies rise
melding, rejoining
the interconnected-ness
of (all of) us, You & me.
Transmutation completed
Positive energies fall
hopefully touching
the spiritually indigent.
It’s a constant for me,
this rise and fall.
Yeah,
i’m a dumbwaiter. . .
. . .but at least i’m cute*
i live within my Ups & Downs.
Negative energies rise
melding, rejoining
the interconnected-ness
of (all of) us, You & me.
Transmutation completed
Positive energies fall
hopefully touching
the spiritually indigent.
It’s a constant for me,
this rise and fall.
Yeah,
i’m a dumbwaiter. . .
. . .but at least i’m cute*
#identity
#universe
#spiritual #SelfReflection
#spiritual #SelfReflection
159 reads
17 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
30th Jan 2020 8:07pm
30th Jan 2020 8:07pm
Crestfallen
She ~
bench pressed me
into obsession,
lifting me
UP
too high.
Evidently ~
i was too HEAVY;
the weight of our lust
crushed us,
smothered us, both. . .
when she let go
of the apparatus
that held our vested years
together
only a nonsensical equation:
1 x 1 = zero
became our divided remainder
& common denominator
bench pressed me
into obsession,
lifting me
UP
too high.
Evidently ~
i was too HEAVY;
the weight of our lust
crushed us,
smothered us, both. . .
when she let go
of the apparatus
that held our vested years
together
only a nonsensical equation:
1 x 1 = zero
became our divided remainder
& common denominator
#relationships
#breakup
#historical
230 reads
15 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
24th Jan 2020 8:00pm
24th Jan 2020 8:00pm
Bait in our Pond
ain't droppin'
anchor. . .
way too chummy
anchor. . .
way too chummy
#universe
#water
#fish #hell
#fish #hell
134 reads
10 Comments
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