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.
LOVE POEM
Published
6th Apr 2021 10:28pm
6th Apr 2021 10:28pm
Deliguescing over a waning Fire
call me butter; I am on a roll
spread me apart; rip me into 2
jam my heart – flay me with
berries rasp – ‘n – blue
alas, I utter!
alone and wet
donning cold-cuts
over my sweat
drowning in Arizona’s heat
melting like butter, anew
no radiator’s coolant
no more other
&
no more You
spread me apart; rip me into 2
jam my heart – flay me with
berries rasp – ‘n – blue
alas, I utter!
alone and wet
donning cold-cuts
over my sweat
drowning in Arizona’s heat
melting like butter, anew
no radiator’s coolant
no more other
&
no more You
#love
#friendship
#funny
#disappointment
#emotional
49 reads
11 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
6th Apr 2021 7:59pm
6th Apr 2021 7:59pm
It’s a zen thing, i think
It’s a zen thing, i think
Personally speaking or
saying something
on a personal
personable
level
my
equanimity
my
eccentricity
my
steadfast
radical
existence,
acceptance
of
&
of
knowing
nothing
everyday
before & after
sunrise & dusk
zazen
I want to take
nothing
&
everything
sew / so
personally
Personally speaking or
saying something
on a personal
personable
level
my
equanimity
my
eccentricity
my
steadfast
radical
existence,
acceptance
of
&
of
knowing
nothing
everyday
before & after
sunrise & dusk
zazen
I want to take
nothing
&
everything
sew / so
personally
#Buddhist
#confessional
#myself #meditation
#myself #meditation
60 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
28th Feb 2021 6:43pm
28th Feb 2021 6:43pm
me!?
i've become numb .....
no, that is not the word
i've become ambivalent -
nope, not this either
i've become an eider duck
Hmm, maybe!!
Untruths and anti-kindness
rolling, rolling
offf my river'd back!
Friends & Foes
admitted to ...
trashing / chatting
behind me ~
Never cared as long as
they were engaged
because
they were STILL
thinking of me -
Humorous, right?
Shshshshshshsh........
don't wake
'em..............
no, that is not the word
i've become ambivalent -
nope, not this either
i've become an eider duck
Hmm, maybe!!
Untruths and anti-kindness
rolling, rolling
offf my river'd back!
Friends & Foes
admitted to ...
trashing / chatting
behind me ~
Never cared as long as
they were engaged
because
they were STILL
thinking of me -
Humorous, right?
Shshshshshshsh........
don't wake
'em..............
#funny
107 reads
24 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
11th Dec 2020 8:07pm
11th Dec 2020 8:07pm
Hypothetical Love?
i nearly came.....
a minute thought in
dream
&
real life.
i nearly came .....
thoughts slippery
knowing
NO WAY back then
no way
now.
You said You missed "us"
i felt that
i miss "US"
as well...........................
i know we share a LOVE that's not an earthly love.
Yet, we miss one another in earthly DEFINITIONS!!
Damn and eff me!!
Neither damned nor committed,
ours.....
our Love for one another will
ever be eternal. ...
a minute thought in
dream
&
real life.
i nearly came .....
thoughts slippery
knowing
NO WAY back then
no way
now.
You said You missed "us"
i felt that
i miss "US"
as well...........................
i know we share a LOVE that's not an earthly love.
Yet, we miss one another in earthly DEFINITIONS!!
Damn and eff me!!
Neither damned nor committed,
ours.....
our Love for one another will
ever be eternal. ...
#love
#BestFriend
#relationships #support
#relationships #support
195 reads
17 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
8th Oct 2020 9:55pm
8th Oct 2020 9:55pm
Not Yet .....
i've been wrestling with
ANGER
(most) not my own
thinking about where
to drip
to drop
my ink
(into)
my home.
i'm not certain You understand
how an empath soaks up emotion
treading in the deep
end of the pond
mold - black some blue
some green, red
i am still trying to Heal
to get better than before. . .
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
oh my effin godless me!
i detest when the unhealed causes me to strike back.
my...
ANGER
(most) not my own
thinking about where
to drip
to drop
my ink
(into)
my home.
i'm not certain You understand
how an empath soaks up emotion
treading in the deep
end of the pond
mold - black some blue
some green, red
i am still trying to Heal
to get better than before. . .
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
oh my effin godless me!
i detest when the unhealed causes me to strike back.
my...
#LifeAsAWriter
230 reads
5 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Oct 2020 9:21pm
7th Oct 2020 9:21pm
Ostracism
Has it been ten years?
no
not quite yet
i will have to endure another 3 before
i can confront
confoul*
i abhor how this spills
these spills
spilling
drip
drop
into other realms
(Facebook)
"i've known her longer than i've known You though You ......"
i suppose her input is more valuable than mine.
Sh*t - i (have been) about kindness and bridging and healing. . .
HOW is this about POETRY?
i relent and lent my compassionate ease to my friend who has not yet the backbone to make a choice ...
no
not quite yet
i will have to endure another 3 before
i can confront
confoul*
i abhor how this spills
these spills
spilling
drip
drop
into other realms
(Facebook)
"i've known her longer than i've known You though You ......"
i suppose her input is more valuable than mine.
Sh*t - i (have been) about kindness and bridging and healing. . .
HOW is this about POETRY?
i relent and lent my compassionate ease to my friend who has not yet the backbone to make a choice ...
#hypocrisy
140 reads
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
343 reads
30 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
222 reads
18 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
207 reads
21 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
260 reads
15 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
201 reads
14 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
256 reads
18 Comments
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