Submissions by Tallen
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction I am not really a seasoned writer. I write to Feel Less and I read to Feel more.
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
Yesterday 9:30pm
Yesterday 9:30pm
Sylvan’s Renewal
The tree is bare
Her leaves gone
by wind shear;
She lingers on
Strong sylvan pride
facing icy zephyrs’ chill
Her leaves departing
now branches lay
ever still
Summer Sun no
longer lingers
warmth the way He
did during windless
days of basking
beneath Her shade
Her roots now Her
only sustenance
combatting frigid
breezes;
awaiting Gaia to send
a renewal of
summery and
comfortable
indolency
though winter’s winds
persist
Spring WILL come...
Her leaves gone
by wind shear;
She lingers on
Strong sylvan pride
facing icy zephyrs’ chill
Her leaves departing
now branches lay
ever still
Summer Sun no
longer lingers
warmth the way He
did during windless
days of basking
beneath Her shade
Her roots now Her
only sustenance
combatting frigid
breezes;
awaiting Gaia to send
a renewal of
summery and
comfortable
indolency
though winter’s winds
persist
Spring WILL come...
#trees
#universe
#wind #nature
#wind #nature
19 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Jan 2019 6:47pm
21st Jan 2019 6:47pm
Gifted
Your presence in my days
has grown to be my present;
I desire to uncover a way
to discover how to
fellowship more with You.
Now and then
my spills sound like
syncopation or void
when I’m around You.
I might become verbose
or stutter beyond
comprehension.
Try not to be morose
as it’s just my nerves
and anticipation
due to Your presence.
I want to be Your Friend
caring, listening and kind
trying to understand
fears and pain You try
to leave behind.
Your presence in my...
has grown to be my present;
I desire to uncover a way
to discover how to
fellowship more with You.
Now and then
my spills sound like
syncopation or void
when I’m around You.
I might become verbose
or stutter beyond
comprehension.
Try not to be morose
as it’s just my nerves
and anticipation
due to Your presence.
I want to be Your Friend
caring, listening and kind
trying to understand
fears and pain You try
to leave behind.
Your presence in my...
#happiness
#anxiety
#hope
#friendship
#support
49 reads
9 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
20th Jan 2019 2:55pm
20th Jan 2019 2:55pm
Waterfall Love
i am water!
explicit
refreshing
cool
. . .fall with me ----
Draw me, i will touch
Draw me, ‘tis your choice
O bring me close to your heart
i will covet & rejoice!
Dive into me during melting snows
Let me hear freshened screams
clear concise cleansing voice.
Allow me to love, to share
drenched in liquefied wonder
wonders to wander to care
a cause entrenched to
ponder.
Enveloped in empirical love
amidst the liquid song
of whales
awakening all your senses
a universal,...
explicit
refreshing
cool
. . .fall with me ----
Draw me, i will touch
Draw me, ‘tis your choice
O bring me close to your heart
i will covet & rejoice!
Dive into me during melting snows
Let me hear freshened screams
clear concise cleansing voice.
Allow me to love, to share
drenched in liquefied wonder
wonders to wander to care
a cause entrenched to
ponder.
Enveloped in empirical love
amidst the liquid song
of whales
awakening all your senses
a universal,...
#love
#universe
#water
#nature
#spiritual
66 reads
12 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
20th Jan 2019 00:14am
20th Jan 2019 00:14am
Before Linear Time
Long ago,
when we were much younger
I shared my life with You
an odd one but a new one.
Now You here
makes it feel like yesterday
growing alive
getting much stronger
walking in stride
growing much younger.
Long ago,
it can seem like only tomorrow
if we forget to play
forget to live today
concentrating on the sorrows.
Early dew
Candlelit den
me and You
Sunset,
My Friend.
when we were much younger
I shared my life with You
an odd one but a new one.
Now You here
makes it feel like yesterday
growing alive
getting much stronger
walking in stride
growing much younger.
Long ago,
it can seem like only tomorrow
if we forget to play
forget to live today
concentrating on the sorrows.
Early dew
Candlelit den
me and You
Sunset,
My Friend.
#friendship
26 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
19th Jan 2019 4:50pm
19th Jan 2019 4:50pm
RESISTANCE
don’t ever give up ----------
no less,
give it up,
unless it’s
……………………………………( “ a noun goes here “ )
worth:
Seek
your intelligence
your intellect
no less
and
not
your
heart.
RESIST
no less,
give it up,
unless it’s
……………………………………( “ a noun goes here “ )
worth:
Seek
your intelligence
your intellect
no less
and
not
your
heart.
RESIST
#learning
34 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Jan 2019 7:04pm
18th Jan 2019 7:04pm
Cheering You Up ( on )
Matthew,
If I was a carpenter
and You a pig
I’d build You a pen
and make it real big.
If I was an angler
and You were a fish
I’d fillet You quick
and serve on a dish!
If I was a gardener
and You were a snake
I’d spear You quickly
with a flick of my rake.
If I am Your friend
and You, mine too
I’d dedicate a poem
especially for You.
***************************
For my good friend
Matthew (MZ)
Aka, ElusiveSleepfall
If I was a carpenter
and You a pig
I’d build You a pen
and make it real big.
If I was an angler
and You were a fish
I’d fillet You quick
and serve on a dish!
If I was a gardener
and You were a snake
I’d spear You quickly
with a flick of my rake.
If I am Your friend
and You, mine too
I’d dedicate a poem
especially for You.
***************************
For my good friend
Matthew (MZ)
Aka, ElusiveSleepfall
#friendship
#funny
#support
37 reads
7 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
18th Jan 2019 5:04am
18th Jan 2019 5:04am
Wee Wiles
Quietly
all at once
You walked
into my life
with me
like You’d been
here
all along
not as a stranger
as my friend
who could sense
when something
is wrong.
You understood
my fears
uncertainty
vanished
when You
arrived. . .here.
my heart can see
who is loving
me;
elated I am when
You speak my
name;
I feel a stir within
my spirit
agog from a past
vein now thinking ----
will our paths be
the same?
I couldn’t bear for
You to...
all at once
You walked
into my life
with me
like You’d been
here
all along
not as a stranger
as my friend
who could sense
when something
is wrong.
You understood
my fears
uncertainty
vanished
when You
arrived. . .here.
my heart can see
who is loving
me;
elated I am when
You speak my
name;
I feel a stir within
my spirit
agog from a past
vein now thinking ----
will our paths be
the same?
I couldn’t bear for
You to...
#love
#friendship
#spiritual
49 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Jan 2019 11:31pm
17th Jan 2019 11:31pm
Temporal Space
Behind Uranus
I shall cast my shadow;
breathing room You gain.
Jumping around to Neptune
thinking acreage
remains the same.
Creeping ‘mong Saturn’s
rings
temporal space You keep.
Hopping ‘hind Jupiter’s
moons
my love You’ll get to reap.
Hitching a ride on Halley’s Comet
on to Mercury, I land.
Working out problems on
Your summit
on to Venus I descend.
When your life’s in place
and all is understood. . .
On to Mars, as fast as
I should.
When...
I shall cast my shadow;
breathing room You gain.
Jumping around to Neptune
thinking acreage
remains the same.
Creeping ‘mong Saturn’s
rings
temporal space You keep.
Hopping ‘hind Jupiter’s
moons
my love You’ll get to reap.
Hitching a ride on Halley’s Comet
on to Mercury, I land.
Working out problems on
Your summit
on to Venus I descend.
When your life’s in place
and all is understood. . .
On to Mars, as fast as
I should.
When...
#love
#friendship
#earth
#spiritual
#astronomy
45 reads
4 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Jan 2019 7:18pm
17th Jan 2019 7:18pm
Faithful
We are pilgrims
on a journey,
You and i
it’s a narrow road
we travel and
those who’ve
gone before us
left crumbs to
point the way.
After all our hopes
have come and gone
our children sift
through all we
left behind;
may the clues that
they discover
light the
narrow path
each of us
must find.
May they who come
behind us
find our love
faithful & strong;
may the strength of
our devotion
burn bright
never-ending
long.
on a journey,
You and i
it’s a narrow road
we travel and
those who’ve
gone before us
left crumbs to
point the way.
After all our hopes
have come and gone
our children sift
through all we
left behind;
may the clues that
they discover
light the
narrow path
each of us
must find.
May they who come
behind us
find our love
faithful & strong;
may the strength of
our devotion
burn bright
never-ending
long.
#love
#children
#death #spiritual
#death #spiritual
39 reads
8 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
17th Jan 2019 4:14am
17th Jan 2019 4:14am
Toaster Oven (me)
Put my glass of tears on a coaster
Please
(while I place my hands upon Your heart)
Temper my soul in the toaster
(and purge away your dross)
Shoulder apprehension in the holster,
(I will refine you in my fire)
Your secrets won’t make a boaster
out of me
(please remake your love at my cross)
toast me lightly in your oven
warm me slowly with your fire
pact with me a dozen hugs
of unearthly desire.
My toaster oven I sold
for 6 Sammy beers
O warm me from the cold
while...
Please
(while I place my hands upon Your heart)
Temper my soul in the toaster
(and purge away your dross)
Shoulder apprehension in the holster,
(I will refine you in my fire)
Your secrets won’t make a boaster
out of me
(please remake your love at my cross)
toast me lightly in your oven
warm me slowly with your fire
pact with me a dozen hugs
of unearthly desire.
My toaster oven I sold
for 6 Sammy beers
O warm me from the cold
while...
#support
24 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
16th Jan 2019 6:15pm
16th Jan 2019 6:15pm
Precious Smile
a smile
any of I’ve chosen, until ----
infects and thrills
hearts leaping o’er
mountain tops
over glades and hills.
a glimpse of smile
laughter
causes elation
again and again.
lusting for what comes after
I want to understand.
the voice
of my friend
so gentle, so free
throughout my mind it rings
ringing of sensuality!
her smile gives me no time of day
an option to flirt?
reflecting, what can I do but
smile?
her smile
causes my insides to leap
flooding my...
any of I’ve chosen, until ----
infects and thrills
hearts leaping o’er
mountain tops
over glades and hills.
a glimpse of smile
laughter
causes elation
again and again.
lusting for what comes after
I want to understand.
the voice
of my friend
so gentle, so free
throughout my mind it rings
ringing of sensuality!
her smile gives me no time of day
an option to flirt?
reflecting, what can I do but
smile?
her smile
causes my insides to leap
flooding my...
#love
#friendship
#UnrequitedLove
55 reads
14 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
16th Jan 2019 6:08am
16th Jan 2019 6:08am
Summer Semester, 1993
( Gee wiz )
I have noticed You
I truly have
But I don’t / do want you
It’s poor timing;
but I do / don’t want you
dark clouds – silver lining
Gee wiz.
Short of
over-aggressive being
I sense that I’m the quarry. . .
in class you came to sit by me
the start of a feely fairy tale.
Gee wiz.
You gave your # last night
told me your name, Liz;
I reciprocated in like
(I don’t / do want You)
Wow and Gee wiz.
Who is supposed to call first?
I do / don’t...
I have noticed You
I truly have
But I don’t / do want you
It’s poor timing;
but I do / don’t want you
dark clouds – silver lining
Gee wiz.
Short of
over-aggressive being
I sense that I’m the quarry. . .
in class you came to sit by me
the start of a feely fairy tale.
Gee wiz.
You gave your # last night
told me your name, Liz;
I reciprocated in like
(I don’t / do want You)
Wow and Gee wiz.
Who is supposed to call first?
I do / don’t...
#relationships
#romantic
#friendship #lover
#friendship #lover
48 reads
4 Comments
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