Submissions by asbr808 (Anthony R)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
irrepressible joie de vivre
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
5th Mar 2025 9:24pm
5th Mar 2025 9:24pm
in quire
a radiation of amino acids coming down like rain falling softly. i turn my eyes in their sockets trying to see something, but nothing. i can't imagine what it's like to handle the origin, the singular effortless motion. like cursive. i am adrift in the edifices of creation. to seek is to know less and less. whereabouts are your morals? they fall down the pits. moving faster or slower makes very little difference. you get there all the same, in pieces and tattered and tired and close to death. death is then the creator. life is a brief flash overtaken by quiet. i bury you in the space between...
#dreams
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LOVE POEM
Published
5th Mar 2025 8:21pm
5th Mar 2025 8:21pm
willing
burning pressing
flowers curling
a curtain drawing up a hill
and finding time to be sublime
a market-after fill
waxing and waning gibbous
and a crescent new
inviting you to a party
what time what date with who?
and interior you think to ask
i missed you while you're here
because at the bottom of the silver glass
i bid you dear, come near.
flowers curling
a curtain drawing up a hill
and finding time to be sublime
a market-after fill
waxing and waning gibbous
and a crescent new
inviting you to a party
what time what date with who?
and interior you think to ask
i missed you while you're here
because at the bottom of the silver glass
i bid you dear, come near.
#LifeCycle
#lover
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LOVE POEM
Published
4th Mar 2025 9:21pm
4th Mar 2025 9:21pm
3 minutes
a buffer zone ]
separation anxiety
i want to see you
everymomenttogether
i feel anew and oldened
as if it was always
caress and kiss
i manage to bliss
have a happy lenten season
of giving you up
but i won't
you're so dear and near to my heart
how can i give you up?
separation anxiety
i want to see you
everymomenttogether
i feel anew and oldened
as if it was always
caress and kiss
i manage to bliss
have a happy lenten season
of giving you up
but i won't
you're so dear and near to my heart
how can i give you up?
#lover
#sex
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LOVE POEM
Published
25th Feb 2025 5:17pm
25th Feb 2025 5:17pm
sol-itude system
the trajectory of the comet falls irrevocably forward
in a silent pressurized stream of dust
clinging to the past as it passes
from one moment to the last
arriving suddenly upon a golden ledge
to mount and drive an idea
trapped in an airlock, held captive,
my audience awaits
i fear no man
i kiss and forget
in a silent pressurized stream of dust
clinging to the past as it passes
from one moment to the last
arriving suddenly upon a golden ledge
to mount and drive an idea
trapped in an airlock, held captive,
my audience awaits
i fear no man
i kiss and forget
#friendship
#LifeCycle
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FICTIONAL PROSE
Published
15th Feb 2025 6:50pm
15th Feb 2025 6:50pm
Lab Yrinth
Enclosed in a maze,
The rat is lost in confinement
He patterns out the bait and route
A switch flicks in his head as he catches
Sight of the world through a crack in the wall
He does not really register at first
And continues to chase the artificial scent
Of cloying comfort and sleepy routine
Going around and around
One day he wakes
And feels less drive to seek the bait
And wants to sniff out the truth
He presses a paw against the crack
And the wall comes down with ease
And the light hurts his eyes
But he can taste...
The rat is lost in confinement
He patterns out the bait and route
A switch flicks in his head as he catches
Sight of the world through a crack in the wall
He does not really register at first
And continues to chase the artificial scent
Of cloying comfort and sleepy routine
Going around and around
One day he wakes
And feels less drive to seek the bait
And wants to sniff out the truth
He presses a paw against the crack
And the wall comes down with ease
And the light hurts his eyes
But he can taste...
#FeelingLost
#learning
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Jan 2025 4:59am
28th Jan 2025 4:59am
de-fi biotic
Where is the energeticist
Diagnosed with low morale
Caught up in barreled guns
Why’s that?
Catch me on the other flight
As I make a trajectory of defeat
Curtain call, be fall,
Winter and string—
I am tied to you dear
Fate and destiny two sisters
Laid to sleep in a garden
The produce of their dreams were strange
When our heads are so close together
I see smoke and cold clouds of process
Chemically speaking we should not ignite
I am lost within there
At the edge of understanding
Where I go now, where...
Diagnosed with low morale
Caught up in barreled guns
Why’s that?
Catch me on the other flight
As I make a trajectory of defeat
Curtain call, be fall,
Winter and string—
I am tied to you dear
Fate and destiny two sisters
Laid to sleep in a garden
The produce of their dreams were strange
When our heads are so close together
I see smoke and cold clouds of process
Chemically speaking we should not ignite
I am lost within there
At the edge of understanding
Where I go now, where...
#lover
#ThrillSeeking
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LOVE POEM
Published
27th Jan 2025 8:06pm
27th Jan 2025 8:06pm
pirating a heart
a brazen delicate lingering effect
energized raison d'etre
the cabals internal
know not old or new
in many years i am to be
the chosen raring few
looking into deep water
the island feels afloat
in search of crystal harbors
upon a slender boat
seeking snaking hungry fish
at last we shout 'land ho!'
buried treasure now or never
don't dare dispute life's flow
and though we now suntan on sand
in frozen hourglass
two ships: in day and in night
do meet and come to pass
energized raison d'etre
the cabals internal
know not old or new
in many years i am to be
the chosen raring few
looking into deep water
the island feels afloat
in search of crystal harbors
upon a slender boat
seeking snaking hungry fish
at last we shout 'land ho!'
buried treasure now or never
don't dare dispute life's flow
and though we now suntan on sand
in frozen hourglass
two ships: in day and in night
do meet and come to pass
#FeelingLost
#love
#TimeHeals
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Jan 2025 10:12pm
17th Jan 2025 10:12pm
Over and Over
the moment is fleeing itself,
scared of its own deflection
looking into the pond
out of the pond, siren song,
islets scattered with eyelets
shells borne of seasickness
a vessel emptied, clear glassy ides
marching towards a frail old secret
buried pleasure
of broken tongues
cooled flames of mild temper
sacrificial lamb risotto
spurned, scorned, and soured
as if you look past me, through me,
what do you see?
scared of its own deflection
looking into the pond
out of the pond, siren song,
islets scattered with eyelets
shells borne of seasickness
a vessel emptied, clear glassy ides
marching towards a frail old secret
buried pleasure
of broken tongues
cooled flames of mild temper
sacrificial lamb risotto
spurned, scorned, and soured
as if you look past me, through me,
what do you see?
#boyfriend
#lover
#mystery #SelfReflection
#mystery #SelfReflection
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
16th Jan 2025 10:10pm
16th Jan 2025 10:10pm
Anyone Can Cook
Riddle me this, that, the other thing
Fortune cookies reveal a sliver
Of paper money worth an ideal
An idea
Of a whisper
You say this, that, the other thing
It’s hard to follow
A ghostly waiter
suivez-moi maintenant
Training you on a new chemical process
An hour to cook, sit, rest, consume
Interned at the holy grounds of black pepper
I mark the gravesite
With my mother’s recipe
Just the way she used to make it
Fortune cookies reveal a sliver
Of paper money worth an ideal
An idea
Of a whisper
You say this, that, the other thing
It’s hard to follow
A ghostly waiter
suivez-moi maintenant
Training you on a new chemical process
An hour to cook, sit, rest, consume
Interned at the holy grounds of black pepper
I mark the gravesite
With my mother’s recipe
Just the way she used to make it
#anxiety
#LifeCycle
#lover
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
20th Dec 2024 11:51pm
20th Dec 2024 11:51pm
After+Math
A skeleton strewn on the curb
Bone fragments hair and fur
A relic of a Saint embedded
An olive branch and dove rescinded
Glassy eyes glazed over and still
A cup not half full nor filled
Shimmering dust in the long long dark
A distance closed in a quiet park
I spend my time but earn not enough
I prefer to be gentle I'm sorry for being rough
Bone fragments hair and fur
A relic of a Saint embedded
An olive branch and dove rescinded
Glassy eyes glazed over and still
A cup not half full nor filled
Shimmering dust in the long long dark
A distance closed in a quiet park
I spend my time but earn not enough
I prefer to be gentle I'm sorry for being rough
#conflict
#lover
#mystery
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SELF POEM
Published
20th Dec 2024 11:49pm
20th Dec 2024 11:49pm
raining
An eyelash in my mouth
Good luck according to the Chinese
I press the hair from my finger to yours
A peaceful transfer of power
I cling to an ideal
A promise broken and mended
I feel dejected
The rain comes down like snow
The darkness is an invitation
To a party for one
Order number 42
My mom says I eat out too much
But why cook for myself alone?
At least you understand me.
Good luck according to the Chinese
I press the hair from my finger to yours
A peaceful transfer of power
I cling to an ideal
A promise broken and mended
I feel dejected
The rain comes down like snow
The darkness is an invitation
To a party for one
Order number 42
My mom says I eat out too much
But why cook for myself alone?
At least you understand me.
#motivational
#relationships
#SelfDiscovery
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LOVE POEM
Published
20th Dec 2024 6:22am
20th Dec 2024 6:22am
lap.top
I touch you to wake you up
Keep you up
As your screen times out
Your touchscreen is dirty so I clean it
Touch-clean tough screens
I keep you awake
Power saving mode turns off as I plug you in
Please just stay awake
Your webcam eyes lull and skip frames
The definition of a living thing is one that responds to stimuli
As I press buttons and click your facial-recognition features
You react to my stimulation
But I want you to know this is not a simulation
Keep you up
As your screen times out
Your touchscreen is dirty so I clean it
Touch-clean tough screens
I keep you awake
Power saving mode turns off as I plug you in
Please just stay awake
Your webcam eyes lull and skip frames
The definition of a living thing is one that responds to stimuli
As I press buttons and click your facial-recognition features
You react to my stimulation
But I want you to know this is not a simulation
#IMissYou
#love
#secrets
#sensual
#technology
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