Submissions by asbr808 (Anthony R)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
irrepressible joie de vivre
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An olive branch and dove rescinded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An olive branch and dove rescinded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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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
26th Sep 2024 4:47pm
26th Sep 2024 4:47pm
hark!
distant bells
caroling carillon
carrying carrion
water the deep
on this holy day
a day of rest for
six days of labor
to give birth to
a new mindset
we will name her
hera, goddess of the hearth
borne out of mind and substance
the warmth of thought embers
engineers a path
caroling carillon
carrying carrion
water the deep
on this holy day
a day of rest for
six days of labor
to give birth to
a new mindset
we will name her
hera, goddess of the hearth
borne out of mind and substance
the warmth of thought embers
engineers a path
#SelfReflection
#spiritual
58 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
12th Sep 2024 4:31pm
12th Sep 2024 4:31pm
postal
Brisk walk, windchill
Leaves paint shadows on the sidewalk
A small flock of sparrows flit away
Avoiding my footfalls
A book tucked under my arm
I think of you fondly
It's the distance
Sending signals across the pond
Marred by fatal crossings
Leaves paint shadows on the sidewalk
A small flock of sparrows flit away
Avoiding my footfalls
A book tucked under my arm
I think of you fondly
It's the distance
Sending signals across the pond
Marred by fatal crossings
#city
#dating
#fall
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DARK POEM
Published
5th Sep 2024 10:47pm
5th Sep 2024 10:47pm
Saint Lucia
If the night is a thief
What does it steal?
Lost sleep, tossed and turned,
To things that go bump in the fright
Some of us are nocturnal
And see more clearly in the dark
Not I.
I go to bed when evening comes
I cannot stand to think
Of the wingless angels just out of sight
I do not wish to know them
But they Know Me
They watch over as I slumber
Prodding and poking with long fingers
An uneasy massage
The cycle is not to be broken--
Once undone it unravels ...
What does it steal?
Lost sleep, tossed and turned,
To things that go bump in the fright
Some of us are nocturnal
And see more clearly in the dark
Not I.
I go to bed when evening comes
I cannot stand to think
Of the wingless angels just out of sight
I do not wish to know them
But they Know Me
They watch over as I slumber
Prodding and poking with long fingers
An uneasy massage
The cycle is not to be broken--
Once undone it unravels ...
#angels
#dark
#magic #prayer
#magic #prayer
101 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
3rd Sep 2024 10:33pm
3rd Sep 2024 10:33pm
entropy
If I try to be anything at all
Palate cleansed and ready to fall
Par the course-produced pliancy
Hard-stopped inattentive truancy
Undelivered love letters left unread
And a technical error to disconnect
Two or three odd ventriloquists
Speaking to me through a single kiss
Palate cleansed and ready to fall
Par the course-produced pliancy
Hard-stopped inattentive truancy
Undelivered love letters left unread
And a technical error to disconnect
Two or three odd ventriloquists
Speaking to me through a single kiss
#anxiety
#love
#risk
100 reads
4 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
31st Aug 2024 9:03pm
31st Aug 2024 9:03pm
system 1
Do they have church in outer space?
No air no water, but perhaps God’s grace?
Under atomic pressure can you be one with Him?
Are comets and stars actually Seraphim?
What lies at the center of the heart?
At the end of the road does it restart?
What’s the point in even asking,
If He's not interested in multitasking?
No air no water, but perhaps God’s grace?
Under atomic pressure can you be one with Him?
Are comets and stars actually Seraphim?
What lies at the center of the heart?
At the end of the road does it restart?
What’s the point in even asking,
If He's not interested in multitasking?
#philosophical
#religion
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3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
29th Aug 2024 10:14pm
29th Aug 2024 10:14pm
vista
tar-niched computation,
a sigil lost in breeze
perpendicular to axes
and futile clarity;
the intra-net is full of daemons
we chant we chant we chase
an inorganic time-kept secret:
a shadow with no face
under green glow within the watch of tiny tiny eyes
the cables snake and process: tenderized
a mother-bored 2deaf shall initialize
a startup scream still bright and new
internal disks store what to do
instruction set x86
intact bliss-fool ignorance
a sigil lost in breeze
perpendicular to axes
and futile clarity;
the intra-net is full of daemons
we chant we chant we chase
an inorganic time-kept secret:
a shadow with no face
under green glow within the watch of tiny tiny eyes
the cables snake and process: tenderized
a mother-bored 2deaf shall initialize
a startup scream still bright and new
internal disks store what to do
instruction set x86
intact bliss-fool ignorance
#risk
#technology
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4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Aug 2024 5:07am
15th Aug 2024 5:07am
currency
Weather vane,
Hurricane sugar
Gun and tonic
We can't accept card, cash only
You look at me strangely
Like I'm asking for something
Not physically possible
Can't counteroffer
Free store credit
Fraudulent check-ing someone out
Does that make me register your affection?
Alternate tenderness required, if you have it
I forfeit the remaining value of this time spent
Punching in 13 minutes late
Hurricane sugar
Gun and tonic
We can't accept card, cash only
You look at me strangely
Like I'm asking for something
Not physically possible
Can't counteroffer
Free store credit
Fraudulent check-ing someone out
Does that make me register your affection?
Alternate tenderness required, if you have it
I forfeit the remaining value of this time spent
Punching in 13 minutes late
#FeelingLost
86 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Aug 2024 5:02am
15th Aug 2024 5:02am
Asking Questions
Mist, mossing over accuracy
Why don't you see me?
I see a lot of things
But they are blue and blurred,
Un-disturbed
Like a fragile islet,
An ecosystem of minds and thoughts
What comprises an idea?
Synapses firing
In comprehensible manner
Does the coastline consider itself part of the land or part of the sea?
Sometimes I forget about the water
Though my composition of 70% tends to disagree
And I ask when I can see you again
And you don't answer
Why don't you see me?
I see a lot of things
But they are blue and blurred,
Un-disturbed
Like a fragile islet,
An ecosystem of minds and thoughts
What comprises an idea?
Synapses firing
In comprehensible manner
Does the coastline consider itself part of the land or part of the sea?
Sometimes I forget about the water
Though my composition of 70% tends to disagree
And I ask when I can see you again
And you don't answer
#SelfDiscovery
78 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
14th May 2024 6:08am
14th May 2024 6:08am
Devon Avenue
Glancing,
The wind blows suddenly
A strawberry plant sits on the windowsill
I think of you
The voices of people on the street
Reflections in storefront glass
Window shopping on a budget
I can’t afford to look away
The lake is still and beautiful
You don’t hear me at first when I call your name
A journey of 300 miles begins with goodbye
At a booth alone in the lowlight
Missing the last train home
The wind blows suddenly
A strawberry plant sits on the windowsill
I think of you
The voices of people on the street
Reflections in storefront glass
Window shopping on a budget
I can’t afford to look away
The lake is still and beautiful
You don’t hear me at first when I call your name
A journey of 300 miles begins with goodbye
At a booth alone in the lowlight
Missing the last train home
#relationships
#SelfReflection
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1 Comment
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