Submissions by babajava
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I love a good tale told well.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Sep 2019 5:33pm
3rd Sep 2019 5:33pm
Missed Opportunities
Why is it that
when one door closes
another one opens
But when the window closes
you're shit out of luck?
when one door closes
another one opens
But when the window closes
you're shit out of luck?
#forgiveness
#LifeChangingMoment
#MovingOn #acceptance
#MovingOn #acceptance
477 reads
8 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
24th Aug 2019 11:14pm
24th Aug 2019 11:14pm
Lonely Planet Earth
I was born in a white man's skin
I never thought anything about it
until one day while traveling in a land
far away I had a sudden revelation
Are we really that much different
or are we just alike I wondered in despair
I tried to speak in my foreign tongue
but no one heard I feared
Like I was from another planet
So how can we bridge this gap
twixt me and all the others
A clash of many cultures
Our blood is the same color
We have the same hopes
dreams and desires
We live to love each other
Make no mistake we...
I never thought anything about it
until one day while traveling in a land
far away I had a sudden revelation
Are we really that much different
or are we just alike I wondered in despair
I tried to speak in my foreign tongue
but no one heard I feared
Like I was from another planet
So how can we bridge this gap
twixt me and all the others
A clash of many cultures
Our blood is the same color
We have the same hopes
dreams and desires
We live to love each other
Make no mistake we...
#humankind
#culture
497 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
28th Jul 2019 2:30am
28th Jul 2019 2:30am
Loma del Mar
A place where people come and go
Some go and never come back
Lost but not forgotten
Home away from home
Away from friends
Far from family
Anonymous
Unknown
Alone
Some go and never come back
Lost but not forgotten
Home away from home
Away from friends
Far from family
Anonymous
Unknown
Alone
#memories
#SelfReflection
#FeelingLost #emptiness
#FeelingLost #emptiness
492 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
31st Mar 2019 00:43am
31st Mar 2019 00:43am
Progress
Progress is doing
more of what
you want to do
and less of what
you don't
more of what
you want to do
and less of what
you don't
#SelfDiscovery
546 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
29th Mar 2019 3:22pm
29th Mar 2019 3:22pm
Faith
Do what you love
The money will follow
The money will follow
#faith
601 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Mar 2019 6:47pm
28th Mar 2019 6:47pm
The Path
The path of the heart
is the easiest path
is the easiest path
#summer
#winter
#fall #spring
#fall #spring
778 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
28th Mar 2019 3:13pm
28th Mar 2019 3:13pm
Addiction
I am addicted to
Colour and Movement
Colour and Movement
#addiction
566 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Mar 2019 5:43pm
27th Mar 2019 5:43pm
ART
Art is the heartbeat
of humanity
of humanity
#sun
#universe
#stars
506 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Jan 2019 4:52pm
2nd Jan 2019 4:52pm
American Hero
Many Americans
from childhood on
have an unconscious identity
with the “Hero Archetype”
which dominates their
character and fascination with
death and near death experience
Their life story reflects
many formative years
of forceful indoctrination
and happenstance
easily channeled into
competitive sports
and military service
where they can relate
to their peers
and form relationships.
There are no safety nets
for returning vets ...
from childhood on
have an unconscious identity
with the “Hero Archetype”
which dominates their
character and fascination with
death and near death experience
Their life story reflects
many formative years
of forceful indoctrination
and happenstance
easily channeled into
competitive sports
and military service
where they can relate
to their peers
and form relationships.
There are no safety nets
for returning vets ...
#men
#soldiers
#heroic
492 reads
5 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
14th Dec 2018 7:10pm
14th Dec 2018 7:10pm
The Potter and the Patron
Why buy handmade tableware and pottery in the age of industrial ceramics?
Perhaps simply because they are desirable and people want to connect with the craftsman who made them.
Because in almost every community lives a Studio Potter driven by hunger and a desire to get his hands in the mud.
Working with one's hands to produce something tangible is becoming a rarity
in our technological world.
It is pretty amazing what hands can do with a lump of clay and some basic tools.
My first year of college I fell into a ceramics class and...
Perhaps simply because they are desirable and people want to connect with the craftsman who made them.
Because in almost every community lives a Studio Potter driven by hunger and a desire to get his hands in the mud.
Working with one's hands to produce something tangible is becoming a rarity
in our technological world.
It is pretty amazing what hands can do with a lump of clay and some basic tools.
My first year of college I fell into a ceramics class and...
#art
#SelfDiscovery
433 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Nov 2018 2:16am
15th Nov 2018 2:16am
Perception
Generally speaking,
artists tend to look at things
from multiple perspectives
called perception.
Perhaps that is why
they are so often
misunderstood, undervalued
unappreciated and seldom
taken seriously.
artists tend to look at things
from multiple perspectives
called perception.
Perhaps that is why
they are so often
misunderstood, undervalued
unappreciated and seldom
taken seriously.
#consumerism
#art
#acceptance
#culture
#morality
1668 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Nov 2018 3:12pm
3rd Nov 2018 3:12pm
Sweet Sorrow
The only problem with a long term relationship is that eventually someone has to leave
#grief
#TruthOfLife
1282 reads
4 Comments
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