Submissions by babajava
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I love a good tale told well.
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
5th Aug 2018 5:40pm
5th Aug 2018 5:40pm
Mochee
Mochee
Northern Mockingbird
Full throated melodies
Flitting from one song
And one branch to another
Improv or mimic
Listen carefully
Northern Mockingbird
Full throated melodies
Flitting from one song
And one branch to another
Improv or mimic
Listen carefully
#birds
#nature
968 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
3rd Aug 2018 5:23pm
3rd Aug 2018 5:23pm
Hopes and Dreams
Lest we forget
Dreams are not Aspirations
The two are not the same
A dream is unconscious material
coming to consciousness
revealing an aspect of the Self.
An aspiration is an
active imagination
attempting to live out our
secret hopes and desires
Dreams are not Aspirations
The two are not the same
A dream is unconscious material
coming to consciousness
revealing an aspect of the Self.
An aspiration is an
active imagination
attempting to live out our
secret hopes and desires
#dreams
#LifeGoals
486 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Aug 2018 10:33pm
2nd Aug 2018 10:33pm
Global Warming
Beat the heat
Sweltering Suffering Suffocating
Sticky sweet heat sucks the life
right out of you
Save yourself look for water
Find relief and submerge
Sweltering Suffering Suffocating
Sticky sweet heat sucks the life
right out of you
Save yourself look for water
Find relief and submerge
#beach
#summer
#fire #water
#fire #water
466 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
31st Jul 2018 5:57pm
31st Jul 2018 5:57pm
Good Husbandry
The practice of good husbandry
is a noble cause.
Makes us think makes us pause
Perspective
Meaning
Purpose
Grace
is a noble cause.
Makes us think makes us pause
Perspective
Meaning
Purpose
Grace
#happiness
#strength
#LifeGoals
#MyInspiration
#acceptance
506 reads
11 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
28th Jul 2018 3:58pm
28th Jul 2018 3:58pm
Soul Mates
Soul Mates
24 years 24/7
Stuck together
like flypaper
Wouldn't have it
any other way
Wouldn't want to
miss a day
Together
24 years 24/7
Stuck together
like flypaper
Wouldn't have it
any other way
Wouldn't want to
miss a day
Together
#happiness
#love
#relationships
#romantic
#spiritual
569 reads
3 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Jul 2018 2:48am
27th Jul 2018 2:48am
The Heart of Mexico
I love to ride the bus in Mexico
Make a reservation jump onboard
buy a snack watch a movie kick back.
Relax!
Villages and farms float by
Miles of smiles and Time to think.
Time to reflect on the past
Visualize the future
taking me to new places
sights and sounds of the Zócalo
Music people and food
Steeped in Tradition
Warm night air caresses
The Soul
We have arrived in the
Heart of Mexico
Make a reservation jump onboard
buy a snack watch a movie kick back.
Relax!
Villages and farms float by
Miles of smiles and Time to think.
Time to reflect on the past
Visualize the future
taking me to new places
sights and sounds of the Zócalo
Music people and food
Steeped in Tradition
Warm night air caresses
The Soul
We have arrived in the
Heart of Mexico
#travel
#art
#culture
465 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Jul 2018 4:51pm
25th Jul 2018 4:51pm
Ode to Robin Parks
The last time I saw Robin Parks he laid lifeless on a slab after they had senselessly murdered him in the prime of his life.
Why you ask? The reason being, simply because they could.
Organized, intentional, ordained by the State, Unabashed Murder.
He looked peaceful like a
little Black Ghandi
lying there in a white robe
while his family bid him farewell and cried.
He was a poor black kid in a mostly white middle class school who was ridiculed, discriminated against and didn't stand a chance.
...
Why you ask? The reason being, simply because they could.
Organized, intentional, ordained by the State, Unabashed Murder.
He looked peaceful like a
little Black Ghandi
lying there in a white robe
while his family bid him farewell and cried.
He was a poor black kid in a mostly white middle class school who was ridiculed, discriminated against and didn't stand a chance.
...
#dark
#death
#tragedy #suffering
#tragedy #suffering
499 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Jul 2018 2:54am
23rd Jul 2018 2:54am
Shadow Cats
Shadow Cats
You can’t see them
They see you
Cloak of invisibility
In the forest, the jungle
The streets of New York City
On the train the bus the plane
Right there next to you
in plain sight, unafraid
Accepting Others
You, Me, All of us
in one damned big boat
Sinking!
You can’t see them
They see you
Cloak of invisibility
In the forest, the jungle
The streets of New York City
On the train the bus the plane
Right there next to you
in plain sight, unafraid
Accepting Others
You, Me, All of us
in one damned big boat
Sinking!
#fate
#apocalypse
416 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Jul 2018 4:47pm
21st Jul 2018 4:47pm
Ghosts of Alamos
Before we came on the scene
There was a generation of artists who came to Mexico to experience the Culture and capture it in their
Work and their Way of Life
Almost all are gone now
and nowhere to be found, but
their Spirit and their
Works Live On
Tourists now come from everywhere hoping for a glimpse of what the artists saw and captured for posterity
They are the Ghost Tourists
In search of their Souls
There was a generation of artists who came to Mexico to experience the Culture and capture it in their
Work and their Way of Life
Almost all are gone now
and nowhere to be found, but
their Spirit and their
Works Live On
Tourists now come from everywhere hoping for a glimpse of what the artists saw and captured for posterity
They are the Ghost Tourists
In search of their Souls
#beauty
#art
#culture
395 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
15th Jul 2018 7:02pm
15th Jul 2018 7:02pm
Love and Beauty
Even the most beautiful people
don't seem to know how
beautiful they are.
And even the most loved
don't seem to know how much
they are loved.
don't seem to know how
beautiful they are.
And even the most loved
don't seem to know how much
they are loved.
#happiness
#love
#denial
454 reads
8 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
13th Jul 2018 10:43pm
13th Jul 2018 10:43pm
Another Damn Dogma
A Dogma has appeared
It is just what I feared
in over my head again
I must say, God
you don't get it do you
No matter to me
I'll do my thing
wherever I can
It is just what I feared
in over my head again
I must say, God
you don't get it do you
No matter to me
I'll do my thing
wherever I can
#acceptance
#SelfDiscovery
535 reads
2 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
13th Jul 2018 2:54pm
13th Jul 2018 2:54pm
The Seventies
The 70s in the Ozarks saw the “Back to the land movement”. Sexual freedom, bluegrass music communes coops and experimental lifestyles
It also brought more chainsaws and Toyota pickups scarring roads up the side of a mountain to build a traditional log cabin. People learned how to grow weed, play the fiddle and banjo whilst picking off ticks on a sweltering hot summer night while tree frogs and whippoorwills sing to the full moon.
We were as they say, “living the dream”.
The Locals, having lived on the land forever thought us long haired...
It also brought more chainsaws and Toyota pickups scarring roads up the side of a mountain to build a traditional log cabin. People learned how to grow weed, play the fiddle and banjo whilst picking off ticks on a sweltering hot summer night while tree frogs and whippoorwills sing to the full moon.
We were as they say, “living the dream”.
The Locals, having lived on the land forever thought us long haired...
#men
#friendship
#humankind
517 reads
2 Comments
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