Submissions by harliequin
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I love playing with words
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
6th Aug 2015 10:40pm
6th Aug 2015 10:40pm
Freedom
and ding and dong the bell has tolled
and tick and tock the clock has struck
the fifth-strike bell my heart extolled
and ding and dong the bell has tolled
from eight I begged and pled, cajoled
for clicks on clocks to come unstuck
and ding and dong the bell has tolled
and tick and tock the clock has struck
a triolet written for a DU competition
and tick and tock the clock has struck
the fifth-strike bell my heart extolled
and ding and dong the bell has tolled
from eight I begged and pled, cajoled
for clicks on clocks to come unstuck
and ding and dong the bell has tolled
and tick and tock the clock has struck
a triolet written for a DU competition
#triolet
564 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
4th Aug 2015 10:37pm
4th Aug 2015 10:37pm
Recovery Freestyle
I'm
as
elementary
as LMNOP
and solid
as sedimentary
and searching
like a
moral invent-ory
and sillysillysilly
perhaps a bit illusory
You'll get used to me
as I choose to be
an itty bity bit
imaginary
But it's plain to see
that it's meant to be
It'll be for me
You'll see
and one day I'll be
Happyhappy
Joyous and Free
as
elementary
as LMNOP
and solid
as sedimentary
and searching
like a
moral invent-ory
and sillysillysilly
perhaps a bit illusory
You'll get used to me
as I choose to be
an itty bity bit
imaginary
But it's plain to see
that it's meant to be
It'll be for me
You'll see
and one day I'll be
Happyhappy
Joyous and Free
630 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
4th Aug 2015 9:46pm
4th Aug 2015 9:46pm
You Give Me Purpose
When I would burn
the world to the ground,
you ground my passions
your pool surrounds
When I would stand
quiet and worthless,
in the darkest of nights
you give me purpose
When I would shine
with nothing in sight,
you give me a path
in the night to light
When I would fight
without a just cause,
you give me the glory
of adoring applause
((Written in response to TCLilly (Tanzen)'s piece The Silent Fellow Wanderer:...
the world to the ground,
you ground my passions
your pool surrounds
When I would stand
quiet and worthless,
in the darkest of nights
you give me purpose
When I would shine
with nothing in sight,
you give me a path
in the night to light
When I would fight
without a just cause,
you give me the glory
of adoring applause
((Written in response to TCLilly (Tanzen)'s piece The Silent Fellow Wanderer:...
802 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
4th Aug 2015 1:57am
4th Aug 2015 1:57am
Sleep Don't Creep
I can't seem to go to
sleep. Sleep!
I just wanna tip toe and
creep. Creep!
But I tell myself no, just
count sheep.
You don't wanna go too
deep. Sleep!
As I hear the kitchen faucet
drip. Drip!
My mind begins to slowly
drift, slip
into what I want and
miss. Wish!
How on earth can I
resist this?
I can't get my mind to
wind down.
Can't even begin to
find sound
reasoning behind...
sleep. Sleep!
I just wanna tip toe and
creep. Creep!
But I tell myself no, just
count sheep.
You don't wanna go too
deep. Sleep!
As I hear the kitchen faucet
drip. Drip!
My mind begins to slowly
drift, slip
into what I want and
miss. Wish!
How on earth can I
resist this?
I can't get my mind to
wind down.
Can't even begin to
find sound
reasoning behind...
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3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
3rd Aug 2015 8:58pm
3rd Aug 2015 8:58pm
Too Much Light On My Darkness
Keep the door closed, darling
let no one see
the deep, dark shadows
that encompass me
Don't shed your light, darling
just let me be
let the days and nights
roll by darkly
Go away now, darling
you're not for me
you light shines just a little
too brightly.
let no one see
the deep, dark shadows
that encompass me
Don't shed your light, darling
just let me be
let the days and nights
roll by darkly
Go away now, darling
you're not for me
you light shines just a little
too brightly.
659 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
31st Jul 2015 10:53pm
31st Jul 2015 10:53pm
Depravity
I’ve fallen.
Into obsession.
Infatuation.
Insanity.
But I’m pretty sure I’ve never been in love.
I’ve been
In denial
In withdrawal
Intoxicated.
Completely
Consumed
Mind and soul
No control
But the body’s still here.
Stuck stationary where
All three should be.
Disconnected
Neglected
Anorectic.
The perfect trinity
For depravity.
Into obsession.
Infatuation.
Insanity.
But I’m pretty sure I’ve never been in love.
I’ve been
In denial
In withdrawal
Intoxicated.
Completely
Consumed
Mind and soul
No control
But the body’s still here.
Stuck stationary where
All three should be.
Disconnected
Neglected
Anorectic.
The perfect trinity
For depravity.
740 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
31st Jul 2015 10:47pm
31st Jul 2015 10:47pm
My Voice
My voice
Is the thing that can't be silenced
In the middle of the night
When all I want is quiet
At 3 am, two minutes past
Four hours too late
And four more
Til I've got to be awake
Lord, give me peace,
Some relief
Release me now, to sleep.
I pray.
Is the thing that can't be silenced
In the middle of the night
When all I want is quiet
At 3 am, two minutes past
Four hours too late
And four more
Til I've got to be awake
Lord, give me peace,
Some relief
Release me now, to sleep.
I pray.
627 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
30th Jul 2015 8:43pm
30th Jul 2015 8:43pm
Summer
sunbaked my flesh congeals
my thoughts sink like lead
in gelatinous pools
lumping together
cellulitic masses
crusted blister boil
burst bright and sizzle
evaporating fire
my thoughts sink like lead
in gelatinous pools
lumping together
cellulitic masses
crusted blister boil
burst bright and sizzle
evaporating fire
671 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
30th Jul 2015 5:47pm
30th Jul 2015 5:47pm
Vampyre
So succulent
the slender
slope of flesh
that travels to your
clavicle
where the constellations
of my cravings
course and coalesce
So intoxicating
is your
incense
inflaming my senses
firing fervid
frenzied fevered
fingers flaming
through my frame
sated only by
incisors sinking
savagely
in your skin
Life leeched
lustfully
lingering liquidly
lovely
pulsating
prettily pouring
perfectly
poetically ...
the slender
slope of flesh
that travels to your
clavicle
where the constellations
of my cravings
course and coalesce
So intoxicating
is your
incense
inflaming my senses
firing fervid
frenzied fevered
fingers flaming
through my frame
sated only by
incisors sinking
savagely
in your skin
Life leeched
lustfully
lingering liquidly
lovely
pulsating
prettily pouring
perfectly
poetically ...
809 reads
12 Comments
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