Submissions by javalini
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th Feb 2024 12:17pm
28th Feb 2024 12:17pm
FINALE
we are empty now
finally
we are neither this nor that --
undefined
dissolved
it matters not
who came to save or mourn us
or how we lived
or what we did or why
who we chose
or why things fell apart
how hard we tried,
how courageous we were
or how we cowered
we are as free now as we ever were,
freer now
than before we were born
we own nothing
and we owe nothing
we have shed our skin
and given our bones to the earth
there is nothing...
finally
we are neither this nor that --
undefined
dissolved
it matters not
who came to save or mourn us
or how we lived
or what we did or why
who we chose
or why things fell apart
how hard we tried,
how courageous we were
or how we cowered
we are as free now as we ever were,
freer now
than before we were born
we own nothing
and we owe nothing
we have shed our skin
and given our bones to the earth
there is nothing...
#death
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SELF POEM
Published
28th Jan 2024 8:49pm
28th Jan 2024 8:49pm
SMALL
i am light as air today
likely to be taken by wind
to some dark and holy space
above the blue
tiny,
lost amid the finest grains of sand,
too small to notice
i am dark,
a pinhole, minuscule,
but black against a sunlit sky
i am disappeared,
standing among ghosts,
diaphanous,
my voice a murmur
barely heard,
mistaken for some other sound
this sadness,
larger than myself,
sweet in its way,
inviting rest
likely to be taken by wind
to some dark and holy space
above the blue
tiny,
lost amid the finest grains of sand,
too small to notice
i am dark,
a pinhole, minuscule,
but black against a sunlit sky
i am disappeared,
standing among ghosts,
diaphanous,
my voice a murmur
barely heard,
mistaken for some other sound
this sadness,
larger than myself,
sweet in its way,
inviting rest
#sadness
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Jan 2024 12:55pm
21st Jan 2024 12:55pm
HABIT
i anticipate
but don't indulge
imagine it
all day
but will not
can not
adamantly refuse to
yield
though i can
and will
luxuriate
wallow in
savor
and take supreme comfort in
anticipation of future consumption
(yet still not actually partake)
i swear to god
so help me
amen
but don't indulge
imagine it
all day
but will not
can not
adamantly refuse to
yield
though i can
and will
luxuriate
wallow in
savor
and take supreme comfort in
anticipation of future consumption
(yet still not actually partake)
i swear to god
so help me
amen
#addiction
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
13th Jan 2024 12:14pm
13th Jan 2024 12:14pm
FOR JOHN WIENERS
think if i could
be you,
john wieners,
long enough
to write
this poem
how great
it would be
i would be
a poet then,
a holy man,
a priest
chanting
incantations
at god
a woman
dancing
around
the flames
a king
and a player
in the king's
band,
a high roller
in a world
of words
that wrapped
around
the hearts
of strangers
and a speaker
for the hearts
of men i never knew
and john,
just think
how wondrous
this poem ...
be you,
john wieners,
long enough
to write
this poem
how great
it would be
i would be
a poet then,
a holy man,
a priest
chanting
incantations
at god
a woman
dancing
around
the flames
a king
and a player
in the king's
band,
a high roller
in a world
of words
that wrapped
around
the hearts
of strangers
and a speaker
for the hearts
of men i never knew
and john,
just think
how wondrous
this poem ...
#WritingPoetry
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
12th Jan 2024 12:21pm
12th Jan 2024 12:21pm
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
the dead hide
in dust and old paint
and rise in the
chill of dark nights
to shake sleep
from weary flesh
and dog the heels
of a restless mind
their shadows slip
between the warm sheets
of old men's beds
to rant or coo,
beg forgiveness,
or demand apology
their cold fires
smolder long into
the night
in dust and old paint
and rise in the
chill of dark nights
to shake sleep
from weary flesh
and dog the heels
of a restless mind
their shadows slip
between the warm sheets
of old men's beds
to rant or coo,
beg forgiveness,
or demand apology
their cold fires
smolder long into
the night
#memories
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
9th Jan 2024 11:32pm
9th Jan 2024 11:32pm
LULLABY
this old flesh
shivering in its bed,
seeking the
comfort
of dreams
wine is bad
for the liver,
cigarettes,
for the heart
drink your tea
and shut up
go to sleep
shivering in its bed,
seeking the
comfort
of dreams
wine is bad
for the liver,
cigarettes,
for the heart
drink your tea
and shut up
go to sleep
#sleep
#aging
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
6th Jan 2024 1:37pm
6th Jan 2024 1:37pm
NEW PRAYER TO THE SUN
dream me rising
through this damp haze
to bask in your glory
oh, light of the world,
merciful sun of the gods,
giver of light and life
and maker of this
and all days
grey and bright
you, who rise from
the tomb of dark night
and ascend to reign
from the azure throne
of heaven,
nourish thy green kingdom
and all that lives
therein,
this we pray in earnest
amen
through this damp haze
to bask in your glory
oh, light of the world,
merciful sun of the gods,
giver of light and life
and maker of this
and all days
grey and bright
you, who rise from
the tomb of dark night
and ascend to reign
from the azure throne
of heaven,
nourish thy green kingdom
and all that lives
therein,
this we pray in earnest
amen
#sun
#prayer
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Jan 2024 5:29pm
5th Jan 2024 5:29pm
POEMLESS
when it's just not happening
when there is no grace
no light
no words
when one is empty
distracted
unfocused,
abandoned by his angels
and his gods
when even his
demons
with all their mischief
fail to inspire
when the muses
have left him
for poets younger
and brighter,
for lovers freer
and more beautiful,
for artists
whose journeys
are only beginning
or those in
the very midst of
ecstasy
or chaos
when no
song or book ...
when there is no grace
no light
no words
when one is empty
distracted
unfocused,
abandoned by his angels
and his gods
when even his
demons
with all their mischief
fail to inspire
when the muses
have left him
for poets younger
and brighter,
for lovers freer
and more beautiful,
for artists
whose journeys
are only beginning
or those in
the very midst of
ecstasy
or chaos
when no
song or book ...
#WritersBlock
#LifeAsAWriter
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Jan 2024 12:36pm
3rd Jan 2024 12:36pm
BEACH
i dreamed myself
lovely
as a woman i saw
on the beach
and every step
i took
was a holy
incantation,
and the gods
heard my
every prayer,
and the wind
mussed my hair
and i swear,
even that
was perfect
lovely
as a woman i saw
on the beach
and every step
i took
was a holy
incantation,
and the gods
heard my
every prayer,
and the wind
mussed my hair
and i swear,
even that
was perfect
#rebirth
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Jan 2024 12:06pm
2nd Jan 2024 12:06pm
HOARDER OF INTANGIBLES
was
empty
as the day was long
a hollow
bell of a man
always looking
for comfort
for some way in
for something
warm
holy
true
for a break through
an incantation
a ticket home
an endless love
salvation
but never found
a goddamned thing
he didn't
have to make up
or steal
empty
as the day was long
a hollow
bell of a man
always looking
for comfort
for some way in
for something
warm
holy
true
for a break through
an incantation
a ticket home
an endless love
salvation
but never found
a goddamned thing
he didn't
have to make up
or steal
#philosophical
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
1st Jan 2024 7:40pm
1st Jan 2024 7:40pm
VEG RHYME
hungry
ain't the way i been
but mama says
her babe's too thin
and wants to feed me
lotsa meat
pies and cakes
and other sweets
but i don't eat
no fuckin' cow
no bird or fish
no buck or sow
for have you seen
the awful state
of what will end up
on your plate?
seems arrogant
to kill a beast
when garden yields
a wholesome feast
i'd rather keep
my diet lean
beans and mushrooms
grains and greens
and i ain't one
for sugar high ...
ain't the way i been
but mama says
her babe's too thin
and wants to feed me
lotsa meat
pies and cakes
and other sweets
but i don't eat
no fuckin' cow
no bird or fish
no buck or sow
for have you seen
the awful state
of what will end up
on your plate?
seems arrogant
to kill a beast
when garden yields
a wholesome feast
i'd rather keep
my diet lean
beans and mushrooms
grains and greens
and i ain't one
for sugar high ...
#food
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
30th Dec 2023 12:46pm
30th Dec 2023 12:46pm
sueño
i will find you
in my dreams
and finally
hold you
and know you
and not care
who sees,
who judges
and i’ll see only you
and love only you
and be like you
will you swallow me
devour me
hold me inside
that i might be
in and of you
now and always?
in my dreams
and finally
hold you
and know you
and not care
who sees,
who judges
and i’ll see only you
and love only you
and be like you
will you swallow me
devour me
hold me inside
that i might be
in and of you
now and always?
#love
#dreams
#passion
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