Submissions by monkeyman
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th Oct 2023 1:01pm
28th Oct 2023 1:01pm
The understated significance of silence
The end.
#PowerOfWords
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
26th Oct 2023 4:18pm
26th Oct 2023 4:18pm
Spear fishing on acid
I sit with an open tin of peach segments in one hand
a toothpick in the other
spearing morsels of succulent flesh
wrestling them against the side of the can and scooping them out
as they squirm and slide
desperate to return to the syrup
I eat them whole
The texture
the taste
maybe the best thing I’ve ever eaten
so juicy
I peer back inside the tin
worse than fish in a barrel
packed in
trapped
I aim my toothpick
unable to miss
a toothpick in the other
spearing morsels of succulent flesh
wrestling them against the side of the can and scooping them out
as they squirm and slide
desperate to return to the syrup
I eat them whole
The texture
the taste
maybe the best thing I’ve ever eaten
so juicy
I peer back inside the tin
worse than fish in a barrel
packed in
trapped
I aim my toothpick
unable to miss
#war
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th Oct 2023 11:47pm
11th Oct 2023 11:47pm
Untitled
True honesty
is reserved
only
for the shameless
is reserved
only
for the shameless
#honesty
129 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
26th Jul 2023 7:18pm
26th Jul 2023 7:18pm
Ode to the storm
Thank you for this
most precious gift
the one for which
I did not know I’d wished
and given choice
would have probably missed
this special little gift
Thank you
Thank you for this gift
most precious gift
the one for which
I did not know I’d wished
and given choice
would have probably missed
this special little gift
Thank you
Thank you for this gift
#storm
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Jul 2023 11:10am
23rd Jul 2023 11:10am
claims
I claim to be
neither
a good man
nor
a wise man
for all who do
are liars
neither
a good man
nor
a wise man
for all who do
are liars
#TruthOfLife
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
5th Jul 2023 1:27pm
5th Jul 2023 1:27pm
The Boa Constrictor
The boa constrictor grips
thick muscle contracts
clamping, controlling, subduing
Pressing into every gap
each pocket squeezed
all movement stifled
The lifeless corpse swallowed whole
it’s energy stolen
It’s light extinguished
The boa constrictor lays still
awaiting another free roamer
to wander over dangerous ground
thick muscle contracts
clamping, controlling, subduing
Pressing into every gap
each pocket squeezed
all movement stifled
The lifeless corpse swallowed whole
it’s energy stolen
It’s light extinguished
The boa constrictor lays still
awaiting another free roamer
to wander over dangerous ground
#power
#politics
#nature
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
25th Jun 2023 8:37am
25th Jun 2023 8:37am
Between the bounces
Between the bounces
suspended
in an instant
neither on the rise
nor fall
A reflection
in the dirty window
of some old
antique store
Weeds growing
through cracked flags
moss colonises bare brick
Nature reclaims
Picked and stripped remains
of the fallen mighty
Oh the beauty of decay
The ball keeps bouncing
The eye of the storm
passes on
This instant
robbed out
buried in time
forgotten
To be rediscovered
some day ...
suspended
in an instant
neither on the rise
nor fall
A reflection
in the dirty window
of some old
antique store
Weeds growing
through cracked flags
moss colonises bare brick
Nature reclaims
Picked and stripped remains
of the fallen mighty
Oh the beauty of decay
The ball keeps bouncing
The eye of the storm
passes on
This instant
robbed out
buried in time
forgotten
To be rediscovered
some day ...
#LifeCycle
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STORY POEM
Published
10th Jun 2023 1:37pm
10th Jun 2023 1:37pm
King for a night
I wander aimless
in the midday heat
the world on my back
just my own two feet
and a ready roller
for the road
It’s two pm
with my mouth real dry
I wander in
to a pub near by
sink a few
while they’re nice and cold
Now I’ve had a scoop
and I’m feeling fine
the day is over
but the night is mine
and I wonna dance
and sing
I wonna fall in love
for just tonight I’m king
beneath the stars above
so baby take a chance
Come dance with me under the...
in the midday heat
the world on my back
just my own two feet
and a ready roller
for the road
It’s two pm
with my mouth real dry
I wander in
to a pub near by
sink a few
while they’re nice and cold
Now I’ve had a scoop
and I’m feeling fine
the day is over
but the night is mine
and I wonna dance
and sing
I wonna fall in love
for just tonight I’m king
beneath the stars above
so baby take a chance
Come dance with me under the...
#alcohol
#freedom
#sex
#drugs
#addiction
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
20th Apr 2023 8:40am
20th Apr 2023 8:40am
Within As Without
And in we go….
in to the great beyond
an abyss of understanding
Transcend
the prism of reality
held in place
only by our concept
of space and time
The entire
infinite universe
existing
in perpetual now
endless in all directions
on infinite plains
All is one
energy, life, consciousness
existence….
in to the great beyond
an abyss of understanding
Transcend
the prism of reality
held in place
only by our concept
of space and time
The entire
infinite universe
existing
in perpetual now
endless in all directions
on infinite plains
All is one
energy, life, consciousness
existence….
#universe
#God
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th Apr 2023 9:55pm
11th Apr 2023 9:55pm
Ballad Of A Boy Soldier
Come find me in the morning
when the battle is done
for i will be dead
no matter which side has won
Was it the night
that stole the light from my eyes?
or simply mans nature
that the boy in us must die
There are no winners in war
this I know to be true
standing victorious
but still losing you
The fight it was simple
and fair, well that’s hard to say
only the strongest survive
to build a new day
I won’t be amongst them
for dead I will be
and the man that stands beside you...
when the battle is done
for i will be dead
no matter which side has won
Was it the night
that stole the light from my eyes?
or simply mans nature
that the boy in us must die
There are no winners in war
this I know to be true
standing victorious
but still losing you
The fight it was simple
and fair, well that’s hard to say
only the strongest survive
to build a new day
I won’t be amongst them
for dead I will be
and the man that stands beside you...
#war
#LifeCycle
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
4th Apr 2023 12:27pm
4th Apr 2023 12:27pm
Outside
When did it happen? The change, the moving on, when did it stop mattering? All the trivial day to day normalities, the throw away conversations, the gossip about the lives of people you have little to no interest in, when did the pretence become not worth the effort?
I go back out into the ‘real’ world, dip my toe in the life I once inhabited, it’s strange, like the reintroduction of a chimpanzee separated from the group for an extended period of time, but there’s an awkwardness to the reunion, the social dynamic has evolved in my absence, i no longer have a place. Now in chimp...
I go back out into the ‘real’ world, dip my toe in the life I once inhabited, it’s strange, like the reintroduction of a chimpanzee separated from the group for an extended period of time, but there’s an awkwardness to the reunion, the social dynamic has evolved in my absence, i no longer have a place. Now in chimp...
#PersonalGrowth
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Mar 2023 12:04pm
11th Mar 2023 12:04pm
Who’s to blame
Who’s to blame for the state of our towns in this game?
Is it fate that the clowns still remain?
still contain and control the dice that you roll,
all your dreams and your goals
It’s insane
at this rate we’ll be begging for the food on our plates
no reference point for them to relate
profits don’t take a dent
oh but they’ll cooperate, too little too late
as the perpetrators dictate
from their towers of fame and of crime
built with our blood and our time,
while they play the game
tell us...
Is it fate that the clowns still remain?
still contain and control the dice that you roll,
all your dreams and your goals
It’s insane
at this rate we’ll be begging for the food on our plates
no reference point for them to relate
profits don’t take a dent
oh but they’ll cooperate, too little too late
as the perpetrators dictate
from their towers of fame and of crime
built with our blood and our time,
while they play the game
tell us...
#politics
#LifeStruggles
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