Submissions by monkeyman
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Jul 2020 3:31pm
20th Jul 2020 3:31pm
The Faux Unexpected
They know what they’ll find
those faux unexpected
because justice ain’t blind
it’s just not cost effective
By design
our complicit elective
misread the signs
irrespective
Infecting the minds
all movement detected
Trapped between lines
each emotion projected
Inspected in kind
tested, dissected
But don’t worry, it’s fine
profess the faux unexpected
those faux unexpected
because justice ain’t blind
it’s just not cost effective
By design
our complicit elective
misread the signs
irrespective
Infecting the minds
all movement detected
Trapped between lines
each emotion projected
Inspected in kind
tested, dissected
But don’t worry, it’s fine
profess the faux unexpected
#sleep
452 reads
8 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Jun 2020 8:23pm
25th Jun 2020 8:23pm
The Wonder of Wandering
Not all those who wander are lost”
JRR Tolkien
The Wonder of Wandering
There are
which ways twist
and wind
fork or even fade away
the kind
that lead nowhere
at least nowhere
today
Some paths
are laid out well
signed in map
and hiked
from fern to fell
O’er bridges o’er styles
walked a million men
for every mile
and women too
amongst the masses
clamber o’er
mountain passes ...
JRR Tolkien
The Wonder of Wandering
There are
which ways twist
and wind
fork or even fade away
the kind
that lead nowhere
at least nowhere
today
Some paths
are laid out well
signed in map
and hiked
from fern to fell
O’er bridges o’er styles
walked a million men
for every mile
and women too
amongst the masses
clamber o’er
mountain passes ...
#nature
#freedom
399 reads
7 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
25th Jun 2020 11:32am
25th Jun 2020 11:32am
Let the light
Let the relentless night pass
The darkness
and the cold at last,
surrender
to the warming knowledge
of the light
Let the light illuminate
penetrate the shadows
revealing
what we are blind to see,
ignite
a roaring passion
that burns forever free
As pilgrim, pauper,
princes, thieves and prostitute
alike,
when lost of soul,
or path,
or way
As bright as lightning strike
Let it
lead them from obscurity
into the...
The darkness
and the cold at last,
surrender
to the warming knowledge
of the light
Let the light illuminate
penetrate the shadows
revealing
what we are blind to see,
ignite
a roaring passion
that burns forever free
As pilgrim, pauper,
princes, thieves and prostitute
alike,
when lost of soul,
or path,
or way
As bright as lightning strike
Let it
lead them from obscurity
into the...
#hope
#dark
556 reads
11 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
5th Jun 2020 11:22am
5th Jun 2020 11:22am
Who are we? Who can we be?
We are
our own
interpretation
of the experiences
we have encountered
Which in turn
negotiate
the interpretation
of future
experiences
our own
interpretation
of the experiences
we have encountered
Which in turn
negotiate
the interpretation
of future
experiences
#environment
#LifeChangingMoment
522 reads
7 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
22nd May 2020 1:56pm
22nd May 2020 1:56pm
The Box
It’s a paradox
you know
like, catch 22
damned if you don’t
damned if you do
It’s a riddle
a Gordian knot
a Mexican standoff
blindfolded
with only one shot
The game is rigged
a fix on a fix
Can’t play by the rules
when they wrote
the book on tricks
It is quite a puzzle
to proper ponder
to muse
Where all roads
are blocked
every which way
you choose ...
you know
like, catch 22
damned if you don’t
damned if you do
It’s a riddle
a Gordian knot
a Mexican standoff
blindfolded
with only one shot
The game is rigged
a fix on a fix
Can’t play by the rules
when they wrote
the book on tricks
It is quite a puzzle
to proper ponder
to muse
Where all roads
are blocked
every which way
you choose ...
#TruthOfLife
639 reads
6 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th May 2020 8:54pm
15th May 2020 8:54pm
Pondering Stubbornly
Soliloquy
this word
tapping at my scull
I know this word
yet for the life of me
cannot recall its meaning
Is it some literary technique?
Or the description of some sort of abstract irony?
I could look it up of course
But where’s the fun in that?
Maybe if I think about something else
the answer will pop into my head
what should I do to distract myself hmmm?
ACT 1: Danny writes a play
this word
tapping at my scull
I know this word
yet for the life of me
cannot recall its meaning
Is it some literary technique?
Or the description of some sort of abstract irony?
I could look it up of course
But where’s the fun in that?
Maybe if I think about something else
the answer will pop into my head
what should I do to distract myself hmmm?
ACT 1: Danny writes a play
#satirical
489 reads
8 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
5th Apr 2020 6:08pm
5th Apr 2020 6:08pm
Isolation: Day 14
Today
I do nothing
apparently I am a hero for it
funny old world
A man in the Philippines punched a doctor in the face
this made the evening news in Britain
along with the relentless flow of images
depicting the bare and deserted streets of western civilisation
and the bodies
mustn’t forget the bodies
the mounting piles of nameless dead
adding to the ever present
daily count
I walk the dog
he has never been walked so much in his life
I go home
drink 8 cans
and gently fall ...
I do nothing
apparently I am a hero for it
funny old world
A man in the Philippines punched a doctor in the face
this made the evening news in Britain
along with the relentless flow of images
depicting the bare and deserted streets of western civilisation
and the bodies
mustn’t forget the bodies
the mounting piles of nameless dead
adding to the ever present
daily count
I walk the dog
he has never been walked so much in his life
I go home
drink 8 cans
and gently fall ...
#LifeChangingMoment
513 reads
4 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
31st Mar 2020 4:32pm
31st Mar 2020 4:32pm
War On The Truth
It’s been shackled
and chained
tackled
and blamed
Put to the knife
with a lie
Stole
or removed
falsely disproved
left in the corner
to die
So righteous
they stand
propaganda
in hand
in a land
where profit
holds firmer
than proof
Politicians
and spy’s
as lies
build more lies
continue their war
on the truth
It’s been spat at
abused
pissed on
and used
accused of being ugly
cold and uncouth
The facts
on...
and chained
tackled
and blamed
Put to the knife
with a lie
Stole
or removed
falsely disproved
left in the corner
to die
So righteous
they stand
propaganda
in hand
in a land
where profit
holds firmer
than proof
Politicians
and spy’s
as lies
build more lies
continue their war
on the truth
It’s been spat at
abused
pissed on
and used
accused of being ugly
cold and uncouth
The facts
on...
#war
#TruthOfLife
#deception
886 reads
14 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
17th Feb 2020 6:56pm
17th Feb 2020 6:56pm
Eternal Is An Instant
I sit
and absorb this moment
drink it in
fill my lungs
with every breath
Sadly such instants
come but
far too rarely
where I am
completely and utterly
at peace
where time
like stars
in sunlight
fades away
and nothing else exists
except the beautiful now
Until
the fool I am
I rationalise
that this moment
cannot last forever ...
and absorb this moment
drink it in
fill my lungs
with every breath
Sadly such instants
come but
far too rarely
where I am
completely and utterly
at peace
where time
like stars
in sunlight
fades away
and nothing else exists
except the beautiful now
Until
the fool I am
I rationalise
that this moment
cannot last forever ...
#beauty
#peace
657 reads
16 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Nov 2019 3:27pm
10th Nov 2019 3:27pm
Still The Lions Slumber
#sleep
#TruthOfLife
914 reads
11 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Nov 2019 8:21pm
6th Nov 2019 8:21pm
The perfect life
wake up tired
go to bed awake
Living to work
to buy
an artists impression
of a life
and not a very good one
at that
The half dead
stories of success
peel back
a rotten smile
and vomit
photographs
of last nights
dinner
Projecting perfection
from a wine glass
Screaming “we’re happy”
“I love my life”
“god has truly blessed us”
as they fuck the neighbours
and...
go to bed awake
Living to work
to buy
an artists impression
of a life
and not a very good one
at that
The half dead
stories of success
peel back
a rotten smile
and vomit
photographs
of last nights
dinner
Projecting perfection
from a wine glass
Screaming “we’re happy”
“I love my life”
“god has truly blessed us”
as they fuck the neighbours
and...
#consumerism
#denial
572 reads
8 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
22nd Oct 2019 10:09pm
22nd Oct 2019 10:09pm
The Enemy
Justice is the enemy
Freedom is the enemy
Chances, choices
Fearless voices
these are the enemy
these are the enemy
Truth is the enemy
change is the enemy
Independent thought
the ones who can’t be bought
those are the enemy
those are the enemy
I am the enemy
I am the enemy
So I ask YOU
will you be the enemy too
We are the enemy
We are the enemy
Equality, accountability
Restlessly waiting
for a new reality
Be the enemy
Be the enemy ...
Freedom is the enemy
Chances, choices
Fearless voices
these are the enemy
these are the enemy
Truth is the enemy
change is the enemy
Independent thought
the ones who can’t be bought
those are the enemy
those are the enemy
I am the enemy
I am the enemy
So I ask YOU
will you be the enemy too
We are the enemy
We are the enemy
Equality, accountability
Restlessly waiting
for a new reality
Be the enemy
Be the enemy ...
#oppression
#freedom
658 reads
4 Comments
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