Submissions by ricecake
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
DARK POEM
Published
8th Oct 2012 11:32pm
8th Oct 2012 11:32pm
Wasteland
There's a quiet tide over Gainsville
A red night sun over the window sill
Just before the missile hits from the town rear
We realize that it's nuclear
First the puff, then smoke
Fragments that infiltrate and poke
Everyone that's still hiding, ain't
Noses bleed whilst children faint
There's an eerie silence
A teen screams for decadence
PunK Goth slur Adare
AnYthing better than nUclear
The wasteland is zoned off now
Army came round and fenced off, that's how
That's how the fucking desert got it's name ...
A red night sun over the window sill
Just before the missile hits from the town rear
We realize that it's nuclear
First the puff, then smoke
Fragments that infiltrate and poke
Everyone that's still hiding, ain't
Noses bleed whilst children faint
There's an eerie silence
A teen screams for decadence
PunK Goth slur Adare
AnYthing better than nUclear
The wasteland is zoned off now
Army came round and fenced off, that's how
That's how the fucking desert got it's name ...
628 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
8th Oct 2012 9:50am
8th Oct 2012 9:50am
I have felt!
I feel you
Yes you,
In your lily
White dress,
Spotted and caressed
The pant
Of your breath,
Like a lion
Or a tiger
Beneath my bed
In my shadow
Your knife
It feels so
Damn sharp,
Your claw
And your grip,
The way you draw
Draw blood
Night
Moon
Silence
Then pounce
I feel you
I am sinking under
Into the water
Gasping
Swallowing
Swallowing death
I, who feel your claws
As I reach the bottom
Resting place
Know that I have,
I have felt!
Yes you,
In your lily
White dress,
Spotted and caressed
The pant
Of your breath,
Like a lion
Or a tiger
Beneath my bed
In my shadow
Your knife
It feels so
Damn sharp,
Your claw
And your grip,
The way you draw
Draw blood
Night
Moon
Silence
Then pounce
I feel you
I am sinking under
Into the water
Gasping
Swallowing
Swallowing death
I, who feel your claws
As I reach the bottom
Resting place
Know that I have,
I have felt!
702 reads
4 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
3rd Oct 2012 10:41pm
3rd Oct 2012 10:41pm
The present moment ~ inspired by Aboriginal Australian thinking and Buddhism
The present moment
Asks you to sing, dance
Live, love
Listen
The present moment
Mindfully, meaningfully
Measured
The spirit of the sun
and grandfather tree
Stand as witness to the
The present moment
In this
present moment
I call
Grandfather sun
Grandfather moon
Asks you to sing, dance
Live, love
Listen
The present moment
Mindfully, meaningfully
Measured
The spirit of the sun
and grandfather tree
Stand as witness to the
The present moment
In this
present moment
I call
Grandfather sun
Grandfather moon
#sun
#moon
#spiritual
1022 reads
2 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
1st Oct 2012 7:10am
1st Oct 2012 7:10am
Dónde están todos los poetas - Where are all the poets?
Where are all the poets
sleeping in caves,
in the darkest deepest caverns
water droplets splash
having dripped from the roof,
in this silence that hears my spirit
I sincerely ask,
and in dreams I see the poets
hundreds if not more,
shuffling in
reading together as one,
"We are here" "We are here"
Donde están todos los poetas?
durmiendo en cuevas,
en las gotitas más oscuras cavernas
más profundas salpicaduras
de agua que goteaba
desde el techo,
en este silencio que se oye mi espíritu...
sleeping in caves,
in the darkest deepest caverns
water droplets splash
having dripped from the roof,
in this silence that hears my spirit
I sincerely ask,
and in dreams I see the poets
hundreds if not more,
shuffling in
reading together as one,
"We are here" "We are here"
Donde están todos los poetas?
durmiendo en cuevas,
en las gotitas más oscuras cavernas
más profundas salpicaduras
de agua que goteaba
desde el techo,
en este silencio que se oye mi espíritu...
696 reads
0 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
30th Sep 2012 11:44pm
30th Sep 2012 11:44pm
The dove they shot down from above
From a cough came blood,
And from blood came pain
And from the pain came a struggle,
And from the struggle came awakening
From this awakening came freedom,
From this freedom came life
From which strife arose,
And from strife came love
From love came the dove,
The dove they shot down from above
And from blood came pain
And from the pain came a struggle,
And from the struggle came awakening
From this awakening came freedom,
From this freedom came life
From which strife arose,
And from strife came love
From love came the dove,
The dove they shot down from above
686 reads
4 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
30th Sep 2012 7:31am
30th Sep 2012 7:31am
Plath is dead
Plath is dead
Long live Plath
And so we should
Celebrate our lives,
Long live life
Hold your hand, your friends' hand,
Long live friendship
Soak in the afternoon sun
Write letters to the One
Dream of escapes by boat
Leaving suicide bombers remote,
Forget iPods, touch real pods
With your hands water plants of
Pink and white
Turn dark into light,
Plath is dead
Long live Plath
Long live Plath
And so we should
Celebrate our lives,
Long live life
Hold your hand, your friends' hand,
Long live friendship
Soak in the afternoon sun
Write letters to the One
Dream of escapes by boat
Leaving suicide bombers remote,
Forget iPods, touch real pods
With your hands water plants of
Pink and white
Turn dark into light,
Plath is dead
Long live Plath
#SylviaPlath
688 reads
0 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
29th Sep 2012 11:38pm
29th Sep 2012 11:38pm
Misogyny ~ for Sylvia Plath
There's a cold dark place
Sylvia Plath has been inside
A kind of sacrificial lamb
An experiment of sorts
Misogyny for the masses
A Hitler for wives
Dust that, rub this,
Lunch is cold, you shall pay!
Only one way out
Put the lunch in the gas oven
Warm it up real nice and slow
Then turn it up
"Is that better, Heil Hughes"
Misogyny
Sylvia Plath has been inside
A kind of sacrificial lamb
An experiment of sorts
Misogyny for the masses
A Hitler for wives
Dust that, rub this,
Lunch is cold, you shall pay!
Only one way out
Put the lunch in the gas oven
Warm it up real nice and slow
Then turn it up
"Is that better, Heil Hughes"
Misogyny
#SylviaPlath
#feminism
1161 reads
7 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
29th Sep 2012 9:18pm
29th Sep 2012 9:18pm
Snow monkey ~
Snow monkey ~
雪猿〜
Sitting
in hot springs
Steam rising
Then as I
approach
these
gorgeous red faces
Leaving
footprints in
the snow behind
For the snow
covered earth
has surely met
it's maker
The snow monkeys of
Jigokudani
雪猿〜
座っている
温泉で
蒸気は上昇
...
雪猿〜
Sitting
in hot springs
Steam rising
Then as I
approach
these
gorgeous red faces
Leaving
footprints in
the snow behind
For the snow
covered earth
has surely met
it's maker
The snow monkeys of
Jigokudani
雪猿〜
座っている
温泉で
蒸気は上昇
...
927 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
29th Sep 2012 1:57pm
29th Sep 2012 1:57pm
The iggledee oggledee snitch
Figgledee foggledee fish for tea
Across the oceans and under the sea
Did dress his prawns with chilli and spice
A cup of port and dames to entice
Kibbledee kobbledee crickets for lunch
Jumping Jiminy a taste tinsel munch
Under the stars in rainforest green
A billion creatures in a billion dreams
Miggildee moggledee must be a cat
The most versatile cat for a rebellious rat
Flipping and flopping stretching and stride
Rearranging the room with no place to hide
Piggledee poggledee piggy for sale
With a talent for smell...
Across the oceans and under the sea
Did dress his prawns with chilli and spice
A cup of port and dames to entice
Kibbledee kobbledee crickets for lunch
Jumping Jiminy a taste tinsel munch
Under the stars in rainforest green
A billion creatures in a billion dreams
Miggildee moggledee must be a cat
The most versatile cat for a rebellious rat
Flipping and flopping stretching and stride
Rearranging the room with no place to hide
Piggledee poggledee piggy for sale
With a talent for smell...
785 reads
6 Comments
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